The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-21
HELPFUL WORK AT LOWELL HOUSE Annual Meeting Next Week, With Address by Dr. Da-
 vid Bleistein, of
 New York HUNDREDS HAVE BENEFITED Glasses of All Ages Taught Useful Occupations in the Hamil-
 ton Street Settle-
 ment.
HUNDREDS HAVE BENEFITED

The first annual meeting of the Low ell House Association since the work has been continued in its handsome new building on Hamilton street, will be held in the auditorium of the build ing next Tuesday, March 24. After the business meeting the association will be addressed by pr. David Bleistein of New York. who is one of the leading men in settlement work in the United States and who for many years was head of'the Educational Alliance.
 The past year has seen many ad- vances at Lowell house and, a more thorough covering of the field, and more people benefited by it's supporters, The association did a work which must not be underestlmated when it was in htfed quarters at Franklin street, but the resident workers were so hamper ed by lack of space and other conven- fences that the field was naturally very restricted About the middle of last May, however, the building for which Professor Henry w Farnam gave SS0- GOO was completed at 19S Hamilton street; the number of workers. resi- dent and volunteer increased, and with the new facilities the settlement was abe to do much more for the territory in which 1t is situated
 | From the comparatively small classes l both in number and membership, there are now nearly 500 people with whom Lowell House comes in direct touch, not counting the $50 persons who each week use the library.
 Of the many clubs and classes at Lowell House perhaps one of the best known in the mems club which has a large room in the basement. The room is fitted up with a pool and billiard table and with various other games. The members of the club have decor ated the walls in very pleasing man. ner There are trophies and banners and athletic implements. The mems club meets every night in the week ex- cept Sunday and has dances in the auditorium about once a month.
 These dances and the others given by the club at Lowell House are very well attended and the parents of the girls in the vicinity are very glad tc have them attend instead of going to the music halls in the city The dances are unique in one respect They never last after 10 o'clock, and this calls for addition favor from the mothers of the neighborhood.
 Back of the mems club on the ground floor are the rooms of the Woodruff Boys club which voted to take its name from the present governor of the State. One of their proudest exhibits is a framed letter from the governor on the wall, stating his pleasure that the club should have honored him by nam ing it after him.
 Beside the Woodruff Boys club vari. ous other boys clubs have the use oi the room. In all eighty boys through the week get the benefit of the rooms and the instruction Their time is spent in wood carving and meta work, followed always by social ses- sion and games. When a reporter vls. tied Lowell house few days ago, { class of about 10 boys was makinl metal holders for tea pots. Many o them had finished the holders and tho work was almost perfectly done. An, other class was engaged in wood-carv, ing, and one very young boy had fin
 ished the knife work to handsom picture frame, which he was planning to paint with bright colors The smalle boys have advanced Kindergarten work There are two mothers clubs a Lowell House and the instruction her is largely toward benefting sanitar. conditions. Dr. Julia Teele, the resi- dent physician, has always taken {
 speeial interest in the mothers clu : and as she speaks Italian is able [ : come much nearer to them than th other workers al the house Besides tn , talks on sanitary conditions, the meet : ings of the mothers clubs serve to talk l their minds from their work, and hay l a strong social side.
 Each afternoon there are kindergar
 ten classes for children and the littl
 people are given pasting and paintin
 instruction. There are about eight in
 class and some of the results which tn
 children achieve are remarkable
 The school girls, of whom there ar about 200, and who make up the ma jority of the classes at Lowell Hous, ? meet in groups once a week for sevin , and cooking lessons. The work done b Lowell house with these girls is in
 valuable. The instructors teach ther = care and patience beside showing ther
 how to sew. This same group of girl is given cooking lessons. though nor ! of them only take the sewing work. I few days ago when a reporter vislte
 the house. a class had just prepared
 salmon salad with a cream dressing an
 was about to dispose of the result c
 their work. The girls are taught econ
 omy in connection wIrn their cookin
 and the value of cleanliness is empha sized.
 As the girls reach the age of 1l the S are generally placed in the factories b l their parents, who needs their earning
 to help support the large families. Thi
 is the critical period in the girls live
 and the instructors at Lowell house ex
 ert every influence to keep the girl
 with them. The classes are change
 from afternoon to evening. and ir ! struction in sewing is continued. socii
 events become more frequent at Lowe house in order to keep up the iptere