A Splendid Effort

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 52, 11 July 1930, Page 35

A Splendid Effort

neeateeeeed The Midnight Mission eamnammeenee amend THE Midnight Mission of Los Angeles is complete in every detail. The énterprise is founded on the highest ideals of co-operative helpfulness ‘and is completety equipped with every detail to care for the wanderers who come to its door, Some 1500 are taken in nightly. Bach guest,is first well fed, then facilities for a warm bath are afforded and a clean. and comfortable bed provided. During the night the wanderer’s shoes (so often

the first to tell the sad story). are repaired and conditioned by a trained cobbler, his clothes are laundered and mended, when necessary. If the visitor has work to go to next morning he is first given a good breakfast and then provided with lunch and car fare. Hotels‘ contribute their crockery whieh has become chipped; cafeterias the food they have been unable to dispose of otherwise during the day: bakeries the bread and small goods left over from the day before; biscuit factories broken biscuits and crackers: and private families useful articles of partly-worn clothing. All this working together makes a complete and harmonious whole. wide in the scope of its activities and blessing many of the homeless, destitute and friendless.