Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-08-27
OUR STATE INSTITUTIONS.

House Of Good Shepherd, House OF Re-
fuge, and St. Mary's Industrial School.
The grand jury Of Baltimore city.
with several invited guests. paid a
visit yesterday to the House of the
Good Shepherd, the House of Refuge
and St Mary's Industrial School, all
which receive annual State appropria-
tons The first call was at the House
of the Good Shepherd. The work
rooms were visited, where large
number Of the girls are employed,
under contract for Stiefel q Juhn,
making under-garments, and also the
dormltories. DC. In one department
a considerable number Of sewing ma
chimes are operated by steam. The
House receives $4,000 per annum
from the State for support of those
committed to its care. Since il doors
were first opened 1879 inmates have
been received, of whom l9I remain,
IA have died, 1877 have left of their
own accord, and SIT have been re-
turned to their friends. OF those now
in the institution, seventy-eight have
been committed by the magistrate -
The support comes principally from
the work of the inmates. The Or
phans and very young children are
kept entirely .aloof from those COM
mitted as incorrigible, etc; and there
is also class Of Magdalens, who have
entered the house for life, and who
never come in contact with the other
inmates. These are principally EN-.
ployed at embroidery and fine needle
work. The House and grounds were
found in fine condition throughout.
From this institution the party
went to the House Of Refuge, where
a through inspection of oil depart
ments Of the institution was made.
There are at present 270 boys in the
institution, oil of whom are employed
10 q satisfactory manner. either on
the farm or in the workshops The
boys are ia the school-room from
seven until niue O'Clock A NJ, and
from five to seven r. NJ, aud between
those hours are at work, with the ex-
ception of the time allowed them for
meals. The reading-room engages
their time from seven until nine in
the evening.
The tailoring department is now
doing some custom work. besides
making all the boys clothes, AMI it is
proposed TO enlarge the department.
Mr. Cochrane, for many year ut the
house as oyerseer Of the shoemaking
department, commences contract
the LIST of September to employ one
hundred of the boys in making shoes.
Owing to the breaking up Of the
basket-making department, about one
hundred boys were idle during the
past year, but went t. school eight
hours day instead OF working. the
Refuge was opened September, 1885,
since which date upward II 3.70O
boys have been committed 10 its
sbeltering walls. There is not case
oil sickness at the institution at the
present time
From the Refuge the party next
proceeded TO St. Mays luduStrlai
School The cigar mandatory, the
tailoring department., the foundry, the
printing department, the horticultu
raj department, etc, etc, were each
thoroughly inspected. The boys in
each department appeared Interested
10 their work, anc this is due, proba-
bly,, to the fact that they are allowed
10 select " hat trade (of any taught)
they would rather learn. The dermi
tories were also inspected, aud with
these the visitors were more pleased
than the accommodations at the Ref
uge, where the boys, though not
locked up at night, have each cell.
like that Of prison, for sleeping
apartment. At 81. Mary's the sleeping
rooms are very large aud AIRY as many
as fifty boys being in one room.