Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-01-07
IT IS THEIR ONLY HOME.
WHERE MANY YOUNG GIRLS HAVE
LEARNED LIES MEANING.

A Charming New York Institution, Which
L. Not SO Constitutional" That Human
Emotions Are Uuperccived and Dis
regarded-A Real Home.
There is ro Constitution" appearance
about the widc red brick, four story house
At % East Eleventh street, hut the lnscrip-
tion on the silver doorplate proclaims it
to he the "Frec Home for Destitute Young
Girls" A "young girl" would seem to
mean being of happiness and mrth, an
! object to be cherished ard protected he
cause of her innocent vouth II pretty, low
able creature snrrounded ny all the com
fort and gladnrss that loving hearts can
provide.
Bat there is also another type Of girl
hood-a picture all shadows and sadness
the young girl who is friendls.s and desti-
tutc, bat who, happily, has not yet fallen
a victim to the tilIscled temptations that
SO thicllly beset the paths of poor girls in
n big city. 1t is for such that the Free
Home for Destitute Young Girls" is in
tented.
"Thi~ home is for respectable girls only,
aud not for those who have failen," said
Miss Storer, he upcrintendcnt, as | sat
in the comfortable parlor of the home the
other afternoon. where do they come
from" They come to us from other inati
tutions sometimes, and through visiting
missionaries. Often they are brought by
clergyman, who have found them growing
up ike wild weeds in idleness and exposed
to evil Influences. sometimes, moreover,
n girl will come here alone voluntarily"
and if :, 4iil does come here alone and
Of her own free will and ask admission"
said !, "would YOU take her in without in
curry as to her TeSDpCtablIltyY'
"Certainly We woulu,' replied the ma
tron. Time enough to inquire into her
character after She has been given "A shell
ter"
WHERE THE GIRLS LIVE.
1t was hardly necessary for me to have
asked that question, for there Is an indie
fnable something about Miss Storer that
assures one OF sympathy and charity. She
is u young. sweet faced woman, with a
world of tenderness in her eyes and in her
voice The little silver Maltese cross she
wears at her throat shows her to be one of
the "king'o Daughters"
She kindly took me through the house
Mt my request and showed me the rooms
where the girls slept Six or seven iron
bedsteads with white coverlids are placed
i'll each sleeping chamber OF the wide Old
I fashioned house. To be sure, there are no
bright pictures or pretty girlish trihes ar
ranged about the rooms to make them at
tractive, but the neat little beds must be
welcome indeed to the really destitute
girls. The large front room above the
{ parlor is used IA IA general sitting room by
the girls, where they can 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 in sew
{ ing. They seemed DELIGHTFULLY."- like big
happy family. at i one of the rules of
= tie institution that no girl shall leave us
= without knowing how to read and write"
= said the superintendent. "Aud so Il por-
u ton of eacn day is devoted to their in
. Ftruction in the simple branches of educa-
ton. They are also taught sewing by hand
. and on the machine besides being trained
in all kinds OF household duties so as to be
Q able to take the positions that are obtained
for them in Christian families, where they
> will find good homes"
; HOW THE GIRLS ARE TREATED.
- Applicants are received at the home be-
tween the ages of twelve and twenty five,
3 and all who want to become inmates must
! pledge themselves to obey the rules, to re-
= main at least a r.onth, and to accept such
situations on leaving as the superintendent
- may approve,
- The girls while in the home rise at 9
" o'clock in the morning, and go to bed at G
O'Clock. Every morning they meet i'll the
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