The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-02-04
PAUPER CHILDREN.
Woman's Club Disagrees as
to the ACCESSIBILITY Of
the Plan for Their
Education.
MRS. HuDspETR-BENsoS DlssENTs
For the First Time q Man Adj
dresses the Organization and
Talks About Birds
and Bonnets.
IRIS. HUDsPETR-BENs0N DlssENTs

deep interest in the meeting. In the alb
sence of Mrs. John L. Scudder, the presi-
dent of the club, Mrs. A. j. Newberry
presided. The members are very much
concerned about the serious illness of
Mrs. Scudder, and her absence yester-
day was deeply regretted. A letter from
Mrs. Alice Hall, Mrs. Scudder's daugh-
ter. was read by Mrs. G. Hough, stating
that Mrs. Scudder was a trife better
than on the previous day, and that she
her by the Executive Committee of the
Woman's Club on Tuesday.
Miss Gaines moved that another bouquet
be sent to Mrs. Scudder. This was car
ried unanimously.
Yesterday being P~hilanthropic Day.
Mrs. Brice Collard, chairman of the
Philanthropic Committee. took charge OF
the meeting after the routine business
had been disposed of. The business con
sisted of electing four new members and
accepting the designations of several 9TH
ers. among them that of Mrs. j. Lester
Wells. The Executive Committee report
ed that the members had decided 10
send circulars to the superintendent OF
all the Sunday-sehools in this city, ask
ing them to interest their scholars in the
kindergarten work, which is rapidly pro-
crossing. AS has been told before in
The Jersey City News" the Board of
Education gave those interested in the
movement the use of the old sehoolhouse
on Mercer street, near Brunswick street
This will be thoroughly renovated short
Iy and made ready for the aceommoda-
e ~ A frptAN of thanks
was rendered to the Board of Governors
of the Jersey City Club for the use OF
that clubhouse, which was offered TO the
club for the breakfast which was to nave
been given shortly. but owing to the i'll
ness of Mrs. Scudder it was postponed.
The Philanthropic Committee then
took charge. Mrs. Williamson, secretary
of the State Charities Association. was
then introduced. She began by compli-
mentfng the Woman's Club for taking up
the kindergarten work.
II am sure she said, sthat the Board
of Education in this city will soon take
it up, which will indeed be a great
thing
Mrs. Williamson then said that it took
the women to do things every time
1.-THE men, she continued, when
speaking about charities, only touch the
top of these things, but it takes US wom-
en- to go right to the bottom and work
them for all there is in it. We have a
bill ready which our association will lay
before the Legislature shortly, and II 1t
is passed will be one of the greatest
things ever done to benefit the pauper
children in this State"
n ,rhtyid0C mar no Gnll1
shall remain longer than thirty lays IN
an almshouse, and after the thirty Gays
have expired a board of guardians, winch
will consist of three men and two women:
10 be appointed by the presiding judge OF
the county courts, will take charge of the
child or children and either procure WORK
for them or place them IN soMle laahiH L5y
out of politics. There are now zDu emil
dren in the almshouse at Snake Hill ana
about 40 altogether in the aimsnouse ~
this State. and it's a shame the way their
education is neglected. Just to thlnk
that some of these boys and girls remain
there until they are eighteen years old
without any education. Women, II IS our
d,1ty to educate these children and we
Mrs. Williamson then went on to tell
how an or~ganization IN mt E haa oe eceom o.
plished great things.
First we had the garbage collected
more regularly" she said; d. aa ma h az e fiye
eTS HI VI liiS q to. W. 1850
ordinance amended 50 that no paper was
allowed in any back yards. We had an
ordinance passed calling for all storekeep-
ers to have their sidewalks swept on saI5
urday night, so, that, the streets would
present a clean appearance SUNDAY morn
Mrs Williamson concluded. Mrs. Huds-
peth- Benson who, perhaps, has had mucns
experience in charitable work N TINS c4iy,
spoke about the almshouse at snake AN,
agree with Mrs. Williamson in her views
on the pauper children. ~, A,4,,
Educating the children IS all right
she said, but there are many people VINO
would not care to AVE them around 1
visited the warden at the ~alnshouse a few
days ago and had a long talk with him
that the women picked up around the
streets were sent there to scrub the
floors. How can the children learn to be
good when they AYE TO m q W w ai nuc is
q beautiful place, and well cared for but,
of course, they lack education. | do not
favor any of the pauper chlidren pelng
taken away from there as that place Is
maintained for the purpose of caring for
Them" Mrs. Benson further urged the
women to go among me poor ana heip
Temperance Union started a movement in
this city a short time ago to prog.lde TOR
the poor men by giving, them eoffee and
food, but it did not last long.
..Why was that?' she asked, Just be-
cause those in charge of the movement
wanted the men to pray and worship the
Lord just as soon as they came into the
place where the coffee was being given
away, but no man will worship on an emp
This remark was greeted with lots of
applause.
Let him eat first, she said, land then
he will have something to be thankful
for"
Miss Cornelia Bradford of the Whittier
House spoke at length on sweat shops
and the horrible conditions which prevail
therein. She advised the women to buy
at the stores that did not handle the
goods were sold. She advocated trade
unions and spoke about the work done
by them in putting trade marks on all
goods manufactured by the different
classes of trade. sThe ak was most in
teresting, as are all Of Miss Bradford's
thropy'' was read by Mrs. M. De Hart,
M. D., which contained descriptions of
the different houses she had been to dur
ing her many years OF practice, and the
way the poor people lived IN the tenement
houses. The Woman's Club let down the
oars yesterday and permitted Mr.. Will.
lam Dutcher-"a man, just think OF it,
to speak about the audubon Society,"
His talk was chiefly on birds. and the aw-
full slaughter of them so as to please the
women who must have the wings for their
bonnets. This remark caused a ripple of
AZ intervals during the meeting Miss
Jessie Marvin rendered piano. solos. and
Miss Clark of Bayonne sang soprano So
los: Miss Carlotte Scully of Arlington re-
the dungeon scene from Faust" Madam
Brown, or the Poor Musician and CHM
let VS.. Corkscrew."
Refreshments were served after the