The evening world. Newspaper, July 12, 1912, Page 5

al RICH CLUBWCMAN LIVES IN SLUMS TO. DO GOOD WORK Mrs. Theodore Roberts, Well- Known Writer, Teaching Girls Housekeeping. BAND.OF WHITE HANDS, Places and Faces Once Be-| grimed Are Made and Kept Clean. From a mansion on Riverside Drive to & mission house in the lower east side Is quite a long distance, and takes More than a little courage. Yet this is What Mrs. Theodore Roberts, vice- President of the National California Club, well known to club women and the magazine world « try as a writer under the name of “Clyde Marold,” has done. Ani not only has she left her luxurious sur- roundings but she has disinissed all her servants, and {s now forced to do her cooking and housecleaning with he own hands, The “Baret Mission’ at No, 23 hrystle street, where Mrs. Roberts has jaken up her abode, {s situated in one of the poorest sections of the city. The house {s surrounded on all sides by squalor, while dirty-faced children are continually streaming in and out the doors. “Criminal Row,” as Chrystie street Is eniled, ts inhabited solely by forelgners and, according to reports, is the hotbed of most of the crime that 1s committed in New York. over the coun- POVERTY THE ONLY CRIME SHE FINDS THERE. “The only crime I find here {s the crime of poverty,” said Mrs, Roberts, when seen to- by a World re- porter. She was ed in a dainty blue silk gown, and seemed in strange contrast to her sordid surroundings, “You will pardon me {if I talk too much, even though I appear to be busy" (ohe was in the midst of eating a light luncheon), “put I simply never tire of ut my children, , all my Ifle I have wanted te do this kind of work, and now I am getting plenty of opportunity.” As Mrs. Roberts said’ this her face lighted up with a smile, and she called two tiny children scarcely able to say one word of Engiish over to her knee, and 4 the forehead of each. Every she takes she Js surrounded by Broups of little children eager to clasp her hand or catch hold of her skirt “I delleve that the only way we can o real good is to come and live right here in the midst of things, and by my teachings and example elevate the people to a high standard of living, 1 have sole charge of the little girls. We are called ‘The White Hand of St. Martha,’ because we know that it was St. Martha who devoted herself household tasks, while St out to attend to the sertous affairs of the day. ‘The White Hand’ is the ymbol by which each child 1s known. v hen they enter here you will notice that the girls raise both their hands and say ‘White Hand’ to prove they are clean, That 1s one way we have of teaching them to be neat. @HOWS THE CHILDREN EXPEN. SIVE FURNISHINGS. “tn my apartment upstairs T have everything as expensive and elegant as it 1s possible. The children love to come up to my rooms, because they feel tt is their home, But they must keep busy all the time, I will not tolerate idleness. It makes me nervous, “LT have twelve chosen companions, which I call x velve apostles." obildren are ol the ‘Home Makers,’ to} Mary went |} ‘Phere | | Authoress Doing | and my object 1s to snow them every- thing that should be in the homes of the rich, explain their uses and teach them exactly how to do everything. Italians and Sicilians have never gone out into domestic service. What the children of this race walt for is to at- tain the age of fourteen, set out their working papers and go into a factory. “But such will not be the case with my apostles. Already St. Paul has ex- Dressed a desire to become a trained nurse. She decided this only recently, and now when her education {s com- pleted she will go away to a training ool. You see, her grandmother was sick In the hospital. ‘The poor old went to visit her I saw that nationality was represented hospital corps except the ‘Then I told the children what a nto nurse, and so incited in St. aul a qual- ity which she never expected was in her. TO WORK. Just then a knock came at the door and four little rls entered. Imme- | diately their hi and | upon receiving # from Mra, Roberts they scattered about the rooms to finish the work that had