The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-05-20
SUNDAY MIG 1T.
A Large Gathering Mt Engiish's Opern-H ouse
Frank z. Sanborn's Add Tess

a Large Gathering Mt Engiish's Operations
Frank z. Sanborn's Add Tess
It seemed that all the combined audi
ences OF the past week, and several more
beside, were crowded into the charity
conference meeting at English's opera
house Sunday night, for even the top gal
lery, where the gods hold forth the other
six days, was we'll filed with sober-minded
people. The boys who distributed hand
bills in the lobby cried standing room
only" with familiar theatrical twang
early in the evening, and along the walls
people who couldn't get seats were rest
ing their backs. Charity meetings in In
dianapolis are always well attended, espe-
cially those on Sunday night, and the Rev.
Myron w. Reed sounded the cause when
he opened the meeting with:
"Fiity-five years ago few men came to
Indianapolis with not so much in mind
to make money as to make men, and they
invested in churches. schools and educa-
tional institutions. AS a result their
descendants came in throngs once
year, and even oftener TO char
ity meetings. This is not the
first time this house has been crowded
with like meetings. II comes from bring
ing up children to think of those in
trouble. For seven years | was under the
Rev. Mr.. McCulloch's tuition and have
aimed TO carry out his plans in Denver.
What You are doing here we are carrying
on in the bushes, where we Get together
protestants, Hebrews and catholics in the
grand cause of charity. / came here first,
Al h. e.
indianapolis; third, to see the folks, and
fourth, because | discovered signs that
my wife was about to begin house clean
ing"
Mr.. Frank b. Sanborn of Massachu-
sets delivered an address on Public
Charities of Europe"
Mr.. Sanborn's address. while long one, was
full of interest the ground being well covered.
lie spoke from observations made in visit to
Europe In 1890 and found the tendency of
most countries to separate their poor instead
OF aggregating them; to keep them or to place
them in families rather than in great pauper
establishments; and particularly to do this
with respect to children from infancy upward
and with the chronic ineane poor. Belgium
has made q great effort to overcome the chronic
evil of vagrancy ard has q colony for this class
in Merxplas, a town located in the formerly
barren region northeast OF Antwerp. A 5000
acre farm, now valued at Sill, 600 is cultivated
by the Migrants to the number of 5000 Peo-
pie found begging are sent here and instructed
In various trades and agricultural pursuits.
Describing the socalled Labor colonies of
Germany, twenty-four in number. Mr.. Ssnborn
said:
THE arrangement Is quite unlike that Of those
in Belgium. Germany is divided into prov
inces, governments and circuits, the last named
being the smallest political division aud the
government standing between a local circuit
aud province, Ike BTandenburg. Every cir
cult maintains station almsh0use for the poor
weylarer; every government main ,ains n house
of correction, and there many family
inns maintained chiefly by private charity.
These inns answer the purpose of lodging
houses for the poor and placed IS to be
not more than half days walk from the sta
ton almshouses which are found in
every circuit and are supported by
the taxpayers. The board that manages
these almshouses ia required to fnd
II possible, employment at wages for all those
who lodge there; while the inns. which are
Temperance taverns, give accommodation at
small price to all wayfarers. Wherever the
station almshouse, or wsyfarer's lodge, is not
provided. as they often are, with workshop
or labor yard. then the neigh boring Inn estab-
fishes one; the object being In these two insti-
tutions TO see that no poor wanderer lacks
food or lodging ia a good place, and that tenn
porary work shall be provided for them. Both