Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-14
PLENTY Of WORK HERE;
DRY CITY BENEFICIAL
Nobody in Washington Now, Out OF
Employment, browns His
Sorrow in Drink.

The big, husky fellow who is able
and willing to hold down a mans job,
but who cannot get it. and who, tenn
porarily down and out" finds solace
in drink and "hits the bread line" Is
type not now frequently met with in
Washington, and the chances are that
his kind will be little in evidence here
this winter. There is too much work.
governmental and otherwise. This in
teresting information comes from
washington's missions. which. in the
past, have had to deal SO extensively
with his kind. as we'll as from W. S.
Ufford. general secretary of the Asso-
ciated Charities.
The homeless and jobless man prob
lem has largely solved itself. say both
Fl. W. Kline. superint endent of the
Gospel Mission. PA John Marshall
place. and John S. Bennett, superin-
tendent. of the Central Union Mission.
missions here are contemplating
leisuralY winter. On the contrary. with
the lessening of this problem. their
work with poor families whose in
with H. c. of L. has grown proper
tionatsF more difficult and more exact
ing. j. dollar will not buy nearly as
much as it would a year or two ago,
and there are some things it won't buy
at alE But the change in mission
work conditions is already noticeable.
Results From Dry Washington.
"MeI that have been drunken sots
for years have procured and are hold
ing good jobs says Mr.. Kline. THE
dryness of Washington has shown de-
cided results already. I haven't seen
q drunk in the Gospel Mission since
the law banished the saloon one
m FIJI
less that / did not feel it right to use
mission funds in his behalf came in the
other flight with brand-new suit of
clothes. and the news of a first-class
Job. The men come to our religious
meetings in larger numbers than ever
Il can get any man a job says Mr..
Bennett. Some ] know who have been
down 10 bedrock for years are self
talks tn the men who come to meetings
here he is addressing sober men--inen
in their right minds. The man who
used to pay dime for bed now wants
paid Is cents now wants a quarters
worth of accommodations. The man
who was wont to beg nights lodging
now pays dime for it
That the missions expect hard and
busy season, however, is due not only
to e.greater expense of looking after
destitute families but also to the fact
that a. large number of men have come
*
and camp work in or near the city, who
yet have no means of sustenance until
hey get their first pay. I'VE have been
carrying dozens of those men along till
payday" says Supt. Bennett. Some
times we get stung. but more often we
DON'T
Families to Be Helped.
Both mission heads tell OF men who
fear to. leave steady work to take the
more lucrative employment that may
only prove temporary. The pay of
these has not gone up. and everything
else has. and their families feel the re-
suit keenly.
Some of them are Iaborers who later
in the winter will be laid off at inter-
walls. Yet they hesitate to change The
institutions need cash for food, fuel
medicines and clothing. in spite of the
fact shat more of the pay envelope
comes. home Saturday night than ever
before In the history of the city.
The infant welfare work of the Cos
pei Mission is suffering because milk
is high. and sugar scarce. 1t cares for
400 babies under two years of age. War
prices on nearly all drugs have cramped
the work of the free clinic held there
variousr sorts, both much in use. have
gone Up especially. The coal that cos,
s225 q short while since now costs a
poor family 81. says the head of the
his mission sent out 2S5 baskets to
poor families at Thanksgiving. each
basket containing a chicken, but this
fall II seems probab1- mat a substitute
will have to be fond for that item
Tho Gospel Mission plans to send bas.
ketS to the 1853 families on its list, but
10 hampered in the same way. But
bread lines for "hoaters' will be short
and infreQuent.
The announcement by the London
Daily Graphic that the Duke of Mari.
boroukt and his duchess are at Blen.