The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-11

Ie Ragged SGhOels Of London and the Industrial
Schools Of our Metropolis
hat They Havc Dene and What They Are
Delny for Tie Peer,

hear . Lecture from Mr.. G. L. Brace on the Ragged
oo Of London, and also to listen to the reports from
various industrial schools which have been estab.
led in our own city. II II hardly necessary to say
thing either in praise Of these ladies' or the beneyo.
work in which they are engaged-ther reports are
best euloges on both, and recommend them to the
efu perusal Of readers Of all classes Their
as have been, so far attended with the most marked
cess, and long ~ their management Is kept free
n spirit Of sectarianism they win have the SYM
by and support Of the whole community in their
he enterprise.
here was Large number Of ladies present, among
pm We observed many who have in Their own otfiet.
stentatious way, effected good among the poor,
proportion to their means, than many of our larges
evolent institutions. The meeting was opened BY
BRACE. He said
re have come to believe that childhood Is The sam ,
rywhere; and even in the dark Aaunts Of a london
In the precincts Of New York. . house Of crime !,
4 easily moulded by pure and kind Influences. The
mas spread that christianity must descend from its
z places, and 80 down among the multitudes Of the
drcn Of the vile and the poor If society would meet
increasing tide Of vice and crime and brutality No
re was more needfui that this thought should pre-
than in England. / would speak in no Aippant or
espectfu tone Of our old motherlaad Its words Of
om and sweet piety sounding in our ears since child.
ms vigorous ana a'gnined history its association
the nations for whatever Is glorious and free: III
lie and selfren0uncing efforts TO meet the evils which
or dsrespect Yet words cam hardly C v0 sa
crate the immensely of the evils which weigh upon
land. 70 me they seem to rest like black cloud
impse Of these social ls-the citizen knows often
more; but let any desiguedly penetrate among
Q, and the impression left upon him is of the most
ound wonder and horror 1t seems incredible He coud
hearsay believe in such dark unhoping misery such
inequalities, such crowded masses OF filthy power
md crime, as the fruit even Of heather and uncvil-
nov mt IT. an1 els II. -
fched half-starved degraded ignorant little bows
girls, who literally live in the street. who have not
ngle individual on earth that cares for them, and
are so thoroughly beaten and pressed down in
struggle Of life that they come voluntarily and glad
rom life OF rowing into the strict, meagre confined
pr charity school, is something impressive and sad
natural LAWS Of society. But the next day in an
district Of the same city, to find another institu-
Of precisely the same character, and on the next
of the wearying monotony Of degraded childhood:
leaving the institutions and schools to hunt through
low streets and see that the poor without siill
pc than the poor within; to End what should be the
lPtionafy Glasses numbering by thousands; to sec
farther the innumerable throng beyond Of honest
poor pressed to the last for subsistence
bow sti more, that this city is not worse than,
zen 80 bad as others in the kingdom, and to hear
the degradation Of the agricultural districts is even
ter than that Of the towns-all this makes pic
80 hideous, 80 horrible, that one can hardly
ve It possible In Christian country and in this age.
mot wonder at remark made to me by an intelli-
candid English gentleman, author Of various genial
given hin, beforehand whether no would be- born in
or SPAIN to take his chance among the millions,
hould say at once, Spain In fact, for my own part
m csndidly say that do not know country in Eu-
where should so dread lot among the masses as
rest Britain. An italian iazzaroni lives in luxury
pared with London vagrant. 1t Is estimated that
are tn Eng. England alone $4,000 vagrant children
Yes and depraved characters. Thirteen thousand
question p IN Great sao
rashly reproach her, as with own slavery,
ugh in other points Of views widely different ques
Foperty inequalities and monopolies, whose EXIT
Is interviewer In the whole structure Of society,
AL tended TO degrade and keep degraded GER
ion, win ever be possible without tota'
'aking Of English institutions. still, takin
nearest practical and possible measure,- ia
ire their evils. Prevention Of pauperism and crime
ducaton and training to work, and by the personal
the favored classes, is the great princirlc-the
ement. Its history is peculiar. some few years
. poor, crippled shoemaker-one John Pounds, Of
smouth-took to his home little nephew, crippled
himself; In educating him it occurred to him that
ould call in one or two other boys who were too poor
he schools. The class increased till there forty
ren, twelve Of whom were girls--poor, ragged neg
Jars averse, and the kindheartcd man would 60
ON the open quay with . roasted potato, or some
g Of the kind, to tempt them to enter. Where he
d he clothed them; he gave them food II they were
yry, and taught them his trade and the great
hs he dcvoutly believed. When the good old man
the tears OF friendlcss and poor children were
ped his grave, and said to have
led at the news. The world knew little Of that
shoemakers shop; churches and rich houses
evershsdowsd It; but 4 there is ever Di-
n, 1T was there in the needy workshop,
1t the poor old cripple and his ragged class.
was in 1889. In 1871 the Sheriff Of Scotch town,
~do NJ Wat ~ 40 1xfu0f IN
the increasing vagrancy and crime OF the children
be place. He rightly concluded that ignorance and
hess Were were the great causes and accordingly opened
Of food and industrial employment Great was the
ticsm and opposition every side To attempt to
,S Of Was oelot Some
ids advanced fl0O, and the school opened with
ty scholars and in few months increased to sixty
845 the police were Instructed to make general
= Of the begging children and send them up to the
kitchen Of the school Some seventy-fve boys and
were thus collected, and such scene Of fighting,
ed. The teachers It length gained the day the
rem were taught and then fed, and at the close re-
ID with an invitation to come again the following
i begging would be allowed by the police, as they
4 now procure their food at the school The greater
returned, and money coming in, the school was
mined. 1t Is significant fact that at that time tho
thy classes In Aberdeen subscribed only 2150, while
working classes gave E25O to the school OF the effects
epor says that whereas, afew years since, there
[deen, who prowled about the streets and rovei
ugh the county, cheating and stealing their
now begging child Is rarely to be seon, and juve-
crime Ii comparatively unknown" more exact
ment OF the results collected by tho police Is that
l1 the number Of juvenile prisoners was 81 In 1645
the large school opened, 49, in 1s46 28 In 1649,
md in 1860, IA. .snumber Of Juvenile Migrants
cred BY the r.Aee 10 1e45 before the formation OF
school, was 81; in 1919, /. The movement next
ad to London, where It was carried out mainly by
exertions. Of Sunday school teachers and the city
Eicnarcs, and in 1914 . society was formed with
Ashley, now Earl Of Shaftesbury, for president,
I'd "The Tagged School Union" In 1874 it contained
chools zoo voluntary teachers, 1000 scholars, and
nnual fund of about 5000 In 1852 1t embraced 11e
ols fSe voluntary teachers, II, 733 scholars, and
ut S24 eco a. an annual fund.- As instance Of the
culties attending the management OF one, take thsi
hunt from one of the teachers journals, IN tho
BIKE street school, London:--"We opened our sch0o
nrst Sunday afternoon with about twenty lads,
! twelve 10 twenty yeors Of age We attempted to
IN them, but they Immediately wished TO leave tn.
pol Thiswc opposed; the boys got resointe; SO die
OF tie teachers This very broke out into oper
ion and had the teachers all been resolute as som
should have had our heads broken" Thcy q
kth, however, managed TO divide them. 1--WE soor
y he says farther, sssome Of the bigger boys on ou
and such scene followed as shall never forget
% swearing, some dancing, some Whaling, and TIN
hers looking some Of them pale as DEATH and other
exhausted, and thus we got over the hrs after
- 0rSat In fhc effnrts has bc0y