The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-01-12

suffering. touching hearts long dull and
cold. making business men and money
makers uneasy in their absorption by
the one great struggle for more wealth
and stirring through the church as
never in all the city S history the church
had been moved. The bishop and DR.
Bruce had already seen some wonderful
things in their brief life at the settle
ment They We're to see far greater
soon more astonishing revelations of
the Divine power than they had sup
posed possible i'll this age of the world
Within month the saloon next the
settlement was closed. The saloon keep
ers lease had expired, and Clayton not
only closed the property to the whisky
men. but offered the use of the building
to the bishop and Dr. Bruce for the set
Element work. which had new grown so
large that the building was not suffi-
Gent for the different industries that
were planned One of the most impor
tant of these was the pure food depart
ment suggested by Felicia 1t was not
month after Clayton turned the saloon
property over to the settlement that
Felicia found herself installed in the
very room where souls had been lost as
head of a department not only OF cook
ing. but of course of housekeeping for
girls who wished to go out to service
She was now a resident OF the settle
ment and found home with Mrs
Bruce and the other young women from
the city who We're residents Martha
the violinist. remained at the place
where the bishop had first discovered
the two girls and came over to the set
in music
Felicia, tell us your plan in full
now. said the bishop one evening
when, in u rare interval of rest from
the great pressure of work, he with Dr.
Bruce and Felicia. had come in from
the other building
"Well. ! have long thought of the
hired girl problem. said Felicia. with
an air of wisdom that made Mrs Bruce
smile as she looked at the enthusiastic
vital beauty of this young girl. trans
formed into q new creature by the
promise she had made to live the Christ
like life. land have reached certain
conclusions in regard to it that you
men are not yet able to fathom but
Mrs Bruce here will understand me-
eve acknowledge our infancy. Fe
licia Go on. said the bishop humbly
'Then this is what | propose to do
The old saloon building is large enough
to arrange into a suit of rooms that
will represent an ordinary house My
plan is to have it so arranged and then
teach housekeeping and cooking to girls
who will afterward 80 out to service
The course will be ST.: months long In
that time / will teach plain cooking.
neatness, quickness Ind love of good
work. =
s"Hold on. Felicia' the bishop inter
rupted .This is Rot :ln age of mira.
cles.
"Then will mal-e it one, replied
Felicia Il know this seems like an i'm
posi- bility. but want to try it. know
a score of girls already who will take
the course. and if we. can once establish
something like an esprit de corps among
the girls themselves am sure it will
be of great value to them know al
ready that the pure food is working a
revolution in many families.
Felicia, if you can accomplish half
of what you propose to do, it will bless
this whole community said Mrs.
Bruce. 81 dan't see how you can do it,
but say God bless you'll as you try. ("
$50 say we all cried DR.. Bruce and
the bishop, and Felicia plunged into the
working out OF her plan with the en-
thusiasm Of her discipleship. which ev-
cry day grew more and more practical
and serviceable
1t must be said here that Felicia s
plan succeeded beyond all expectations
She developed wonderful powers of per.
suasion and taught her girls with aston
ishing rapidity to do all sorts of house
work. In time the graduates of Felicia S
cooking school came to be priced by
housekeepers all over the city But that
is anticipating our story The history
Of the settlement has never yet been
written. When it is. Felicia part will
be found of very great Importance
The depth Of winter found Chicago
presenting. as every great city of the
world presents, to the eyes of Christen.
dom that marked contrast between
riches and poverty. between culture,
refinement luxury, ease and ignorance,
/, depravity. restitution and the bitter
struggle for bread. 1t was hard win
ter. but gay winter. Never had there
been such succession of parties. recep.
tions. balls, dinners. banquets fetes,
gayeties: never had the opera and the
theater been SO crowded with fashion.
able audiences; never had there beer
such a lavish display of jewels and fine
dresses and equipages. and. on the 9th.
er hand. never had the deep want and
suffering been so cruel. so sharp. sc
murderous: never had the winds blown
so chilling over the lake and through
the thin shells of tenemcnts in The
neighborhood of the settlement; never
had the pressure for food and fuel anl
clothes been so urgently. thrust W
against the people of the city in tbeil
most importilnate and CHASTITY form.
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