New-York tribune., 1905-02-12
BIRTHDAY OF MISSION.
Brooklyn Tract Society Has 18th
Anniversary.

Geld OF labor OF the Brooklyn City Mission ard
Tract Society. which this week enters ON the cala
braticn OF its seventy-hfth anniversary. With mis-
sions scattered about among the various set,la
x1ents Of foreigners, with an Industrial estsbl,sh
rnent which affords opportunity for ,,nfor,n
nate men and women not only to work for shelter
and food. but also to have the kindly aid of con-
secrated workers in their efforts 10 irnprove tbe
physical ana spiritual welfare and supporting other
branches of humanitarian work the CITY Nission
Society Is an organization that should appeal 10 all
who are interested in their fellows
The directors OF the society have thought that
the occasion OF its seventyhfth anniversary might
well be taken 20 present its work to the public and
appeal for aid in extending the usefulness OF its
various branches OF endeavor. With that end in
view the clergymea OF Brooklyn met early in lam
asry and resolved to set aside next Sunday "a
Brooklyn City Mission Sunday in all the churches
IN the borough. At that time special reference
VII be made TO the work OF the society and
where possible a collection viii be taken up for
hat purpose On the following Sunday February
Is 9 special service viii be held in St AIMS
Protestant Episcopal Church. in Cunton-st. when
vel known men will speak.
Not altogether because IL Is the seventy-fth wear
of its history but rather because the immediate
needs OF the society suggest such an amount the
Brooklyn City Mission and Tract Society proposes
70 raise a fund Of $4,000 commemorate its ami
versary None Of this money Is to be used for cur
rent expenses but rather for the erection OF build
ings snd the extension OF the work. The present
-
Jas sts old fashioned brack building are made
auate 10 the growing work II is thought that with
ssa00o from the proposed fund and what could be
obtained by the sale OF the present property q new
building could be put up. II would contain the
executive Offices, board room. library. storeroom,
sp2cs for the broom factory and chair Gaming de-
partment. and a chapel for evangeIistic work. To
purchase home for working girls of whom thirty
are now being cared for AT nominal charge OF s2
q week. sI5000 Is needed II was IN 1902 that the
rs
81 Il was designed for young girls without homes
Of their own, whose moderate salaries prevented
-hem from finding suitable boarding houses. In
Nay. iss, the home was moved 20 No Les Jorale-
mon-st.
The woman's Branch House was opened in 1902
Il was designed a shelter for homeless women
desiring 10 lead a better life Many OF the in
mates who have gone there from the Jail tho
pententiary have remodelled their lives through
the help Of the good friends they have found.
Last year the house at No 7s State-st. pur-
CHASED By the society It IS self-supporting
through its Industrial features. and furnishes
home for about thirty women, but s. 900 is needed
20 pay of the mortgage on the property For
The extension OF the Industrial work among men
40.00 Is asked In this connection four lodging
houses are operated as well q woodward
broom factory and q chair Gaming Industry. The
society shelters and gives breakfasts to $50 men
and furnishes employment to 1.co0 men year, pay
ing them in wages last year 81 IA S. The executive
expenses OF the society paid from the profits OF
moral and spiritual welfare Of the men who come
within the sphere OF its influence. A chapel is at
-ached 10 each settlement, where services are held
frequently.
The remaining $1,000 OF the jubilee fund IL want
ed 70 extend the missionary work IN the borough
The policy OF the society In this connection is to
open missions IN ppor parts OF the borough. where
there are no churches. and 10 turn them over TO
some eFanzelistic denomination as soon as practi-
cable. In this connection the society points with
pride 70 q list OF twenty churches which have
grown out Of the efforts Of missionaries connected
with is work They are: Baptist-Caivary. Union
Chapel Gtaan). Observation-Disclosures, Pill
grim May7ower, Emmanuel, Pilgrim Chapel Qtal-
ianl Methodist Episcopal-Dean Street, Russell
Place Embury observation-disclosures Heights.
Bethany. Greene Avenue. Glenmore Avenue. Prot
estant Episcopal-Church Of Our Saviour. Church of
TIE Good Shepherd, Grace Reformed, Christ Chapel
and the Dutch Reformed Centennial and The Ger
man Evangelical
Among other work IN which the society has been
and is engaged. through its woman's branch. is
rbat among factory girls. which begun IN 1890.
= later was transferred TO the Kings Daughters
circles hut In 1897 was returned to the society and
Is nov being carried on at Mount Ohvet Church.
IN 1881 Faith Mission was opened. in Wlthers-st
Mss Neury carried on the work among women
and children until 1895. when Ii VS. turned over
~ The sacsety 20 others. Under the auspices OF
the society the Italian work was begun by Nine
PsoIi Ia 1893 II soon transferred 10 Hamil-
ton-zve and is now being carried on by Miss
!. In 1888 q branch was opened at grave
and President-st-. and year later Miss Rau be-
gan an italian mission IN Withers-st This work
has since grown into Hope Chapel. which Is
eour,shing church The Italian work is under the
supervision Of the Rev. 6. Testa.
The rescue work was organized By Miss Arm
r.-o-g and IS now carried on by Mss Mary Shar-
no. Miss Sherburne opened an evening school
sr.o-g the Jews in Brownsville In 1888 This was
discontinued IN 1897 but was resumed two years
sFo and is now being conducted By Miss Raphael.
who works among Jewish children In BROWNSVILLE
IS vel Is in the Eastern District In 1888 the
soctet, bersn tts fresh air work, for the purpose
of sending 70 the country girls more than twelve
years old who could not have those aoVanIdses
through any other medium. -Four years laIeE DRAG
Head beautiful home In Kortright- Deia"a[e
County, given 20 the society oy AlsS =
Humphrey Last year home for glEis WHO PFC e
ferred 20 nav small sum for their board was
opened a. Gillette. -. !. ,.,-
The society owns house at no. 1.6Ss Atanuc-
ave- where in addition 10 services. sewing Glasses
are he'd II also conducts work among the CuodIS'
ana bas bsen sc,tve in organizing Christian En-
oeavor societieg The Woman's Branch was organ
izsd n lEss cy Mrs Lucy 5. Bainbridge, VINO was
is hrEt PRESIDENT Mrs William p. Edoy Is no"
acting president. The Brooklyn CITY MISSION
ano Tract Society grew out OF htle thee''!ie ~ -
the hone Of Zachariah Lewis. on Brooklyn HelghIS'
IN Is2s. The object Of the meeting was ito con-
sloer the Availability Of organizing Iocsl socleS'
auxiliary 10 the American Tract society "hcA
should assist the Brooklyn churches ana supple
meat their work by systematic visitation anc tract
distribution from house TO house. Later the so
csty was esta abiished at q public meeting held In
the historic Apprentices Library. at Henry and
Cranberry sts
The picture OF this old structure. which was the
birthplace OF the society and was connected lnu-
nately with the early history OF Brooklyn, Is. so
Tar IS krsovrn the first ever published No picture
q was ever taken. and no drawing is known 70
De In existence. except that which was made re-