been upted | erhat little girl with the duster is ‘st. Peter,” sald Mra, Roberts, ‘She bosses the job and Js usually in trouble, 1 had the hardest time with her when she first came, but now she ts one of | my dearest daughters, That one there in the corner arranging my desk is St. Paul. She is a little fighter, and us- ually does all the marketing for the din- New 6.25 To Train the Poor Children, plan it would be to become a| |PARTY OF WHITE HANDS SET/ THE EV Slum Work ner. The other two are St. Thomas and St. John, ‘These four little girls were ordained to the apostleship on the Fourth of July. They wanted to make me a saint as well, but I protested #0 strongly that they finally got t and resolved upon another nai @ little thought they came to me and said they would call me ‘The Pentacost,’ says it 1s the feast of tongues, and, entertainments to tham, and since I am always talking, they decided upon that y title, 8 for Women’ 1s the motto under which we do everything. Women can do more In a jal way than they can do publicly, But the trouble with the women to-day is they are going about it in the wrong Way. “A woman should not be ashamed of housework, nor afraid to do her du- | tles well. "I have scrubbed floors here and cleaned garbage cans. I left Fifth avenue because I could do no good there and because I can do and am doing good here on Chrystig street. “You have no {dea what a filthy con- dition I found this house in, nor what mpt homes I learned the children ing in, Everything has changed i children, by their example, 6 created @ new atmosphere in life are making their houses Into nes and changing @ perpetual Itallan diet into edible American foodatufts.’* Sa ALMANAC FOR TO-DAY, Bun rises., 4.40,5un set . 7.31|Moon rises, 2,08 THE, TID! Mi hh Water. Low AM. PM. ACM. andy Hook ieee BIN BATH Island “222 B98 O04 91 TIS 1.64 1.28 Another Big Cut in New Potatoes At All the 200 James Butler Inc. Stores Potatoes Finest from the Eastern Shore of Virginia, where the best in the world are raised at this season. 5-lb Bag Pound ether |g. After | py ‘east of because the Prayer Book since I am always giving parties and ENING WORLD, ‘WALDO GETS MEN TO PATROL LONELY OUTSKIRTS OF CITY New Policemen Will Do Duty in Manhattan and Older Men Go to Suburbs, One hundred and eighteen new police- men were added to the force to-day, and thirty-one more will be added to-| morrow. There should be at least a small measure of rejoicing in Brooklyn | and the Bronx, for those boroughs alone will be benefited. The prairie and tall timber boroughs, however, will not have the “greenies” infiteted on them. the new men are sworn in they will be detailed to Man- ttan precincts, taking the places of erienced men who live in Brooklyn and the Bronx, and who, upon the! own rquests, are being transferred ai near as possible to their own homes. Commissioner Waldo informed the Board of Estimate that he could hand- fly uae 1,000 more men, but the Board of Estimate couldn't see its way to give him much more than a th of the number he clamored for in response to the roars from the Bronx and Brooklyn wildernesses, The new cops have been in school for two months. Yesterday 118 were gradu- ated and to-day they were sworn in in thelr brand new uniforms. ‘To-morrow thirty-one more will receive thelr shields and provide themselves with batons and guns, NEW POLICEMEN WILL WORK IN MANHATTAN PRECINCTS. It was not deemed wise by the Com. missioner to send these tender fledglings into the waste plgces of the Greater City. ‘There is less danger of their los- ing their way in the borough of Man- hattan. it would be fairer to the older men to give them a chance to patrol in their home precincts, or as near to thelr home precincts as it was possible to de- tall them. In the absence of Commissioner Waldo, Acting Commissioner Douglas I. McKay has assigned the additional policemen to Then the Commissioner thought | / xr FRIDAY, JULY 12 AUTO BUMPS CAR WHEN SIX RIDERS ‘= GET “SNUFFITIS" Three Womenand Three Men Bruised; Machine Wrecked, Trolley Smashed. Gasoline Row on Broadway clock this morning, @ party men and three women got w) all “snuffitte’ as a plebvels cab gave them ite dust and fumes, So they let their patrician touring ear have a Uttle more gas, and as they sprang ahead to pass, bang they ent into an Amsterdam avenue car crossing Broad- way on Fifty-third s An the front of the automobile crashed and the vestibule of the street car and every window on one side smashed, the front tires of the auto exploded and the surface car let off a fine display of alec trical fireworks. Mingled with the screams of the women and the cries of t)- men, who wero all considerably mixed up In the broken ghiss and splin- tered woodwork, there was 4 scene that 1 nade Patrolman MoManus of the West | Forty-seventh street station send in @ hurry call for an ambulance: But all the autotsts gathered them- selves up and, though they limped and gently massaged badly bruised places, all seemed only anxtous to get quickly away. Before the ambulance had time to arrive they had hailed a passing taxt- cab and w piling in. They got away before MoManus could procure their names, One of them gald he was Henry Rose- | meir of No, 4% Fast One Hundred a ‘Thirty-eight street, owner of the o: and admitted he was driving. Ove iT un “I Never Travel Brooklyn and the Bronx, The assign- ments made to-day are as fallows: THE BRONX. Avenue station, 5; Tre- in which precinct Julia in, 8; Morrisania sta- BROOKLYN. Bergen Street station, 3; Grand Avenue, 2; Atlantic Avenue, 2; Liberty Avenue, East New York, Ralph Avenu ‘lasson Avenu Vernon Lee Avenue, 2; Bedford Avenue, Greenpoint Avenue, 6; Herbert Street, 2; Bushwick Avenue, 3; Hamburg Avenue, 6; Brownsville, 10; Snyder avenue, Flatbush, 8; Bath Beach, 6; Fort 1 East Thirt: street, 6. of the thirty-one extras pr to-morrow will be sent to t Bronx. The details hi announced. Jail COLUMBUS, 0., July 12 ator Isaac E. Huffman, of sentenced to three ye Penitentiary by Jud of the Franklin County ¢ after having been bribe money to infi Legiiature, Huftm k Rathmet inal Court, feted of recelving be sentenced in the legislative prosecutions, graft | ee “A NATIONAL FOR MEN, BOYS Semi-Annual Men’s We_ knew “Event” would bring Suits. Reduced to............ Reduced to... Browning, CLOTHING, FURNISHINGS AND 1g Half-Yearly Event Continued that the’ Half-Yearly Reductions Suits formerly $15 to $18, Suits formerly $20 to $22, Without It” WY Doctor in Candy Form | Should be taken with you to prevent tion and stomach trouble re of your + 28¢, 50c and | ! $1, or Partola Co., 160 Second av. NY. | INSTITUTION ————== King &CO- AND CHILDREN Reduction of Suits | announcement of this to our Seventeen Stores many Customers anxious to take advantage of the reduction on the kind of Clothing we sell. These goods are not made up for ‘‘Sale”’ poses, but consist of the broken lines of Fancy pur- -,,,. $12.50 $14.50 | 1912, Schapp of No, 141 Watkins | nd another that sh n gaid they would rathe Wrecked tourin and away they @ pile of junk SURFACE CAR Kil KILLS CHILD. Widow Had Sent Little Ney on Three-year-old t Blancke, son of a widow, who lives at N West One Hundred Twentieth t, Was run over and instantly killed A northbound car of th e Hun dred and T line near noon te wae the motorman tno! the ked Into the The me the child's death. Makes Cold and Hot Meats Tasty. » US on Sandwiches A Fine Saled Dressing by adding vinegar, At Deltentessen and Grocery stores, B6hikich& Sons Oculisis’ Optictars Half a Century in Business, The Modern Way Is to Help Imperfect Eyesight With Glasses Our ancestors went with- out glasses for much the same reason that they went without railroads or telephones. People of to-day enjoy go sight by wearing correct glasses. Eyes Examined Without Charge by Registered Phygicians, Perfect Fitting Glasses, $2.50 to #12 With Far & Near Lenses, €4.50 to $18 217 Broadway, Astor House 223 Sixth Ave. 15th St. 350 Sixth Ave. 22d St. 101 Nassau, Ann St. 17 West 42d—-New York 498 Fulton St., Cor. Bond St., Brooklyn, You Will Say So Yourself At grocers’ and E.Pritchard, M Roll Films Developeal’ REE Eastman KODAKS $1 a Week Iver-Johnson Bicycles On Easy Payments A few slightly shopworn wheels from 810 up. Tudian, Pierce and