The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-03-04
r,,e Holly Tree GORGE Roprrs'

The Holly Tree So'ss'ese as" '.D ~
>fp,s,on correspondent of the "chra : ~
-. ,;yos thc following account OF tn,;
eto,, notion aud of the great WoFh
.s en-" .onn,s arr doing in the cause OF temper
s s,o ond morality. The writer says =
"'' ~, rnow "the Hub" il forever boastins
- so,na last new wrinkle, but lido believe
VI Vi i've fonnd one at last which even Ne"
York may be glad TO hear Of. Brooklyn III
wgys did have kind Of yearning tenaerl,sss
for Boston, like younger sister tewatu -. s'
cider. 60 I an, going to tell You What IN.
uuhn has been doing, In the nope .l'.'
Brooklyn may some day follow III he' IVY
3yhen I returned from Europe about ~; W.. y
ve,rs ago T found the prohibition n" as,'i";, -
arinkinS had passed SIX months beio Or. ~
certain wards o; this city; among o,:', No.
tho ward in which live. II sceIlisu :, tho
Ihad never seen 50 many men ..' n ,,'I RED
streets before. My own erotr' 80" ~ zion
nriVatc tap in dark "or'.ei y. AZ
The whole vicinity had Soi,.,S" - NOW
dan,-,Sa.i.n Gas lamps haroa III MY
oe a tore until II O'Clock at night, VIM"
t sa" roIicemen stood still Oh The oopposiocS
s;ic winking at the glare, harmless ah.,
inr,nablc rs the good-natuied OK. a lrIen.'
Of mine one day stopped one of these ON
cer, care you busy just now" sue
asked. "No." was the reply. - WIS.,
Won would come into my house Tor mo
nent then: wish TO ask you
nnestion.n Safely closeted with the pc
Iicc,nan. the question was .puf, nov
monv drinkin"-sllops have been o!cheo
IN orr ward since the rrohibitory law wa
" n,ss.d." "Just one hundred, was 'h'
proT,rt answer. "What do you think Oh
bav;nr hot coffee sold cheaper than drlnk a.,
I,.in shnn near the worst drinking place =,
"Tb;nl il would be first rate, ana 90 lotS OF
GOOD" ..Do YOU know man TO keep Stlcii
9 shop in case can get the moncy 70 sAi.
;tsw MNot this moment, but THINK car
hr;nc, vou one if you will give me tiiree
daysso "Takc three days Stsd my nlcl ",
{. in tho mean time / VIII sec WIZ. |,'ii
and we will have business tDce'n'S - .''N
end Of that time" The policeman really Dc,
came quite CHEEKY al the pro>pec! OF hci!7 VI
shc Ieast use in the world, ana went ava!
with nearer approach 10 MiliNie IL ~:
eve than l ever beilercd orc VI 'ii"' p.0'''
sion capab!c Of before. r
Nv friend tells me that queer 1ccilhS oi
having embarked Oh a long expedition
where all was fog behind and before. took
Insscssion Of her mind. But there was just
one spot of light, and that was enough. IL
showed the need, and shining up il her lace,
hendinc over, showed the Instrument.
Punctialiv at the end of three days returned
orr policeman, bringing one Of the night
cnrps with him, who was worn out Win DIS
severe dntjes and obliged to iind new oc"ll-
,,,,;on They had hunted up a house excel
lent for the purpose, as they imagined, highly
rrsncctable. rent about LOO per annum.
Nhh," said my friend, "whcre is the Ill
teen hundred dollars to come from! Do you
think collec 1T five cents cup will pay Tor
4j,at. no matter how excellent: Our coffee
shop. once started, should be self-supporting,
n pride to the people, moi q branch OF the poor
house. Besides. that street Is 200 respecta-
bic. No, no: will find you shop. Come
back Tomorrow, and we will see what can be
done" That night, my friend tells me.
there was such pecring about among Graz.
old drinking shops hy people with decent
clothes on as had not been seen for many 4
ION. dav. At last place was found Mt S30O
,p.r amman, and after Il few prcllmlIErles
everything was arranged. This was tue
mustard seed out of which has grown The
Ioiiy Tree coffee Rooms, already known ana
irequcntcd by crowds Of people daily. IAe
name was borrowed from Charles Dickens;
for these shops Were just what he would
most enjoy. His portrait, too, hangs II
every place bearing this inviting name
Whoever has known the pleasant Gales ant
snus of the continent OF Europe will at once
understand how urpeople would appreciate
these shops. Many men drank WhisAey DC
cause they were cold, and whSkcy was III
ready for ten cents in the corner store. Now
when they find coffee all ready Tor ave cents
and the reading of the morning paper tIlroW'
in, as it usually is, they of course go TO tn'
sbop where they get the most for then
moncy.
Wien the first Holly Tree took root, work
inrwomen stopped at hali-past O'Clock ir
the morning to take breakfast there now
and then they would come for dinner. Al
last they found too many men were croWdns
in it was not pleasant for them: aud there
was no way but to SET up a $ocoid establish
inent. Here the result was TIE same; SO will
the third and fourth. At last we said thcr,
must be ONO "For LADIES' with q lodging
room overhead, where lodging and food may
bc had at cost. That, too, WAS accomplished
and already ,lnlooket-for results begin to ap
pear. The neighEorhoods In which the shop
are established gain daily in fespectability
Drinking shops have been closed in their Vi
cinity; writs have been served ia other ioS
places. individuals who were sloWly soin;
down hill have taken new start upward, AM
wives and children wear better clothes thai
formerly, and sometimes go TO the play i'll I'll
evening with the fabheE, and ottencr L
church on Sunday.
The lodgingAhome for girls, with 9Th
Holly Tree" underneath, has become pUin
of reiini0n where once q month evening
parties Of ladies and workingwomen meet &c
gether for social enjoyment. Nothing coul
be more truly social, and consequently NOR
thoroughly delightful, than these tarties
For the first time in the history of our larg
cities those persons of utterly different C.
periences, yet sisters bcfcse the Lord, com
together without res:raint and without II
serve There is Usually found some talen
for amusement among such Il varied assem-
bly,, and the lnipromptu entertainment is TO-
lowed by tea and coffee, served in the coffee
room. 1t IS already becoming the thin.
most desired by the ladies in society to b
invited. to these parties, and the working
girls already gather in such numbers as t
till the good-sized paIlois.
To carry this work on fifty, to give tn
people who frequent the coffee rooms til
reading Of daily papers and 4 good Dime
on Christmas, and the workingwomcn
library and decent bed to sleep OIL Q
course requires small fnh to be placed il
the bands of those who stand at the helm.
OF all the many ways of assisting our les
fortunate brothers and sisters this is surel
the most satisfactorily. They are not mad
to feel themselves paupers thereby. The
is no giving away of food or lodging eXcep
to the entirely destitute. They pay tor wha
they have as well as others, but they are NJ
longer made to suter and pay for the rents Q
fine stores, or degraded, as the only alteraE:
tive, to use bad liquor. ... .....