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other gifts and funds earned by the
Women's Board another $4,000 Is
available and will be used to replace
the memorial building given 90 years
ago by MIR. and Mrs. Ewing. In addi-
ton to these available funds, a total
of $250,000 is still needed for buildings
and equipment.
ANOTHER Episcopal orphanage is st.
Joan's, at Nineteenth and F streets,
which started as an outgroWth of st.
Johns parish. AS the numbers grew
the old house was found unsuitable and
the congregation built the beautiful
modern building which now houses the
80 orphans who are under the care of
st. Johns Church. Mrs. Mackay-
Smith. whose husband was a former
rector of st. Johns and later bishop
of Pennsylvania gave the chapel in
which the religious education of the
children is carefully developed.
During the rectorship of DR.. Cotton
Smith the Sisters of ST. Margaret of
Boston were invited to take charge of
the orphanage and have managed it
since. A new infirmary has been built
recently. Here the sick children are
cared for, and recently dentists office
has been established to meet their
needs. The orphanage owns a Sum-
mer home in Virginia, which was large
ly the gift of the late Mrs. Warder
The House of Mercy, a rescue home
for girls, under the auspices of the
Diocese OF Washington, was organized
in 1884. In 1911 the home was moved
from 2408 K street to its present new
building adjoining Rock Greek Park.
This ic tI1o Ofoly homo IF Lind lar
the direction of the Episcopal Church
south of Jersey City.
The object of the home Is to help
fallen girls by trying to raise them to
higher moral level and to teach them
how to work that they may grow into
useful, honest women; and if they have
children, TO care for their little ones
properly.
Takes Only First Offenders.
The home takes only first-offense
cases and requires that the girl re-
main in the home one year if she is
over age; If under age her parent or
guardian must consent that she shall
remain two years. Candidates must he
between the ages of IA and "a and they
must be free from disease and mentally
sound.
1t is the policy to make the life as
homelike as possible and at the same
time train the girls along lines that
will be most beneficial and useful to
them. They are taught cooking, laun-
dry work, sewing, houseWork and the
care of children. While the discipline
of the house is not unduly strict, re-
spect for those in authority and prompt
obedience is required of all. The house,
hold ricnc of & q nhonol O FsQ0
after which the work of the house be-
gins; dinner at 1890; recreation until
2; supper at $50; evenings spent in
various ways, closing with chapel at
$3.50, which service the chaplain con-
ducts once week.
The staff considers both the welfare
of the mother and the child. 1t Is
not always best, and in many cases not
possible for the mother to take her
child when she leaves the home, and
she is given the privilege of boarding
the baby there until she can establish
herself, and then the home can de-
eide with her what is the wisest course
for her to pursue. Giving the children
thus left at the home a good start in
life is an important feature of the
in touch with every girl who leaves by
AOAAGcEOAAACAANO GAAA NAoAVAASs
Deaconess Ye0 In Charge.
The House of Mercy has been In
charge OF DeaconeSS Lillian M. Yeo
for the past 81 years.
Among the most notable of the EpiS-
copalian enterprises in Washington Is
the maintenance of the Episcopal Eye,
Ear and Throat Hospital, which is rec
ognized as q first-class institution by
the American College of Surgeons and
which treated 1850 patients, 1920 of
them free, during 1927.
This hospital does q notable social
service work. 1t has devised a system
by which costs to patient largely are
determined by the individuals own
statement of circumstances - conse-
quently the institution is not self-sup-
porting, but is maintained by voluntary
Organized in 1897.
The hospital was organized In 1897
by DR.. E. Oliver Belt, with the co-opera-
tion of Bishop Satterlee. DR.. Belt as
sociated with him group of prominent
physicians, some of whom still are on
the staff. These included DR.. Joseph
Bryan, DR.. W. A. Wilmer, DR.. Frank
Hyatt and DR.. Charles w. Richardson.
A clinic is held every day from IL to
1880, where patients are treated by the
best specialists to be found in Wash
ington and where 1t is determined II
they are in need of hospital treatment.
Particularly meretorious has been the
work Of the institution among children
Of the poor whose parents otherwise
would have been unable to afford the
surgical treatment which would save
them from permanent blindness and
deafness.
The Present Superintendent.
The present superintendent of the
hospital is Rev. Calvert e. Buck, for
merly pastor of Christs Church, WASH
ington Parish, who has brought to the
work not only q practical grasp Of
human problems, but q knowledge of
business administration gained in the
days before he became a clergyman.