The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-05-13

school class for the Chinese OF the
city.
Venabie Street Baptist church ex-
poets to establish a boarding home
for young women at an early date.
Methodist Institute
The philanthropic and charitabl
work of the Methodist denomination
in Richmond Is accomplished by a
strong. united effort, which centers in
the Methodist Institute for Christian
Work. All Of the Methodist churches
contribute to its support, and four
teen churches have representative on
the board Of control.
The institution, formerly located at
Main and Nineteenth streets, is occu-
pying temporary quarters at Broad
and Twentieth streets, Valuable prop
erty has been purchased In Nineteenth
near Broad street and separate build
ings Will be arranged for the work
among women and girls. and that
among men and boys. A hsaara!s e
department for factory girls has been
planned.
The Institute is under the charge
of Rev John w. Dixon and Mrs.
Dixon. There are also four resident
workers. two of whnm are graduates
fifteen volunteers workers from the
churches.
The work includes an evangelistic
ldepartmert@ with chapel services and
Sunday school. social neighborhood
work, Woman's Social Club which
holds meetings at night mainly for
factory women, dues one penny a
week. sewing school. cooking class,
Kitchen garden class. Girls Social
Club and Boys Industrial Club In
the industrial department there will
be graduating class this year for
the first time. four girls having COM
pieted a carefully graded course in
sewing and homework
There has been free dispensary
work for children during the year. In
the department for homeless men
temporary board and lodging has
heen paid for by the saving Of wood.
IL Is impossible in this brief space TO
do justice to the splendid work which
has been done and is planned by this
institution and for more complete
details you are referred to the last
report issued by the superintendent.
Rev. John w. Dixon
Episcopal Work.
ST. Johns Episcopal church has a
paid visitor who with the rector does
Gil the work at large mission in
Fulton, under the direction OF the
church. st. Pauls Episcopal church
has paid visitor, supports a home
Tor orphan girls and a charity chap
ter which has seventy-two scholars
and ten teachers. The work at ST.
Andrews Episcopal church is sup
ported by Miss Grace Arents. There
are two paid visitors, several sewing
clubs. clubs and Fairgrounds for
children The library at st. Andrew.
has record In the United States fcs.
having the largest number of mem
hers to the smallest number of books.
Among the thirteen Presbyterian
churches heard from. only two have
paid visitors. one at the First Pres
eyterian and the other at the Sec
ond Presbyterian church. The latter
supports two missions. There Is Il
Business Woman's League at the
Church of the Covenant which meets
monthly, the meeting being followed
By "sisfpers;' These meetings are OF
q literary. missionary. and social ma
s'sre There Is, 81 similar, orEa sssyattosa
at Grace Street Presbyterian church.
There arc Ave Christian churches
in the city and McCain's Catholic
Union, where three hundred and thir-
tx men have means OF social inter-
course. This union has splendid
home with facilities for mental and
physical Improvement. Three of the
churches haye st. Vincent de Paul
societies. Each church Is supplied with
a pastor and one or more assistants
Each church has one or more schools
for boys and girls. All the Catholic
churches are well organized with clubs
and bows and the charitable work is
not confined to members of their
churches.
Christian Churches.
The I'VE Christian churches report
cd have relief Organisations for the