The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-20

trance and ten foot high, tight boart
flee. The center view in the bottom
lack of the spirit of Jssus Christ in the
man who att3eks the home and ITS m
mates on many of the grounds such as
have been used in the past several
months and with which everyone in BIZ
mngham to some extent is familiar?
Objections Now GrOundless
Those of these objections which at one
time might have contained more or less
of merit. are now groundless. The wom-
EN- inmates of the home are now allowed
to pass it's gates while they are inmates
and therefore it is certain that none sees
them who does not wish to see them. Inc
men are sometimes allowed to go out on
business but not unless they are per
fectly able to take care of themselves
and conduct themselves as gentlemen, no
matter what has been their condition at
some time previous.
No man should criticise Pisgah Home
until he has visited it and with frank
and open mind has seen some OF the
things which cannot help but present
themselves on such a visit. Then If there
is anything yet remaining which is OBJ
iectionable, there are a dozen and one
considerations to weigh against 1t before
il can be legitimately used. Pisgah Home
fills the need q any city the size Oh BIZ
mingham, a need which is not reacheo
by any other charity organization nor
public institution in existence. It's need
in birmingham has been proven py the
work it has done.
Pisgah Home association some rev
weeks ago paid $4,000 for Germania park
and by two or three more weeks VIII
have the place completely fitted up for
it's use Where once there was a bowl
ing alley today there is what is known
as the Lillian Orr building, a dormitory
for the women and children of the in
stitution. When the pictures accompany
ing this article were taken the bowling
alley had not yet been taken out OF the
building and the old scoreboards We're
still there. A long row of beds is be-
ing fitted up along each side for the wom-
en- who come or are sent to the lnstl-
tuition and DIR. Charles o. Oman, eld-
er in charge of the institution, has plans
for other improvements in the building.
One is partition near the middle of the
long structure which will divide it into
two rooms, one for the better class OF
women who are taken into the home ana
the other for those who are very bad.
This will keep the two classes from sleep
ing together and the better class from
being contaminated by hearing the con-
versation and associating with the 9TH
er. In the front of the building, where
it is wider. a sitting and rest room is
to be fitted up for all the women and
children, a place where under the SUI
pervision of the matron they can talk
and rest and associate.
Two Babies Awaiting Adoption
There are now two babies, one boy
and one girl, at Pisgah Home awaiting
adoption They are children without par
ents born at the institution of moth
ers whose life had wandered from that
which is right. The work of the home
in befriending this class of women, In
taking them in when everyone else, has
deserted them, in advising them and en-
couraging them to a better and high
er life, has become one of the most
important branches of the institution
Women and girls are taken into this
institution who have dropped to the low
est rank of human sin. They have COM
mitted crimes which cannot be written
of and cannot be spoken of except in
certain places and under certain cir
cumstances And they have been turned
back onto the world by Pisgah Home
as assets to society instead of liabil-
tiles Examples cannot be cited for
various and very obvious reasons But
let any one who doubts go to Pisgah
Home or communicate with DR.. OMAN
and If you show that you are serious,
proof Will be given in abundance, proof
that cannot be combatted, proof which
is startling in its effect
To Separate Men and Women
A fence is being built directly through
the middle of the park to separate the
women's and the mems buildings from
each other. The present mems dormitory
is in what has been christened the OK
nam Memorial chapel, what a few weeks
ago was dance hall. Here in front is
n WI cd a Al
chapel where the daily and all religious
services of the institution are held. Di-
rectly back of the chapel Is the dining
room. place large enough to accom-
modate 80 people and directly off to one
end of the latter is a we'll lighted kitch-
en-. now under course of construction
Then the back end of the building. be-
hind the dining room is the male DOR
mitory with beds for 40 or 50 men.
These two buildings are the main str,c-
lures of the grounds and are almost in
the center of the six-acre park. sur
rounded by many trees. whose foliage
makes them practically invisible from the
outside, not mentioning the high board
fence.
The office is located in the one cor
ner and near the entrance to the mark.
1t is close to the board fence and is the
only building which can be plainly seen
from the outside of the park Here are
the private rooms of DIR. Oman and
his secretary, Wilson Squire. himself !,
convert Of Pisgah Home. and now