The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-18
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Gave Aid til Many Thousands ct
tic Poor@ 81
Richmond.
NEW FEATURES PROPOSED 70 .'':'l:I },

NEW FEATURES PROPOSED,
Ag Hospital Ward, al, Industrial
Department and Place for jail Il.
Prisoners Are Contemplated. plated
No feature OF the city's life,is more more
constant and inflagging III the human In, n
storcst It. ,nfods than the Methodist IN
stltute on East Main Street where thou Nt'
sands ofItho suffering and the destt tic =
r,en, women and childrcn--yearly flock
TO seek and find relief 5I ia
81 There has Just appeared from the press q
carefully prepared report for tho Tho year e
100, and the items in, It, show an immense
amount of good acconlplishe Ag glance
through this decidedly interesting pa per
rs sufficient to attract the attention %
any reader and earn his commend tion
OF the notable work being done One OF
the striking features Of the report 3 Is g
comparative table, setting out the essen
3tial differences ( between tho work OF
S1ao3 and Of the year preceding, This his
table Is as follows: s III IL
STI3 . W DIRK or TWO YEARS COM M
s7 9 PARED. NJ w {.
4 # 1902. t55 i
j $50 in attendance at 50 Sunday bres K
455% fasts, services thereaf ter, s
,bOc lod gings furnished during the year
1000 men served with lunch les.
n Il pa ticnts treated In dispensary.
$50 scholars enrolled in Sunday school.
AZ total IN attendance at night school.
al members Housekeeper Club. S S5s
& 40 scl GLARS iii girls sewing school, B
aI religious services in building and
EI@ tent.Ff3 ~ l Ja5s ". q. H "a u ,.li
4l5 pieces Gees, Of clothing contributed for
semen placed at steady work.
100 or more men given job work III city.
I ino IL attendance at SO Sunday breaI IS
3$fasts. services thereafter. Tx 56i#3;;
1890 lodgings furnished during the year ear
{, OOC lunches sold. }fti lI&a3 s # AZ II
Il $50 patients treated, n s. \, -,
* ne,. cent. average att Sunday school.
II SIS total In attendance at nignt schoo''.
IS scholars in girls ewing scnool
40 religious Sct WIS - 80
zig visits to needy and afflicted by lady '1
II,,ndreds Of articles Of cldthing
Is, n :, placed at steady work i 53'
2sO men given job work In city rs III
Baths. Il. u. f
COCO men and boys in reading room 70
hospital ward opened since report
,Io,,f
8 900 quarts of soup given out. it "a
E'lf Many entertainments held.
REPORT OF SUPT, WI LEY
mo report or Superintendent Wiley
f. the Mission Committee sums Up the
work in admirable style Mr. Mr. Whey hey
says:
Gear Brethren: : -.
TIE 0rEn y M f1pIets so FEN Re
mend. and mako the following statements 80
| comments as superintendent :, 4. :
First. The spiritual work for wh,cn ~ praise
| Nj n,any-but some Of the vilcst VINO I'VE! I'VE
have been saved while larger number 81 81 'e in
~. 800 religious services held the LIVING
word and burning testimonie s have gone ioE !,
and in many ways the pron'iseo 'e'u H' -
Tbout /. 40 men have been fed at the sunday nn.
morning breakfas. for the h hss hesn done
among the most depraved. ,
irhe afternoon Sunday school is well olcet . gu
| ,nd ia doing q thorough work among tue
meg children. Our percentage equals any
/ In the city.
On sunday. Tuesday and Friday nights we y,
NH, m;nr from 60 to 700 No week passes IN the
year without some soul at the altar, May MAI ~ 81
farther Some E {sat 10 ee Tin %as held this
Year Tor weeks with good results In a. a. =
that 1o souls naXS nave deeared
Themselves converted, but they pass on TO otnel
cities and cannot know about mem. 4, ", ~
i 1" u,.er Who since o. was a confirmed drank
ard and had since; that time entered no r..
5 lieious service He has every mark OF senu''''t
Next to the religious services, want to cal
9 the sefn shey
h hldnE lis H own Inc dssasss I'VE yGHin.
come 10 prepare the prescriptions Tins wo orr
is all gratultous and, OF course, mas no de
i'f The now $500 set Of baths put in by thu
I, ladies make a much needed addition 70 ou
\ usefulness .8;.
There is training school where ,r kills ar
ii | new branch OF work, We hope much IRON Y u u
he wood pile and buck SANS SERVE S;,,a g bs drS
chance to earn a bed Or sat ICY n,n, ,ynoo
Situations We're secured for lso mon "o '
! IRA lrond and steamboat passes were gottel
for Is people. who were sick or pepn an wer
Three thousand QuaTuSE OF BLEW VI cup
given to the poor last winter VS.. .l8a.
lin all sos at least, In everything, was slyal
:, "a tho needy by the 75 careful and playerfu
workers among the poor az the mission La an
about so that came from the treasury IA
: n Iis tho hest year we have had, III
| 1 ,IThn three Imperative needs IN our Guy MIS-
/ | sion work as j see It: First. A hospital war
: | 10 be conncctel with our dlspensRry. Second
An Industrial feature where bro9ms are re- MADE nd
chairs are caned. shoes are mended, ligntwoo
; | is punched etc. Third. A place where the 50
! prisoners who leave our jail and penltentiar
/. every year can be housed for the first week q
: t,.eir freedom and helped to start life's battle
9 Alright.
!. TaE NEW PLANS,
Alr. Wiley was asked what, In hi
Judgment. was the most urgent need i
city mission work at present. lie
promptly answered.: "a workhouse, OF
as ] have put 1t In the last clause OF m
report, an Industrial feature. Let me CIV
; you the reasons why out OF one day
experience
"This morning a great, broad shoul
. dcred fellow who weighed lso cam
+ In, and before all OF the womer an