The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-09
ITS FIFTH YEAR.
Whittier House to Celebrate
Wooden Anniversary
Monday.
BISHOP POTTER WILL SPEAK
Review of Years Work
and Other Fea-
lures.

On the fourteenth of May it will be
just five years since Miss Cornelia Brad
ford moved into Whittier House, with a
desk, a lounge, a table, a ten-dollar bill
and opened the now famous Whittier
House Settlement Work.
As a befitting mark of this it's fifth an
niversary Miss Bradford has issued very
pretty little birch bark paper invitations
announcing that on Monday evening, May
Is, Whittier House will hold its wooden
anniversary at eight o'clock, when Bishop
Potter of New York will address the as
sembly.
There will also be several other num-
bers on the programme, among which
will be the presentation of a new piano
to the Settlement; vocal music by Miss
Lucy Nelson, chairman of the Auxiliary
Committee, and a review of the years
work by Miss Bradford On this evening
all classes in Whittier House will be sus-
pended in order to give all the privilege
of enjoying the wooden anniversary.
During the past year several new de-
partments and classes have been added to
Whittier House. Among them is the
Jersey City branch of the Legal Aid As
ISOLATION and Kitchen Garden and Cook
ing Classes, also the Flower Mission.
Whittier House has also during the pass
year played an important part in bringing
about the Organized Aid Association.
Prior to its formation public meetings
were held in Whittier House, and it was
here that the early enthusiasm was
started, hence the Organized Aid, with
one of Whittier House residents, Miss A.
A. Chown, as agent.
The Boys Club continues to flourish
and grow in numbers. The boys still re-
tain the house next door to Whittier for
their club rooms. Here the boys meet
Monday, Tuesday and Friday of each
week. Mr.. Fred S. Bennett of Englewood
is President, assisted by a number of
Whittier teachers and Mrs. Bennett.
Among the departments of the Whittier
House is the reading room, in charge of
Miss Jeanne Cassard; boys bank, Mr..
F.. S. Bennett and Miss Lavinia Pond;
penny provident bank, Miss Eleanor NJ:
Wood and Jeanne Cassard; library, Misses
Eleanor NJ. Wood and Helen w. Banks;
medical dispensary, DR.. Florence De
Hart; dental dispensary, DR.. Wilson F.
Randolph; counsellors, Messrs. E. S.
Cowles and William Carey, and New
Legal Aid Association, Miss Mary Phil
brook.
The kitchen garden class was started
during the winter by Mrs. Howard Slater,
assisted by Misses Jessie Perry, Helen
Dixon and Nellie Holbrook, and excel
lent work in teaching the children how
to keep house has been accomplished by
this department, which has grown rap
idly. The cooking class, which has also
accomplished excellent work, is taught
by Misses A.. A. Chown, Perkins and Ed
wards. Another new feature is the class
in electricity, taught by Mr.. ]. M. Lane.
On Monday evening the house Will De
over to the board of directors, on
sisting of Messrs. w. R.. Richards, James
M. Ludlow, A. j.. Newbury, Amory n.
Bradford. w. J.. Hunt, q. K. Pangborn,
Stanley White, John H. Parsons, John
L. Scudder, E. T. Tomlinson, Hugh r
Fox. Howard S. Bliss and G. K. Dickin-
SON. NJ. D.. in connection with the auxili-
airy committee, Mrs. F. S. Bennett Mrs.
E.. S. Davey, Miss A. Van Wrinkle, Miss
R.. H. Doremus, Mrs. Myfon Furst, Mrs.
A T. NeWbury. Mrs. William Marshall,
Mrs. A.. Creveling, and the officers, Presi-
dent, w. R. Richards, D. D.; Vice-Presi-
dent, j. NJ. Ludlow, D. D.; Treasurer,
Captain A. J. Newbury; Secretary, All.
Bradford, D. D., and Head Worker. MISS
Cornelia F. Bradford. Refreshments will.
of course. be served at the conclusion of
the programme.
The various departments of Whittier
House have begun to close for the sum
mer. and last evening the dancing class
held its closing reception, which was well
attended and much enjoyed.