Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-03-08
The Homeless ChiIdren of New Ye

The Homeless Children oil new 4 oFks
In late address by Mr. Brace of New York,
upon the Industrial School movement, he es-
timated the number of children in that city
habitually unschoOled and growing up ignor-
ant and vagabond, at Twenty Thousand A
Children's Aid Society, organized several years
ago by a noble few of humane, self-sacrifcing
citizens, has produced the best results, and now
ranks first among the reformatOry movements
of the day. The statistics in the Sixth Annual
Report show decrease of crime from year to
year of late among the young, and during the
past year $50 children were provided with com
Portable homes through the direct agency of
the Aid Society A large share of them have
been sent West; and an investigation into the
conduct and condition of the numerous troops
of children provided with western homes by
Mr.. Tracy, shows that not more than two per
cent. have turned out badly, and even these
were among the children of the more advanced
age.
Another grand result of the Children's Aid
Society-and the interest it has awakened, has
been the establishment of Industrial Schools,
Bows Lodging Houses, and Boys Meetings
The Industrial Schools benefit class who gen
eraIy do not, and cannot attend the public
schools; the children of extremely poor or de-
graded parents, who cannot be induced to part
with them. Inducements are held out to such
children to attend these schools. Atnoon they
are furnished with a warm dinner, are provided
with comfortable clothing, and have little
singing classes and other exercises to please
and attract them. In most Of the schools the
number of pupils is very large, and the entire
cost per annum for each child, including all
expenses is about SIS.
The Newsboys' Lodging House is another
of the benevolent institutions for the benefit of
the homeless children. Match sellers, apple
venders, etc who are out of work OF in want
are also accommodated, if not too old or too
vicious Evening schools are held regularly
for the benefit of the boys in the House, and
prayer meeting on the Sabbath. The number
of bows provided with shelter in this house
during the year exceeds 5000. Each lodgeT
pays eight cents for supper and accommodation
for the night, and the Report states that the
boys have paid into the treasury in this way
about $500 year, covering little more than
ons-third of the expenses of the institution
The boys have also organized "Hard Times
Society" to assist and encourage poor and de-
serving boys who are unfortunate in their va
rious pursuits. Boys Meetings" have been
established in different parts of the city, the
object being to provide amusement as well as
instruction, in warm, well lighted rooms for
poor boys, and thus keep them out of low liquor
shops and other vile haunts. They have been
very successful.
Thus the ChiIdren's Aid Society labors, and
it is stated that the entire cost of saving over
1000 street children from the fate that yawned
before them, has been less 1000. Yet none of
it was contributed by the richest of New York
citizeus-9hose stake is the deepest and whose
interest should be the most profound.