NBWTA Report 1904-061
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119 118 A. Pappon, Superintendent APRILIATE DO INTERESTS. aa DUXEU RSH. amongst 8 Inebriate Women,” » page page 97 97. ke ees See *“* Report on Work p ALPHA od Swan cart to keep it working. For some reason or other that the Committee never thoroughly understood, a few shop-keepers in Walton got it into their heads that the cart was absorbing a lot ot money that they ought to have. The Committee always took care that the wants of the cart were supplied by the Walton shop-keepers and what the cart required was, as far as possible, purchased in the neighbourhood of the cart. Nevertheless, a petition was got out and a few energetic workers pushed it round the neighbourhood of Walton and got it signed by between 200 and 300 people, and it was laid before the City Council to stop the Walton cart. To counteract this the tramwaymen held public meetings and in a few days got 11,000 signa- tures asking the Council to allow the carts to remain. The Council almost made the matter a political question and party feeling was very strong, but the Branch had justice on its side, and while the Council, by its vote, said the carts must stop work, it also acceeded to the men’s wish by undertaking to provide for the tramwaymen a coffee cart or room at all the tramway depots. While these places were bein got ready the Tramways Committee asked the Branch to lend the eae carts to them with the assistants in full working order. This the Branch gladly agreed to, and it is very gratifying to find good comin out of what at the time was thought to be a misfortune. Thus ie work of the Branch has succeeded beyond all expectations, for whereas the Branch with its limited funds could never have reached all the tramwaymen, now, with the assistance of the Corporation, the men will be well provided for. The Committee are now looking for fresh sites for the carts, as they will soon be handed back. ‘ (45, Hon. Supt.: Mrs. ALLEN, HOUSE Hanley HOME. Road, 42, Crouch N.) Hall Road, Crouch End, N. This little Home was opened about eighteen years ago, and since then has received some hundreds of girls, formerly sixteen, now twelve at a time, who are either rescue or preventive cases. These girls stay for at least six months, often longer, and are trained for domestic service. As it happens, most of the girls now in the Home leave in August. The girls who are placed in service are formed into the “ Lady Isabel” Branch of the B.W.T.A., and a tea meeting is held for them every other month, when there is an attendance of between twenty and thirty. Prizes are given to those who stay in their situation a year and upwards. About £60 a year more is needed to carry on the work efficiently. This seems a small amount, the want of which will compel us to abandon a work that, though full of discouragements, has been so manifestly blessed of God. Will some of our friends, who perhaps shrink from the unpleasantness of active rescue work, help those who, amid depressing and heart-aching experiences, are trying to love the unloyely, pointing them to the Saviour, remembering His ‘“‘ Inasmuch.” Contributions, donations, or cast-off clothing will be gladly received by the Hon. Superintendent or Matron. Drawing-room or other Allen (if meetings might be advantageously arranged, when Mrs. possible) will be pleased to be present, to give fuller details of the The Hon. Sec. of the Lady Isabel Branch, once a month gives work. the inside girls a scientific temperance talk, on the lines of the Band of Hope Union. NELLIE Hooper. THE The GROVE, RETREAT FOR INEBRIATE, (Egerton Road, Fallowfield, Manchester.) Retreat, which is in connection with the WOMEN. Manchester and Salford Women’s Christian Temperance Association, is beautifully situated, standing in well-wooded grounds of three acres, though near both tram and train. ‘The Grove has always been and still is con- |