St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1914-06-27

sis, and that districts where liquor
lights and license were permitted tC
lure the young boys no longer have
an excuse for being. Fifty per cent
of the women driven from these dis
tricts leave the city, and go to other
towns where segregated sections Offer
them a welcome for continued i'm
morality, and that Is the reason New
Orleans has her share of this class
of undesirables, it was stated. Twen-
ty-five per cent of these women re-
form, and the other twenty-five carry
on a clandestine immoral existence,
but in very quiet and unalluring
manner. According to the proposed
law any one found guilty of renting a
house in any section of the city for
immoral purposes will be deprived OF
the rental for one year. That Chris
tians did not work more aggressively
for reform was deplored by the MS
sion Board.
That 80 per cent of the children
in the district of St. Marks Hall
were detectives was statement made
by Miss Martha Mutt. Many of the
children have been offenders of the
Juvenile Court, and the lack of a
playground in that vicinity was given
as a possible reason why SO many
youthful citizens had miscredited
their energy and come to woe. 1--WE
are doing what we can for the boys, -
continued Miss Mutt. Three hum
dred and fifty boys enjoyed our pub
lie baths this month. They come in
gangs from two to five every day.
Two hundred and thirty-two babies
are under our observation also, and
fresh milk is given them daily. Mrs.
Margaret Siebrecht has charge of this
part of our work, and seeing to the
delivery of sixty pints of milk and
400 pounds of ice is not small task.
Two hundred and seventy-fve we're
treated in the free clinic last month.
1t is in our clinic work that we are
made aware of existing vice. con-
cluded Miss Mutt
st. Marks Hall will be leased for
another year. w;ththe understanding
that fresh paper will be furnished
for the parlors and the clinic room
given coat of white enamel.
The open air meetings held in
Frenchmen, near Royal street, were
declared an unqualified success, and
will be continued every Saturday
night. Rev. Harper, Mr.. Thomas
and Miss Mutt have been in charge
of this activity.
Mrs. Meekins reported on the Mary
Werlein Mission, and deplored the
number of saloons in that neighbor-
hood. 1t was stated that crowds of
intoxicated men made early retiring
impossible many nights in the week.
Temperance education was said to be
one of the great needs of the locali-
ty. Mrs. Meekins reported several
trips made during the past month
to Judge Wilson's court, the reopen
ing of the sewing school for girls,
and the success of the boys club.
Beginning the first week in July
crowds of ten will be taken from
st. Marks and the Mary Werlein Mis-
sion to the Camp Grounds for a
weeks visit
Miss Emma Abbot, the new deacon
ess, is expected to arrive in a few
days and assume charge of her duties
at St. Marks. Miss Abbott is reg
istered pharmacist. Miss Martha
Mutt and Miss Kathron Wilson leave
this week for Boulder, Col, for two
absence Mrs. S. A. Mont
gomery, the president of the Wo-
mems Board of City Missions, is visit
ing in Texas. Mrs. A.. A. Bartels
and Mrs. Elmer Wood made their re-
ports as treasurer and secretary