The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-02-11
THE CONGREGATIONAL CLUB
Continued from Second Page,)

1 Settlement Work" Sse said she was glad to come to New Haven as she all i ways considered this city her home i And although she has lived in Buffalo a number of years yet when any one asks her where she belongs, where does | she come from, she always tells them New Haven, She said that she found 1t to be truth and that she has laid 1t down as a rule of action that ''it is as easy to live and work as it is to live and not work" She told her hearers about the work she is engaged in in Buffalo among the slums of that city. She first started with but sixteen to twenty boys 1 and girls in Sunday school class. which had grown steadily until at the present time it numbers 700. Owing to the cosmopolitan character of young Buffalo one of the principal difficulties she experienced in forming her clubs for l boys was the dislike of some of the Irish youngsters to join q club where Italians were admitted to membership. One young chap named Leo with sev
 eral companions entered the club rooms one evening and making lot of noise, kicking over chairs and otherwise act
 
 ner demanded that some Italian boys be expelled from the club. Miss Rem ington, however, with her assistant took the youngsters to task and after display of patience and diplomacy suc ceeded in quietly them. The boys were finally convinced that the club did not belong to them anyhow and to-day Miss Remington has a boys club of about 200 members, half of whom are Italians and four of the erstwhile ruf1ians are teachers of classes Youths whose par ents represent all nationalities are there, and they get along splendidly to- eether The quarters in which Miss Remington was conducting her work at this time was too cramped and she was obliged to look for larger quarters Across the street was a large block There were saloons and dance halls on the first floor, nineteen people were liv- ing in the dark basement, which was devoid of windows the only ilumina- tion coming through the door at the foot of the cellar stairs. The other DOT tions of the building were very com pactly tenented, so much so that there were 1,040 crowded into it. Five fam
 
 her sitting room One of the partners who owned the place was really oppos ed to letting the premises for saloons. It was against his principles It was through this partner that Miss Rem ington was enabled to purchase it. She then told how, after the property came into her possession, she renovated the place How she cleared out the eel lars, had the filth disposed of, new plumbing put in and made the place more sanitary and improved it in other ways The dance halls and saloons are gone. There were forty-one families getting city aid; to-day all of them are self-supporting and posses consider able self-respect The basement has been fitted up as fuel storerooms for the tenants and gas has been put in the halls Boys are taught trades. Mothers are taught to make necessary things for the home and the fathers are assisted in obtaining employment Miss Remington told of giving eighty boys baths on Saturday forenoon. These were taken from the street and put to soak-actually, as well as literally-four at a time Word got around that the Friends Workers were giving free baths. Soon the entrance to the es- was packed with crowds of boys, while those who enjoyed the swim could be heard yelling the joyful news down the streets The speaker told of many pathetic scenes she witnessed on Canal street. and also of tn slow work of reclamation. Her efforts are mostly centered, however in preventing the rising generation from following the gaudy road of glitterins vice and early ! decay. Miss Reming ton impressed her hearers as woman of many traits, of a remarkable personality and wonder | ful tenaciousness and determination.
 At the close of her remarks MT. Dew l ell rendered to her the thanks of the | club.