The herald., 1894-04-02
HELP FOR THE WORKING BOYS,
The Excellent Working Of the
NewsbOys' Home.
A Place That Deserves the Hearty
Support of the Public.
An InstitutIon That KsspI Poor Boys
In tho Way rhoy Thould 60
and Itsndors Them
Assistance.


tion devoted to making good citizens OF
tue boys and girls OF the state, who,
anroush their surroundings, teachings
or crrors Of Judgment have Btrayed into
evil ways. The state ia proud OF its
great school and the work it il so suc-
cesslully doing for the rising generation,
but here in Los Angeles. down on Du.
commun street, is litiIe Institution
which mas for ita aim the rendering OF
the work OF the state school unnecessary
for some, at least. OF the state boys.
A reporter recently called at the News
end Working Boys home, the institu-
tion above referred to, and was much in
terestea in the work which is there be-
ing go quietly yet effectively prosecuted.
To thoroughly appreciate the work OF
the home one must follow the advice oi
the novelist, Charles Reade, and put
yourself in the place of some unfortunate
boy without the skill at any trade to
command good salary, without friends
and without home. Imagine yourself
wandering from place to place, working
at odd jobs, sleeping where you can find
aplece, sadly put TO it TO obtain enough
food to satisfy a healthy appetite, and
and hobos before you to tempt you from
attempting to earn a living when c1m.
Portable exlatence might be possible
through the exertion of little cheek
and telling few appropriate falsehoods
which anyone could manage. When you
have placed yourself In tue shoes OF such
boy, imagine youreelf as hearing OF
this newsboys' home on Ducommun
street from some boy located here, and
inquiring about it something as follows:
"What kind of a place is it?"
"Oh, house where you can get grub
and lodging cheaper than any other
place in town"
"How cheap"
"Twenty cents day--5 cents meal
and cents for q bed.'
Rata! If it was any good it would
be full all the time. You don't catch
me In any cent soup house or lodging
house."
well that's all right; but this place
ia only for fellows like you and me-
fellowa who don't have much money
aud no iolka to live with. You CONS
down and try it, and II you doht like it,
you don't have to stay, you know"
what do they give you to eat?
Come down and see."
Finally persuaded to investigate this
before unheard Of Institution, which
promised bed and board for 20 cents
day, you would 20 down to 527 Duc0m-
nun street, where, in the midet of
roomy lot, you would find largo, old
fashioned, square house, with verandas
and flowers about IL and look that
makes it seem homelikc even from the
outside. Introduced by your companion,
you would be met by sweet-faced lady
whom your conductor would tell yen was
the matron. This lady would receive
you with the same kindness that she
would accord to all boys, whether rich
or poor, and after a few pleaeAnt ques-
tions as 20 yourself you would be made
free of the establishment.
The next thing wonld probably be
supper, and with the other boy patrons
of the home you would 10 out to the
pleasant dining room, where, seated at
the not too large or too crowded tables,
presided over by the natron and a
comfortable, motherly- looking lady who
superintends the culinary department,
you would probably do justice to a meal
not only abundant, but So substantial, pal
atable and we'll cooked, the same as pro-
vided for the matron and her aHsietanta,
and in her company. Here you would
hear no coarse or improper language and
behold no vulgar conduct, for the homs
attempts to be really home to the
boys. and in a quiet way to teach cor.
rect language and proper and gent!s-
manly department at table and else
where.
Supper over, and evening prayer i'm
mediately afterwards, you would have
the games and books in the reading
room, with the company OF the other
boys to make your evening pass agree
ably, and at q reasonably early hour YOU
would he shown where you were to
Bleep.
No long dormitory, with monoton-
ously neat and regular rows of beds, hut
one of number OF airy, comfortable
bedrooms would be assigned to you,
which in partnership with one or per-
haos two other boys, would be your own
room while you stayed at the home.
II you had just come in "off the
Boad," and was dusty and your clothing
soiled from travel and use, you would be-
provided with fresh, clean bed garments
in place OF your own soiled underwear,
and without extra charge, could make
body correaponGingly clean in the bath
room. Then to bed and to sleep.
In the morning you would have a
good, substantial breakfast, and go off
to work with the comfortable conscious
mess that meal equally as good awaited
you at noon, and that you would be
again welcomed at night to your own
place in home.
AS time passed and you showed that
you were worthy of the confidence of
the matron and her assistants, you
would find that, when from misfortune
or accident you were not able to pay the
small daily charge, you would still be
welcome to come to your accustomed
place until fortune again smiled upon
you and enabled you to discharge your
Indebtedness.
1t was such an institution that the re-
porter found the other day when he paid
1t visit.
1t is not q newspapers place to 20 into
details interesting only to the few. 1t
is enough for the purposes OF this article
to state that the society at the back OF
the home is composed of ladise who
have for some years been prosecuting
, their work aud enlargiug their field OF
Z operations against all sorts OF discour-
agements, with comparatively little out
side aid.
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