The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-01-05
4 MHEELING BOY'S1 WORK.


dun OF growing Importance IN bring
tne together The supply and demand OF
dc olty's labor market is5the st. Bar
tbolomew's Employment BrTeau. It Is
situated In the Mission House OF ST.
Ra-tholomew's Church, on Torty-sec-
ond street, east OF Third avenue and
In october completed the third year OF
its existence.
The bureau Is one OF the many phil
anthropic works OF the church-tne
word phllanthropic being used IN the
large sense which the word charity
does not seem to cover. IL was organ
iZed 10 supply a means OF RELIEF to the
people VINO apply TO the church Tor as
elstnnce, and a method OF doing tnen
O permanent good.
The bureau Is for men ana women Oh
MI classes. for professional, mefcan-
tile, and domestic work. but US greal-
EST work IS done IN the domestic de.
uartmeut, During the past year l'bS2
positions Tor Domestic servants Were
filed, Tor cooks, laundresses, Gafoen-
ers. coachmen, caretakers, ana uay
workers in any and all OF the dilleI-
ent lines. ne
work this department has been p9Iuc-
uIarlv active, and now besides q lafge
number OF servants Of all grades on
fits registers, It has larAe chei ,..
OF the employers from among the y OsS'
part OF the population OF New 3o.h'
members OF the parish anu OtnHssi
These employers have been suppIieu
with servants with much satisfaction
10 nli concerned. The workers IN the
bureau believe the employers are pc
Ginning TO look upon their employment
~ heIpers OF various kinds as pIac-
ticai method OF benevolence.
at Il chat method" they say where-
nv the helper approaches the applicant
Tor help, recognizing that me aPPu-
cant has certain inherent flghts Whlch
must be carefully guarded certain ere
ments OF character Whlcn must " IN
no case endangered; and, recognizing
1bnt these inner elements OF character
constitute, after all, mans best pos-
aesslon. the helper is careful ana So
ifcItous 10 observe how help can be
attended without offending, without
efnbarrassing,w without dulling the sense
~ honor or OF self-reliance, without
enervatInE or without pauperiztng, as
the case may be. To accomplish this
end. and in cooperation with other
agencies working upon the same gener-
nj plan, st. Bartholomew Employ
IneHt Bureau IS doing its work.
Although the highly paid cook and
the little would-be factory girl are both
registered at the bureau, II Is the lat
ter OF which the bureau is most proud
when she gives up her ideas OF business
life for domestic service. She Is not the
educated girl ready for a good mer-
camille position, but the young girl
who would take an elementary posi-
tion IN a store or q factory. When she
has been persuaded to enter q family
as a domestic and learn household du-
ties, the bureau believes II has done
one thing which alone would be Its
excuse for being.
Of a phlIanthropic nature, is the find-
ing of positions for Armenian refugees
Many OF them are sent to the country
md put where they can learn the Ian
Elage and perform duties with which
they are not entirely unfamiliar. The
special work done among the Armen-
ians by st. BarthoiCmews church and
rs serVlees for them bring the church
workers In touch with them ia a way
In which they can be helped.
Through the Swedish mission in the
church and its pastor, who is secretary
Of the employment bureau, many Swe-
reau and positions found for them.
One Of the most difficult fields OF en-
deavor OF the bureau is that Of finding
suitable work for gentlewomen who
are In need and al the same time with
out any practical knowledge OF any
kind OF work. Many Of them, however,
can all positions with great satisfaction
that could be undertaken by no one
else in the market generally known as
domestics.
Positions for such people are always
the most difficult to find, and Tho bu-
reau is always on the outlook for
them The bureau particularly asks for
patronage from people out OF town
desiring shopping done. and Il can al
ways provide chaperons for young la
dies or guides around the city for
them. There are also men who will
guide men from out OF town and for
elgnera around the city.
A speciality OF the bureau IS stop
gaps" It has from nifty TO one hap-
bred people on Its lists, many OF them
women connected with the parish. who
are ready at short notice to 90 out
by the day for washing, Ironing, cook
ing, or cleaning. These are most OK
them women with families, whose
nelghbors will look after their chill
dren for a day or so. to enable them
20 earn a few extra dollars. They are
classified and registered for any de-
mand made upon them. Many OF them
20 out to families in the suburbs of the
city.
The general ability Of the hurenu to
supply the demands made upon It can
he Judged when II is known that there
are Ave hundred people visiting Il
daily. No one Is sent from the bureau
without reference which has been
obtained by the bureau from former
employers or responsible people. The
work of the domestic department has
been so satisfactory that the returns
from II have put the whole employ
ment bureau on self-supporting ba-
SIS. The professional md mercantile
departments are also doing good work
In their respective lines.
The domestic department requires O
fec OF twenty-five cents. which Is re-
turnable IN two months II 4 position
is not found. II one Is obtained for
the applicant an additional Zee or ten
per cent OF the wages OF one month
is charged. The employer Is also
charged 10 per cent OF the wages OF tho
worker for one month. An absolute lack
" funds when persons are OF good
character viii not prevent the bureau
from aiding them TO obtain a position
The work OF the bureau has Increased
10 such an eNtcn. that seven persons
Hre now employed to carry Il on, eX-
elusive OF the president and secretary,
clergymcn OF the church
The seott-RHEsslI Scandal.