The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-10

bCrs-1He Mothers IeIS Il FeHt-
urc-The Industrial Room, in
Charge of Mrs. Lulu G. bacon, ID j.
ing a Very Successful Work.
The Girls Sewing school, with an
Average Attendance of 33O--How
the Ladies' Of ST. Paul Can Aid the
Bethel Home Work of the
Bethel Association Proper.
A Bethel boat may not be a floating
palace. but those who understand the
whywithal and the wherewithal of its
existence. know that to thousands it is.
and has been an anchored solace. In
these days of battleship interests 1t is
not amiss to call the attention of the
public to this war boat, for
such it is, armed not with the
out-of-date weapons of charity, but
those of sound, up-to-date philanthro-
pic principles, wherewith to do battle
against poverty vice and suffering
The association repudiates the charity
that does violence to the laws of self
respect and breaks that injunction to
do unto others as we would have them
do unto us-sO sacred an injunction
and so universal in its APPLICATION that
men term it a golden rule and will not
suspend it even by the grace of charity
when with her gifts she would inflict
upon them the sense Of dependency and
inferiorlty.
So the watch word of the Bethel as
ISOLATION is For Value Received"
which may be passed along the whole
line of humanity without sticking in
the throat of a single individual. But
the Bethel work is a philanthropy in
that the men and women in the organi-
Zatlon are attempting to bring about a
better adjustment of supply and de-
mand in the confused corners of the
labor market. A woman can do plain
sewing and mend well, but she cannot
go out TO work. owing to i'll health or
10 large family of children.
The ladies' auxiliary to the Bethel as
ISOLATION has on hand the mending and
plain sewing. This work is given out
and for it credit of varying purchasing
power is given whereWith the woman
may buy for her children clothes or
shoes, or things she most needs from
the Bethel Such labor as she is cap
able of is made available for her and
she is not a pauper, either but a self
respecting and respected woman. This
Is the principle of procedure and this
il is that makes such philanthropy so
superior to the old time charity. In
this work the philanthropists are bene-
fitted, too, for all this energy which
they are quietly turning into profitable
channels saves the city from expense,
and results in a smaller tax rate or
more internal Improvements.
Purpose of the Work.
But why is the work carried on on
board boat? How is it supported?
OR does it walk the waters upheld only
by the faith that made firm the sur
face of the sea 1900 years ago? When
was this boat built ard by whom?
Who are the society's organizers and
what DO they want? Such are the oues-
tons in regard to this work which
The o e will answer this morn
ing.
The st. Paul Bethel association was
organized in December of 1872. as a
result of several conferences held in
the rooms of the Y. N. c. A, to con-
slider the question of simply reaching
the "unchurched' masses.
Rev. NJ. Wimaheau, assistant superin-
tendent of the Western Seaman's
riend society, came to st. Paul and
outlined the plan Of work of other
Bethels, and consequent to this visit
the local society was organized with
the following trustees and officers:
President. Gen. r. w Johnson.
Vice president c. W. Schumacher
Treasurer, Parker Payne
Secretary, ]. J. Jeette.
Trusto es-Thomas Cochran Jr Hon. George
L. Becker E. W. Halowell, f. W. Chase
A. J. Goodrich and Rev. U. Himebaugh.
You will notice that originally it was
a se2man's work, and when, fourteen
years later, Rev f. r. Pierce, the
chaplain, began looking for a Bethel
home, he regarded with favor the sug-
gestion of Rev. Franklin, general SUI
perintendent of the Western Seaman's
society. to build a floating Bethel as
the home of the work at ST Paul. Nav
3. 1891, the home was completed, but
what would it be without the mothers?
The men know a great deal-all that
the women don't know-but they cant
make anything but a house, so the
Ladies' Auxiliary to the Bethel asso-
citation stepped in in the spring of 81,
and, furnishing and equipping the boat,
made a home of it.
The Ladies' Take Hand
1t was the 18th of March, 1891, that a.