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I_IOME for LITTLE BOYS, Tottenham, N.,
for the Reception, from all parts of the Kingdom, of
Outcast
years o and Destitage to Boys,
.and those verging on crime,
unde 10 f .

President—ROßEßT HANBURY, Esq., 3.1. P,
VICE-PRESIDENTS.
HenryN.P.Bart.,Samuel
Norio', E Gurney. Escl•sq. Abel Smith, Esq., M.P,

COMMITTEE.
Mr Alex. Anderson. Rev. H. M'Sorley.
Mr. E. H. Burrows. Mr. W. Maxwell
Mr. A. D. Chapman. Mr. Alfred short
Mr. E. F. Ledge. Mr. Robert Sinclair.
Mr. George 31.0-e. I Mr. E• J. Tabrum.
Mr. Francis Lycett. Mr. it, T• Turnbull.
Treasurer—W. t•
Honorary Secretary—Mr. A. 0. Charles,
P.ll-Mall East, S.W
Bankers—Messrs. Smith, Paves ,e. 6, Svc, /11,,

~..,s, and Smiths, 1, Lombard-
,...stselon to the House is twofold,
...ection of the subscribers. 13 )ys thus admitted
....eceived free, beaded, clothed, educated, and taught ill
they are 11 yeats o age.
ST ith the view o secure the election of the most deserving
eases, the Commitre have from the first discouraged canvas-
sing, and they do not print any addresses of the subscribers.
The voting papers contain a description of each case, as care-
ful y investigated by the Committee, and with this informa-
tion the subscribers are able to judge for themselves as to
those most e,igible for free admission.
This El ,me was opened in April, 1881. Tt was designed to
take ,14 the little ones whose charact r and circumstances
disqualify the for the Orphan Asylums, and whose tender
age precludes their admission to the Rrfuges. Such are th se
who. f rom neglect, are already on the roar to ruin. Such are
those who have been deserted by their natural protectors and
left to beecome idle wanderers. Such are those whose
parents may have at one time or other received parish relief.
and who are now friendless orphans. Such are those whose
parents are breakers of the law, or are in prison, and who
train their children in the same path. Such are those whose
evil associations have already had their painful effect, and
must lead them to a life of crime and misery.
There are now 50 little inmates from about four years of
age to 10. There is room for nearly lsr, and the Committee
would joyfully see the Home filled at once ; they only wait
for the necessary subscriptions.
The Committee feel constrained to p'ead for those who
cannot thus plead for themselves and, referring to the cir-
cumstan,,es of some who hare been already admitted, they
ask—is it right to make a widow and her family paupers for
life because one of them (the naughty boy of the tam ly) rung
wild in the streets and is beyond her control ? Is it kind to
tell her, because she has so large a family, that you will not
h 1p her to put one of them into a Home. but that the, must
ail go into "the house ?" Is it doing the b=it we can for the
little destitute orphan to send him to the workhouse. Is it
doing to others ss we would they should do unto ,s that when
these little ones have unnatural parents wh,) turn them into
the streets, or force them by ill.treatment to "tun away."
none of us shou d be found to care for them, to speak a kindly
word to them, to befriend them, to house and clothe th-m ?
Shall we leave them still on the doorstep, otaing by on the
other side, or else exclaiming "Am I my brother's
k"
The necessity for an Institution for these little ones is evi-
dent from the police statis toe, which show that in London
alone, in one year, no fewer than 3tl boys under 0 years of
acre, have been apprehended for various offences, 79 of whom
were convicted and punished, while the bulk, 232 were dis-
charged by the magistrAes with a rebuke, as being too
young to punish. though not too young to learn the beginnings
of crime. On the other hard, there are numbers who, but
for the timely helo afforded by such an Institution, must
otherwise become paupers, and losing all iciees of self-reli-
ance and sell-help, be permanent burdens to the State
Vhe Home for Little Boys has, therefore, been established
to reseue the little one., to save them from the prison oa the
one hand, and the workhouse on tee other, and to endeavour
to make them useful members of society.
The daily routine of the Ins iturion present. all the fea-
tures of a home, a school, and a workshop. The little ones
are cared for as children ; they have their regular meals,
their suitable clothing, their hours of play and amusement,
and their singing class. They are treated as scholars ; every
morning is devoted to scho 1 work—reading, and writing,
and ciphering, and Scriptural instruction. with occasional
lessons in o:jects and other subjects. But they are also
trained to work. As they must all, and that at a very early
period in life, earn their living by the sweat of their brow,
they are here at once tarNlit ha.bits of industry. So the at ter-
noons are occupied with various industrial occupations—
making brown paper bags for bankers, and whiter apex bags
for tradesna,n, and door mats and servants' kneelers tor any
who will buy them ; picking the coil for the mats, mending
the c othes, &c, Some a•site. the master in the garden,
614-ging, planting, watering, weeding, and so forth. By
degrees they are being made useful in the house, scrubbing
and sweeping,' while the elder ones r lean all the boots,
knives, &c. In this way it is sought to fit them for an active
working life,
7td.
Alt By
pi paymnt of ss. a week, made quarterly in advance.
e!)iren rnuq bo under 10 y ars of ag • at the time of
admiss-on. Those received on payment are admitted at any
tan. as soon as approved by t e r committee,
Elections of chi dren to be ad.aitted free will take place as
frequenti as the increase in the annual subscriptions will
admit, til. the Home is full ; they will then be held periodi-
cally
Forms of application for the admission of children nlay be
had at the Home, and of the Honorary Seoret4ry,

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