The Washington herald., 1913-02-01

| crate the neighborhood by personal and
| cooperative measures. The other two
! alleys will be dealt with by the method
| of systematic friendly visiting and the
| use of pressure to insure action by the
| city authorities. The survey Of these
| four alleys, together with informant ton
secured as to many others. has demon
| started that alley conditions have been
much improved in Washington during
the last four or five years, but that much
l still remains to be done.
The conference has also organized a
| confidential directory for the registra-
| ton Of all beneficiaries of church char
| tiles. On this will be placed the persons
| and families now on the lists OF indi-
| vidual parishes, societies. and organiZa-
| tions. and when a new name comes to
| any clergyman or church officer by call
| to secure information as TO whether the
person is-known, has received help else
where and is worthy Of aid.
Another line of activity is a COMMITTEES
on employment. which Is working in
combination with the Business Women
| Employment Bureau and will see to it
| that worthy persns obtain employment,
according to their abilities.
The public amusements. especially mo-
| ton picture shows, Sunday concerts
vaudeville theaters and public dances are
all TO be investigated by a strong COM
mittee under Mrs. Giles Rafter, who
has had much experience in all forms
of social work. and is especially compe-
| tent to handle this problem. In this
connection. the committee Of our own
church conference will cndeavor to unite
all the various organizations in Wash
ington interested in this problem.
Another committee of the conference
is taking up parochial relations and en-
deavoring to secure a cooperating So
cial service committee in each of our
churches in the District Of Columbia.
Admiral EndiCott is at the head OF this
committee.
The head of the conference is Canon
DeNries- the secretary. Rev. T. Hubert
Jones, and the treasurer. DR.. Ralph Jen-
nSins
There has been formed in st. Johns
Church. Georgetown parish. of which the
Rev. Frederick b. Howden is the rec
tor. a mems Bible class study confer
ence The sessions. which will begin at
1910 a. m. on Sunday, February .. 1913,
will be held in the rectory. Thirty men
have pledged themselves TO attend the
eight consecutive sessions of the con-
ference. and il is planned to go through
the entire Bible in these eight confer
ences. and then, if sufficient interest is
manifested to continue them. taking up
special periods for more extended study.
At the residence Of Bishop Harding. on
Tuesday last the board of governors of
the Episcopal Home for Children. held
their annual meeting. Eighteen parishes
were represented. Attention was called
to the fact that the question Of ways
and means is always more or less an
anxious one and 1t was suggested by
Mr.. Henry P. Blair that If the twenty
five parishes Of the city would give 81
per month. which could be raised in small
% cent payment the financial difficulties
would be over.
Mr.. A. A. Birney called particular at
tention TO the fact that the home costs
less than any other institution he had
ever known. There are sixty children
in the nome and s3,500-s6O per child
is all that is required. Yet the getting
of that small sum is source of endless
worry.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Diocesan branch of the Woman's Aux
ilisry to the board of missions will be
held in st. Johns Parish Hall, Sixteenth
Street. near II. on Tuesday next, Febru-
airy 4, at p. m. There will be an ad-
dress by Mrs. Cooper. which will be il
Illustrated, on Arapahoe Indians.
The Bolton Bible Class of the morn
ing Sunday School Of Epiphany Church
Will give a colonial party on the even
ing of Tuesday, February l. 1913, in the
Willard rooms. An unusually attractive
programme has been arranged, consisting
OF short Shakespearian sketches, reci-
tations. violin, and vocal solos. The
young ladies of the class will be in CO.'S
tune. and extend a hearty invitation to
everyone.
The Bishop Claggett Club met on
Monday last at SOP Georgia Avenue cor
ner of Madison Street, the residence of
Rev. Howard G.. England. The main
business Of the meeting was the hearing
and considering of the report OF a COM
mittee on church locations and boun-
DIARIES.
St Johns Church Lafayette Square)
Orphanage is the beneficiary to the ex-
tent Of 5000 under the will of Mrs.
Mary Kerr Coffey. In the event of
granddaughters dying without issue. ST.
Johns Church, this city. and Trinity
Church, Pittsburg. will become bene-
ficiaries under the will.
4 volunteer choir OF men is being or
ganiZed to sing at the Churchman's
League lectures this coming Lent. The
executive committee of the league be-
heves that a choir of this character will
add to the services by increasing the
heartiness of the singing, and making II
of congregational character,
A meeting to organize the choir, and
to have short rehearsal will be held
Tuesday evening. February in Epip-
hany Parish Hall, when ways and means
of Increasing general interest in this
object were considered.
There was a meeting of the cathedral
parochial committees of the Diocese of
Washington. at the Bishops Home, 1407
Massachusetts, Avenue, last Wednesday. :