The herald., 1894-12-25
T HOMELESS NEWSBOYS.
TX True Tale of a Big city.l

yet efficient woman with most pieas.
ing manner and presence. for whom the
boys have much respect and affection.
Miss Housed has two stout women to
help her, and yesterday they were all,
including the boys, busily preparing for
the little waits that have been sleeping
in the cellar of the Times building, &C.
commodations for the brood having
been arranged by some charitable peo-
Pile. A man vas building the hunks,
in lieu Of the bedstesds which they have
not. in some OF the rooms; the women
were filing twiiled unbleached muslin
sacks with straw for mattresses, and
trying to make the bedding 'go around"
with disappointing results-there were
more frowsy heads than pillows and
more legs than sheets or blankets, that
is, there would be when the new heads
and legs arrived; and moreover there
was considerable doubt in Miss Houaels
mind on the subject OF night shirts,
while about bathing accommodations
she was in despair. A daily bath is
ore OF the rules OF the establishment
end with 90 boys and one small tub, the
problem was indeed difficult OF Eolu~
ton.
Up to this time there have been %
in the home, ranging in age from to
II years. The rates are $1.55 per week,
which includes board, lodging, baths,
washing and mending. 1t is easy to see
that the Institution cannot be self-sup-
porting with such rates, yet q newsboy,
although he makes 21a cents on each
paper, rarely solls more than % in
day, while so is the outaide limit; and
higher rates in the home ara out of the
question. A number OF business mon
are pledged to make monthly payments
TO thi5 home, and the debt OF $500 that
was left on them by the last entertain
ment given for the "beneht' of the
home, ia nearly paid off; some new
pledgea have been made for monthly
payments. and except for urgent need
of pillows, blankets, sheets, pillowcases
and nightshirts for the recent additions
to this interesting family. all may be
said to be going paesably well with the
establishment,
The president of the board
OF managers ia Mra. Finney,
the vices president Mrs. Threlkeld. ana
others on the board are Mesdames
Bosbyshell. Forester, Carey, Bralnerd,
Smith and f. B. Jones',
The names of the boys who have up
W oiio tllAiO cDuStitutCu ttlb lhLlilv hIo.
Berthe MeCracken, Fordyce Wilson,
Freddie Wilson, Antoine Robinstte,
Mark Kennedy, Harry Barnes. Bert
Jackson. Charlie Cunningham, Albert
Peter,. frankie Wall. Desire Robinette,
Mark Vivian, Edward Brannan, George
Neuman, William Lehman, John Hart
ford. David Vivian, Waltor Freund,
Frank Paregay. Raymond Castro, Willie
Winters and Alphonso Aviola.
These boys are ell either half or whole
orphans, and have no other home. The
new ones are probably situated much in
The same way, and even then, only 30 or
30 out OF the 200 neweboys are accounted
for, and the home. while it has room Tor
more, needs many things for the COM
fort OF those already in it. The boye
seem very happy there. After their
morning editions are sold out they re-
turn to the big house on Ducommun
street, with its spacious yard, and make
themselves useful to Misc Houael or
ornamental in play, 90 the requirements
NAV allow, until the afternoon edition
is ready for more work. When their
evening papers are sold they again go to
the home. which ID a real home to them,
even if the walls might be cleaner and
ths furniture more luxurious, and there
they read. eing, play games, and other
wise pass the time healthfully and hap
PLY until their bed hour arrives, which
must bs early, eince work beging by 5
in the morning.