New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-10
WIDE FIELD TO DO GOOD IN.

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WORKERS AMONG THESE PEoPLE-A
WIDE FIELD TO DO GOOD IN.
| az wish to heaven I had served time in some
prison." said shabby gentcel man. he stood before
the desk Of big lodging house East Twenty
st. cold and rainy night recently ana looked re-
gretfully out at the storm; "thcn perhaps l could
| get some assistance
Pm sorry for you my man. said the superin-
endent of the NewYork Bible and Fruit Mission. to
whom he was speaking, "but our beds arc all full
of ex-convcts tonight. and that is the class of
our lodging house and broom factory kept up for
| first Of all"
But what am l going 10 dol' said the petu-
| lantly. Il an Christian. Must | stay in the
streets Of this rich city all night while Jail birds roost
| comfortably n warm hunks here It's shame. |
say. Wha; am l going to do? What are you going
| to do about III"
I'm SURF don't know said the superintendent,
almost tempted TO smile at this country Christians
idea of the y OF his fellow city Christians to support
him. Where do you come from9'
! "NewHayen.
"What made YOU cOme?'
"Work was slack at my trade
what is that ?"
| "Gardene.'
"GardenGl' exclaimed the superintendent; "now.
| my good nan. what on earth made YOU think you
could get work. in this great overcrowded city when
You could not get it in the country where Won had
friends AM where there were gardens 10 work I'M
think aftr all the best medicine for your folly will
be night on the wet pavement If IL drives YOU back
| to New 1aven and your senses
Dirh supplies Us with most OF our charges said
/ tie SUPERINTENDENT to Tribune reporter who had
'"cn sanding hy land next to that perhaps this
! craze the part Of people generally 10 leave the
countr and crowd into the city. Either there are
too may people here altogether this countr, j. not
| half SOllg, after all Is Ia h,
| d" lie me show You something Of our work here
added he kind faced, sweet voiced superintendent
She ledthe way from the lodging house 10 cheerful
and ag restaurant where every thing wa, scrupu-
lousy eat and clean and the ash top, Of the little
tables ~rc secured I'll they were whittier than a good
deal Of le linen one in eating houses. Thi, is
NV spesl department. Meas are not given away
| here. bt have mcaltickcts which are sold to
the chatahy disposed and they can give them to
needy p'eons who then present the tickets here
and get God.
| Man. people and societies keep little credit &C
count he, sending in SNAIL orders for meal, lor
poor pcce from time to time and then paying for
them alRhen | send a batch Of the order, for re-
| dempt0i / sometime, give credit q cX- couvict,
a class at particularly for, and am seldom
dcccivedIn them. ! have had them send me the
money their board and lodging. weeks aftcg, from
distant WINS where they had earned money. One
! man EN- returned the collar and shirt ] had lens
| him to ID work in and he sent IL back all neatly
laundcN too.
! GRATITUDE OVERCAME SHAME.
"a addressed gentleman in here the other
! day. az looked all around curiousy. lie stood 40
! long wont speaking that / asked him II he wanted
anyudl lie drew out dig lstiul Of bills and gave
me Sill owe that 10 the institution. he said.
| all 80 p ! inquired. What for
Nmatter,' ne said. with something Ike sigh |
! Don't,k me- it. That's enough.
so took the dollar and he gave ten more. |
| saying Take out that many mealtichct, from the |
| I'LL anput them in your drawer and give them out |
| to poodcvils from the prisons who struggling !
! like J.
"Tle ne stopped abruptly and walked OIL We
| had all him at some time feel sure, when he most
wantedt. aud recalling the circumstances, Of hi,
| past ] was evidently NORWOOD 20 him. but he
! felt hOust pay OF that debt.
! OF different disposition was the man who camo
in hcrcStcrday and gave me an order for a l0-cont
meal hen he went to the far end Of the dining
room ] could not hear him and afr ostn-
| tatiou consulting the bill of fare, ordered beef
sioa", neat c1hc,, conee ana soiheiinnt else
! rritiut and when told him that the utmost h, /
! oller lei for coffee and roll with oatmeal or
! soup. stow. he a.uscd me roundly.'
Wave excellent rooms overhead that We rent
TO trsd nursc- and our mi,-iOnarlc, az" ALWAYS on
| m. lout at the railway station, and wlurve- for
| ignor sirl, VITO might bc led a,tray before they
| thc I,uai beauty Of Danish girl have
| now. De l. not TT for rough work. and We find 1t
| almolnpos,iblc 10 get her a place as companion
! 10 lady, the only occupation she seems fitted
lie TO do all sorts Of things for my clargcs,'
| said protective missionary - the institution
! fromdnc clothes for newly landed glri- 70 rc-cli.
ing from cVlmludcd men and women hui
| uc9lothc most peculiar role which wa, csllcl
! mon enact was t'at ~ match maker once. An
! cncal Norwegian girl cam" under my care ana
| pr0cu work for her in "A farmer, household not
! iTnanvles from tine city. She stayed fcU month,
and secured another place win friends ~ me
! We-t.he came to sec me before starting ana J ]
could, that she had learned much Of American
housd ways, bat little or nothing Of the language.
but entity honest, country bumpkin, who found
inhnihiculty in telling me his business. Eetwccn
n. hes aud aWkwaIdncss he finally gave me 10
whcle Norwegian girl had just left and he had
fallcrply in love with her. lie had never tod
his Rhowcvcr for the simple reason that he could
| not Norwegian and she could understand nothing
else had been content 10 worship In silence a. |
long he could her. but now that she had
conc could stand it no longer 50 he had come
in tx me TO write TO her for him and tell her
hurried but he pleaded SO that gave. way
and tc it for him. But the answer Of the
| %oryn maid which | received and forwarded J
. hmust have shattered his hopes, a indeed II ,
was Mated 20 DO, for ] never heard more Of =
Ir broom factory connected with the mission /,
the rt.r found q number Of men at work making
iroo They are all ex convcts You may say SAID
thcihructor and they find it hard work to get !
cmpent one Of them is young fellow on ,
parcom the Elmira Reformstory. who .felr once
and watch under great temptation, when he q
r %asof tEs Prison ISOLATION regularly Tie Other
! mcnht 10 90 West or South. whore they not a
| IuoJn order 10 start again without The y
nan, they have here but they have not the Il
| MON make q start in strange towns. Colonel a
IngCs suggestion that convcts should be paid FOR $
| thci orb in prison. that they might a
! Lavocthing 10 make start WITH when they re II
| cainr hhcrty. is proved 10 be right every day IN
/ tho i'm this little shop. We have not WORT enough
hcrcall who apply. and II big factories ana ware
| hou,nd small ones too. would send ns orders
Tor heir brOoms ~ lIaycmcycr e Elder. sugar
I rcHrdo We could Keen many a poor .6-1nVlri 7
ont he temptations that hunger and cold ana
| idIcnTnrd whom now we have 20 turn away Tor
wan market O." ie product ~
CORD OF THE YEARS GOOD W'i'k'
nrlll1nc hl-,rll.inh II fle lnenIialA bY thls is