St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-08

helped to friends or employment at a dis
lance, and the frauds who needed no other
disposition of their cases. But we set forty
permanently on their feet by furnishing
positions Of steady employment or by re-
moving obstacles in the way OF self-support,
as, for example, o removal to part OF
town where employment could be secured,
or by the placing of Widows unmanag-
able children in homes or asylums. This
we have done in three cases.
sAMPE CASES.
Among the forty thus helped to help
themselves and lifted beyond the point
where they needed further assistance, we
took eleven from the hands OF the board OF
control, being referred in most cases by
them to us: some came from the relief so
ciety, but the majority from the cOmmu-
nifty at large.
Among those permanently helped was a
woman who had been receiving aid from
the county as well as various other chan
nels. She was furnished temporary EN-
ployment which she did so satisfactory that
it became permanent. But as she was sup
porting would be scholar a lad OF 20 who
was still going to the public school, we were
asked to find him something to do. We soon
found an opening offering 800 month and
board. The offer was tardily accepted, but
when the time had come to report for
duty, the widows young hopeful did not
put in an appearance We again hurried
to his home and found his majesty reading
the morning paper, determined, as he said,
to rather wait for some remote and highly
improbable office work to open. He was
given some material for reflection and dis
missed from further consideration.
Two young jail birds were reporting to
the Y. M. c. A. desire to turn over a new
leaf-but we soon found that this was not
to be construed as implying willingness to
earn their bread by the sweat OF their
brows.
AN UNFORTUNATE WIDOW.
To bespeak large need of commisera-
ton and sympathy for the board of control
in the trying work which has fallen to their
lot we must make reference to woman
who, coming to us with an order for prOvis-
ions, desired our recommendation for an
order for fuel as well. She had, prob
ably, a distinct remembrance of that other,
not, however, grass, widow who by her
importantly secured what she was after
from the judge who feared neither God nor
man. AT least she could not be shaken off
for three weary hours, although we were
able to offer her and her adult son living
with her, employment at ST day. Work,
she said she had OF could get as much as she
had days in the week. That wasn't what
she was after. but what she was after she
didn't, however, get.
An Italian woman came to us with
handful of investigation ticketS-these and
friendly rebuke for having in passion
left in ST. Louis husband whom her three
children were crying to get back to, were
absolutely all she could run up by begging
from door to door. What she had done i'll
haste she now repented OF at leisure, and it
was money to get back that she was asking
for. A ticket for that purpose was not,
however. an equivalent in her opln-
ion. and rather than to be seen off
she preferred to pay her own way further
on to Minneapolis, which accordingly she
was allowed to do, ''St. Paul, with it's
10000 investigation tickets, being no place
at ALL" By the way, we have reason to be-
lieve from careful inquiry, that not one in
ten Of the applicants for charity, on the re-
eeipt of our ticket. ever present the same at
our office, evidently knowing they have no
case that can bear investigation. From one
family, it was only the twentieth one who
appeared and he was worked into steady
employment at $1.25 per day.
We have still two boys we desire to place
in good homes. For one we are paying
board, as we found him entirely homeless,
and a boys lodging house is not yet num-
bered among ST. PauIs charities, though we
have the pledge of 81, ZOO from benevo-
lent lady for this purpose. We are agitating
the matter.
AS a rule, however, we have found no
difficulty in finding regular channel for
the relief of every applicant who could not
be helped out with employment or transport
tation or little friendly assistance. Ex-
cept in the way of mems and boys lodg-
ing house, it seems every conceivable need
is met with regular established channel
for relief.
Foundlings have home in Minneapolis.
Two stock-old people we made as perfectly
happy and contented as their many infirmi
ties admitted, by placing them under the
tender care of the Little Sisters in their
Home. For one wandering lad we secured
the protection of the Home of the Friend
less. For four children we secured admis-
sions into orphan asylums. Some were di-
rected to the county hospitals or physicians;
some to the st. Vincent de Paul societies
and some to the Relief society. In no case
were we met with a refusal to comply with
our request OF recommendation.