Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-08

whole house of six rooms was rented,
and the deaconess took up her perma-
nent abode in 1T. boys club and a
kindergarten were next organized. and
later. girls club was formed, and a
weekly preaching service was Inaugu-
rated. When, the following year, a
added the work began to assume the
full proportions of the regular social
settlement of today.
In the clubs. where Bible training
and parliamentary drill were given. in
dustrial classes Of various kinds were
formed to teach basketry, carpentry,
sewing and later printing. Volunteer
nonresident workers from various
parts of the city took charge of most of
these classes. An 8 by II footpower
was purchased at cost of over $3.50
and paid for by contributions of from
cents to IS collected from the neigh
borhood and other friends of the mis-
the press and also to have place for
the carpentry, a one-story frame shop
was erected in the back yard of the
premises largely by willing hands of
coness herself. The work as it exists at
weekly preaching service. regular
prayer meetings. Junior and Senior Ep-
worth Leagues, boys and girls clubs,
circulating library and relief work and
house-to- house visitation in the COM
munity.
The Sunday school is graded into
three Observation-Disclosures lntermed1-
ate and senior. The school enrolls about
225. not including the home depart
ment, and has an average attendance
of 12O The kitchen, bedroom and print
shop serve for classrooms. Tne nine
classes of the school are taught by
teachers from different parts of the
city. who have a splendid record. both
in attendance and promptness me
school supports three organized classes.
which have their own monthly meet
ings with their teachers.
From ninety to one hundred persons at
tend the preaching service Sunday even
ing of each week.-Mrs. number being as
many as the two front rooms OF the
house, which serve as an audience roon'
Will comfortably seat. Key; WlInam n n
the people for five years giving his serv-
ices gratuitous. Special evangelistic
meetings are held twice year. and many
have Joined churches as a result or THESE
stantIy maintained, showing there are
some all the time deciding to lead
better life. At Christmas and Easter
special services are held and the mousse
is crowded to it's utmost capacity on those
occasions.
can he handled to do the industrial work
in the room available. With proper &C
commodati ions the number could De
trebled, as it has been found necessary
to turn many boys away Ior lack OF aoon,.
The Senior and Junior Epworth Leagues
have an average attendance of twenty
1--WE. The Junior League makes the
study and memorizing of the Bible a large
feature of its work. At a recent meet
ing of the league sixty-three Bible verses
we're quoted in five minutes by children
whose average age was ten years. The
nrayer meeting is we'll attended, the aver
age number being somewhere between
twenty-five and thirty. The proportion
is equally divided between cnlidren ana
adult men and women.
The latest feature of the work has been
the establishing of Public Library station
at the mission, known as Hosedale STA
ton. in charge Of a member OF the stan
of the Pubic Library anu opeh AouA
times q week.
Miss Worthington, the deaconess-.n-
charge of the mission, was. 1t Is stated,
the first worker in the community. For
Ave years she lived alone IN t the no mouse Sc
neonle in the city who were interested
Since the spring of 1903 she has had an
assistant, who also lives in the settle
ment
to the needs of the institution has been
in the minds of those who help carry
on the work, and within the last Two
wears it has become recognized as an
imperative necessity to any further
growth and development. A social set
Element house, to cost $4,000 or $4,000. is
now contemplated This will furnish un-
der one roof an audience room. club
rooms. carpenter and printshop. reading
room gymnasium and apartments for
the resident workers.
For, the purpose of holding title under
the laws of the church to any property
which might accrue few of the workers
in the spring of 1906 formed corpora
tion known as the Rosedale Mission Cor
noration. Mr.. A. B. Browne of the
Arm of Britton & Gray is president of the
corporation. Mr.. H. w. Shipe, chief OF
the files and records division or the indian
office who for twelve years has been
worker at>the mission. is secretary, and
Rev. William H. Honn, treasurer.
Two lots have been purchased by the
Methodist Union of this city upon which
to erect the building.