Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-02-01
BAZAAR OF THE SEA.
AN ENTERTAINMENT THAT WILL BE
sorH PICTURESQUE AND UNIQUE.
.r.rse.rramed Tabernacle 10 Be Erect
ed on the Allan Lot--Work OF 'ho
woman's Association.

yyoman's hssoctatiohs
Tho management Of the Woman's Chris
,ion Association Of Richmond have been
and are doing great work. They wish 70
do n greater one, and they Will succeed II
unsel6sh devotion to good cause can &c
complish ANYTHING and the community al
large exhibit liberal appreciation Oh their
noble efforts.
The association was organized aboutfou
vears ago. and its path has not been strewn
with flowers. save such as blossom ~ IN w
consciousness of duty to others ialtntuiiy
performed. .L-or.h
re was long time in struggling through
the gloom of encouragement 10 even INC
borders of the dawn Of success. ,,..
But now the association is an institution
of Richmond, with possibilities the reall-
zation OF which should gladden. the heart
of every true citizen.
THE ASSOCIATIONS GREAT FEATURE.
The Great feature of the organization is
the association home. where young women
who are dependent upon their own eAeI-
tions for their daily bread and who nave
no other home in the city. are RroVluo "!
with board and lodging at the smallest cost
and have around them the family innu-
ence. r,..;o- as.o
citation home, which is on Main street Dc
tween Sixth and Seventh, can accomino-
date eighteen Young women and Is alWays
full. Here board and lodging are furnlsneu
at 80 per week, classes in sewing anu SUI
biography, &C.. and religious exercises uI9
conducted, and access can be hau 10 sOVu
library. The managers DO every.n ,rI;ic ~
] -, a ha home one IN WUlCn
any mother might wish her daughter 20
live should that daughter be compeileu 10
work for living in q strange city.
MOSTLY FROM THE COUNTRY.
Most Of the boarders in the. home are
vonno ladies-generally elder daughters
of families IN the country, who owing 70
cruel fortune have to support themselves
and in some cases help to support others.
We're the stories of not few OF the DIaEe
hearts that the association mas alueu III
Getting work and have boarded at the
home written they would make nl osD
touching chapter of struggles Win poverty
and adversely, :. $1,000 80;
dent that IL the association could increase
| its home accommodations it co1ld greatly
ENLARGE its sphere of usefulness IN many
| directions, and the question of renting OF
| buying larger building was mooted.
AT THE BIENNIAL CONFERENCE.
The matter did not take definite shape,
! however, until after the last blennlal con-
/ ference Of the General Association. when
! was held in Baltimore, and was the first
! conference in which the Richmond Asso-
! ciation was represented. The Richmond
! delegates were Mrs. Truman A. Parker and
| Mrs. William Simpkin. Their report OF
/ the work of their organization met with
most encouraging reception from Inc p Goh-
/ ference. They were told that the Rlcn-
: mond organization had accomplished 2
vast deal. considering the short length OF
| time il had been in existence, but the great
desidrdfunl for continued progress anu ue-
yelopment was the ownership OF q home.
During the conference these ladies also
heard many other things which they saw
! could be applied with benefit to the opera
! tons OF the Richmond branch.
ANEW HOME BOUGHT.
AGA result of the conference, experience
of their delegates, and other consldera-
tions, the management OF the Richmond
body purchased a short while ago upon
most liberal terms the two houses NOS.
mo and nj east Franklin street, occupied
respectively by Colonel Raleigh Colston
and Mr.. Alfred Moses, and have mapped
ont a plan for extending largely their held
of labor. ...1
BEFORE the plan can be consummated,
however. they must finish paying for the
buildings. A debt stares the association III
the face and to pay 1t money must Dc
raised.
heretofore the management have made
no general appeal TO the pubic their only
sources of revenue being membership fees
and voluntary contributions. Now, how
ever. they propose to make such an appeal
and that. too, in form that Will not only
enable all classes of citizens to respond
but will prove unique diversion for the
community.
A BAZAAR OF THE SEA.
As soon as practicable the association
| will erect on the Allan lot, corner OF Filth
and Main streets, temporary frame tap,
ernacle. and about the latter partsot Aprl
will omen in il bazaar. In the tabernacle
there will be seven ships. which Will cor
respond to the tables or booths IN an ordl
nary bazaar, and each ship will be repre-
senfation in bunting, &C., of one OF the
nations of the earth. Five of these ships
will be in charge of the Episcopal, Bap
fist. PRESBYTERIAN, Methodist, and Disciple
denominations, respectively, and tht
other two will be used as the tobacco anc
the candy and toy ships. Their rigging
will be utilized for suspending the article:
that are for sale.
! Ii is understood That Mr.. hen, OF WISH
ington. will have charge of the Tabernacle
decorations and that they Will be mos
elaborate.
The association managers nope to reallZ
from the bazaar enough to reduce great.
their debt and enable them not only to IN
crease the boarding facilities Of the home
hut add to and diversity its classes. II
some of the northern homes wall-pape
designing and embroidery are taught II
addition to sewing, typewrlting, and ste
biography.
THE KINDERGARTEN AND NURSERY.
But the home is not the only institution
of these Christian laborers. Under thei
management is also the kindergarten ant
nursery. The kindergarten was .starte
about year ago in room at the Cit
Mission, A few months since a nuI
serv feature was attached 10 it, an
the quarters removed to the corner Q
Nineteenth and Franklin streets. Their
are now seventeen children in tn
kindergarten. and the daily average In tn
nursery is seven. These children are fe'
and taken care of for cents day, and tn
poor mother who has to support hersel
bv day work away from her home can tax
mn her daily burden with cheertulnes:
; knowing that her little one will be al
tended to. The kindergarten and nurser
also need money to carry on the nobl
charity and enlarge its powers for dom
good.
DR.. eOsHER'S LAST LECTURE.
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