Evening journal., 1910-07-27
BREAK GROUND
FOR new HOME
Miss Pyle Lifts First Dirt on
Site Of East Side Settle
ment
HAPPY SPEECHES
MARK THE EXERCISES

In the presence Of settlement club
members, and their guests. Miss
Sarah W. pyle, head resident worker
at the Peoples Settlement, broke
ground yesterday afternoon. for the
new settlement building at Eighth
and Lombard streets. AS she raised
the blue-ribboned shovel with It's hrst
load of earth. amid the cheers Of the
onlookers, she dedicated the ground
TO work for "The Fatherhood of God
and the Brotherhood of Man"
T Allen Hilles. president Of the
Board of Trustees, excavated the sec
ond shovelful. and Il was a generous
one, characteristic OF Mr.. Hilles' in
terest In all the doings of the settle
ment MIR. Hilles told the members
to regard and cherish the new build
ing as their own, and expressed
pleasure that now there would be
room for all the boys who had not
yet come to the settlement
Irving Warner, secretary of the
board, was the third to turn the sod.
He said that raising the earth was
considerably easier than their work
of the last two years I'm raising the
money for the new building. He urg-
ed the settlement members to show
their appreciation of the new build
ing, by taking as much care Of IL as
they would Of their own homes.
! Representative OF various settle
ment clubs then welded the shovel.
They were Mrs. Alfred Lynch, presi-
| dent of the Woman's Improvement
League, Miss Tillie Binder, Of the
| Jefferis-Sangster club of young peo-
pie, Miss Mary Sutton OF the Sunshine
! Society. Master Harry Farrow. Of the
Handy Boys Club. and Master Warren
! Baldwin Of the Boys Brigade VIII
liam II. Snider, head Of the Penny-a-
| day Society was also present, but was
unable to stay long enough for the
! ceremonies. Miss Pyle commended
| his work as being some of the most
| efficient help the Settlement had found
in their struggle for the new build
ing Through his efforts largely. the
! Penny-a-day Society mad raised $1,000
toward the fund.
Thought II a Funeral.
The shovel will be given a place o.
honor in the new building. A numbe
OF settlement members took some o
the earth home with them as a sou
venir. An amusing incident occurre
at the beginning Of the ceremony
Some small boys werer playing on th
vacant lot and stared in wonder a
the procession OF half hundred pee
pie from the Settlement bore dow
upon them. The interest increase
when they spied Miss Pyle and tn
shovel, and when one Of the mother
appeared with a small baby fas
asleep and perfectly motionless. on
boy exclaimed, Gee. it's a funeral
They're going to dig a hole fer tn
kid"
Well. they we're digging the hole
and they gave a good start to tn
excavation-for some very livel!
kids" who will be happy over a club
room big enough to turn around I'm
The young folks and the adults. anC
the officials were radiantly happy yes
terday, feeling that at last a tangibl,
start was made in the new dwelling
They have been five years In the pres.
ent quarters, and nobody has seen the
cramped accommodations without
wondering how they managed AS q
fact, during settlement festivities. q
good many have stood on the side
walk and looked I'm at the windows
Miss Pyle, Mr.. Hilles and Mr. War.
ner, especially rejoice I'm the large
yard In the rear the boys and girls
will have for playground. In tht
evening especially. the streets hav,
been the only place available for tn,
children of the neighborhood.
Mrs. Susan Fl. Shearman, Miss Pyle,
father, and her brother. Howard L
Pyle. and Miss Elizabeth Mcclellan
assistant resident worker at the set
tlement were also present Nearly
all the members of the Woman's I'm
provement League were attendants
Others would have been invited. bu
there was not time to make mucl
preparation since the contractor
b we're anxious to start work as soor
as the permit was received. and tn,
ceremonies had to be performed OF
short notice. The new building vii
front on Eighth street, and go bacl
TO a depth of IS feet. II is hone,
that the middle of the winter will b,
moving day.
The turning of the sod was ende,
with three rouslng cheers for Mis-
Pyle and all who had helped in max
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