The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-07-26
HOMES FOR CATS AND DOGS.
How Animals Physical halltleS Are
Attended In London.
HORSES HOUSE OF REST.
An Enumeration OF Some Of the General and
Special Charities OF the Great
English Metropolis.


Rad man were q poor measly-lOoking dog.
without home and without friends. | should
rather be in London than any other place, for
the very good reason that in the great metrop-
oils such canine enjoys chance for peculiar
and exceptional immunity from those harrow
ing conditions which. combined with hendish
small boys and old tin cans, cannot fail TO
render his "dogged" life a succession OF dull
cares and almost hair-breadth escapes and
death disaster.
II an ownerless dog is'found in London it isl
immediately captured by a policeman anu
sent to the Home for Lost and Starving Dogs.
large and successful institution lin the Bat
tersea Park road. having among It's patrons
such distinguished persOnages as Her Majesty
the Queen their ROYAL Highnesses the Prince
Of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge, besides
many marchionesses. baronesses, countesses
and ladies' The Duke of Portland is the pres
ident.
The home was instituted to restore lost
dogs TO their owners and to find suitable
homes for those without owners during
last year upwards of 1000 untortunates were
checked in their downward career by the
police of these large proportion were re-
stored 10 their former owners or sent TO new
homes. and the lives Of only such ours as
ANYBODY would be ashamed TO own were
taken. The possibility of any dog being re-
moved from the home by the agents OF viy-
sectors for physiological experiments IS fully
guarded against.
In connection with the dogs home has re-
Gently been establshed,a cats bOardlng-ho
department. which is designed for the recep.,
ton Of owneress and starving cats rescued
from their life of misery and suffering. and
also 10 afford at a moderate charge board and
lodging for the cats OF persons leaving their
homes for awhile and DESTROYS OF shleldng
poor puss from the troubles Of mind ana body
which might ensue during her mistress alb
sence.
When necessary to destroy an animal 1t IS
done III the most humane manner possible
and for the purpose q lethal chamber has
been provided.
His Grace the Duke of Portland. who is
very fond Of animals is also president OF that
very commendable institution--the Home of
Rest for Horses. This was founded few
years ago. is in a hOurshng condition and
has good income. The main object OF IT 10
to enable tho poorer classes -cabmen. trades
men and Others-to procure on moderate
terms rest and good treatment for animals
that are failing. not from age. but from over
work or accidental causes, and are likely 70 be
benefited by a few weeks rest and care.
The home also furnishes animals for poor
persons for temporary use while their own are
resting IN the home, small amount being
charged for such loans and strict guarantee
of good treatment being exacted. Further
more. the home provides a suitable asylum
for odd fayortes" that would suffer by being
turned out only 70 grass. but whose owners
instead Of destroying or selling them for tur-
ther labor. desire to place them under good
treatment for the remainder OF their days.
AS tbs ills Of the brute creation are so well
considered in London it IS reasonable TO sup
pose that suffering and needy humanity IS
given far~more thought. Such Is really the
case. and indeed it would SEEM in view
OF the system and the breadth and the scope
of charity. difficult for restitution 10 exist il
one would but make his wants known; and
though much Indebtedness there is, 70 be
sure. everything that can be done Is done for
its alienation when discovered.
There are more than thousand charitable
institutions in this city of several million
inhabitants. and their advantages. while all
aiming at one thing-aid TO the needy-are
quite disslmilar. Some are religious. others
medical, educational. relief, preventive, re-
formatory DC. Suppose a stranger IN the
street were 20 be robbed Of his pocket
book and had no money for lunch
or lodging. He would have no difficulty IN
leaning from policeman that he would be
welcome guest-eyen without penny-at the
House Of Charity for Distressed Persons in
Soho Square. This house was established
10 meet Just such an emergency to aid per-
sons of either sex who might be pecu-
niarly embarrassed through no fault OF
their own. If be wanted work the
Young Mems Christian Association or
the dozens Of employment bureauX, which
cooperate with the charity system Of the city
would help him TO obtain II. II he were SICK
he would be sent 10 hospital according TO
the nature of his ailment-and treated free or
charge. If the stranger were woman she
would be Just as well attended to and per
haps better.
What are known as DR.. Barnardos homes
for destitute children are very far reaching IN
their influence. Besides doing vast amount
of general mission work in East London the
bad section-they feed clOthe aud provide
Christian and industrial training for 5000
poor children yearly. They have since their
formation rescued over 1000 destitute boys
and girls. In connection with these institutions
there are now forty-nine cottage homes for
girls forming village upon the family system
at llfOrd. Essex: home for very little boys II
JERSEY; a castle for babies M Hawkhurst and
three large houses for boys and girls IN the
east Of London. Her Majesty hospital for
waf children contains seyenty-tour beds
under skillful professional care, there IS
labor house for youths too old % enter the
boys home. and q servants home as well as
an industrial homo for older girls.
in addition TO these are: Tho City Messen-
ger Brigade. which obtains employment for
trustworthy lads. the Union JACK Shoe BACK
Brigade and Home: tine Rag Collecting
Brigade: the Wood-Chopping Brigade. which
gives employment 70 destitute youths. the
Couyalescent Seaside Home 81 Suffolk; homes
for blind and deaf and dumb children, and
cripples: an emigration department now
comprises three important centres Of Oper-
alton. including distributing homes IN Can
ada and a 9.0O0-acre industrial farm in Mani
toba, upon which selected lads fare settled.
About 1000 children are also boarded out
under careful supervision IN numerous coun-
try districts throughout England.
These homes OF Dr. Barnardo's present some
special features which distinguish them from
all others III the metropolis. not the least
remarkable being that poor children are
sought for by night and by day in the lodg-
ing houses and other miserable haunts Of the
homeless poor, and two lodging houses for
children in the lowest parts Of the metrOpo-
lis are nightly open.
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Besides the general institutions for the
poor and afflicted in London there are any
number Of organizations which relieve cases
Of distress occurring among certain classes.
For instance. the Society for the Relief of
Poor Pious Clergymen, which has been in
existence since 1883 the AuetiOneers' BeneyO-
lent Fund, which relieves distressed auction
GERS and their widows and children the
British Hairdressers' Benevolent and Provi-
dent Institution the Literary As
ISOLATION for the Friends of Poland.
which assists sick aged and infrm Polish