Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-18
Of work, they Immediately look after the

or work. they Immediately look after the
baby and endeavor to get the husband
job through the agency of the Associ-
ated Charities. In effect. as Mrs. Hop
kins put it, 1.-The whole battery OF phi!an-
thrOpic work is turned upon these alley
people through the medium of the women
OF the housing committee, who do this
rent collecting from the probably 2l4
houses which have been turned over to
them" These houses. by the way. have a
parlOr, a clean and spacious double bed
room. kitchen and bathroom, which to
all effects and purposes is the equal OF
any in the better sections of the town.
This rent-cOllecting scheme has follow
ed after long campaign OF education
The womans welfare department has
associated with 1t now the Monday Even
ing Club. the Associated Charities. the
Board Of Trade and the Chamber Of
Commerce and many other ORGANIZATIONS
Delegates from the four named met re-
Gently. together with the central housing
committee, of which Mrs. Bicknell Is
chairman. This meeting was at the
home of Mrs. Hopkins. Secretary Red
field of the Department of Commerce
spoke at that meeting. The outcome of
that meeting was that a substantial plan
for furthering the improvement Of alley
homes would be drafted, but in the mean
time the work under Mrs. Bicknell and
her housing committee would continue.
Make Alleys Minor Streets.
A portion Of the plan will be method
for making some Of the alleys into minor
streets, changing some OF them to stable
alleys and others to garage alleys. Mean
time the missionary work of the wOman's
welfare department moves forward. The
fact that Mrs. Woodrow Wilson is active
ly interested has made a wide impression.
Every girl in the Western High School
has joined the junior league of the de-
partment. as well as many girls from the
other high schools and the Normal
School
night Mrs. Hopkins characterized DR..
Woodward as the best health officer any
city ever had. She is of the opinion
that the condemnation work authorized
BY law. which DR.. Woodward's depart
ment is carrying on, will take seventy
five years for a completion. simply be-
cause of the limitatio Of the law. This.
she explained. is no fault of the health
officer. She also said the street cleanins &
department and the other departments
of the District government had been ap-
pealed to on alley conditions. and that it
is apparent that all which can be done
under the present law is being accom-
plished
have set about to get new laws and are
taking the lawmakers right to the spot
which wants cleaning.
OF the noisOme sights and evil condi-
llOIS WHICH THESE COH6 TcSSIucI anu " men
Mrs. Wilson saw much has been written.
The fact that death rates in some alleys
are three times greater than the death
rate on the street bounding the square
through which the alley runs is only
one Of the object lessons shown to the
visitors
Well Known Persons Interested.
Hundreds Of well known Washington
names are connected with this alley ef-
fort. In list furnished by the wom-
ans welfare department the members Of
the committees are as follows:
Central committee on housing-Dr.
Thomas Jesse Jones. chairman: Mrs.
Ernest p. Bicknell, Mrs. Archibald Hop
kins. Rev. Wilbur V. Mallalieu. Walter
8. Uford, Rev. John Van Schaick, jr.
Monday Evening Club committee on
housing-Dr. Thomas Jesse Jones, chair
man: Mrs. Ernest P. BicknelL Appleton
p. Clark, jr.. Miss Emma Duke, Roy E.
Haynes. DR.. George NJ. Kober. MIR w d.
Mex enzie. DIR. Arthur l.. Murray. Dr.
Charles +. Nesb!t. DR.. James l.. Norris,
Louis Gutenberg, E. w. oyster. Frederick
l.. Siddons, Dr. G. A. Webber
Woman's welfare department committee
on housing-Mrs. Ernest p. Bicknell.
chairman: Miss Elizabeth Brown, vice
chairman; Mrs. G. F. Becker. Mrs. Phil
ander P. Ciaxton, Mrs. A. r. Crandall.
Mrs. +. Dana Durand. Miss Belle Ellis,
Mrs. Richard Fay Jackson, Miss Eliza
beth Noyes. Miss c. Farrar-Smith, Mrs.
Philip s. Smith, Mrs John Van Schaick,
jr; Miss Edith Totten, Mrs. c. P. Town