Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-12
ALLEY WORK THEME
Improvement Association to
Discuss Its Activities.
BODY FOUR YEARS OLD
Organization to Celebrate Ami
versary-Activities Are
Shown.

The Alley Improvement Association,
incorporated, of Washington will cele-
brate the fourth anniversary of its or
ganization next Tuesday, May IA, with
an all-day meeting to be held at Shiloh
Baptist Church. Strangers Home" The
morning session, which convenes at IL
O'Clock. viii be devoted to the reading of
reports and the election of officers for
the coming year.
At the afternoon session symposium
will be held on the subject ALLEY Con-
ditions in Washington, and How to I'm
prove Them The speakers will include
Dr. Thomas Jesse Jones, widely known
as a specialist on community education;
Mrs III. Z. Monroe, prominent lecturer
and writer: DR.. Elnora c. Folkmar, presi-
dent of the Woman's Clinic; Mrs. Jessie
Lawson. W. c. T. [. organizer; Rev.
Dr. A. c. Garner pastor and social serv-
ice worker; Miss E. Lanterman, chairman
of the committee on work among the
Hebrews; Miss Frances E. Crosby, visi-
tor of the Associated Charities. and
James Hall, chairman of the alley
workers committee of the Gospel Mis-
sion.
Will Discuss the Poor.
The evening session will be plat
form meeting, at s o'clock, at which
F. l.. Siddons, Mrs. ]. Newton Culbert-
Ison, president of the Observation-Disclosures
Missionary Union; Prof. George w.
Cook of the District board of charities
and other prominent speakers will dis
cuss the subject How to Improve the
Condition of the Poor of Washington"
The Alley Improvement Association
was organized May /, 1908. its present
president being Rev. DR.. J. Milton
Waldron- The vice presidents of the
association are Rev. Dr.. l.. n. Ross,
Mrs. Rosetta L. Lawson and Rev. j. {.
Van Lee. The secretaries are Rev. Dr.
A. c. Garner and Mrs. T. c. Lewis. and
the treasurer is Rev. DR.. Francis j.
| Grimke, with Rev. L. E. Kicks as
ton Waldron, Rev. w. J. Howard, Walter
H. Brooks Lewis B. Moore. Mrs. Anna
| V. Downey, Mrs James r. Moss. and
| the members of the advisory board are
Rev. D. T. Wiseman, Rev. r. K: Har-
ris. Rev. D. w. Hayes. Rev. NJ. W..
Clair and Rev. j. H. Randolph.
Work of Past Year.
| During the past year the association
and its affiliated organizations carried on
work in thirty-fve alleys in Washing
| ton. The association conducted a sum-
meg vacation Bible and industrial school
with an enrolment of 135 pupils; con-
Quoted mothers, children's, temperance.
prayer and open-air gospel meetings in
twenty-five alleys. 1t furnished summer
outings for 800 poor children and their
mothers last summer. and provided
clothes for $50 children who were with
ont proner clothes and shoes besides fur
nishing 300 Thanksgiving and Christmas
dinner baskets and improving the sani-
tary conditions in all the alleys in which
this work was carried on.
Prominent features of the work of the
association are the Sunday schools and
air gospel meetings. The. friendly Wis
itation work in the alleys OF the city and
the summer vacation Bible and industrial
school also are prominent and successful
features of the work of the Organization
The latter work, which is. of course.
discontinued during the winter season,
Is replaced at that time by the Christmas
tree and Thanksgiving and Christmas
dinner distribution. A feature of last
summers work was the free distribution
of ice and sterlized milk for the use Of
more than a dozen babies whose moth
ers were unable to provide these articles
for the infants.
The expenses of the association in its
work among the alley residents of Wash
ington are paid from voluntary cOntri-
buttons. the organization having no in
come other than the money given to it
in donations. An appeal will be made
within a short time for 81 200 for carry
ing on the work this summer, and efforts
will be made to secure additional funds
with which to employ two or more
woman workers to act as superintend-
ents of the various departments of the
organizations work