The Monitor., 1888-11-09
TIie snns,,ine Mission.

From 5he Philadelphia Record Of yeSter-
day We clip the following, which may in
terest some Of our readers:
livery woman WHO has undertaken the
arduous task Of directing the affairs Of a
household, large or small, is uncomforta-
bly, familiar with the vexatious disappoint-
ments and try ing experiences SO often en-
coantercd in the employment Of cooks and
hoHsemaids. Surely the heart Of women
will be gladdened by the information that
q long discussed movement for the benefit
Of much-tried hOusekeepers has been given
definite shape, and probably will soon
evolve most helpful institution. With
the purpose Ofimproying the existing rela-
tiOns between mistress and maid number
of energetic and charitably disposed wom-
en- have formed what is to be known as the
Sunshine Mission, an organization intend
ed to be national in the extent Of its in
huences, and calculated to win widespread
commendation.
In the parlor of No. 832 Pine street, the
home Of Miss Bessie Wills Deakyne, a beyy
of ladies sat yesterday evening discussing
the subject for the information of a report
er Among them were Mrs. Deakyne,
Miss Bessie Wills Deakyne, Mrs. Virginia
White Hitchcock of Norfolk, Va, and
Mrs. Laura N. Lippincott Pancoast, of
Harisonville, N. ]. Mrs. Hitchcock is
President Of the organization; Mrs. Pan
coast Vice President, and Miss Deakyne
Treasurer. The Secretary is Mrs. Ada NJ.
Fredericksen, Of Chicago, q Danish wo-
man, known the world over for her philan-
thropic work. Affiliated with them in this
great undertaking are Mrs. John A. Logan,
Mrs. J. Ellen Foster, Kate Sanborn. Fran
ces =. Willard, Anna 4. Gordon Rachael
G. Foster, DR.. Leila Bedell and Miss Jane
Z. Leonard, Of Pittsburg, all of whom are
prominently identified in works of a char
table and philanthropic character.
From the conversation Of the ladies these
facts have been gathered. a stock COM
pany is to be formed after charter shall
have been obtained and the organization
duly incorporated. with capital stock of
$50, 600, divided into $4,000 shares. A
building will be erected, probably in New
York city, where the first work of the
Mission will be done. It will have for its
object the intellectual and general advise
ment of all girls who come under its
charge, whether they be Of American or
foreign birth, and will endeavor especially
to take into its care immigrant girls arriy-
ing in this country. This effort will be
made because the police records of New
York city show that 10000 immigrant
girls are annually led astray from the
original worthy purposes for which they
come to this country. The Mission will,
however, consider the training Of Ameri-
can girls q prime necessity, and will en-
deavor to eliminate from their minds the
prevailing idea that domestic service is
well nigh disgrace.
1t is held by the ladies Of the Mission
that household service is far preferable to
employment in mills and factories, and
that domestic employment is even more
lucrative. In the home which it is pro-
posed to establish girls will be given les
sons in every branch of housekeeping
When a girl shall become proficient in any
or all branches of household work and
shall wish to seek employment, she will
be given diploma setting forth her capa-
bilities aad stating what the Mission would
consider fair compensation for her SER
vices.
It is proposed to make the home Of the
Mission self-snpporting by establishing a
laundry and restaurant In the building
after the work shall have been fairly start
cd. The second Mission house will proba-
bly, be established in this city, as Miss
Deakyne is working very earnestly in that
direction and the other ladies of the Mis-
sion concede that it shonld be located here.
After that houses will be erected in all the
principal cities Of the county.