Morning journal and courier., 1880-07-10
Al ROSTON NOTION.

An experiment is now in progress in Bos- ton which deserves the attention of all inter ested in the poor and desirous of beneftting them. This experiment is characterized by true charity, and it is therefore pleasant to know that it has been a success thus far, and that it promises even better things for the future. It is carried on in a large fve-story building, which goes by the suggestive name of the ''North End Bee-Hive,' and an idea of the magnitude of the work done may be gained from the fact that the whole building is required for it.
 One of the features of the Bee -Hive'' is a work-room for boys: Here every morning and every afternoon about dozen boys, picked up out of the street, are busily en- gagged learning to use tools, under the direc- ton of a practical carpenter,-a quiet man with pleasant, kindly ways, and yet with an amount of firmness and discretion which ren- ders him quite able to keep his little troop of Arabs under good subjection. In the large, cool workroom they work away like so many beavers, getting so absorbed and interested that they are sorry when the lesson time is over, and they leave after their three hours
 
 hours in this, as in all the departments, are from nine to twelve in the forenoon and from two to five in the afternoon.
 On the same floor is the laundry, light, airy and perfectly appointed in charge of woman who is acquainted with the incest de- tails of laundry work and capable of giving instruction. Here poor women taught to wash and iron neatly, or, if they already know the plain work, are allowed to do their own or other peoples washing, paying a small sum for soap, starch and fire. Many mistresses send their servants here to learn to do particular kinds of laundrying, and pay twelve and half cents an hour for the priv lege. On Mondays and Tuesdays the laun- dry is kept open in the evening for the use of working women who are busy through the day, and who may have the privilege of bringing their soiled clothing here and wash ing it themselves on the payment of five cents an hour. The matron is always in attendance to show those who do not un- derstand the work the proper mode of doing it.
 On the floor above are the agents offices, the reception room and an immense kitchen and hall where Miss Parloa teaches two hun dred poor women and almost as many young girls how to cook simple, palatable and eco nomical food. It is described as well worth while to the eagerness with which the women and girls crowd to these lessons, and above all to hear from their own lips tri- umphant accounts of their success at home in what they have learned here. On another q men are taught to mend neatly, to darn stockings, to cut underclothing and dresses and to make them properly, to cut and make children's clothing, and to run sewing ma- chimes. Opportunities are here given also for women to purchase machines and pay for them in work
 Above the workrooms are the kindergarten and the nursery, the refuge of little ones from the vile education and influences of the streets. Everything here is sweet and clean and pure, just the atmosphere in which chil- dren should be placed, and 1t is stated that no nursery in the most luxurious home in the city has more or better playthings than this refuge for the children of the poor, and that no kindergarten is more perfectly furnished or has more faithful teacher.
 Other work of which we have not room to speak is done in the ''Bee-Hive" but enough has been told to illustrate its general charac- ter and its possibilities for good. The Bee Hive" is making vigorous attack upon shift less poverty. No applicant for aid receives anything without working or paying for it. And it is doing what it can to help the poor earn more and live better. Its charity bene- fits both the recipients of it and the public Therefore, may it live long and prosper.