The morning times., 1896-10-28
HAVEN FOR THE NEWSBOYS
Their New D0rmitory and Gym
Formally Opened.
Friends of the Lads Gathered by
Scores and Inspected the
Model Institution.

An enterprise that to the minds OF the
benevoiently inclined is one of the grandcst
charities i'll tie city caIne 10 hitting
climax last night when the new gymnasium
and dorinitory of the Newsboys' Home, No.
23U street nUrthw est, was formally dedl-
Gated.
There was program befilting the event
and d good audience, vino were entertained
by IL. Strangely enough, the little fellows
VINO are III the future to enjoy all the
good things talked about and seen last
last night were not there.
IL was the last gathering of their beIIe-
factors, aud from now Oh The place, with
lls clean white walls, its tiled bathrooms,
ITS electric lights, books, flowers, music
anu hundred other things foreign to the
heart VI many Il wanuerung urcIin, VIII
he thrown wide open To them.
To explain exactly what IL is all about
l., that the Newsbuys and Children's Ard
Society have buiit an addition to their
home on e street. The building is in-
tended for a dorIuiuory and gym. where
poor new sbOys and other mUnarChs OF the
street may sleep and grow muscle when
they have no otner hOIues To 20 To. When
the work was begun, Treasurer John b.
Wight said last night, there was exactly
32,650.25 in The treasury OF the asso-
cation. Every penny of this amount 10
the very la ST quarter was required TO COLI
plete the building, and the treasury Is now
empty.
Slill the association and the urchins
have the home. on tine second iloor of ttis
new building the friends OF the society
gathered to listen TO the deliCatory ex-
ercises. The floor is designed for an as
sembly room with two movable partitions
that make three out of one when occasion
demands. The boys Will i'll the future be
taught and will listen 10 lectures In this
rOom.
At ore end of the hall is a neat platform.
There We're two big flags suspended be-
hind IL last evening and ON the table Were
two buRches of flowers. Rev. DR.. Alex
ander MackeySmith sat in the middle OF
the platform and presided over the ex-
ercses. He is president Of tue executive
committee, of which the other rucmbcrs
are Rev Dr T. $. Guilds +, Nj. Galiaudct,
Crosby 5. Moves, Mrs. f. +. King, Mrs.
NJ T.. c. Wilbur. Miss Ida Corson, Ii. b. +.
Mac Farland and j. b Wright.
Upon the platform with Dr.. Mackey-
Smith sat Justice Harlan of the Supreme
Court, Postmaster General Wilson, and
Rev. Dr. Radcliffe Of the New YORK Avenue
Presbyterian Church.
Dr. Radciiff offered PRAYER and Mr..
Wilson made an address. The best thing
To- do for young man, he sand, Is To put
II in on his own level and enable him To
move up the ladder by his Own efforts
/ That is the purpose OF the iIiSti,utiuu- News
boys are most interesting characters. They
ire the true beginners IN iiics STRUGGLES,
aud nine out OF every ten successful men
began at the very bottom stair in life's
ladder, and their own efforts have been
responsible for the positions they attained e
The character more than the capacity is
the test in the long run OF all men.
Justice Harlan unused and Instructed the
audience when he talked. He told a funny
story on himself, ana, lis audience thought,
good one.
Il feel greatly interested in the news
boys lie said. Il have never met with
one yet that was not gentleman. in his
business. l had a curious adventure with
one OF these gamins once in Chicago.
was there on business at the courts. The
court house as not far distant from the
hotel where l stopped and frequently
walked the distance. The newSboys, boot
blacks and cabmen grew To recognize me.
''One day as | passed along the street
one of the youngsters insisted on shining
my boots. The task had lust been done
but he made the request nicely that
| determined to let him do so. l read the
paper and he went to work. He was ut
aork long after l had finished the paper.
looked down ut him ami he said:
Are you not taking Il great deal of
time ON those boots, my young man
Well, see, Judge. he answered, frankly,
dere's great deal to shine. "
When he had told this, Justice Harlan
went on to say that the masses of today
are the classes Of tomorrow. The well-to-
do people are those who are interested
in the boys of the streets The pnpuia
ton of the country is rapidly increasing.
In the future there will be elements of
danger, unless the good people begin right
now to curb them by the influences Of
education thrown about the young. The
highest duty of the citizens of this country
is to see that the boys of the country
are properly trained and properly sur
rounded with Christian influences.
Prof. Gallaudet, president of the Ma
tional College of Deaf Mutes. spoke briefly.
reviewing the history of the growth of the
home and congratulating all who have had
any connection with it, The first home
was a suiail building on Twelfth street.
The home is POW one of the finest similar
institutions III the country.
DR.. Mackay- y-Smith closed the meeting by
calling attention to the things that are
yet needed to complete the furnishing of
the new building He pointed out that
the society had been left without funds
after it had completed the building itself
Reds and chairs were needed for the little
bedrooms.
The lecture hall will need chairs, black
boards and piano, he said. The gym
nasium is yet to be fitted and furnishings
are needed for the library room. He urged
the members OF the audience to assist in
these things in every manner possible.
The visitors made tours Of inspection
through the new building before and after
the exercises They We're shown about by
AhSsB. Mordaunt Wilson, t lie superintendent,
and Miss Charities, her assistant. The
ground floor is reserved for the library and
tue gym The latter is n well-lightcd,
seam heated room, 40xSO feet in dimcn-
Sions.
The lecture hall occupies the whole OF
the second floor. The third floor Is &C.
cupied by the dormitory, where there are
fourteen small chambers that will be rented
to the pewsboys by the night There are
bath rooms on each floor and the whole
building is heated by steam and lighted
by electricity. The cleanest pin is dirty
compared with the wholesomepess of the
Ia loo