The San Francisco call., 1905-04-17
PEOPLES PLACE
OPENED FOR WORK
New Settlement House an I 0mbdpd
Street q Center for Good.
81 LAuRA Bride powERs.


neT OF Jones, new SETTLEMENT House
hss been opened.
Il is called the Peoples Place.
Established in a densely populated
district, where babies abound ike
mushrooms, and whole families dwell
IN & couple OF rooms, this Peoples
Place, ike others OF its tvpe-the
North Beach Settlement and the South
Park Settlements like an oasis in
a desert.
Here, mothers. weary and over
wrought, ind rest. entertainment and
such knowledge as they most stand in
Iced of-such as sanitary care Of their
homes and their children. knowledge of
nutritive foods and the ike; fathers
such OF them as are lured TO enter
hnc entertainment in reading. IN lee
lures and in clean, healthf1l pastimes
in clean, well-nghted, comfortable
rooms; boys and girls find amusement
guidance Of the residents. who at the
Peoples Place are Mr.. and Mrs. Mus
grove and Miss Sherlock.
The Settlement stands primarily 70
wesn the residents thereabouts from
the street. the saloon and the dance
hall: 70 satisfy the human longing for
pleasure in e clean. uplifting manner
and therein irnplant Ideals Of clean
character.
These are the agencies through
which the weighted poor must be
raised 10 q status Of intelligent and
useful citizenship. and every San
Franciscan who hopes for civic bet
terment owes IL 70 himself TO go down
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support Of the Peoples Place and the
other worthy centers.
Visit the Peoples Place some day
when time hangs heavy. It viii give
you something 10 think Of = and 1t
won't be about yourself-unless il be
10 discover a little strain Of selfshness
somewhere IN your makeup
This interest in others is a marvel
Gus cure for nerves.
The San Rafael Improvement Club
has enough ginger in il TO improve q
whole county.
You should see those women over
there sail into the proposition Of ami
hilating the mosquitoes Whereabouts,
and the San Rafael mosquito is no
mean foe, as you who have met with
him VIII agree.
These women have organized an
thern-whose business is 10 assist in
the war on the ubiquitous mosquito,
10 assist IN planting trees and caring
for them after planting phase OF
work toe often forgot-to DO police
duty IN reporting sUagnant pools. lit
tered lots and other civic delquencles-
Now, this work is, OF course. of
great financial value to San Rafael;
il makes the suburb more Turing as q
home place By increasing its health
fulness, its beauty and its comfort
But inestfnaably more valuable than
al this is the fact that these children
are being trained 70 good citizenship
That's the biggest thing these women
OF the Improvement club are DONG
training citizens 70 a correct estimate
Of their civic duties. Now. that funds
may be had with which TO carry on
this splendid work, carnival VIII be
held next month on the grounds of
the Tamalpais Academy, and beau
tiful time is promised
The Contemporary Club met Monday,
Aursl 10, in Utopia Hall After conclud-
ing the regular routine OF business the
club was treated 70 z spirited and
amusing debate, Resolved That High
er Education Units Woman for Wife
and Motherhood"
AHrratixe-Mrs. J. ". Orr. Mrs ].
B Mitchell.
Negative-Mrs. Hayward. Mrs. c. d.
Robinson
Judges-Mrs. II. A Chase. Mrs. W.
A Halstead- A decision was rendered
in favor of the Affirmative. after q
Miss Robinson and an instrumental