The morning times., 1895-09-01

The wair Saving Society, now in con
femion at Detroit. asked a few weeks age
for q representative from the District &c
attend the meetings OF The body 10 inform
lhe members 5ust what was bfrlg done for
the walls in Washington. Col. Tracey,
Superintendent OF Charities. found 81 inn
possible % be present, bat prepared paper
which viii he read during tbe convention
Tie following extracts from the paper
viii prove ~ interest
Congressional appropriations for the
care on Juvenile dependents Of the District
or Columbia now amount to SIG $40 per
year. Like other expenditures or the gov
erumcui ~ the District. this sum is paid
mragh tIe United States Treasury, one
hair out or the proceeds of general taxation
and ouc-halr out OF the District revenues
The average number OF dependents sup
ported. or aided, boy this money is 1890.
Eirhtcen institutions and agencies par
iicipate in the distribution OF the fund
and I'D ihe care OF these dependents. Four
teen of these chud-csrng establishments
are located within the District and occupy
public property worth SASS 600 and pr
vate property valued at Sss9 900. al
exempt from taxation
THEIR GOOD WORK.
-Four 0f these institutions are rcforma-
tories, namely. The Reform School OF The
District Of Columbia 1for boys, the Re
form School for Girls, the House of The
Good Shepherd, ana the House OF the
Association for Works Of Mercy.
cit is to be- said OF the ChIld-charitics
OF Washington that, in their great variety,
they afford relief TO almost every class Of
cases and thai the different systems OF
bringing ont Of destitute and often de-
graded childhood good citizenship d n
sclf-sIpposiDC and Iaw-ahdinE maturits
are having fair trial IT is right that
this should be The case at the National
Capital where. during so many years,
private beHgvoIenCe has spplanted public
administration and has contributed so
largely in money, in experience, and in
puilanthropc devotion toward the succOr
ofthc afflicted, she reformation Of the way
ward and the teaGhing the ignorant poor.
"AS the NewShoys and Childrcn's Aid
Society is engaged in work directly within
the province Of your convention, / send
you in fuIl the latest reports Of that insti-
tuition. which are as follows:
"Our home IS open day and night 20 poor
children and wanderers Of the street al
night come TO our door OF are brought 10
our door continually for nights lodging
~uerc are no hearts 50 hard that they could
allow q child 10 lie on a doorstep or
creep INTO some box where they EnO W, as
we believe the public does kno W, that we
receive with pleasure any lonely OF destitute
child
HOME FOR WAITS.
"Of course his case is invest icatcd If he
has friends who can support him il is eX-
pecled that they viii do so. but there are
many children who live with strangers
who opprcss them with work and neither
feed nor clothe them properly In such
cases we look after their interests and
either keep them in our home or have them
admitted to others.
"It would be impossible for as 10 keep all
whom we receive. We admit (if we have
reason 10 believe they need hemel all who
come even though we must look round at
once for some other home for them and
during The past winter we have been OBJ
4IEFA AaaAt l-LA-t' h i4l-EN 10 lItilH aL A+l-
floor 10 accommodate lransients However
we are glad TO Doe able 10 say we hope
soon TO move 10 our new home al thecorer
OF Third aud streets, where there viii
be special room f1r lransients.
During the past year we have had quite
a number of permanent children They
have been sent TO The public school, and
have made good progress iu their studies.
We find our boys, also our girls, take
quite an interest in DONG their work nicely,
and that boys can do housework quite as
well as girls.
we also make a pleasant home for our
working boys who are engaged i'm different
ways; some sell papers. and others work
in stores, and pay what they can toward
their own board and lodging This is q
safe, pleasant home for young boys, who
would otherwise be obliged TO stay at The
cheapest lodging houses. where their as
sociates would be more undesirable
soar new-hoys meetings have been quite
successful Evening after evening they
would gather for recreation, amusement
and some instruction IT'D our new home
we shall be able 10 give Them new attrac-
u0n, for our society ls already planning
'The Newsboys and Chudrcu's Aid So
ciety during the year ending June 30, 1895
furnished 90 its benefieiaucs 4 ,s53 Iodg-
fugs, 1895 meals, and clothing was
Riveuto those who neededt Weendcavor
10 be as economical in our home consist
eut with good management as possible"
PRIVATE GARAGE COLLECTION.
There are DO developments in the garbage
affairs Of the District The health officer
IS somewhat puzzled that he has heard no
complaint from the contracting firmagaInst
the many fines which have been showered
upon him on account Of failure TO collect
atcertainplaccs. Itwas sf0undimpTacti-ablC
20 stop the private collectors all at once.
william Peters who keeps a swine farm
in the District. was refused permit 10
collect from private houses a short whls
ago, but DE showed that if unable to procure
Elops FOR his hogs DE w0nld lose them an.
The permit was granted him and he now
collects Stops from several restaurants
and private houses. II is understood that
this VIII DE stopped next year as il interlcres
with the regular collector.
A number o. fruit yenders petiti0ned
the Commissioners "a he allowed TO stand
with thcir push carts al the b. & @. depot
They were told that The Commissioners
thought il jHaGvis5 ble 10 grant the request.
Policeman 7 J. Murphy has been ap-
pointed an additional private.
Il. /. ncane ana G. Y. Thompson have
resigned
F B. Saunders. who claims damages
for Er-rF a.