Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-01-13


s1oNER EATON AND SENATORS HARRISON
AND HAwLEY.
The Washington Newsboys' Aid society
brought the good work they have started to
public attention in a very entertaining man.
ner at their meeting at Willard hall last night.
The ladies and gentlemen OF this society are
engaged in the study of that very interesting
and original character, the Washington news
boy, and are interesting and exerting them
selves to promote his welfare and to turn to
good account his native intelligence. The at
tendance was made up of the best known WASH
ingtOn people and q number of Senators and
Representatives, some Of whom were accom-
panied by their wives. The ladies consti-
tuted q large portion of the assemblage.
Mr.. Justice Miller, of the Supreme Court OF the
United States, presided, and there were pres
ent, some occupying places on the stage and
others among the audience: Commissioner
Webb, DIR. Gallaudet, Senator Harrison, Senator
Hawley, Civil Service Commissioner Eaton, DIR.
]. s. Billings, DIR. w. w. Godding, Mr. Crosby 8.
Noyes, Representative James, of New York;
Prot. Baird, DR.. w. w. johnson, Mr.. Woodbury.
Sar, NIX Reginald Kendall Representative
eritt, Admiral Upshur. Mr. r. Ross Perry, MIR.
Walter Hutchins. Rev; Dr.. Crummell. Mr..
Harrison. Mrs. c. $. Noyes, Mrs. James, Mrs.
Hood, Mrs. Capt. Evans, Mrs. Judge Daven-
port, Mrs. Judge Hagner, Mrs c. c. Mitchell,
The advisory board of the society are Chief
Judge Arthur Macarthur, Judge Walter S.
Cox, Mr.. w. w. Corc0ran. Rev. DIR. Alexander
Moors Mr. NJ E i 81 Co.. Cox kobsr
Fleming, Mr.. Chas. Il. Beall and Nh. r. Ross
Perry.
Miller briefly explained its purpose, and took
occasion to remind those present that the
weather outside was an appeal to them to look
avocation, were subject to the cruelty of the
nipping frost. He then introduced Mr. Charles
ciety OF New York, who has for thirty years
been engaged in reclaiming young castaways in
| the great empireafity, and giving a turn to the
energy of the street arab that would lead them
to a successful life.
MR.. BRACES ADDRESS.
Mr.. Brace said that with his thirty years ex-
perence with charities he had found that the
least satisfactory was alms-giving. 1t was
pouring out efforts without results. Charity
that does not help to strengthen the character
| is not good. PauperdOm is the lowest depths;
| it saps out all manhood and character. The
Working dese1 men oe' lie gave brief his
tory OF the work in New York, from Its
badly governed, full OF immigrants, the poor
| crowded together, and juvenile crimes were
| numerous. Over six Thousand female Migrants
were arrested in single year. and there were
! between ten thousand and fifteen thousand
homeless children in New York city: In the
boy, in the language Of Uncle Remus, is "a curl
He viii listen at one moment to words OF
sympathy with eyes full o. tears, and q
heart tender, with sympathy, and the next
| kind and sympathetic, always ready to
| assist an unfortunate associate. But when
grown up, If he is not taken in charge, he de-
n elenpntS-iS
always ready to take the head and lead raid
on private property, or DO any other daring AND
witted and contains in him the dynamite,
which, if allowed to take it's own way, will
society. The newsboy, while he is a newsboy-
| has not grown into something else-appeals to
our sympathy most strongly. They are an in
dependent set of little fellows, who are strug-
| CLING manfully for living. In going among
! them we think OF the struggles they have to go
through. When asked where their homes are
the most frequent reply is, Don live nowhere.
NEwsBoYs' LODGING HOUSE.
The first thing for the benefit OF these boys,
| he said, was to provide shelter for them. This
| they did in the form of q newsboys lodging
| house. At first the boys were suspicious. They
are not in the habit of looking for good inten-
tions in anybody, and they took the lodging
house for q sunday school dodge, or trap for
| the house OF correction.
When they found it was neither they reckoned
| up the amount OF good they got for their
money-they had to pay q trfiing sum for their
| lOdging-and came to the conclusion that they
were getting q pretty good thing--they were
| satisfied with it, and from thence forward the
institution grew, until now ii is perfect organ.
! ization, which assists those boys to become
h"nest msn wien ha shSs eve isS
schools and industrial schools, and saving
banks, and many thousand boys are trans.
| planted into the country and elsewhere, and
many have become men of means.
They generally do better at first, he said. than
children who are more carefully raised. They
| earn money earlier In life.
Mr.. BRACES ADVICE.
The advice the speaker gave to the people Of
| Washington in starting o newsbOy's lodging
house was to put it in the hands of q good SUI
| perintendent-a man who could be jolly and
iorebearing, and would deal with the boys in a
| downright honest and straight manner. The
| boys want everything plain and on the square.
| There must not be too much show Of religious
| in professions. Acts alone appeal to them.
Their teachers must be laymen rather than
clergy. They understood them best. Another
| thing, the success of the work was not to be
| shown by the number of boys lodged. but by
the number who We're placed beyond the need
| of poverty about the place He advised that
the newsboys of Washington be transplanted
When Mr.. Brace had completed his address
| the company was entertained with duet by
| the Misses Harvey, who sang several times
ahs adaresses Aneiher MUSICAL ieature was
| band.
| MR.. EAToN'S ADDRESS
| Mr.. Dorman B. Eaton was then introduced
| He said that the primary aim of the, society
was to look after the newsboys, but he trusted
| that its work would be broader and more COM
prehensive, and that it would take charge OF all
| the wretched classes. 1t should be the WASH
| ington Childrens Aid society. authorized by
Congress. Nothing less than that would meet
| the exigencies of the case. He held that the
| peremptOry need in Washington is an extern
| sion Ofthe school system at public expense.
| The thousands of cOlored and white children
should be taken off the streets and put into the
schools. The schools should De fully provided
| for by Congress. The public good demands it.
| The greater the ignorance the greater is the
poverty and crime, and the more imperative
the duty OfCongress to establish schools for all
classes.
| Mr.. EATON QUOTES STATISTICS.
| He then quoted statistics to show that in
| respect to schools Washington was worse of
than most any other city in the United States,
and has the greatest proportion of crime. The
people had no part in their own government,
| and it was the place of Congress to provide for
| these matters, but the people had to do their
| duty in urging upon Congress the needs OF the
| occasion. He gave figures to show that there
are AZ, 600 ana more children in the District of
| an age to be entered in the schools, and only
1000 white and IL 600 colored are actually
| enrolled, leaving 13, 900 in round numbers who
| are not enrolled under any school system; and
| between the actual daily attendance and the
| number of children OF school age there Is the