St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-04
THE FRIENDLY INN
Presents Its Case to the Public for
| Corporation.

Presents Its Case to the Public for
Cooperation.
The directors of the Minneapolis Friendly
inn, starting now on the second year of
their work, desire word with our citizens,
whose good will has been so manifest from
the beginning. To have furnished during
our first year, closing the account without
debt, 1862 meals and 4, 5S2 nights lodgings
at the inn to able-bodied men, aggregating
several full regiments who have tramped
into our city, is not in itself so much as to
have compelled these Wayfarers to render a
fair and just equivalent for such entertain
ment in saving 1,003 cords of good maple
wood twice in two. splitting much of it,
and performing besides 1868 hours of hon
est manual labor, none of which would
have been rendered but for this institution.
This is the point we aim at. and in which
we ask every man and woman to cooper
ate.
The Friendly inn will, with your assist
ance. do much to settle the veXing question
so often put to us on the street and at our
back doors by able-bodied beggars.
To give food or money to such is to per-
petuate the tramp nuisance and to further
degrade the receiver of your gifts. Such
treatment encourages idleness and spreads
the disease of pauperism. one of the dire
curses of our larger cities. To all these
applicants for money or food or lodging on
whatever pretense, give instead of either a
Friendly inn ticket. These may be had
at the inn, No. 22O Washington avenue
north, or at any of the book stores or
central drug stores in the city at a nominal
price of 10 cents each. These tickets sim
ply direct the receiver to the inn and insure
attention to his case; furnishing whole
some meals, clean bath, opportunity to
wash and dry clothes, a pleasant room to
rest in, kind attention and comfortable
nights lodging, with the opportunity, which
every honest man desires and only dis
honest tramps shun, of rendering an equiva-
lent in work.
None but self-cOnfessed idle and worth
less Migrants, undeServing of any further
attention, will refuse these Friendly inn
tickets with what they represent. The
professed purpose of this Institution is to
provide temporary relief for able-b bodied
men who are in need. The method we
have adopted gives good, wholesome food
and clean quarters, with a wOod-sawing at
tachment. The honest man without money
or shelter and the professional tramp are
taken in, and the tombstone of work ap-
piled alike to all.
Those who share the hospitality of the
inn must obey the rules, which relate to
cleaning of garments and person, good be-
havior and prompt service. We invite all
our friends to call and inspect the inn at
220 Washington avenue north.
One thousand dollars, cheerfully given by
few citizens, have provided steam-heating
and clOthes-drying facilities, as well as
abundant provision for washing and bath
ing, all of which have been added during
the past summer.
The services of Mr.. and Mrs. Karl Kehl
have been secured to care for the inn de-
partment, while A. w. Anderson remains
in charge of the wood yard.
We appeal to our people to help on the
work in these several ways:
First-Buy our tickets and give them to
all able-bodied men applying for help. Give
no money or food or free soup tickets to
such. 1t is no charity; it does positive
harm.
Second-Buy your wood of the Friendly
Inn wood yard. You will get good wood
and good measure at lowest market prices.
Your patronage will keep the inn self-sup-
porting.
Third-Apply to the Friendly inn when
in need of man or men to do odd jobs, but
pay only at the Office.
FOurth-Accept no irresponsible account
of the inn and its management; call at any
time and see for yourself and judge of its
work.
The report is signed by the following:
James McGolrick, j. T. Wyman, George
A Bracket, E. S. Corser. Anthony Kelly.
C. NJ. Loring, J. 81. Tuttle, E. S. Will
Jams, NJ Falk Gjertsen, o. A. Pray. c. l..
Cove, David c. Bell, directors.