Iver-Johnson Motor Cycles, I. DAVEGA, Jr. Harlem's Leading Sporting ana Mouse ie m Court to-day w eee | Ms Morris Park | white she a PARK VENTRILOQUIST. One thing not to Parks of this city ts to pr Peculiar gift of ventritoquis uled Magistrate O'Conner In the Har n Charles Warren, Waiter, Whose home is at No, 306 Seagant avenue put in this plea am his | excuse for the charge Chat he had been | annoying three young girlie in Mount pubite | one’s jo In th na Cohen, eleven years old, of No. | axt One Hundred and Nineteenth street, Was the who complained that | country If you want to by cele veard Warren's de he Magistrate when. BRISCO- KLEANWEt The toothbr holds its bri foods for the Same Money or the We Close at 1, very best time SAVINGS I ABLY AND SATISFACTORIL | | Shoes, at . Fresh Meats choice qual- LAMB. hill 15¢ city dressed or “breasts led, corned Ib MERRY WIDOW . citron, marth each, $1.03; LAYER ¢ chocolate 40 OOD ATERS&\O Open us Saturday Evg’s Until 9 a ae 0005 DELIVERED FREE OF CHARGE PROM OUR STORE TO YOUR DOOR « This Home on Exhibition, . |333% Allowed 0a all | Hie {Cash sales during July | vt {EASY PAYMENT : LAN PAR Same Goods forLess MoneyT hanElsewhere’”’ (®) GREENHUT- 2) SIEGEL COOPER G waists J.B.GREENHUT. Pres. stw YORK Remember! Only 4% Hours In Which to Shot Tomorrow But those hours, spent at The Big Store, will prove the ‘ou have ever invested. THE MONEY- ALL DEPARTMENTS ARE_ REALLY EXTRAORDINARY, and here you may shop COMFORT- MARKEDLY LOWER than that of the street. Cleaning Up! Two Tables Full of Broken Lots of Men’sand Youths’ Suits Men's $5 and $6 “Nettleton” a reeNnnut.sirce: coors co—MAIN BUIL DING —— Groceries and Fresh Meats legs of genuine in ER IBS aweet. MUTTON. exs of fancy (&2) eaity Tomorrow in a temperature that is MAIN BUILDING— Values to $10, Tomorrow, at $9 These are odd Leerlter: instaes 32 to 40. Neat ia} FANCY MIXTURE: nda limi. ‘wors- ted number of BLUE W' STEDS will be included, Only 206 suits in the entire lot, and brows + ecealie will clean m up. $2.45) (MAIN Building, Second Floor.) SAND WIC HES—4 made with 8c EAM NES— feoeeee st Vegetables ORANGES—aweet, juley Californi dou NEW 10c CAKES ~each, 8c; tbs Suits formerly $25 to $28, Reduced to........ 123-125 W. 125th Street, | 8° | Wc .$18.50 To-Day and To-Morrow see eeee Bet. Lenox and Tth Aves. 130“ mT Suits formerly $30 to $40, Open Every Evening 200 | _ Solid 14-K Reduced tO. ssesesee eeetess.. $24.50 re 300 Bear in Mind that the Suits offered are this Season's 400“ Go Fancy Three-Piece Suits, and our Policy of having a 600 “ . Semi-Annual Clearing enables us to offer all new | lt t h Herm ADE wg yt Guaranteed goods. pays to pay cas wireat icin AND | a Never before have we been so complimented on the RAILROAD FARE. ry quality of our butter or had so many new customers High-Grade Shirts Reduced write lor liz Catal Mailed Free Broken Lines of Various Grades SSC $1.50 Metric Shirts $1.15 | ¢ 59 Metric Shirts $1.85 $1.50 & $2.00 $1.15 $3.50 Silk Shirts... $2.35 |” Pongee Shirts 81-25} §5 00 Sitk Shirts... $3.85 Positively the Best Assortment of High-Grade Shirts ever offered, consisting of pleated and plain negligee with soft and stiff cuffs, | Other Reductions in Men's Furnishings for those who MEN bs wear and appreciate the better grades of Haberdashery. | AND BROWNING, KING & CO. \WOMEN Brondway at 32nd Street—Cooper Square at 5th Street— Brooklyn; Fulton at De Kaib, $2.00 Metric Shirts $1.35 $2.00 & $2.50 Pongee Shirts $ 1 65 Harlem Furniture for it, in the summer time. That is why we con- tinue its sale to housekeepers, at the same low price, gto’ there is no money profit for us; until Satur: day’s closing, Ib ‘THE ALWAYS ' POPUL: ‘eB XLCR BRAND. Large Package § cut this week to........ BLUE RIBBON BRAND; Corn Stare Corn Flake package gos Condensed Milk, your memey ‘on No” malt "or" messsanee orders | CHARLES A, KEENE 180 be New York OPEN SATURDAY UNTIL 6 O'CLOCK, able preys up vite and | abies “Below Kesner’s | as in wut eans 9 cans. | NO EXTHA CHARGE FOR Advertisements na Wand” oat tet iy ; are American ety wort) OP, | Sairenn Lr, Bimis & du, wing a oe oe rea anand te Poets?