The sun., 1903-02-08


wArTERsON finds 20 lamentable in its
moral indications.
Some OF the incidents related in the
Year Book are especially interesting.
For example, the Sunday school Of
Grace Chapel, In Fourteenth street just
east Of First avenue, contains 10 teachers
and li4s pupils. The superintendent
reports that the streets of that district
are thronged with children, but that the
time has passed when they can be drawn
easily to the chapel, for the majority Oh
them are, by race or foreign religious
attachments, hardly likely to come 10
US at once in any great numbers. he
has little that is encouraging to report
30 far as our work among the Jews is
concerned" The Sunday school has
"a number OF children of Italian par
ontage,' but further special Efforts 10
bring them in are requisite. The House
Mother Of the Grace Mission House at
$40 East Thirteenth street reports that
no very great success has attended
it's efforts to build up Sunday school
for Italian children, but she speaks hope
fully of the prospect, saying. we must
be content to build slowly II seems
that it has been found necessary to es-
tablish special and separate school Tor
our little Jewish friends, owing 70
the fact that we found that they ana
their Italian brothers and sisters did not
take kindly to each other The great
increase of both the Jewish and the
Italian populations of New York intro
duces new problems to veI the mission
ary and the philanthropist.
The department Of industrial educa-
tion is flourishing. The Monday evening
cookery classes are full to overfiowing
The Saturday school for sewing for girls
suffers from the competition OF the pub
lie schools since sewing has been made
part of their instruction, but the school
OF carpentry for boys is prosperous. A
Tuesday school for girls under years
and boys under years Of age has an av-
erage attendance of about one hundred.
But here again comes in the racial ques-
ton 1t seems that when class for
Italians was established it soon filled
up with Jewish children. though both
nationalities are eager for such advan-
tages.' The total number of industrial
pupils is $40.
The Benevole Society gave regular
work to 100 women during the summer,
and the garments made up during the
season comprised 5.s48 pieces. At the
laundry thirty five different women were
employed last year, and the number
Of pieces laundered was nearly 10000
dozen.
The clothing depository gave out
1900 articles during the year. At the
dispensary 1000 patients were received,
and 400 quarts OF milk and 500 dozen
eggs were given to the sick. Grace
Hospital is full. The average daily
attendance at the day nursery was 80.
The average attendance at the parish
kindergarten was 4S, and at a second
kindergarten it was 50. At Grace House.
in-the- Fields, at New Canaan, Conn,
o54 found rest and recreation.
We have referred to only a very few
Of these philanthropic agencies, but the
facts we have given may be taken a.
typical Of the industry in good works
which prevails in them all.
The clerical staff Of Grace Church con-
sists Of the Rev. Dr. HUNTINGTON. the rec
tor and four assistants, besides four dea-
cons and six deaconesses. The receipts
Of money. including only that which
passed through the hands Of the rector
or his representatives, amounted to
the great sum OF SIS, 5,3O4 The expendi-
lures for parochial purposes specifically
amounted to tl53,8s7, and for outside
purposes to $29,s54. The endowment
funds Of the parish amount to $3.50, 900.