Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-07

work it must be carried on as the needs
arise, and as people the world over
are interested in music and art these
will be two chief features that will
be introduced for the benefit of those
who would otherwise be deprived of
them. Good music to hear and good
paintings to see, which these people
enjoy as much as those who go to the
high-priced operas and ;rt galleries,
will be some of the chief endeavors of
Mr.. Gordon and his helpers to secure.
No SIums Here
There are no slums in Los Angeles
in the accepted sense of the term and
the settlement house is located in a
neighborhood of neatly kept homes,
those of laboring people who are in
dustrious and honest, but through per-
haps generations of hardship have be-
come deprived of the little things that
add so much to living. And these are
the things with which the settlement
is working to help them, as well as
in many practical ways
There are classes each day for boys
and girls and women. The boys have
sloyd and various other occupations,
while the girls and women have sew
ing classes. The girls are started in
on doll clothes, as the workers find
that the little ones are much more
interested in these and learn through
doing them the stitches and various
little hints of the dressmaking that is
to follow.
There Is also a mothers sewing class,
where garments purchased at the set
tlement store for and 10 cents are
repaired ana mended and new gar
ments made under the direction of the
W orkers. After a short time these wo-
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the handling of tho needle, many of
them having been unable to make the
most ordinary garments. The useful
ness of this work is seen when the
large families and small wages are
considered. After the classes for the
women there is a social time and neigh
bCrhood chat and usually tea is served.
The two days each week when the set
tlement store has sales of clothing,
shoes and hats at a nominal price are
also made reception days and tea is
social center for the neighborhood.
To Organize Mems Club
A mems club is to be organized,
which is sadly needed in that neigh
borhood. Many young Italian men are
located in the neighborhood and only
have one place to spend a social time
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And it is to counteract this influence
that the mems club is to be organized.
1t has been found that these men, who
are mostly unmarried, would rather
spend their evenings at a club room
than at the saloon, but here in a
strange country they must congregate
and have a little fun, and they take
advantage of the one place offered.
A boys club has been organized and
work in arts and crafts taken up, and
these boys, who would otherwise many
of them be in mischief, have fashioned
and made with their own hands work
in copper that would be astonishing to
many of the workers in the arts and
crafts. This line is to be carried on
further. A mandolin club is to be or
ganized for the older Spanish girls who
take naturally to their instruments. An
orchestra will be organized and a sing
ing club A summer camp for the boys
and girls is one of the features that
the workers are longing to establish.
Population Foreign
The population is mostly foreign, the
CASTELAR, street school near by having 500
pupils, of which 66 2-S per cent are for
eign, of which number 20 per cent are
italian, 30 per cent Spanish and the
remainder constitute other foreign ma
tionalities.
Some time ago a night school for
men was Opened at the settlement