The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-20
NEW W. C. T.U. HOME
MANY CONvENIENCEs TO BE FOUND
IN THE BUILDING.
WILL OPEN NEXT MONTH.
QUARTERS WILL ACCOMMODATES
MORE THAN 100 PERSONS.

ton and Arrangemen of the New
Mission - A Monument to Mrs.
Webb's IndefatigabIe EGorts-New
Superintendent a Man of Expert
ence, Education and Travels.
Home Supplied With Gas, Electric
ity, Furnace Heat, Modern Plumb
ing and shower Baths-HOw It
VIII he Run.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union will occupy its commodious new
building on Liberty street in about
two weeks. The building has been fin
ished, and is one of the most complete
and conveniently arranged of the many
homes of the union throughout the
country. AS soon as the new furni-
ture arrives the building will be for
mally dedicated to its charitable pur-
poses and will be opened to the pub
lie.
Mr.. ]. B. McConica, the new super
intendent, has been busily engaged in
completing arrangements for the open
| ing of the home. He is highly pleased
with the location and arrangements of
the mission, and confidently expects
| the society to make rapid progress,
now that the handsome home has been
| finally built.
To Mrs. Richard Webb, the presi
| dent of the local union, is due more
| than to any one else, the success of
the organization in erecting the home.
For many years, practically unaided,
she has struggled to secure the estab-
| lishment of such mission. AS fit
ting monument to her tireless efforts
the home promises to be one of the
worthiest charities in Savannah.
Mission of the Home.
The building, a commodious three
story strueture, is most suitably sit
| uated 1t is on Liberty street, near
West Broad, in close proximity to the
Union and Central depots, and in
portion of the city where there are
| many barrooms.
1t is the purpose of the temperance
folk to make the home counter at
traction to the barrooms. While no in
toxicated person will be cared for, and
the home will in no way encroach up
on the provinces of the Keely institu-
| tons, still it's officers wish it under
stood that it is their aim to aid the
unfortunateS, who have been brought
low by drink, and that no worthy per-
son in hunger, or in want of place
to sleep, will be turned from the door.
In short, the mission is a working
peoples home. Meals and lodging may
be secured by that class for a merely
nominal sum, and those without mon
ey and work will be given food and
shelter, and an effort will be made to
secure them employment. An employ
| ment bureau will be run in connection
with the home by the superintendent.
An Excellent Restaurant.
One of the chief features of the new
| buildings is the restaurant. Here
| meals will be served at cost to all de-
serving people. The restaurant will be
| open to the public, and meals may be
| secured at most reasonable prices.
| Those who have no money will be pro-
vided for, though the management,
rightly enough, will have no IMPOSE
| ton practiced upon it.
| The new building will accommodate.
when opened to the public. about 100
persons. The interior has a most in
| viting appearance. The finish is neat
| and tasty, and everything is most con-
| veniently arranged. On the first floor
| is the reception hall, the reception
room, the library, the restaurant. the
kitchen and the game room: on the
| second floor, the superintendent quar-
ters and the women's apartments, and
on the third floor are the mems dormi-
| tories.
In the reception room gospel meet
| ings will be held every night. Here the
| public meetings will be held, and the
sewing classes will be conducted. In
| the room, to the rear and connecting
by folding doors. there will be an ex-
| cellent library Some donations have
already been made by friends of the
cause, and the ladies desire it said that
gifts in cash or in kind will be CRATE
| fully received. For the amusement of
the inmates. a game room has been
| built. Here the unemployed. while not
| in quest of work, or the employed af-
ter working hours, can find pleasure in
games of checkers or dominoes.
In the restaurant a semi circular
counter has been erected, and in front
of this stationary stools will accommo-
date the patrons of the department. A
large culinary department adjoins the
| restaurant.
Separate Apartments.
Two stairways lead from the main
floor, the one to the second floor,
where the womens dormitories are
situated, and the other to the third
On the second floor. and between the
two apartments, the Superintendent
and his family will have their rooms
There are four rooms in the women S
ward, two large and two small. The
large rooms will accommodate about
fifteen persons each. Iron beds will be
arranged about the rooms next to the
walls, and above the beds are neat
stained wood lockers for each boarder.
The rooms are we'll ventilated heated
by radiators and lighted by both cleo
tricity and gas. Toilet rooms and three
shower baths are conveniently arrang-
ed for the comfort of the occupants of
the rooms, and in addition there is a
ladies sitting room.
The old Building Used.
The mems apartments on the third
floor are arranged in the same man
ner as are those on the second floor.
and are capable of accommodating a
like number. Besides these apart
ments for men, there is still another
building in which the men can be ac-
commodated. This is the old home of
the union, directly in the rear of the
new building. This is not, of course.
fitted up as is the new building, and
here the more wretched and bedrag-
gled will be taken care of. The old
building is being renovated under the
superintendent of Mr.. McConica, and
will accommodate twenty-five persons.
1t is the purpose of the ladies OF the
Temperance Union to give a weekly
breakfast, or supper, to which every
one viii be invited to come. This will