The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-02-03
BROTHERHOOD CRUSADE.
a round the World IN an Illustrated
Lecture Carroll Hall.


Lecture at Carroll Hall.
Saturday evening at S o'clock. ar Car
roll Hall. 912 Tenth street. Mr. Bur
cham Harding, Of New York. will de-
liver an illustrated lecture on The
Brotherhood Crusade Around the
World" The views. wi ch will be
shown by stereopticon, were taken by
the Crusaders AT various places in
Scotland, Ireland, France. Germany.
Holland, Italy. Austria Greece. Egypt.
India, CeylOn. Australia. Samoa. etc
Especially noteworthy are the rock-cut
temples in India. hewn out Of the solid
rock. So little is known about these
that they VIII be TO many people
matter OF great interest
This lecture is under the auspices Of
the International Brotherhood League.
an unsectarian body which was organ
lied last year in New York city. by
Mrs katherine \. Tingley. to afford an
opportunity for a practical application
in every day life Of mems theories Of
universal brotherhood
Mrs. Tingiey has for many years
been engaged in humanitarian work in
New York. She has always tried es-
pecIaily To help poor children. and was
thu founder Of the Do Good Mission
on the East Side.
Among other prominent members of
the International Brotherhood League
are F. VI. Pierce r. \ Neresheimer.
II. I. Patterson, :. Stern. d. T. A
Gam and many other business and
professional men.
No officer or worker receives. or
would accept. any financial return for
work done. as the very genius and
spirit of TIE league Is To meet the
downCast and the fallen heart to heart.
giving them true love and sympathy
and this would be impossible if there
were any mercenary motive.
The Crusaders formed branches Of /
the International Brotherhood League /
all over the world, in the various coun- /
tries they visited, and much good work I
has been done in consequence. There /
are many of these branches in tn
United States. Washington being one I
II the few large cities not having one /
The objects Of the league are:
l. To help men and women 10 realize /
the nobility of their callins. and their !
true position in life.
2 To educate children Of all nations
on the broadcast lines Of universal 4
brotherhood and To prepare destitute
and homeless children 20 become work
ers foI humanity.
). To ameliOTate the condition Of I'M
fortunate women and assist them To a
higher life.
4. To assist those who are. or have
been. in prisons 10 establish themselves
in honorable positions in life.
,. To endeavor to abolish capital
punishment
g. To bring about better under
standing between so-CalIed savage and
civilized races. by promoting closer
and more sympathetic relationship be
tween them
:. To relieve human suffering result
ing from flood. famine. war and other
and generally. tn extend
aid. help and comfort To suffering hu-
nanity throughout the world.
AS Will be clearly seer this work is
aminently humanitar' an; in those cities
which have taken it up il has already
become known as one of the most ben
eficial of public institutions. The
'Wayfare." at Buffalo y. Y, shelters
and finds work for. hun
1reds of women who otherwise would
De on the streets. with no door open to
hem.
One of the notable features of the
work is the rescue and cure of inebri- 4
ties, carried on by DIR. X. A. Gam. of |
New York. Many have come to this
worker to express their heartfelt
hanks at having been helped back to
m upright life. Judges and the police
egularly send to these institutions
asses of first Offense. since 'dismissing
With a reprimand" does no good. and
ending to jail does distinct harm:
7hile the workers i'm the International
League. meeting these
ulprits with bTOtherly love and sym
athy. nearly always succeed in start
1g them again on the right path .
Mr.. Harding, who will deliver the
ecture on the Crusade Saturday even
lg. is we'll known as a league worker.
nd worker for brotherhood. The adj
Mission is % cents. and all profits will +
e devoted directly TO the work of the
sague. The New York Press. after
heir exhibit at Scottish Rite Hail.
nat city. described them as "the finest
objection ever exhibited in this coun- .
y"