Show BOWERY MISSION lAUNCHES NEW WORK C I V. V L Lectures ct res on S Sociology 1 v invade F m us In- In I i N r. r Ww v JEW YORK Nov 20 At- At Atthe the the old Bowery mission for moro nore than th four decades decades the leading lower e east st side side haven haven ha ha- ven vcr for destitute drunkards lecture lectured d eases classes lii m n elementary sociology yand and phil philosophy phi phi- l sop y and educational work ork among on th's tiie ilie gh et s 's women Welmen and children are- are taking i the place of or supplementing g the work done there heretofore heretofore for m men n with without uj homes or food Flops and eats as shelter shelle and food lood are r referred referrer t to by the the denizens of the Bowery are no longer to be the chief solace afforded to hop heads and bums by this famous old institution J Directors of the famous place hay havy it is time for more feeding and sheltering from nigh nl night ht a horde of f floaters and br br Since its its- establishment on forty t tago ago Bowery mission workers workers workers-hav hav rushed with seemingly ceaseless x to find food and sleeping room ft fi lines of or those classed as own an as Now they say the advent of has brought opportunity to lift heads S John G G. G n mission mission- zi te rit and Anson C. C Baker seer see outlined t tIle the e new si situation tIon I A os o's still plenty of hootch theBo the ry they said and plent of drin to care for But Its It's har to get an It used to be almost look We have as many men to after When after ever When the went saloon saloon went It with it drugs and the like Buta But a a fat far greater far greater percentage percentage of or of them are sober clear eyed and clear clea brained We Ve are increasing our ed nal work among the ers whose h heads ads used to be so steeped in liquor that they could retain nothing but the address of the mission We Ve now have more opp opportunity to look around a chance for educational work among women and to start at the bottom with the tile rising gen generation f p Sixty year old Christian John Wentz a of the mission for halt half his us life and still hanging oI added on-added added his word to that of Mr and Mr Baker i y The bum business is dead dead he said But if a guy had told me ole ten years ago that U the e day would come when there here wasn't enough boes and on the he Bowery to keep this place busy and that hat the mission would to go goto to taking aking care of women and Children children 1 Ild- Ild 1 hav have sald nave s said ld hed he'd d been coking himself or hitting nitting the pipe |