Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-07
IT IS THEIR ONLY HOME.
WHERE MANY YOUNG GIRLS HAVE
LEARNED ufEs MEANING.

4 Charming New York Institntiou, whloh
u Not SO "Insututionsr' That Hannah
Emotions Are Unpereeived and pis-
rerardcd--A Real Home.
There Is no institution appearance
about the wide. red brick. four story house
at - East Eleventh street, but the lngrin-
ton on the silver doorplafo proclalms 70
to ic tue "Trce Home coz Destitute Young
Girls" a young girl" would seem o.
moan n being of huppincsl and mlrih, nu
object TO BE- cherished aud protected lie
cause u her Innocent youth; pretty, low
able creature. 8srrnnndoi by ail Che com
fort and gladness that loving hearts can
provide.
But there Is also another type q girl
ho0d-a picture nli shadows and s,dnr.s-
the young girl who Is frlcndloss and desti
tutc, but who. happily. has not set fallen
Rvictlm to the tiuselcd temptations TINT
10 thickiy bcsci the paths Of poor girls 10
big city. Il l. for such that the "lrs
Homo for Destitute Young Girls" IL IN
tended
This home 10 for respectable girls only,
and not for those who have fnlon," said
Miss Storor. the superintendent m ! snt
in tho comfortable parlor OF the home the
other afternoon. "Whcre DO thoy come
fromw They come TO MS from other iusti
tutions sometimes and through visiting
missionaries. Often they ate brought ~
clergymen. who have found them growing
up like Wild weeds In idleness and exposed
% evil influences. Sometimes, moreover
a girl will come here alone Voluntarily
"Aud II girl does come here alone ana
Of her own free will and ask admission
faid !. "would you take her Ia without In
qulry AS TO her rcspeotAbilityP
Certainly we would" replied the ma
iron. "rimc enough to inquire into hti
character after she has been given Bhcl
ter"
wHERE TAR OuRls LIVE.
II WIS hardly necessary Tor me 10 have
asked that question. for there Il an indie
lnable something about Miss Siorcr that
assures one Of sympathy and charity She
Is y young, sweet faced woman, with a
world Of tenderness In her eyes and In hct
voice. The little silver Maltese cross she
wears Mt hor throat shows her 10 10 one OF
the Kings Daughters."
She kindly took me through tho house
nj ny request and showed me the room,
where the girls slept. Six or seven iron
bedsteads with white coverlids are placed
IN each sleeping chamber Of the Wide, old
fashioned house. To be sure, there are nc
bright pictures or pretty girllsh ttlfles ar.
ranged about the rooms 10 make them ut
tractive, but the neat little beds must b.
welcome Indeed 10 the really destitute
girls. The large front room above the
parlor Is used as n general sitting room bJ
the girls, whore they eau study or sew
every afternoon.
When | looked In the other day there
were about ten young girls busily engaged
some with their books and others la sew
ing They seemed delightfully."- like n big
happy family. at IA one Of the rules Of
the Institution that no girl shall leave u,
without knowing how TO read and write,
said the superintendent. "And 10 por
tlon Of each day Is devoted 10 their In
struction In the simple branches Of oduoa
ton. They are also taught sewing by hand
aud on the machine, besides being trained
IN all kinds Of household duties, 30 ~ 10 b.
able TO take the positions that are obtained
for them In Christian families, where they
will lind good homes"
now THE Onis ALE TREATED.
Applicants are received at the home be
tween the ages Of twelve and twenty-five
NAN'A tHsN " Nv NsAAA NA hfANAAAN lNllAANNNN mus
pledge Themselves To obey the rules, To rc
maiu at lcast month, aud To accept suol
situations on leaving Va the superintendent
may approve
The girls while IN the home rise at
o'clock Ia the morning. aud 90 10 bed ut
o'clock. Eytsy morning they meet In thl
purlor for devotional services, and aite
break fast are kept busy with domestic du
Ylaa la Nbf. HffgrffN.ua gHnv aHutIv a.s,s ID.
are allowed 10 20 ont for walk; never
however. being permitted TO 10 upon Tia
streets unless accompanied ly some on
who Is connected with the home.
40 the girls ever become dlssatishr,
and wish TO 10 awayW asked the super
int.ndcnt.
''50metimes, but not very often" she an
Hwered, "Of course II l. natural that 4
young girl should become restless unde
the restraint she must fol here, II she hn
been allowed her own free will hr'orc sh
came herr, hut for the most ar, we an
able to control them, aud they lcasn To an
preelate the adyi-ltages Of the home.
Az ETEnLsIISo EXAMPLE
"Qulte Interesting continued MI
Storor, rs the case OF one 81 my girls o
whom, By the way, expect great thing
AHN VI AtNN1h hANHs t7AA vas hNA ANNlAffl
years old when she came here. Her fAthr
was dead. aud her mother dying OF con
sumption In the hospital Her future bad
fnir TO he that OF any one Of the thousand
Of waifs who dri,t into the paths Of sin II
this city every year. She had been place.
in the Five Points Hogge Of Industry, bu
she shrank from the companions she me
there. She was handsome, ambitious IN,
determined
"Whon she came under my care | saw
that IL WAS a question either of interestin.
her la the development Of AN uneommonll
bright mind or leaving her uututorcd hu
vivid Imagination full sway to carry he
into ways Of idlencss and Mn. allowc'
that girl 10 spend almost all Of her time Il
the study room, aud happily was able 4
last to get home In the family Of u schoo
teacher, where she was looked upon less n
gferyant than ~ companion,
''she has developed literary tastes Of NJ
mean order, and, us / said before, expcc
great things OF her yet. ".-Sophie SeArle Il
New York Advertiser.
Handled ~ Carefully.