New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-16

eases. any one of winch might at any moment nave
proved fata Ford held. nevertheless, 10 awt'o
the nauest az evidence was found OF snght c1h-
cussion of the BRAIN possibly produced by thc ial
HELPING BOYS. TO HELP THEMSELVES.
ORIGIN AND METHODS OF THE AUDUBON LEAGUE.
About n dozen or fifteen boys meet every Wcdnes-
day evening room in Thirty Dntli-st lhey ir are
known as the League OF the Audubon boyS Ivy
have all been street walls who were gathered ,o
gether by Perrin II. Sumner, real estate leeh ;
Who's attention and sympathy were drawn to TINS
numerous class by finding two OF thcir hunpci III
Sunday school class of which he was teacher; I've
saw that if left 10 themselves they would Amos,
inevitably be forced into u life OF crime Nv thc
many temptations surrounding them IN tne h'g
lccted life they ted, and he resolved TO heiP l'.c
he could or rather to teach them how TO heip the
selyes The success following his INST efforts en-
couraged him to perscverc ana lie orgaIlZ9u tlio
League or Club. in which there are now hi'c co,,
members The manner in when ne proceeun ch
best be told by giving his own description Oh HIS
experience with two of his latest recruits. On "a
As | pass through the streets MI sumner sad
TO n TglBrNt reporter. 4" notice the boys l meet;
and when see one who is bright ana lntciiig'ht
get him talking to me- and Il ma tha. liz .d ios
sesses the qualities necessary take MN on pIopr
ton INTO the Audubon Boys League. In this way
/ met n lad named Charles Montague not iong
since He was about twelve, years E,o, ,o" "n%
although grmy ami ragged. bad brlght. hlahy
look that interested me. | found that he Workeu
i'm bowling alley, setting up the pms. re "as
obliged to remain there until IL or O'Clock hI
nipht and received ~ week as wages. ~chI I
his home and found that he. with MS ho,i CT anu
three Younger children ved N Two T' N.Y. even
possess bed but slept the floor IN the RAGS they
wore through the day. ,,,,.
"As I always do in such cases, told the boys
and they skirmshed around and got him suIt OF
rinfhrs. 4 yonrg lady to whom | spot bought
INN two white shifts with collars. necktle ana
studs took him 10 ms house, ana there tWQol INC
hos scruhbcd and washed and dressed MN III
his new suit a handkerchief was gwen 10 h ~
scented with cologne, and Tor tine hIsi lic III is
life he had an opportunity TO show whHt ne Icaiy
Looked like The boys OF the League az once look
an interest in him from the very lacI 1Iito II
tLnv lone who had done everything for hlm. ms
farI was explained to him. and The elect was, rs
is in all such eases much better IMAM II lHA sen
had taken him 10 Il clC theirs ana presented MN
with a suit of clothes. This was done on Hunu'Si
and on Monday he went to Iitianys $. where had
procured employment tor him III tine bronze DEPART
meni at - week llo Is olng well ana mas au
opportunity to support himself ana learn d tr'uc
Nv which he can earn good livelihood.
:. Another case is that of Robert Paul, n hoy
eleven years OF age lie was aso Ia2ggu hl.t ".',5
thcv fitted HIM up and started HIM I'D business a3
proprictor of a newsstand at Forty sccOhu-ai' an
Broadway He has aIready estaoifre" mann, S0"
customcrs Not long after be started MS news,
stand two of The boys came 10 my mouse any lolu
me that Robert was missing. l went TO ms mousse
and tonnd his father wing. He was sure mat MS So
WAS drowned or ihat something serious Iau happtntu
~ lin, Ir wus then 10 O'Clock at night. The boy
hod heru always very regular IN his habits per-
feet little business man, always IN bed al tai hOur
i'm order that he might rise .at $ O'CLOCK III an Iilo
morning and 20 down town Tor his P"peIS, re re
next day was Sunday. AMI as ne had D0u ycl IT,
turncd in the morning set ont IN search % Nun
| found him in Jefferson Market loll'e No,trV
prison He was very much abashed on seeing me-
and at once had his hands M to his EYES. hat
have YOU been doing. Robert l asked HIM. NOUN
ing very bad. hopeT q, -. ,.u,o.oa
- Well said. III have to try to get you out OF
here | spoke 10 the Judge. VINO consented 10 re-
iease the boy on $50 bail. We both signed the pail
Robert how he had been treated on, all right ne
said only they didn't give me anythin' to eat. AS
il was then 10 o'clock and he had eaten nothing
since noon of the day before, he was very glau 10
he taken into n restaurant. Robert has torsWoln
'Litchin on bOb-tai cars. When the .boys learned
of his adventure and heard that he might yet haye
TO stand trial and be fined, they resolved tt II no
should they would make up purse ana pay the
fine | spoke to them about chewing ana sliVklhg'
telling them Of the injurious ELECTS II Wod nave
cent two and they consented to swear Oh as they
phrascd il. One of them proposed that before
swearing Of they should have one good smoke
and then throw their tobacco ana cigarettes III le
fire told them to 20 ahead, and they pretty soon
had that room blue they couldn see each otler'
Then they Joined in swearing on
"rhe great point aim at Is 10 teach them 10 heIp
Themselves do nothing for them: they do IL Them
selves When new boy is received, 1t ~ they VINO
wash him and clothe him and place nm on MS lecl'
and he ia assists i'll dong the same LOT oIheis
They are all proud OF their League ana not one Oh
Il EN- has ever done anything to dish0nor It, lhey
have Their regular Officers, ana minutes oI 'hIr
meetings are kept. Their president Is w. II.
Tauberr treasurer Theodore Johnson, ana my son,
Arthur l.. summer. II boy himself acts as lhelI
secretary. They are all IN the way to make good
men of themselves The club room Is decorated
with their photographs which Erederlcks has taken
for them without charge. Most OF them are taken
as they were when they Joined the League, ah's
they make an interesting collection. The trlp on
the bovs to Long Island and their life IN camp there
for week in July has already been described ana
thcv are eagerly looking forward 10 repetitiOh Oh
1t al the end of this month or early Ill september