Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-16
JOHN FULTON IS
APOSTLE OF HOPE
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cheers they dispense real, sub
stantial good cheer that doesn't give
YOU a headache the morning after
at Johns Place" otherwise and
properly known as the Bethesda
Mission, 107 1-2 South Second street.
The Rotary Club spent last even
ing at the mission and members
| were amazed at what they found.
James w. Barker, the host and
president of the mission board, in
troduced John Fulton, who is in
charge. There is nothing of the pro-
fessional reformer about Fulton. He
looks and dresses like successful
business man. but his heart is full
OF the milk of human kindness and
he practices what he preachos The
Rotarians cottoned to him once
and went home big 'one ers for
John Fulton and the Bet. sda Mis-
sion.
Fulton is one o. those who be-
lieVe that you cannot preach the
gospel of Jesus Christ very effec-
lively to men who are cold and hun
CRY. but neither is he one to be i'm
posed upon by the professional
loafer. Any man is welcome to a
place on one of the sanitary cots in
the basement of the mission--which
are washed thoroughly every morn
ing-but three nights is the limit
unless the unfortunate has asked
Mr.. Fulton in the meantime TO help
get him n job. And Fulton does
that. He gets jobs for all who want
work, and then he sees that the
/, down-an- outer gets better clothes
and is given cot in the dormitory
on the top floor, with use of bath
room and toilets. Then, when he
has saved his money, he is cncour-
aged to take room on the second
Nt..1,
sums sufficient to give the mission
a profit and in that way help to make
it in a measure self-supporting.
These rooms run all the way from
81 to S6 Il week and are as well
equipped as the average hotel room.
They beat n lot of the hotel ac-
comm odations / get" said Robert II.
Lyon, the coffee man, who goes
about the State lot. II think I'll
bring a delegation of upstate hotel
men down here to take lessons"
Men Make Good
Some of the men who apply and
are helped fall by the waySide, but
big proportion of them stay put.
For example. | received word from
major in the United States Army
to-day who recalled that Bethesda
Mission saved him when he was
down and out and started him on
now manager of big grocery store,
one of the largest in a large city,
and scores of others are highly-re-
spected citizens holding positions of
trust and responsibility" said John
Fulton in telling the Rotarians
about the work.
Assisting the manager is his wife
and the two of them have apart
ments at the mission, for which they
- Nnt1, -, FNf
this but y living" said Fulton.
ours is not a money-making busi-
ness" This mission is directed by
fifteen businessmen of Harrisburg.
Colonel Martin, State Health Com
missioner, and DIR. J. NJ. ]. Raun-
ick, city health officer, were guests
of the club last evening and ad-
dressed the Rotarians on the need
of a contagious disease hospital in
Harrisburg. Colonel Martin has a
most magnetic personality and
charming manner of speech. He
made an excellent impression on the
club, which, at the instance of the
public affairs committee, passed a
resolution pledging it's support in
any way possible to the movement
; now under way by the Chamber of
Commerce for the erection by the
city and county of a joint hospital
lot COIlldSlOuS tlSGdStS. llt CluS also
went on record as favoring Colonel
Martins plan to make Harrisburg
| q model city from the standpoint
of public health and sanitation,
and promised him any support
necessary to the success of that
| movement.
DR.. Raunick addressed the club
on the work and aspirations of the
! local health department, suggesting
that q movement be started for a
| summer camp for the babies of poor
mothers, where they could be saved
from the hardships of life in the
crowded districts during the hot
weather period and their mothers
| taught how to take best care of
| them.
During the evening under the lead
ership of Harrisburg woman and
| her daughter, party of Mexican
workmen who rent rooms at the
mission played and sang Mexican
songs. They are good-looking lot
| and have been greatly improved
since coming to Harrisburg. They
now have money in the bank and
are fully able to pay their way for
anything they desire. Under John
Fulton's direction they are rapidly
becoming good Americans.
Officers Nominated
officers were nominated last even
ing as follows: For president, G.. NJ.
Steinmetz; for vice-president, Pres
ton Crowell, Charles w. Boil and
William H. German: for secretary
treasurer, William NJ. Robson; for
director, w. Rufus McCord, c. Lin
ford Scott, Frank B. Musser, Cap
tain George f. Lumb, L. NJ. Bricker,
Robert Cahill, Colonel James B.
Kemper, George B. Reilly, William s.
Essick, D. l.. NJ. Raker and Robert
Hunt Lyon. Messrs. McCord and
Essick withdrew, having served pre-