Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-01
TO DISCUSS
WORTHYPOOR
DIR. FREDERIC BELL WILL GIVE
HIS IDEAS
Former Mission Worker Proposes tc
Solve the Vexed Question of the
UnempIoyed-News Notes
Of Churches

"a Plain Unvarnished Talk About
the Unemployed and Worthy Poor
will be the topic of DR.. Frederic Bell,
pastor of the First Humanity's church
at the service tomorrow night in Sym
phony hall.
DIR. Bell has had large experience as
a mission worker in the slums of many
of the large cities of the world, includ-
| ing London, Liverpool, Manchester,
England; Sydney, Melbourne, Austria
liza, and the principal cities of other
countries. He has had the expert
ence of four years in midnight mis-
sionary work in the slums of New
York city DIR. Bell will make a force
full address on the vexed question, un-
solved as yet. and by many held to be
an unsolvable one.
The doctor proposes to show the
causes as to why there are so many
poor and unemployed in the city, and
he claims that he is sure of the only
remedy of solving the problem.
! In line with solving the labor prob
lem Rev. ]. Caballeria, pastor of the
Plaza church, has donated the use of
rooms in the parochial residence to
the Mission employment bureau, which
has been organized to help the poor
people of that part of the city to secure
employment. Jose Talamantes and
Antonio Lozano who are in charge of
the free employment bureau, are well
known, and yesterday, the opening day
for the bureau, work was secured for
seventy-six people.
| While the work will be principally
among the Mexicans who throng about
| the Plaza, all nationalitieS Will be
helped regardless of creed. The en-
lployment will be found free Of charge
to the people.
In connection with this employment
bureau a postoff1ce will be established
where the working people may have
their mail addressed while they are
moving from place to place. thereby
securing their mail which otherwise
might be lost to them. A checking
department is also planned where ex-
ira baggage may be left while the men
are out on work.
To Raise Mile of Dimes
| Considerable interest is being mani
Tested in the movement to be started
tomorrow by the Union Congregational
church of Colegrove to raise funds for
| the payment of the new church by
| securing a mile Of dimes. This mile of
dimes will pay for the new church
building and will put the church on
sound financial basis. 1t is expected
that the necessary funds will be Sc
| cured ana I0G novel campaign 1lOoCQ
on March Is, the second anniversary
| of the organization of the church
Rev. A. A Kidder who became well
| known as the "hotel chaplain" is the
pastor of the church, and has arranged
for the unique plan to secure FUNDS
Members will be asked to secure FUNDS
| by distributing books, each foot long,
| to which sixteen people are to give
dimes These books will be hung in
4 hou xxInn cprXfpaG held.
Vine street, as fast as they are re-
turned, showing the amount secured
from week to week.
| Edward Smith, evangelist for the
| California yearly meeting OF the
Friends church, will open a series OF
revival services at the First Friends
church corner of Third street and FIRE.
mont avenue, tomorrow evening, to
continue ten days. Rev. Frank Cor
nell. the pastor, will preach at the
morning service on the topic, "A Feast
and a Fight"
| Women of the Boyle Heights Meth
odst church gave reception for the
new members of the different societies
at the church yesterday afternoon.
Next Thursday afternoon the Home
Mission society of the church will give
an at home at the home of Mrs. S.
Reese on Britannica avenue. Friday
evening this society will entertain the
husbands of the members with din
ner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. M.
Buck, 1881 Pennsylvania avenue. Next
Thursday evening the Queen Esther
circle of this church will give "The
Deestrict Skule" for the benefit of the
Belvedere Heights Methodist church.
"Self Reliance" Is Topic
"Self- Reliance" will be the topic of
DR.. Burt Estes Howard tomorrow
4. ne no
Monday evening the Claiming club Of
this church will give social evening
at the home of c. J. Fox 1860 Rock
wood street. Irving Richnan, who
represented the American government
| in Switzerland for five years, Will give
a paper on Consular Experiences.
Mr., Richnan has written history of
Rhode Island and is now engaged on
a like work of California. Next Thurs
day afternoon the Current Events club
of the church will meet in the church
parlors. Mrs. w. A. Spalding will
speak of foreign politics; Mrs. DR..
Rooney on domestic politics, and
Mines. S. E. Fay and w. H. Fox on
Late Happenings in Art" and Late
Happenings in the Educational World
respectively.
Decision day will be observed by
the Sunday school of the First Chris
tian church tomorrow morning. Az
the regular morning service Rev. A. c.
Smither, the pastor, will preach on
1.-THE Christian Soldier" In the even
ing Rev. Mr.. Smither will give the first
of series of stereopticon lectures on
"Rambles in Sunny Italy, taxing Tor
his topic ''Pompeii."
"Fellowship in Service" will be the
topic of Rev. William Horace Day,
pastor of the First Congregational
church tomorrow morning. The twi-
light communion will be held at this
church at 4 o'clock, when thirty new
members will be received, making the
total members 1900 The Christian En-
deavor society will follow the COM
munion service, and there will be no
evening service. On the following Sun
day night the midwinter musical serv-
ice will be given by the choir, assisted
by an instrumental quartet under the
direction. of w. H. Mead. Mrs. Grace |
Stivers has charge of the choir and
w. r. Skeele will preside at the organ. |
The feast of the publication, com- |
monty known as Candlemas day, VIII |
be celebrated tomorrow In the Catholic |
churches with elaborate services. In |
each church the candles will be blessed |
preceding the high mass, after which |
the Candlemas procession will be |
formed
At the Cathedral of st. vibiana,
Bishop Conaty will preside at the
blessing and will preach at the solemn /
mass which will follow the ceremony.
At the Holy Cross church the day
,,,tII ha raarkad with the cIoSinp 0f |