St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-12
SAINT PAUL.
FOR THE STREET ARAB.
Excellent Work Accomplished by
the Newsboys' Home.

Excellent Work Accomplished by
the Newsboys' Home.
At the quarterly meeting of the direct
urs of the Newsboys' Home association
the reports show that the association
has met with success in its quiet but
effective work of retaining and edu-
eating street boys. The expenses for
the quarter were about $3.50. This is at
the rate of 81, 500 or $1,000 a year, and it
is safe TO say that it would have cost the
city and county much larger sum in
trying and Furnishing boys that. were it
not for the influences of this institution,
would have committed crimes and been
arrested. The collecting agent, Miss
Jennie E. Rankin. has been efficient,
and has collected sufficient to meet all
the expenses of the quarter, and leave a
balance in the treasury of S107.
Grace Johnston, manager of the home,
reported that the attendance has been
large during the winter months, vary
ing from 25 to 100 boys during the even
ing, and on special occasions running
up to 200 and $50. Although not too
greatly patroniZed now that the longer
days have come, the boys still run in to
chat for few moments and show that
they are ''Still on earth" and often stay
to spend the entire evening. Some ideas
of pOliteneSS, cleanliness and the rights
of others have been instilled, and the
behavior has been very good. The
standard of morality is certainly higher
with this generation of boys than with
their predecessors, and with a few eX-
ceptions, Just to prove the rule, the
municipal court has had no jurisdiction
over the habits of the club room.
A resume of the work accomplished
would include mention Of sUereopticon
and musical entertainments; historical
lectures; classes in various studies and
in manual training; the appropriate
celebration of every holiday III royal
style: we'll patroniZed agency for the
sale of nickel stamps, whereby sixty
different boys have started little bank
accounts; and successfully conducted
Sunday school on Sunday evenings.
Light refreshments have been offered as
an extra inducement to the boys to
come, and in justice to that effort it
must be said that the attraction has
never failed TO attract. In connection
with the Sunday scs0:jl, grand prize
festival is in prospect, the prizes to
be awarded to the first, second
and third best series of ten
stories written in little books pro-
vided for the purpose, the stories to be
of deeds that are kind, noble or brave,
that the boys have seen, read or been
told of. The Plymouth Clothing house
have generously offered TO contribute
the first prize, nice suit of clothes.
The second prize is to be Spalding
league bat and ball, and the third prize
IS large box of frecrackerS for the
Fourth.
Since the last quarterly meeting a
new branch of work has sprung into eX
istence in the establishment of an en-
ployment bureau for the encourage
ment of poor boys desiring work." 1t
is free alike to employers and to boys.
Since its establishment 1913 boys have
found for fifty-one. Many of the other
boys have found places for them
selves, and commendabe spirit of emu
latlon in regard to obtaining work has
been aroused. AS was to be expected.
some OF the boys have been careless and
indifferent and have lost their places,
but many of them are giving the best of
satisfaction, and their employers eX-
press themselves as being we'll pleased
with them. Several boys have been sent
into the country to work on farms, and
the list of city places includes almost
everything that boy can do. The num-
Der of applicants for work far exceeds
the number Of places offered, and it is
hoped that the business public will as
siSt our endeavOr by patroniZing our
free employment bureau when they are
in need of boys. This department is not
confined to street boys alone, but it is
open to all poor boys of every age up to
Iwenty-one and of every grade of intel
Ggence.