The morning call., 1893-02-20
FOR THE WORTHY.
More Funds Required for Charitable
Purposes.

One of the wO thiest institutions devoted
to ch arity to this city is doubtless the
Christian Union Mission. which recently
opened q home in the old BijOu Theater on
Market street.
There are several branches 10 this home.
and one Of them, THE Rest for the Weary"
is sadly in need of enlarged accommoda-
tions. there being hundreds of worthy ap-
plieants daily. who cannot be accommodated
with beds. but are allowed to find whatever
comfort and rest they can gain on the bare
floors of the corridors.
In an interview with Mrs. Helen Satter-
lee French, the chairman of the committee
in charge of the inside work Of the mission.
that lady expressed her views last night
very emphatically.
'We need just about $4,000 to put up beds
enough to accommodate the people who ap-
ply for place of shelter" said she, "and
it is great pity that we have not the means
to give these poor unfortunates place to
sleep and rest after they have struggled
against adversely unsuccessfully and are
compelled to apply to us for aid.
1--WE have corps OF assistants number
ing some eighty ladies from over twenty
different churches of all denominations,
who are all earnest workers, but our super
intendent informs me that from his room,
which 0vero0ks the floor OF the dOrmitory,
he sees every night some 300 men sleeping
on the cold. bare boards, just because there
are no beds for them.
They are OF all ages and conditions.
Yelow-haired boys. disappointed in what
they hoped TO find in the big city. lay along
side gray-bearded men whose lives have
turned out to be failure"
Mrs. French said that over 100 iron bed
steads are nightly filled now at the Rest for
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for al least 800 more.
IF the business men and people Of
wealth couN only see the white faces of the
feeble applicants who have tramped the
streets vainly for days and nights in search
of work." said the lady, they would
gladly open their purses and assist us in
our work."
Mrs. French also dwelt largely on the fact
that large percentage of the waits which
drift into the Mission Union Home are men
decidedly deserving. and poor only because
they have had consecutive spells of Ill luck.
They have recommendations which ought
TO find employment for them anywhere, but
there seems TO be no work for them when
they apply for something to do" said the
lady, and then with regretful sigh she re-
ferreG to the other kind Of appli IS the
mission has to deal with.
Yes, there are many who are dTunkards
and even criminals" she said but W hen we
talk to them after they have partaken Of our
hospitality we frequently succeed in soften
ing their hearts. and | will always remem-
Der with great deal of satisfaction a case
which happened only week ago.
"a man who had been sailor for many
years applied for a bed and was accOmmo-
dated.
Next morning talked to him and found
he had other living in this city. but had
not been near her for nine years, although
he had frequently returned to this port from
sea VOYAGES during that time
Il told him he deserved no sympathy or
help, because a man who would stay away
from his own mother for nine years volun-
tarily could not possibly be of much ac-
count.
THAT man took my words so much to
heart that he resolved right there and then
10 visit his old mother and to patch up their
old quarrels.
lie has not been near our missions since
and l have been told that he carried out
his resolve and is now reconciled with his
family"
Such instances are numerous and show
that the Union Mission is very mucn de-
serving of public patronage in the way of
contributions.