The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-13
FIVE POINTS HOUSE OF INDUSTRY.

FIVE POINTS HOUSE OF INDUSTRY.
The houses occupied by Mr. Psase and hs interesting
family are not built In the best They OF
brick 10 be sue and comparatively modern but they
badly constructed The passages are narrow, the
stair Of the break neck order and the
are low and small The want of a,ten lion to ventilation
is distressing to delicate We entered = passage
where our progress WAS barred by . door which wss
locked the Inside. After mnation through the
wooden bars by the porter permitted to enter
1t Saturday and the floors had just recovered from
attack Of sorubbiDg brushes-n fact their
such an indigrity had not been fully dred. We
pho into pleasant psror the nd aoor and In
formed that Mr.. Pesse would soon approach. Ladies'
ng and chatting in the ante ROOM the air
musical with the cheerful notes of cAnAres fact every
thing seemed to cheerful buatliny, business like
appearance That an eys was alsAJs heps to business
might be seen BY specimen Of psnmacsLip over the
msn,sl, with this inscription:-
&C O
o SdORr sTONIes-rlHE Is PRECIOUS. o
C0NrRIBU IONS FOR TIE POOR. o
90 90
Couli anything BE- more snsso, and at the same
time more suggestive We 'hould tniok not
Patt soon sr Pease appsa 3D. Mr. Peass Is the hea 4
ard frsnt OF this STAIR He here In 1867 the
roriopary OF tbs Mehods, C,nfereacs, sad be has
mEred since that time. During the Hrst month u his
arrival be spent thres dolItrs hsH in cn.riies
ana received nothing-hs spends two thousand doll
lara . north and receives This chssriug tsst
uory ~ the perseverapcs OF Mr. Peass and the
libsrshty Of New Yoksrs Mr. p is thin sharp faced,
Espguine, bilious coorei nkse lie Ia. great deal to
say says iH loose, hurried, eoed, dash
He appeared to us IA great hurry, and anit
OF gray clothes; but ve do things quietly, ~aed
till his hurry hsd camed and surveyed his wardrobe In
o,d,r to ! up the time. Among = great many other
things that told he sAd that the plan OF this inst
Five PORTS Mission the ground Of ths Old Brewery
In the Houss Of Industry 81 hou IN religious exercises
prayer meetings ard day and Surdsy schools carried
yet the basis OF The Who'll corsern ia work and
distribstop OF different brsnche. OF labor under
head ard the furLihipg Of employment TO those who
cannot obtain sAoh inmse OF the institution
re- ewing the of board lodging, Washing &,
81 SO per weskl whether he SIZE any tn
Dot ARD ieceivrg every -set IN cssa N, supus OF his
Pesse led tn. way ard dsrt.d throash door to
. room ana then ont sgao 9idly as II he was
nirg sgAinst a quarter horse In we're ittis
lot ,eem over hsrpr very clean-taer shoes -srs
eout, and their clothing with few excsptious without
holes Mary Of thets chil;ren are sent here b. hsir p,
rerts TO schoo-thty get their sducaon And their cia
rer. As many rs can be accommodated slesp In the
hopse They Instructed by two female teachers who
receive regular salaries TIE children are such a.
zee runnirg about the Pciots in the night time;
in esyIieht, they haunt the Broadway hotels and
tsuos pennies from the ekes Of couuty geotlsu,n %
disability from which the pater families will
cover a. lorg IS there is !. 9 clrasr grooery."
In another part Of he budipgs AMI women engaged
bra6irs straw bats plain sewing, stirt ains, aod
,orh These people have been sssd from the broth.l
sent away to situsiacs sssu, tresses done
| sIvants There some blcssiers, and some won an
who srs szy-theJ are sen' of None OF the women
worked chesrully and they seemed restrained By tae
appsaa Of ovrfesr. 1t not 1T all iiks any
worirooms We have scsn. It was close, low, somb a.
ssaten night walker e. sorty, down to . pretty
| blonde OF sixteen With tor ob.h in her arms
We sseo Mr. peate Il all these women ksd ohseruly
ard Mr. Pssse said hey did he oortrsdc.ed, hor
ever, BY Mrs Pene Ar Pease says th,t he bs, great
msny ore applications for work than hs a.ssod
| Dsl n they were employed
The branches Of work ~ present carried sbskipg
tailoring and plain ving straw hxt brai ing shoe
pg and b.sketmAkpg. Zoe produ,is Of these labor,
far AS the reefs Of the innatss concerned sup
pied 10 nsm gratis TINS ,trsv hats and baskets msds
chiefly by the youpy yrs after tchcol hours sold
ite public as also the plus Of the bread ma is
The bakery which occupies he corner basement Of ths
premises The Poiots, eisploys t-ee and
fourteen barrels OF aous per week turning out
bStdred leaves per dag The ts,r's s1op poys ~
men bedes the foreman ths She shop sight and they
10Th fully smploysd in matiog and paiing the gar
reps and shoes tf the nmses. Toe plain 50 ytus
employ from tssnty Ave to thirty -omsn ID girls sai
Within the last two months, bsskets and straw
been soli to the amount OF about $3.50 These branches
storesie and Mr. Abbott. Da ing tbs month OF Dscem
ber thsamoupt psid In for done 10 the estsb
bshc env Ais 7ovhiis the rscips for tbs sss OF
work during the period 1910 Is Toe fouao
the Institution for the month Of December we're 81 $40 o.
The entire cSl movement Ct the insttuon ioclua
ing its Incidental relief 10 on, door poor, &c ~ Il
/
nstons and By the sale OF work. aud the deast sher
such exi t. berg sde from the gsnsrAl ot ~
ssstcisiion The whole number OF nmatss varies trou
a7b to ioo-threa fosrths children
Ths day sch 7o), which 2io soho.rs Is unde
me supetintsndenes az hr. Peace assisted By thre'
ients feacterekss Bell Miss winsk snd Mss 7sy lor
The Suncay school, which has two Nssons day, m
tsips aoout the same nurob-r OF scsoars and In ude
the urenendenes Of Rev L. Barleisb Tn, Bible class
when also meets twice every suncAy has sIy smbsrs
sne l. aupeiinter ded by the Rev q q Mitchell R>li
fious service Ia OF course held every suada And N
cle'gymen o. all Christian dercmtnst o. A. ipolp N "a
a,holica aud UhiverssIts are so~.d 70 preach viii
the tral reservation that all ssrmons are 10 escf
rpal points, and teach ONLY tie general principle
| of Christian morality
suoh ia The House of Industry tho Five Points w
have given fa hful csrcr ption Ct its
His work IL open TO criticism, and II win rsosvs is
has also called forth great dsalof hostile, FROM Ia
Ls6ies Mission, Who formerly employed him The
accuse him Of getting wealthy BY the business but
isforms that he Is worth just thirteen hundrs
and twenty nvs dollars 70 IL appears question VI vs