The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-13
THE PATCH MUST WAIT
Miss Kate Adams Cannot Begin
Work Now.
Lingering Illness Will Prevent
Her Mission Lab0rs.
Expected to Go Among the Poor of
the West Bottoms in Kansas
City This Winter Doing
Good-Illness Pre-
vents.

The Kansas City Journal of today says:
Miss Kate. Adams of Topeka, who is
taking up the work of a deaconess in the
Episcopal church, was to have reached
Kansas City yesterday to look over her
work among the poor of 1.-The Patch and
kindred spots, but on account of illness
she is detained at her home in Topeka,
and a letter says she may not be able to
do anything in her work this season.
Miss Adams belongs to one of the
prominent families of Kansas and her
determination to enter upon a work
among the poor of the cities is an event
that is attracting much attention among
the many who know her. She has de-
cided to make her field of operation for a
time, at least, in 1.-The Patch 1.-The
Horseshoe and the remnant of 'tHells
Half Acre down in the west bottoms.
Miss Adams is daughter of Captain
Dan Adams, who lived for many years at
Manhattan, where he accumulated in
business considerable fortune. He was
a leading citizen of that section of Kan
sas. Later he removed to Topeka, where
he was prominently connected with vari-
Gus important financial ventures and was
regarded an exemplary citizen. Miss
Kate was a student and graduate of the
Topeka high school and later studied and
graduated from Bethany college. She was
her girlhood was an active worker in the
Sunday school and charitable organiza-
lions maintained by Bishop Vail in con-
nection with Christ Episcopal church of
Topeka.
When E. N. Morrill, was inaugurated as
governor of Kansas he made her his
stenographer, and she was with him in
the office for over year. Then she re-
signed and announced that she had de-
la1 dnIn and fol xa n
course of instruction to fit her for work
as deaconess of the Episcopal church.
The study course there includes practi-
cal work among the dark places of the
City of Friends. She had been there I'M
til the present summer vacation, when
she returned to Kansas and placed herself
at the disposal of Bishop MiHspaugh, and
decided to spend her vacation down in the
west bottoms studying the conditions
there so that her actual labors one year
hence might be started well and made
effective from the beginning.
Miss Adams knowledge of 1.-The Patch
and the other dark places down near the
state line was CLEANED from Miss Lucy
Dougherty, daughter of Rev. James G.
Dougherty of the Congregational church
of Kansas City, Kan, who has put in
year of work among the poor of that part
of the city. She and Miss Adams were
schoolmates, and are close personal
friends. 1t was Miss Dougherty who
ceived a letter from Miss Adams physi-
clan, saying that she i'll, and it was
quite probable she would be unable to
begin her work among the poor this sea-
son. 1t will be time soon for her to re-
turn to her studies at Philadelphia. 1t
will be with regret that all of the workers
in the schools down near the state line
will learn that Miss Adams help viii not
be given the work this season. Miss
Adams is possessed of modest COM
petence, and expects to devote her for
tune, as well as her time, to the work for
the benefit of the unfortunate
s'The Patch,'' which will be the first
field Miss Adams will attempt to cult
vate lies between James street and the
river between Armour's packing house
and Ohio avenue in Kansas City, Kan.
There is a space about equal to two or
binary blocks of ground that teens with
life. 1t is covered with cheap houses
crowded together, set in all sorts of ir-
regular shapes. The winding narrow and
dirty alleys give scarce room for one to
pass along, and during the day they are
crowded with little children at play.
1t is peop1ed with foreigners-Poles,
Hungarians, Austrians, Slavs, with a
mixture of all else. The English language