Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-02
THE BETHEL MISSION.
Object of the Woman's Home-N0
Crusade Contemplated.
To Save the Children and Elevate the Standard
of Men and Women the Aim OF the
Christians Interested.
FoRr WORTH. TEX, Nov. l, 1890.

FoRr WORTH, TEX, Nov ], 1890.
Editor Gazette.
To-day d meeting of the Bethel mission
was held, to correct the erroneous report
OF the intentions of the Woman's Home,
it's location and their views as to the Half
Acre and its occupants.
The Bethel are organizing no crusade
against the Acre or its occupants. Their
work is in the kindest aud most practical
way to do good TO the several hundred
children and waits in its borders who are
on the road to ruin. and to save the souls
and elevate the standard of men and
women who are unfortunate in their life
and surroundings. The Bethel and
Woman g home are largely assisted by
people who love its work, and even BY
those who it is trying TO reach and save,
and who feel 1t a pleasure 10 assist such
Il good work as the Bethel. The
Woman IS home proper will soon be ready
for occupancy, and Will be located on
Samuels avenue, near the Orphan home.
1t will be conducted on the, most kindly
and Christian plans, and ~endeayor to
sustain as q part of its work industries
for poor women who need help. The
Bethel are not driving out the occupants
OF the Acre, but trying to elevate and re-
form its people. For several years the
public are aware of the newspaper talk
,sofsthe Half Acre, and the necessity of
| clearing il out. This grand jury pub
lshed notices OF its intention 10 ndict
property holders in the Acre for renting
places TO parties of ill-repute, and &C
cordinGly several such places will be
vacated, it is understood.
The reading rooms and Sunday-school
rooms of the Bethel were so crowded that
when the house now occupied by Madam
Porter was offered them as being vacant
on November l, they rented the place to
lit IL over as large Bethe! house and
Sunday-school for street children, and
reading room for men on the streets.
The ladies of the Woman 3 home hearing
of this move the grand jury were to
affect, seized this time to send circulars of
their Woman's home'' to these unfor-
sunate women, and did go as II commit
Tee by calling on them, very practical
way of seeing them. They also asked
the Bethal for Madam Porter's house as
a TEN porary place, in case the place was
vacated; and they told its inmates of the
intentions or notices already Issued by
She grand jury in kind and sisterly
manner, as they supposed, and as they
did. The ladies OF the home only seek
in u womauly and Christian way to reach
their dowu-trodden sisters; and not TO
ailiict or hurshly treat, or speak of or to
them. The girls themselves told the
ladies the work was q needed one, and
many seemed anxious TO reach place of
reform and rest. The Bethel or Woman's
home have nothing further to do or eX-
pect to do, only good, practical work
from a Christian standpoint. The work
of the city au horiiIes in dong what is
best, they can only take advantage of
in the way of doing good as they can,
practically, sensibly and prayerfully.
They are under deep obligations TO the
citizens of the city, and the papers who
80 Kindly have seen and encouraged their
good work, and trust to so continue.
WARREN COLLINS, Secretary.
By request of n. A. STEDMAN,
WARREN COLLINS,
Z. 4. GRoENE,
F. A. Z SMITH,
J. II. HODGES,
II. w. STONE,
Coz. CHAMBERS,
Committee.