The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-02-26

| put Hiiu W tiio newspapers, anu proc.
ontly his tianco and her father came 10
st, Louis aud rescued him.
The superintendent said that | would
DO surprised 10 SEQ how many sober,
respectable and intelligent mon hud
sought relief at tho "Rest." Pointing
TO the young man who was nssistlpg on
the accounts, ho remarked: 'Thcro 10 a
case Ia point; n nice young follow aud
a good penman who "a willing to work
hero for bod aud something 10 eat.
Wo hayo had not only educated, but
professional men here. We have all
kinds OF people who by ono mischancc
and another arc forced to tako refuge
horo Tor tho tlmo being. Many OF thom
have vol 10 do friends who send thom
money to return TO homes they hRys
loft under tho impression that they
could got something TO do hore. 1t ia
really pathetic to discover tho true In.
wardness Of somo OF these cascs. Wo
learn hero whn. n curious world wo 1.-Two
In. Ono halt the world, You know. do
not know how tho other hall live. We'll,
we lnd out all about II hern."
This place at number nino accom-.
lnodatos from 800 TO 400 people q: night.
They hayo n spare room which they
call editing up room" somewhat
like tho ono attached to Rev. David
Greer's rescue station In Now York.
nbont which wrote you last year. II
Is tho second floor Of an adjoining ware.
house into which door ba, been cut
through tho walls OF number nine.
Horc tho people nro cared for who have
no ticket Tor bod. rhoy aro permit.
ted 10 sit up, oil night In a we'll warmed
room, and arc thus protected from tho
freezing weather, which means a great
deal to u poor creature who has no
other resource but the police station or
tho warm ashes Of mill or foundry or
kiln Of some sort.
THE rRovIDRSr ASSOCIATION.
The great central charity Of St. LOUIS
Is. as have said, heProvldent Asso-
citation, tho one about which all others
rsyolye and to which they are all 10
some extent subordinate aud auxiliary.
1t 10 now In Its thirty.fourth year and
never more useful in Its history than In
the last two winters, Bince tho panic OF
'03. II exists for the wise purpose OF
helping people to help themselves, and
not for promiscuous aud indiscrlninate
charity, and 1t aims 10 discourage all
hypocritical and fraudulent and bogus
poverty Of whatsoever kind. The super.
in.cndent said to me tina. so per cent OF
NIL applications for did are bogus and
the association rejected that proportion
Of requests for aid otter examining
them. There is a detective or Visiting
feature connected with 1t that aims to
spot and root out all imposition, and
wherever an applicant Is found to be
chronic beat, or person who can
raise money for drink, or has been
offered work and declined It., he
Is dropped, and warning en-.
tered next his name on the
books, so that other people may no. DO
imposed on. All persons In tho city
are requested to make their contribu-
tions through the responsible, channel
Of the Prorident Association, and It 10
claimed that by 90 doing one dollar can
be made to go as far ~ five dollars In
the ordinary way. lspent parts OF two
days looking through Its various
branches aud Watching It's mods oper-
dHdi, and after seeing the careful and
intelligent way In which charity is dis
pcred through Its agency. / an fully
persuaded that it, plan l, the wise one,
and that all citiea would do well to FOL.
low the same plan moro or less closely.
One Of the most responsible business
men in ST Louis 10 president OF the as
ISOLATION. and curiously enough, dis
covered that the general manager, Dr..
+. NJ. Finney, is brother OF the late
Joseph Finncy, OF st. Louis, who many
years ago married ono OF the most a..
tractiys ladies' OF Brooke county, Miss
Emily Gist.
l notice In looking over the report OF
the association for lSq304 that during
the year 1888 peraons were assisted in
various ways. OF THE number 1910
were foreigners, 5.597 native white,
and 3. al native colored. Of the heads
OF families assisted 9B2 were Protes,ants,
42i Catholics and 2,l65 persons OF no
profession, | notice also that among
tho people assisted :, 526 were liable and
willing" to work bn. unable to get work;
that 2S3 were elpless because OF ''old
age.' AL on account Of sickness, OIL ION
account OF small children" and l03 on
account OF desertion. The visiting at.
taches or detectives of the association
reported that they made l2,067 visits Of
investigation during the year and cou-
dcmned 1871 cases us "unworthy."
Over 500 families were "placed on q
basis OF selt.suppor." by tho aid given
them. This was done by finding work
or place, for some member Of the family
by which tho aid OF tho association could
DO dispensed with. An employment
register is kept at the central office to
which oil persons In the ethyl access.
Whilo was al ono OF the branches l
heard an official report 10 tho supern.
tendent that they had just shipped quite
lot OF men up the country to the ice
cutting folds. This was at the wood
yards OF the association at 1875 South
Eighteenth street.-The place whore go
much employment is given to idle men
and paid 10. in provisions, clothes, shoes,
ront and transportation.
There 10 nous "iodgs" at that place
that interested mo very much. II is
much ahead Of the arrangements at
| number nine on tho lovee, because, OF
course, It is permanent and the outcome
OF long experience and strong financial
support. Every lodgcr employed at the
yards tlescends to tho basement OF tho
lodge at night and COOS under awarm
shower bath, and, leaving his clothes
on peg corresponding to the number
OF his co. upstairs, puts on long
night ahirt and pair OF slippers and
goes to his sleeping place. Thus the
dormitory Is kept FREQ from vcrmin or
contamination OF any sort and tho
lodyor is laugh. tho hcnlthfulncss and
comfort Of cleanliness. rs