, 1876-03-05

Get it under moro decont auspices, ii this wero
rendered possible.
There is rich aud influential Quaker mer
chant III Pln1edephls, who, after cogitxtlue dul1
upon certain discoveries liko tho foregoing, has
thought tit To impress thom GU the public mind
bE a splendid object-les.o1. studied the les
son yesterday with some care, and, with you1
permission will rccite it while sAarply outlined
in ny memory At noon I took occasion to be
Oh hand at the Workingmeu's Co1oe- House,
corner Of Fifteenth and Market streets, lust op-
posite the magnificent ph1ace Of white marble,
which phlIaaelphis is erecting Cit7-1Iali. It
is maaa up OF three large stores, thrown, by
means Of archvayH. into one room. Plain, heavy
counters quite like those Of q rum-shop. extend
on both sides OF each room. Behind the count
era, instead of bottles filled with that which
STEALS away mans uran ere shelves with
simple nutritious 'pantrs" food. Behind these
counters stand. busness-like, women. OF mid
die age; before them, Is thickly AZ natural laws
respecting solid bodies will allow, stand work
ingmen in checked shirts, buschers' boys IN
white aprons, mechanics, clerks, Weil.to-do
tradesmen in nice business quits; making =
combustion quite unusnal-out OF
saloon. Walking up and dorm, with
q clear quiet eyo On everything. is Mrs Il. F.
Corkrey, the natron Of the establishment Her
comprehensive Gzzo takes III the eituat'on from
the quietly feeding men whose wauta are ln-
etsEtiy supplied, to the young won'au who takes
the money and gives me a specimen lnneh-t'cket
with coffee mug engraved upon it. BE sure
to account for that in your returns" says Mrs.
G. to the girl, in softly spoken parenthesis.
*'Yon have doubtless had long experience in
this work." remark interroga:iFoly. "No,"
she answers, ''on!y about year have been
keeper 1t home, but my husbands
health failed eud I accepted Ar. Bailey's
oIcr Of chance to earn our bread and do some
good besides !" 4 1narke business talent is thus
uufolded hfter lfe's meridian is reached. Mrs.
Corkrey tells us that 400 or 800 men lunch hero
between 12 and o'clock daily, and LOO or 200
eaci, day This is q oue-rice y coffee-housc;
no matter what you get, you'll pay cents, just
as yon must for drink II the ires lunch of
thu saloon For cents sou got pint OF good
Jaya coffee in nice whlte mug, and fresh
roll: For, cents you get. pint OF real
vegetable soup and q roll or O fried egg.
q roll or plate Of .corued-bcet. Seventy 10
soventy-five pounds Of Java cofIeo are consumed
daily q barrclof white lump sugar (no other
uscd) once in four days; gallons oatmeal
mush IN day, 50 gallons OF soup. 50 or 60
pounds Of fried liver, aud so on No cigars are
soid-no smoking on the premises allowed. On
tha counter arc flowers and neat ca1ds Of invita-
ton to the daily rrayer-meetiag, and on Satur-
day handsomely illustrated haud-blli tracts nIe
placed there. which ssc gladly carried away.
Up stairs ie large rrayes-meetng room, whera
the Noulen's Tempesance Onion hold gosoel
meetings ike ours in Chicago, room 70. the
Reform Club. 3 raadIng room, aud pleasant
apartments for those who arc employed in tho
eofe house. So great is the SUCCESS Of this
noble practical effort for temperance, begun =
'itrla more than year ago in one small room,
that the cosee-house is altogether self-sup-
Until 1t ese Occupies square. donssh sia
ing branch is already Opened in the
other part Of the city. ''We're cutting into the
tool" says good Mrs. Corkrey, with
spirit; IS there's ono across the way. It's done
tA prcttiest to meks behevc be respectable.
Hangs out n flag and calls itself Centcnnial,-and
mores the shame,-but, I'll tel! you, it was poor
picking among these men, for they're glad
enough to go to nice place like this. provided
By man like Mr., Bailey. whom ever, body knows
md respects, and put here on purpose to give
hem drst-rate chance Of staying outside OF
Ii orr brave young city Of unequa1ed enter ]
oriee, vhero SO many workiugmen ure con-
,rccated, and where saloons lie in wait for them
IN every hand, may ne not have au example OF
he silent. divine acting, go much batter than
=peech OF song" by which Joshua L. Bailey has ]
blessed 50 many manly lives,
FRANCES E. WILLARD.