The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-10-30

ing, at the corner of Fulton and Nassau streets
One floor is devoted exclusively 70 schoOi PuI- Plr
poses being filled with benches ana Oesks,
while the walls are lined with little boxes IN
which the inmates of the esta )lshment depoelI
their superhuous clothing, blacking boxes, ana
similar oddities. In one corner OF the room is
a large square box, known as the saving bank,
divided into small compartments numbered 70
correspond with the bo Ses at the sides of the
apartment Each boy is entitled to the use of one
of these compartments, into which, through
very small aperture, he thrusts the savings OF
the day, after settling with the matrOn for bis
meals and lodging. When his money is once
deposited In the bank, ne cannot get it into his
possession agan until the close of the month,
when, If he follows the advice OF his kind pro-
tectors, he wuhdraWs 1t to make deposit in
savings bank on larger scale. Having such
means for preserving their earnings, IL not un-
frequently happens that they are stimulated to
an amount of exeItion which enables them to
deposit full dollar every day in the week.
Another apartment Is fitted upas gymnasium,
where the inmates OF the establishment are per-
mitted to take hCalthlul exercise at all times,
and especially on rainy evenings Still another
room Is fitted up as q dormitory, each boy
having separate cot to himself. These co
are made OF iron, one above another; and they
are all furnished with comfortable bedding, and
with sufficient covering for the most inelement
weather. klfa5 Hzl2hM
To this comfortable Christian home the news
boys repair every evening about 6 o'clock. They
are required, first of all to go through a scour'
| ing process in the washlng-toom, and are not
admitted 70 the supper table until they have re.
! moved fIom their hands and faces all traces OF
/ the street. The food is substantial and health
! ful, but it is given for mere pittance. Supper
! over, the evening is passed in the school-rOom
/ or gymnasium, and at an early hour the whole
! troop OF urchins are marshalled into the dorm-
! tory. At a uniform hour all are awakened AMI
after hearty breakfast they are again turned
into the street to pursue their iavoGite callings
| The strctest discipline is enforced in the inst-
! tHtioD, and whenever an inmate proves too re-
| fractory or noisy, he is turned loose upon the
| world again.
The following is a summary of the operations
! of "Tbe Chdren's Aid Society,"" of New YORK
! for the year ending February l, 1867
There were under the care of the Society thir.
! teen industrial schools numbering 225S pupils,
in different sections of the city; girls lodging
| house, in which 1867 we're provided with meals
and lodging during the year, 267 of the number
having been furnished with comfortable situa-
tions; q boys lodging house in the Eleventh
Ward, in which b27 different boys we're cared
for during the year "hefuge for Homeless
Children" at the corner of Twenty-fourth street
and Eighth avenue, in which 847 different
children, of both sexes, all OF whom
were utterly destitute, ragged, and hungry, were
cared for; aud the 'Newsboys' Home" in which
about 1000 different boys, of whom about 2500
were orphans, were provided with accOmmOda-
tions. The average number of lodgers for each
night during the year was l35, of whom l0j
were able 10 pay the moderate charges, while
the others were admitted free, not having the
means TO pay. DURING the year 707 of these
homeless wanderers were furnished with COM
iorable situations-the greater number in the
Western States-tbe whole number OF emigrants
from the different institutions under the care of
the Society reaching 1884, an increase of 2l4 on
the previous year. The total receipts for the
year amounted to S93577; of this 500, 4OS were
eXpended-$1l, ,63s on the "Newsboys' Homer
alone.
Such has been the good work which is being
done in New York. In this city attempts have
been made to establish News6oys' Home, but
they have failed through the apathy of our
people. Various Homes for Little Wanderers
and Homeless Children are, indeed, in success s.
full operation, but their operations scarcely
touch that sphere of life in which ''Mons" aud
| "Bum" and 'Naileri move. Fortunately, the
| field is not so large here as it is in New York ;
| but there is, nevertheless, grand opportunity
| for doing much good in the way of providing
| food, shelter, and ius ruction for the genuine
| gdqninS OF our city. We hope the time IS not far
distant when this opportunity will be embrace
by he generous and philanthropc people OF
| Philadelphia.