The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-05-11

land house. The duchess was at lunch
con with Mr. and Mrs. Belmont. Mr.
Garlic joined them. He impaired
some of his enthusiasm even to Mr..
Belmont.
Next day the duchess of Marlb'r-
ough motored with her mother down
! to No. 6 Banner street, and took over
! the Church army's little nucleus as her
own, her very own charity. There fol-
lowed many days of hard office work.
| And it was on one of these days that
the new project of the duchess, now
| being carried out, was born.
In Banner street is big white
washed building-the Houseless Poor
1 asylum. This was started in 1919 and
1 the original work is still carried on,
/ but by the Church army which has
| its kindling wood brigade's hcadquaT-
! ters there. Mrs. Holder, six years
! ago, personally started befriending the
! families of men in Jail. The work
! grew to such proportions that she
! called the attention of the Church
army TO it. Four rooms in building
across the street were rented and Mrs.
| Holders pet charity established there.
II is this little beginning which the
| duchess Of Marlborough has taken
over. To-day's roll contains the names
of more than a hundred families.
1t was after the first week that the
duchess astonished her lieutenant by
outlining her plans. She announced
that the society would continue in
Banner street only until she was able
to get new and proper quarters. First
! ", she explained, there should be
! building devoted to children. Here the
little ones should live until their ia
TIERS sentence ended and the family
could be united once more. Here they
should be taught to work, to read and
write and to play.
The next item of the duchess plan
was a maternity home, properly and
thoroughly equipped as real home
rather than a cold, whitewashed mater
nifty hospital.
Lastly she declared she would have
/ a woman's home Here prisoners
wives were to be housed at least those
whose health or condition needed
/ something better than the wretched
/ accommodation of a single dingy room
or filthy hovel. And here there should
be an employment bureau and skilled
women to teach these prisoners wives
sewing, domestic economy, ironing
artificial flower making and such like
simple industries.
For many a day the duchess, Mrs
in the duchess motor car. visiting ad-
dresses of suitable buildings given
them by real estate agents. None suit
ed until Endsleigh street was reached
There arc situated some large houses
almost under the shadow of the old
gray church of st. Pancras No. 16
was vacant. 1t contains il large
rooms, and is four stories in height,
in addition to a commodious basement.
The two houses on each side are at
present occupied, though one is ito be
let So the duchess closed the deal
for No. l6, buying the lease. which has
y years TO run. The tenants of one
they agree to move, and with other lit.
tie suags in sight, Consuelo has hand.
ed the matter over to an agent. and
will so ahead with one house.
The four big rooms now rented in
Banner street will be continued until
. such time as the duchess decides to
move everything to Endsleigh street.
) But her office, the headquarters OF her
new charity, will be moved at once to
. No. l6, and there also will he estab.
lished the employment bureau On the
register Of names to be kept there will
be placed the occupation best suited 70
20 each woman The Duchess then
| viii advertise in the daily papers or
, her little stan will answer advertise
mentS Many of the women. II they
, can do nothing else viii go into do.
| nestle service, knowing full well that
their children are comfortable and
wei cared for At the Childrens Home.
The entire responsibility, expense
| and management will be in the hand.
, Of the Duchess She may ask the aid
Of helpers from the church army from
, he dainty danes Of high society or
she may be satisfied with the simrle
+ help of the women TO whom she now
. has become The guardian and m!nis
. terins angel