The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-18
NEW CHURCH CLUB.
West Side Methodist Has
Opened Rooms For
Young Men.

A new club for young men has been or
| ganized in the West Side M. E. Church.
1t has not as yet received a name. The
| organizers are in no hurry to name it,
| preferring to have it nameless for a
while rather than to have an unsuitable
name given it. Much thought will be
given to the naming of the club. Each
member of the congregation and each
membe of the club has been invited to
suggest a name which he or she may
| consider suitable. These ame will all
be published in Crumbs" the official
newspaper of the church. and a choice
| will be made from among them.
The object of the club is to provide a
| place where the young men in the parish,
| whether members of the. West Side M. E.
| Church or not, may spend their even
ings. 1t is especially designed for young
men who have not home comforts or
who roam around the streets at night.
Literary and social enjoyments will be
afforded the members.
A reading room has been fitted up for
| the use of the club members. 1t is hand
| somely appointed. Magazines ard news
| papers are already to be found there, al
| though the club has been organized but
| one week. 1t is proposed to have a Ii
| brary of choice books. hat will come
| later, however. For the present William
H. Beach, who is deeply interested in the
club, has supplied a substitute for the
| club library. How he did it is told in
Crumbs the church paper
by the aid of Mr.. Beach, our club has
secured fifty selected books from the
| Public Library, to be held for four weeks.
These books have been selected by Miss
| Burdick, the efficient Librarian, with
such wisdom and skill as comes from
| long familiarity with books and also with
the preferences of young people. They
| chiefly comprise popular novels, books of
travel and histories. Every one is a live
book. The Chautaudua Room will be
warmed and lighted for use as a silent
Reading Room"
Pastor Little has warned the young men
| club. He writes as follows:-It is hoped
that no young person will conclude that
the church desires any young men to
| spend the greater part of their evenings
at the club rooms. Amusement is not a
leading issue in life. Devotion thereto
commonly fails to give satisfaction. As
| a side issue, and as a relaxation from toll
| and care, it is worthy of high esteem.
We want all our young men to Show their
| faces at the club, once a week, and many
of them ~oftener, but do not expect any
to come every night, unless they are
| without a good home or have already
| "graduated'' from such a home into the
street. Better be at the club, than roam
ing the streets. But better still to cherish
and establish for a lifetime, the love of
home. The old, original Home Club, has
never been excelled, especially when there
is a wife and babies there. Yet some
thing must be lone by those who nave
good homes, for the benefit of others who
are less fortunate"
Thomas Flanagan decorated the social
room, as the reading room of the new
club is called, giving the material and his
services. The wall is a solid red, in
color; neither bright nor deep, with a
wide frieze to match. The ceiling is a
light figured pink and the combination
is highly effective.
The initiation fee to the club has been