Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-01

ton. to be torn down; the ground was
graded, fenced, provided with swings and
other enticing apparatus, an officer was
supplied from the city force, and a play
ground was thrown open to the Juvenile
public. Through the summer evenings
many parents came with their children.
Several of the residents spent much time
there teaching the children games and reg
ulating the use of the fifty buckets and
shovels which were active in the sand piles.
The music furnished every afternoon by an
organ grinder brought forth an Italian
tarantella or an Irish Jig with curious
spontaneity.
From the first month of its existence Hull
House has had a free kindergarten, and for
a number of years a day nursery, where
mothers who are obliged to work leave their
children for the day, paying cents for
each child. This nursery is; like others in
most respects, differing chiefly, perhaps, in
the attention paid to the matter of pictures
and casts. The Nadonnas lof Raphael IN
the best and largest photographs are hung
low that the children may: see them, as
well as casts from Donatello and Della
Robbia. The children talk in familiar
way to the babies on the wall, and some
times climb on the chairs to kiss them. The
residents believe that much is gained If one
can begin in a very little child to make
truly beautiful thing truly beloved. An ex-
perienced Kindergarten is in charge of the
nursery. She has the constant assistance
Of two women.
New Buildings.
One of the later buildings added to the
equipment of Hull House includes a public
coffee and lunch room, a New England
kitchen and gymnasium with shower baths
and mems club room supplied with billiard
and card tables. The use Of the gymnasium
is divided between men and women girls
and boys, at different hours. The evening
hours are reserved more especially for men.
Many clubs not possible to mention in the
scope of this article have been organized
from time to time to meet special needs
A labor bureau has been established to
assist In procuring employment for those
out of work.
All Of the residents of Hun House for the
first three years were women, though much
valuable work has been done by non-resi-
dent men. Later men have come into resi-
dence, giving such part of their time to the
work Of the settlement as Is consistent with
their professional or business life.
Miss Jane Adams, who has been the
leader of this great work since It's inception,
Is to speak at the annual meeting of the
Associated Charities this evening at the
First Congregational Church on THE Social
Results of Charitable Effort" Miss Ad-
dams has never spoken in public in this
city, and the opportunity to hear her is such
a rare one that it is expected that large
audience will gather on this occasion. Only
n few seats have been reserved for eSpe-
cially invited guests, and the public is cor
daily invited to enjoy the privilege of hear
ing Miss Adams After Miss Adams adj
dress a brief presentation of the work Of
the Associated Charities of this city will
be made. with stereopticon views. by Mr.
Charles F. Weller, general secretary.
The ushers for the meeting have been
drawn from the ranks of the Young Mems
Christian Association, and it is expected
that large number of the members of this
association and of the various young peo-
pies societies in the churches will be pres
ent.