St. Paul daily globe., 1888-06-17
The HEWSBOYS' HOME.
A Worthy Charity That Deserves Liberal
encouragement.
MAKING GOOD MEN OF BOYS
Details of How the Work Is Carried on
and Some of The Leading Citizens
Interested.

formally organized April 3, 1888, al
though the work for which the aSsOcia-
ton was organized was taken in charge
by the committee as early as March l..
Every person contributing S. or more
annually is a member of the association.
The objects of this association are,
first, to look after the needs of the news
boys, bOotblacks, and other street boys
of st. Paul; to improve their physical
manners and morals; to obtain situa-
tiOns for them, and to see that they
grow up to be good citizens; and sec
ond, to establish and conduct home for
boys who have no home nor friends.
called the Corning Home for News
boys" in memory of Charles 4. Cor
ming.
Tbs articles of the association provide
for an annual meeting of all the men,
bers on the second Tuesday of Septe M
Der. at which time a managing coni-
nittee of not less than ten shall be
elected: also for quarterly meetings of
the managing committee on the second
Tuesday of March, June, September and
December, and for chairman, secre-
tary and treasurer of the managing
committee, and for an executive COM
mittee to have charge of the aSSocia-
ton, and collecting and disbursing
funds, and for house committee to
have charge of the home and superin-
tend its management, aud for an agent
OF the association to look after the gen
eral work, and for resident manager
of the home. The managing commit
tee. until the annual meeting, consists
of the following gentlemen: Emerson
W. Peet, Freperick Drlscoll, Arthur E.
Clark, John B. Ludden, Frank A. Sey-
mour. Wilbur Ii. Howard, John L.
Averill, Charming Z. Seabury. Jared S.
How, A. E. Bates. E. w. Peet was
elected chairman, j. S. How secretary,
and Frank Seymour treasurer; Wilber
II. Howard and Jared S. How, with the
chairman, constitute the executive COM
mittee, and Maj. A. e. Bates, A. E.
Clark and the chairman, the house COM
mittee. Frank G. Whitcomb was ap-
pointed agent of the association, and
Miss Grace G. Johnston resident man
ager of the home.
The NewsboyS' club and the work
connected with it was continued in the
club room in the chamber of commerce
building until May l. A suitable house
on the northwest corner of Robert and
Eleventh streets was rented, renovated
and furnished by the house committee
with comfortable accommodations for
sixteen boys, which can be increased to
twenty, and the home opened April %.
and has been successfully conducted by
the resident manager, assisted by the
agent, as will appear by their reports
herewith. The price established for
board and lodging was 25 cents per day.
The club rooms were discontinued for
the summer, but the work of looking
after the street boys, non-residents of
q iS nv hQ Of
the association, and the members of the
committee; bGt in order to properly
carry on this branch of the work it will
be essential to reopen the club rooms at
the beginning of winter, as the home
itself is too small to accommodate the
crowd of boys that freQuented the club
rooms.
There are 400 such boys in st. Paul
and 800 of them have been brought un-
der the influence of the association to a
greater or less extent. Only boys who
have no homes are, as rule, permitted
to become residents of the home, and
the association should maintain an in
f1uence over and relations with all street
BOYS.
The greatest obstacle to the improve
ment of the boys is the haOit so many
of them have of drinking when they can
obtain liquor. On one Sunday fifteen
young boys came or were brought to the
club rooms drunk and were taken care
of by the agent, and since the opening
of the home four boys, the youngest
only ten years years of age, returned to
the home one night intoxicated. InaS-
much S liquor was sold to each of these
boys, every one minors, contrary to the
law, it seemed the duty of the aSSOcia-
tion to endeavor to prevent liquor being
D1 20 oIt 6, ,~ta o,.f
of the duty of the committee of the as
sociatiOn to prosecute liquOr sellers for
violation of city ordinances. Through
the agent of the association the saloon
keepers were requested not to sell beer
or liquor to these boys and some of them
consented, but there are many saloons
where they can obtain.iquor if they have
any money. Complaint was made
against one saloonkeeper and he was
tried for the offenSe of selling liquor to
minors, the prosecution being conducted
by II. M. Phillips, assistant city attor-
ney, and H. G. Wood, who acted as at
tOrney for the association. The case
was dismissed on technical law points.
tits a shame that this work should be
so seriously interfered with by the
saloonkeepers for the sake of the few
pennies they make by selling liquor to
these boys.
The association takes this occasion to
officially and urgently request all sa-
loOnkeepers to refuse to sell liquor or
beer to these boys, for whose improve
ment so many citizens are giving their
money and their time.
FINANCES.
There was a liberal response to the
circular requesting subscriptions, as
will appear by the treaSurer's report
submitted herewith. There was real
lied from the dramatic entertainments
given for the benefit of the association,
S555.S2, nearly enough to furnish the
home.
The managing committee desires to
offer the warm thanks of the association
to Mr.. Cory and his associates who gave
the entertainment of caste" and Love
and Honor" and the ladies and gentle
men who gave the entertainment
''School." from which such large
sums were realized. thus enabling
the committee to furnish the Corning
home in suitable manner.
Besides the subscriptions, gifts or re-
ductiOnS in prices were made of various
articles of household furniture, paint
ing, papering, carpenter work, ETC., by
different business firms and individuals.
At the quarterly meeting of the man
liClu uIlC L..
the following reports were made:
f. A. Seymour, treasurer, in account with
Newsboys' Home Association
Dr..
To cash received from subscrip-
tions -. .... ............... s1,251 %
To cash received from dramatic
entertainments, Caste and
Love and Honor" and school 555 81
To cash received from boys for
board and lodging g......... ...... SO 80
Total. 81 ,9O5 50
Cr.
BY rent expenses and salaries of
the Newsboys' club, prior TO the
opening of home ............... s499 81
BY cleaning. papering, painting
and furnishing home. e......... 73o 25