The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-27
MOTHERS HEAR ABOUT
GOSPEL SETTLEMENT

. bed, and the other woman had let the
water leak through till the bed was all
uirt. Sne wanted me to come up ana see
i,,.. ~ uiu, anu SI' ehuus"; , vas
/ wa cIe,n
so | started down the stairs. instead
| of up. as she expected and said. You
come along with me. Then we went down
sIalIS anu INTO inc room on lhe loof
| cd ,,,, - - 49,, IS hroad al lo,-ara5
with mud and she had long story to
tell ahout that Then I turned 10 the
first woman and said That is what Won
| did whom Won GOT vour floor clean When
Won cot so Thar Won don't Hoo6 the room
under Won ven trv TO get The woman
un-staire M, IN aoo5 vou
..of course u.o had IN Stand tho leak
, a.; a.. ~ -, n. ar,-hod,, alsa ;,
NJ par,,,rIton - dascrihod tho
rrir,jt;,-a r1a,SoJ ~ sbirt n,atiny used
- % M ~ - - - 80, ona
a.. 0n. "a. ~. ."r ~, h,,sband II
u"F N'"riI d '', az, 40, nv -,.D lI.t,,.
s. as n inc LII, a.lse,-'oi,ina
~ ",'etpt 80 ,a,,' o.
mem sne saii; sno"eu hti how ~
oors came III anu Wahteu u Dc sho"n
now ana SO that went
MISS heihins'o" tien 'oiu sunni i""sn
/ able experiences which she mad IN con-
nection with this club. She said that it
was n mistake To sunnose that these peo
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PIC Wv
! lug ana the idch oi water are resPohSioie
/ for the filth. When the children observed
/ the bathtub in the kindergarten room
( tbev HOGAN IN tease for batbs and she
finally told some of the members of the
| Star Club that if they would go to school
! ia a ha va 10
/ bath on saturday As a consequence
sne iouhu herself Win crowd Oh over
81 III n,ai,;nsr Co. ,ths Sha -
the district nurse. who came in as as
sistant, scrubbed 40 children that day.
Two stories whlch grew out OF the path
~ III. ~ as %aIs IT,.
Watch and nrav, and when the suner
| intendent asked who could repeat it, one
| little fellow piped out, Wash and play.
Ihat what we DO In our CLUB.
M i're o. WI AZ Ssai
/ Teacher cant | bring grandma to have a
bath? She hasn't been washed all over
since she left Italy Now and then
resideHt oi 'he pioch MN nlihs in
- r., ~ .ho -,orbIa t,osb,,b but The
greatest announcement comes from the
fact that the children not only like the
bath themselves but want TO extend it's
benefits of their families"
II seemed so pathetic to think of people
who really regarded cleanliness as a lux
ury that many of the listeners found
tears in their eyes which were not alto
gether due to laughter
ho" lhe ouiiuihs "aS NePaiieu'
The tenements rent for from 81 to ST.
she continued land l want to saw that
,,-o ,,o,.o,. Loo, on. oor. - vow. si,oo
LOOK 'he ouiiuihs- nau 10 pay out apou'
500 in repairs, and as l didn't have the
money l got credit One carpenter said:
4 haven't any money. hut will trust YOU
for The work and Won can nav inst as
i'' anu ''u '"A p"' 'uSt
you ike dollar at tlme' II you piease'
and I'll never dun you painter and
paperfanger agreed to do the same thing.
..I told the tenants IL they would tear
off Oh ,ba ola ,o,a, c,e,, tho uirdors
81"
anu paint anu XIII ali the bugs "ouid
have the rooms papered and painted for
them. 1t was fun to see them work
When they were through they came to me.
each woman anxious IN have me take
hers first. and each had some good reason
why hers should be the first to be done.
one had daughter VINO was 10 De mar
49,. ia ~, ,o,,,a IL -, 80,
DAYS more and then I would take the
cleanest place first. Well, the way they
cleaned hrst was no comparison to the
$3.50 80 ,aia;rn 90, 80, 'ia' MI. .
rornd to see the rooms and as soon as
started l had a crowd after me to hear
what | would say. Every room was
cieaheu up IN sooG shape ana praised
- 49,, ~ anu 49, "Hen So
which pIsce do Won think is the lean,
said SIZE did not know. l tried several
Dut no one couid zen. frooaDly each one
,bat yarr, vi, -0'1 -'' w
Wei. you cannot tell and I cannot
tell, said l. so we will begin at the top
ana come right down through and take
you az IN rt turn, anu VIII nave II uone
went to work. The $50 cleaned the two
top floors, on which there are twenty-five !
families The rest Of the money came |
non. olhsI sources ne mouse mas never |
inc viii nI,t f., ,lar et no5 In o'e
iO" 'ne nan was Ll9h'eu.
ohe large kerosene lamp IN each large /
hall did not furnish very brilliant light.
In fact, a stranger would not have cared !
to fry IN find anvona in tho evening We
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'Aa' - '-ie i'ii' eie iis Hte4 'HeS
coula De Kept cleaner' On making en-
quiry, we found that electric lights would |
be cheaper than gas. although the cost of .
either ,couId no about forty dollars and