CHRISTIAN SCIENCE IN THE WAR
about the Christian Science Welfare houses or hostels, of which there were two, one in Washington, D. C, and one in London, England. The latter will be described in the chapter devoted to the work in England. The one in Washington was located at 1222 Pennsylvania Avenue. It was started by a group of Christian Scientists in Washington who rented an old hotel and converted it into a clean, comfortable and attractive lodging house where from fifty-five to sixty boys could be accommodated at fifty cents each a night. The War Relief Committee rented the entire ground floor of this building, furnishing several spacious reading and writing rooms and offices and providing attendants and workers for them. The stories of the interesting little depots maintained in France and England properly find their place in the chapters devoted to those countries.
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