The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-21
AT THE LOWELL HOUSE.

AT THE LOWELL HOUSE.
 It is Not a Church, Nor Is it Mission.
 The bath house opened for women and children has not been bowling success. A nominal charge of five cents is made, but :he failure is not due to this. It is due perhaps more to novelty than anything else.
 The Boys Club.
 It meets twice a week. I made q call the other day. when it was in session. Tn the back room of the basement found a heavily built Yale divinity student in costume exceedingly neg ligee, waltzing around a room which measured exactly twenty-one by nine, | Of course the waltz was military for | he was drilling them. The contrast be- tween this Herculean dominic and the dozen little bright faced teterdemalions fin undress uniform was ludicrous in the extreme. Raise your hands over your heads and then bend over without bend ing your knees,' said the instructor, and over slowly went the wiry bodies As they assumed the lunette shape over went boy sprawling headlong between the legs of the boy in front of him. This was too much for the pent up emo- ton of the company, and the old place rang with wild road of laughter. The dominic laughed too Then they pi- on, ba Ia to shake the laugh out. After this they went through several series of extensive motions and setting up exercises and finally a sham battle with bean bags for ammunition. They gathered around the big fellow asking questions about | the next meeting and seemed dreadful | ly grieved that 1t was not until Friday afternoon. These exercises vary. On this occasion it was too hot for any thing but fun.
 Class in Wood Carving
 Quite different in some respects is this from the military contingent The class sits around table and with great in- terest traces the lines with their sloyd | knives. There is quietness and order. This class meets twice a week and is taught by public school teacher These classes were held in the basement At the same time on the first floor are the girls classes,
 Classes in Needle Work.
 In the paror sits a teacher and around her dozen of the most attractive little children imaginable. Their work is of course of the simplest but they enjoy it exceedingly. There are three of these girls classes in operation at the same1 time, while in the room used in the for dispensary, there is a large class called
 The Fern Club
 Each child has a book of her own in which she presses the beau tiful green ferns of many species. Here the teacher is able to discover the in- ner nature of her pupil and to direct her to higher levels. It Is really friend ship club in which a cultured teacher becomes the personal friend of each child.
 Excursions.
 Every Saturday a party of the chill dren Is taken to the woods to study and enjoy nature
 Every day in the week the work goes on. Lowell house is not a charity, nor Is it a mission. It is a social center where neighbors meet for mutual inn provement and social intercourse , There is q woman's club which meets every week for mutual help. There is a working mems club which meets to dis cuss social and civil topics. There Is class in which young la- dies learn to make their own dresses. There is a dispensary where medical aid may be had by those who are really not able to pay for it, and here the greatest care is exercised to prevent : to the medical profession of the neighborhood People of all creeds and classes meet here on a perfect Neither Dr. Teele nor Miss Lanfear are robust and unless they get help in this work may not be physically able to carry it on. The total expense las been less than fifty dollars a month, and twenty-five of this amount goes for rent, light, heat, etc. The settlement Is at 202 Franklin street. Dr, Julia reele is head worker and Miss Lanfear Is her associate. %*
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