Evening journal., 1894-01-10
LOCAL SOCIETY NEWS.
DR.. Robbins Interesting Talk
at the New-Century Club.
IETBREsTINGREvIEw OF HER WORK

INTERESTING REVIEW OF her WORK
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In 81 Psul's Episcopal Church, St
Paul, MINI on December %, at p m.
was solemnized the marriage Of Miss Ada
Nance. daughter OF Jo.eph Wood Nor
gan, formerly Of the Hare and Morgan
Company, this city, to John Hamilton
Grotecloss, of New York
The church. the Oldest Episcopal
church in the city, was beautifully
adorned with Christmas greens and cut
flowers. Ths bride was given away by
her father and the bridal party was com
posed of Miss Elizabeth Carlisle, of this
city, who was maid of honor; Miss Helen
Gertrude lamar and Miss Mabel Louis
Gates, of ST. Paul
The best man was Charles o Krieger,
and the ushers were Fred Hsrhargh, Of
st Paul, and DR. Ralph Moore Peters, OF
Chicago The ceremony was performed
by Rev John Wright, also a former
Delawarean
wedding breakfast was served after
which Mr. aud Mrs Groteeloss left for a
trip through the South. They will re
side at SufFern, New York Many guests
from the East were present.
Miss Mamie Ran OK, of this city, is
visiting friends in Camden, N J.
Miss Lizzie Sbearer, of West Chester,
is the guest of Wilmington friends.
Dr. Jane Elizabeth Robbins, of New
York gave talk on college Settle
ments" before the members of the New.
Century Club this afternoon at o'clock
DR. Robbins arrived in this city last
evening, and has been the guest of Miss
Mary Mather at No. 1921 Madison
street
DR. Robbins Is tall delicate and very
intellectual looking woman, who devotes
all her time to visiting the poor and
prescribing for the sick She sends in nc
bills In her talk before the New
Century Club DR. Robbins told Of her life
and work on Rtvington street, one Of the
dirtiest poorest aud most disorderly
streets in New York
In this neighborhood half dozen re
hned young women have taken up their
residence and are working day and night
with what would appear heroic deter
mination to do good. They call them
selves the College Settlement. They live
in plain, old fashioned house OF thres
stories ana basement at No. 50 RivingtoI
street, aud after one gets to know ell
about them it is discovered that they
constitute a family more interesting
than may be found under any other roo
In all New York city.
Associated with DR. Robbins ar,
charming young women, graduates ot
Vasssr, Smith, Wellesly and other col
leges
They propose to live in that squalid
Bordld region, surrounded by dirt anC
ignorance, and, what is worse, exposed
TO the dangers Of contagious diseases anC
drunken insult. fhey are thoroughly
familiar with all these dangers, but they
are fearless. 1t was. In fact becaus,
they knew these features of life sxiste,
in their highest degree In this section o
the city that the girls went down Their
TO make their home
They have been there several months
aud their influence is already being felt
Their plan of work is q simple one
founded on the idea that the universities
owe duty to he masses They live II
the center Of their work for the purpos
OF becoming ''neighborly," with a vie1
TO the gradual elevation of the lower clas
who live in the adjoining houses AN
streets
All these young women had luxuriou
homes, and their friends and social equal
are numbered among the Four Hundred
They have given up all that and gon
down into the center Of the four huudre
thousand, where, by living as the other
live, and dealing out charity that doe
not degrade, they believe they can in
prove the condition of the poor.
DR. Robbins aud her associates do nc
make formal calll, where the hostess
made to feel that 1t Is a missionary {
charity visit They simply drop in o
some poor woman whose aequaintanC
they have formed on some previous OF
casion and leave the impression whe
they go that nothing but friendliness IL
huenced the call They do not tal
about texts and teets. but rather abou
the pots and pans and kettles and oth'
household subjects
The poor women on Rivington stree
know all about these things, althoug
they DO not always have enough Of thea
and conversation on that basis puts the
at their case. Then, when one OF th
friends the young women have made
this way is in distress, relief can
provided Without giving it the semblsn
Of charity.
The house where the college girls Ii
Is just like any other ordinary hou
east of the Bowery, The only thing r
msrkable about it inside or out is d
cleanliness
Each of the college girls has her ov
room and all divide the housekeeping e.
penses among themselves It costs the
less to live than II they were in mo
select locality. But whatever the savil
may be, It Is fully spent In the entertai
ment OF their neighbors The girls DIRE
very plainly but neatly, and suppC
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