The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-01
new RESCUE Home
Mrs. Aylief One Starts For
Fallen Women in Hobo
ken Avenue.
W. c. 7. U. INTERESTED
Mrs. Story Says Newman In
dustrial Mission Closed
It's Doors and Work
Must Be Continued.

IT principally desire to make tenn
porary home for homeless women" said
Mrs. Frederick Aylieff, who will tonight
formally open .The Women's Home and
Gospel Mission at No. IA Hoboken ave-
nue.. reporter of the News" called
there last evening and asked for informa-
ton concerning her plans and purposes.
Mrs. Aylieff is the ex-nlatron of the
women's department of the Newman In
dustrial Mission, on Grand street. It will
be remembered that her husband, who
was superintendent of the Newman
Home, disappeared on Christmas day
last. having left the home to visit New
York physician.
He has not been heard from since, and
Mrs. Aylieff has not the slightest clue as
to what became of him. She is under the
impression that he lost his mind ana
wandered off. She has made diligent
search for him without avail.
After her husbands disappearance, she
was given temporary charge of the
Newman Home, while search was being
made for her husband. Recently the
directors, she said decided to drop the
women's department. This renewed MIS-
AyIieff of her position.
II counselled with several charitably
disposed ladies' she said, last night,
"and on their advice, as / had been en-
gagged ten years in such work l declded
TO open the Women's Home. and Gospel
Mission. / will be the general manager. L
have secured two floors of this building
''The lower floor has, as you see, been
converted into a hall for general mission
work There are four large rooms in the
living apartment, comfortably furnlsned,
and l shall be able to accommodate SIX
or seven unfortunate homeless women TOT
a night or more if necessary
There are sometimes number of re-
spectacle, homeless, pennilesS women VINO
find themselves without nights shelter.
1t is that class | am principaily ANXIOUS
to befriend | shall judge the truthful-
ness or falsity of any story told me by an
applicant for shelter.
II shall depend upon the charitable
people of the city to assist the ladies
who are behind me in this work. Among
these is Mrs. Mary Rickard and the Rev.
Florence Randolph. / understand that a
woman who did not give her name called
at the Newman Home and asked where
had gone and when told was about to
open this mission said she wanted to help
me- suppose I will soon hear from her.
'tOf course this home is started on
small scale am trusting to good re-
suits. however. from the Gospel Mission.
The scope of our work will naturally ex-
tend
The hall where the mission is to be con-
Quoted has been made quite comfortable.
upright piano adorns one end.
A W. C. 7. IT, meeting was held yeSter-
day at the residence of Mrs. L. A. OPP
dyke, No. 55 Clinton avenue, Mrs. G.
Story, president, presiding, to consider a
new step, known as the White cross
Work. which the organization intends
to take.
Mrs. Story said that ever since the
Newman Rescue Mission closed it's doors
to vagrant women, and even before, the
question which has troubled the W. c..
T. u. in its rescue work is where to send
| their unfortunate sisters. The union pro-
poses to establish nome Tor these
women.
The white ribboners have for years been
visiting the various precincts of the city
in their rescue work for women, with the
result that there is now one precinct in
the city, the Third, where matron is
employed.
workers have pleaded with the judge to
save some unfortunate girl from being
sent to Jail, the answer has been:-
We'll you can I3 hsve ser her pfrs eps what hae
roaming the streets again.
And the result is that the poor creature .,'
is 'ssent up" for perhaps three months,
only to come out worse.
This state of affairs has set the white
ribboners thinking, and laying plans to es-
tablish a home where when some fallen
| woman is released, she may be taken ana
surrounded with refining influences for
| both body and soul.
Mrs Story said the Newman Mission
| had closed its woman's department, aad
| there is no place for such women In the
| city with the exception of the home Mrs;
| Ayriff intends opening tonight. A special
| committee from the W. c. Z. U. will wait
| upon her and endeavor to secure her CO.
| operation.
! secluded part of the city, but central to
| the station houses, and asks Mrs. Ailieff
| to preside as ma tron Inc ". z; Z, y.
| ing to carry the work through.
The services at tonight's formal opening
| will not be elaborate. but Will be made as
| Interesting as possible. The Rev. Flor
| ence Randolph will make the opening, adj
dress. All Interested are invited.
| Arrangements were also concluded at
! Yesterdays meeting for Bible reading
| to be given Friday afternoon, at three
/ O'Clock. in the chapel of the Bergen Bap-
| fist Church, by Miss Latham of New
Brunswick, to which the public is invited.