New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-08
p,pOvrss RERTHA Won LOWWENDHAUSEN.


Harlem Annex and are popular among WORKING
girls everywhere a., A.,
81 want It distinctly understood, said MSS NJ
Coll in speaking of her new work that II Is 'lo'
n be 4 mission We are TO have entertainments
musicals and social gatherngs-good. Jolly ONES
and while we will. Of course, have the WORD OF "'o.
we do not intend to get unconverted girls OUT vi
heated shops and filthy tenements TO preach "
them We will meet them as our sstcrs our
friends. and try to be a help and blessing 70
Them and God will do the rest. 1t Is mistake 10
think that n settlement should not have the bioie'
Every woman living has a divine spark IN hei ha-
ture and she longs for higher ana noDier t"iiss
than she has ever known. but she Is ofteh SICK
and tired CT long-faced Christianity that Is al
criticism and condemnation. We have mad fo-
IVA, Catholic and Jewish girls come for months 10
tho Annex prepared to fly into a fury or indigha-
ton If we spoke 10 them about religion put we
held our peace. and after a time they came arouiu
of their own accord and asked 10 be allowed 10
iou the Bible class. OF course. the fouhoa'on
If tho whole thing is the Bible and our aim Is TO
hiring the girls and women to Christ. ana away
fron the possibility of following so many OF their
sisters to the Bowery and Chinatown
Miss Carson. who Is known as the girls friehd'
was the originator of the scheme.
There are hfty-one thousand women IN THIS
ward !" she said ard that within an area OF
eouarc mile who know other life but that OF
,hoir uncl.an tenement homes. the unneaitny
factory the street and the dance nal: 1ou
htl
r, ne'i 1siaTd and the two-cent chemical soda
onyy siand on the corner and my only wonder IS
that there is as much morahty "i'oie '"' ~
Nv Young Women's Christian Association WORK PIX
,brcv, me with them good deal. ana saw 'nc
great need of just such work as we nope "
Wits the reporter was talking TO Miss carson
tv,icai East Side girl dressed in BACK orant s'
skirt cheap saor het h ana hiacE uri,acal curls
waist. came in: She shook her oiaoh ' '''0' ~
and staggered up saying ,. ,roo, do
SAY which o yez run de shebang-l mean NC
Settlement? al co..,
Are vez a fresh-ar loidy?' -, A.. 80
~ am great believer in fresh air, was the an
"We1. den | wants me name took Mommer
GAYS she'll let me have me air changed dis summer
couldn't git away last time cause II gave up ''e
work | couldn't git IL back. T., .,, .o,r
.II,ve YOU been able to arrange II this year
with your employer questioned MISS |afso"
sming.y. ,. ,. T hod Gov couId
"IIain't got no employer; wish mad say cou'd
yeZ get me a posish?
.Oh a little of everything, and not much OF any
'h IN WAS a fair sample OF the East SIDE girl"
s,id Miss Carson NO fixed trade. no education
sent to work anything she can OBTAIN az soon S
.royys nm shftless vain and tough. She is tough
Iecause she thinks II is smart and she wears
cheap jewelry and learns TO nance, 6 sh &c wSat
sha 10 because her environments have made her SO
TIL good is there but it needs developing"
The Alpha Chapter Of the n, mas sa Seen
colleges OF the East will be represented among tne
workers or rather the working students; Among
- Mason North John NJ Huyler. Mr.. Murdoch
iI,weII Paul Babcock. Mrs. Margaret Sangster.
Mrs. Taggar,. Hiss Madeleine Cut'ns ana tne
mnIIy onnned some evening this week, when
rentl-n Will be rendered TO the girls OF the neigh
borhood and refreshments served