Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-29
The Establishment Of a Refuge tor
Them is Suggested.
PLAN mAf has BEEN PROPOSED
Good influences and Pleasant Sur
roundings for Inmates.
PROTECTORS
IDEAS

with the aid of the benevolently in
clined citizens of Washington, to es-
tnblish home or refuge where young
men may be provided with comfort
able homes, whether employed or not. TIC
those who are out of employment 1t is
proposed to give shelter, food and COM
Portable refuge and entertainment free of
charge 70: certain number of days. This,
Mr.. Barnacio says, is desired to alleviate
the mOnOtony Of despair and also to ward
off temptation to enter into wrong.
For the Sc who receive very small salaries
and have neither friends nor relatives the
refuge is designed to furnish a cheap
boarding house, with all good moral and
comfortable surroundings to encourage the
young men.
When interviewed by a Star reporter this
morning Mr.. BarEaclo said there were in
the city many eleemoSynary and beneVo-
lent establishments and organizations de-
voted to the care of unfortunates, such as
infant asylums and homes for young and
old women. There was not. however, any
establishment devoted to the care and well
fare of destitute young men, or men Of lin
tied means, who are absented from rela-
tives and friends, the nature of the Y. NJ.
G. A. being to provide religious and spirit
Ial training for young men.
Young Men ON Poor Salaries.
What Is needed" said MIR. Barnaclo, 'is
a home where a young man can have good
irfiuences and pleasant surroundings free
Of charge. If out Of employment. or by pay
Ing portion Of his salary if employed, to
defray OF ly the necessary expenses.
MANY young men in this city who are
employed In stores or small shops receive
a very liI.jted salary. Being ahsented from
their frie nds and relatives, necessity de-
DIS that they must resort to the cheap
est kind of lodgings. And it is unnecessary
to say that these are little more than de-
cent. AS far as this goes (even though 1t
is unpleasanD there is no disgrace, though
it must be admitted there is always ten
dency in such places to degrade rather
than elevate the mind. There are no home
like entertainments or inStrumentalities to
persuade young man to spend his even
ings in a pleasant way at home. and when
he has returned from his daily duties his
first impulse Is to seek pleasure outside OF
the boarding house.
The young man to whom the misfortune
of ncn-employ ment has come is compelled
to bunk in among tramps and hoboes,
even though he possess the pride of a gen
tleman and aspires to loftier things.
While / do not desire 1t to be under
stood that / make an attack upon our city,
yet you will agree with me that there are
many places, as we'll as instrumentalities,
which are conducive to evil influences. You
can hardly pass a saloon without being ait
tracted by the harmonious melodies peal
ing from the musical instruments therein.
Objects and Purposes.
THE object of the Young Mems Refuge
shall be to provide a temporary home for
young men coming to and being in the
District of Columbia, who shall, from any
cause, be In want of and willing to accept
temporary home, care and assistance.
The work proposed to be done by this
institution may be divided into three
classes: First, to feed. lodge and provide
comfortable surroundings to respectable
young men out of employment and without
means, for limited time, free of charge
second, to feed lodge and provide comfort
able surroundings to respectable young
men, employed at very moderate salary
for charge sufficient only to cover neces-
sary expenses. and third, to obtain, when
practicable, employment for worthy young
men who have become inmates of the in
stitution.
THE operations of this refuge and the
mana cement of its affairs can be carried
on without expense or salary other COM
pensation by utilizing the services of APP
plicants for their board and lodging"
In conclusion Mr. Barnacle added that
this proposition does not involve any pub
lie OUTLAWS from either the District Of Co
lnmbia or the United States, but, on the
other hand, Is designed to be totally SUP.
ported by the benevolent citizens of the
community He said the Commissioners OF
the District Individually have acuuiesceG
IN the proposition. and on Monday he
would have hearing before them for the
purpose of obtaining their Endorsement OF
the plan and their cooperation. After thai
and he would arrange for a meeting in the