Blue-grass blade., 1892-02-13
TO REMOVE TEMPTATION.


"Workingmen's Clubs In which Liqusr
Il Not Sold.
Worthy of special note here is the re-
cent establishment in New York city of
what is known as the East Side Work
ingmen's club. The club is located in
what was formerly an old country resi-
dence at the foot of East Seventy sixth
street. overlooking the East river. The
location is beautiful one as well as
most advantageous for the objects had
in view. The neighborhood is thickly
settled by workingmen to whom hither-
to no advantages of the kind proposed
here have been offered except such as
might be found in the inevitable and
superabundant grog shops and beer gar
dens. The clubhouse will be neatly
furnished; it will include a pleasant
reading room, a gymnasium, kitchen,
bathroom, amusement room and kinder
garten. Provision is made for giving
musical entertainments, lectures, etc.,
for the benefit of all who come. Every
thing is provided, in fact, that can be
devised to win and hold the interest and
PoeAOhoSO VI ehC PCOPiC. 4ucuDcznkAAp
in the club is open to all without re-
gard to creed or race, and the fee is
only five dollars a year. No religious
services are held, and the reading room
contains no odenominational publications.
The two or three college men who make
their home at the clubhouse for the
purpose of maintaining its work are not
selected with reference to any sectarian
lines. Thus far the residents have in
cluded men from Columbia, Harvard.
Yale. the College of the City of New
York and Williams. with two others
who were not college men. The enter
prise thus far has met with great en-
couragement. and it is evidently filing
a real need. In various ways the peo-
pie of the neighborhood who are not of
the very poor class have shown them
selves responsive to the efforts of those
whom they recognize as friends seeking
to make them acquainted with ways of
directing their lives to something higher
and better than they have known.
ton are thought necessary. for their in
struction.the work is carried on in Co
operation with that of the Emmanuel
chapel inaugurated by Bishop Potter IN
the neighborhood. and being in charge
Of st. James church. The committee
having the work in charge has been en-
eouraged by finding itself welcome with
its friendly purposes. The bishop has
referred to what has been done as
''Christlike work." although directed to
answering very human wants, being the
means of bringing higher and more
sacred things within the horizon Of
''that large class of toilers whose lives
are now SO barren of joy. and barren,
alasl no less. of faith"
One Of the most encouraging signs Of
the times in the field of temperance re-
form is the number of organizations
springing up in the cities and towns
having for their object the furnishing Of
places where refreshment. innocent
amusement and recreation may be had
free from the temptations of drink. Some
of these organizations are run in con-
nection with churches and Woman's
Christian Temperance unions and others
are managed Independently. In many
cases the churches are engaging in this
work directly. The Peoples church in
Jersey City. under Rev. Dr. Scudder,
and st. Bartholomew church in New
York city. under Rev. DIR. Greer, are
among the leaders in this noble move
ment- Both of these churches have
lately opened large buildings designed
and equipped Tor the use, pleasure and
profit Of the people. In this connection
mention should be made Of the Sunday
Breakfast Association of Brooklyn, q
society recently organized for the pur-
pose of spreading temperance and
Christian principles among the masses.
This society win work in unison with
the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union of Brooklyn for the amelioration
Of the condition of the poor and of fallen
humanity. by giving succession Of free
Sunday morning breakfasts, IN con-
junction with which there will be reli-
gious services and addresses With all
these enterprises offering opportunities
for social intercourse and for the indul-
gence of proper and legitimate desires for
recreation and amusement, the grog
shops are bound to be the losers in the
end.-Christian at Work.