Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-26
FUNDS ARE NEEDED
. FOR SOCIAL CENTER
Members for Friendship House
Association Will Be
Sought.
GOOD WORK DONE
FOR NEARBY RESIDENTS
People of Limited Resources Aided.
Babies of Working Mothers
Cared For.

officers and members of the Friendship
House Association for beginning No
vember ] an active campaign for ad-
d1tiona1 members of the aSsociat ton in
order to meet the pressing demand for
additional funds with which to main
tain Friendship House, well estab-
lished SOCIAL center at 324 Virginia ave-
nue. southeast.
The membership Of the. associa ton
now numbers $50 men and women, and
1t Is the aim Of the officers. to have
every member bring in at least two
additional members before December
]. The plans drawn up include the
division of the members into teams of
twenty-five each to get new members.
Henry p Blair is president of the
Friendship House Association. Mrs II.
B. r. mcfarland is first vice president.
James w. Cliff is second vice president.
mrs. w. e. Stuart is secretary, Ellis
Spear Is treasurer. Mrs. Kirk Ho1nres is
financial secretary and Miss Lydia 4
Burklin is the head worker in active
charge OF Friendship House.
Grows as Social Center.
For number of years Friendship
House has grown a social center In
Southeast Washington. largely through
the active help and cooperation of the
people in the neighborhood, who have
come to lit as a community meeting
place for all kinds of purposes A total
OF $j.5CO year is now necessary to
maintain it.
Through the various activities for which
Friendship House has come to be used
the people. Interested in it believe that
great deal of good work has been
done toward providing means for people
OF limited resources to remain independ
ent Of outside help and at the same time
have the conviction that they are open
ing new possibilities for their children.
Children Are Cared For.
One of the principal uses to which,
Friendship House is put is that of .
day, nursery: Mothers who have work
TO do. or who are sick. are invited to
leave their children at Friendship House
during the day. and even at night, in
case of sickness. Not only babies. but
cniloren OF school age. are looked after
In this way 1t is estimated that an av-
erage of eighteen children a day have
been left by their mothers at the house
during the last year.
A milk station is also maintained at
the house and an average of twenty
children a day are supplied with modified
milk in this way. All pay something, blu,
few pay the full price of the milk, which
Is high. In connection with the milk sta
ton. the advice OF physician and u
trained nurse are constantly at the dis
pOsal of mothers.
plan is now on foot to establish a
Montessori method school at the house
this winter under the auspices of the
Montessori Educational association BY
this means II Is aimed to give assistance
to all the mothers who desire the school
ing for their children.
Housekeeping Taught.
At Friendship House girls are laugh,
scientific housekeeping and practical home
hygiene and sanitation. to enable them
to be able to maintain healthful. well
kept homes In the future. and there are
other classes where girls are being taught
music, sewing. eThbroidering and other
things which will make them happier and
more useful
The Y. NJ. c. A. permits the use OF
the building formerly used by its
southeast branch by Friendship House
as a gymnasium. where several hun
dred young men and women and girls
and boys are enabled to keep in good
condition physically. At this gym
nasium and through clubs and classes
wholesome amusements are taught in
an informal way.
The adults of the neighborhood have
come to use the house as d meeting
place for many purposes. and many of
them contribute literally to its sup
port. both by giving money and giving
work.
Miss Burklin's Purpose.
Miss Burklin, the head worker her
self actively interested in a practical
way in the children of the neighbor-
hood, aims to throw an atmosphere of
a real community center around Friend
ship House and has always insisted
that q real spirit of democracy rule
there.
The building in which the house is
located is one of the oldest structures
in the city. but has been kept in good
repair without being elaborate in any
way. branch library of the Public
Library provides the house with good
books of all kinds.
Postmaster Ready to Take Charge.
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