The San Francisco call., 1896-05-02
A HOME FOR NEWSBOYS,
Little Fellows May Now Live in
Cleanliness and Com
fort. -. :.:::. :::
1t Was Begun as a Club, but Has Now
Developed Into Permanent
Institution.

The seed sown by Mr.. and Mrs. A. G..
Stevens some three months ago when they
founded home at lib Powell street, where
newsboys might get their meals and have
a clean, comfortable place. to sleep, has
rapidly developed into a well-organized
undertaking to make permanent home
not only for newsboys, but all other boys
whose parents cannot or will not provide
for them. g.
An organization meeting was recently
held to definitely outline plans for the good
work. A board OF trustees was formed,
consisting of the following gentlemen:
Isaac Upham, J. Dalzell Brown, j.
J. Truman, W.. Nj. Bunker and
A. C. Stevens, Among others pres
ent at this meeting who will actively inter-
est themselves in the work were: Z. A.
Girvin, J.. w Ball, H. E. Shook, T. B.
Peterson, J. a. Wiles, Mrs. Martin Jones'
Mrs. Judge Campbell, Miss Goodall, Judge
Trout, H. E. Wilkinson and D. NJ. Car
man.
The trustees have arranged to give a
grand concert for the benefit of the home
at the Y. NJ. C. A. Auditorium Tuesday
evening. ::
The vocal music, which is promised to
be of a particularly high order, will be
furnished by the San Francisco Mixed
Quartet, consisting OF Millie Flynn, Lena
Carol Nicholson, Willis e. Bacheller,
Thomas, Rickard and Constance Jordan,
accompanist.
II. Hoffmeir, pianist; Louis Finger, hui
morist Pearl Noble. cornet; Maud Noble,
from bone; and Lillian Featherstow, ac-
companist. - go.
''We have ten-roomed house on Powell
street," said Mr.. Stevens, 'where we ac-
commodate already twelve boys with beds
and between fifty and one hundred with
meals. We intend to make this not an
other charitable institution to be supported
by the City. We will make it seif-support-
ing. We conduct public restaurant, now
ON the lower floor, in connection with the
eating-room for the boys, the proceeds of
which go to defray the expenses of the
work. The boys pay cents for a meal
and 10 cents for bath and bed. In this
way they are made to feel independent.
when we began the undertaking we
expected only to form club and place
where the boys might come after their
work and find amusement to keep them
off the street. Now we contemplate
making permanent home somewhat
similar to the Waits Mission in Chicago.
There the boys contribute to the support
of the home and have also a savings bank
where their. earnings are kept and re-
turned to them when the boys are Is years
of age. $.
'We propose to introduce an industrial
school and thus extend the work into lines
that will be productive of the highest prac-
tlcal good.
"The following ladies have undertaken
to contribute toward furnishing sleeping
accommodations for the boys: Miss Susie
Logan, Miss Caller, Miss Dorm, Miss Gin
rico, Miss ellison, Mrs. Umbsen, Mrs. Mar
tin Jones, Mrs. ]. S. Young, Miss d. Bare
and Mrs. HOefier. -
'We give weekly literary-m usical and
literary entertainments at the home and
shall give one grand annual entertain-
ment. - ...,:.'..'..
"The feature of making the home de-
pendent on the support of the boys them
selves has in itself a good influence. 1t
makes them manly and increases their re-
gard for the place. Already they seem to
consider it as their particular property.
and several OF them have started bank. ac-
counts. The boys come of their own free
will, and when they come they stay.
1--WE will also take in the boys from the
street as the Girls Training School does
with girls, and provide q temporary shell
ter for them until they can be sent to the
home at Santa Clara. From there thev
are put in good, comfortable homes. This
NJ axes complete system that cares. for
the children until they are old enough TO
care for themselves. :,
Saturday. evening we will give n free
entertainment at the First Baptist Church.
The programme will consist of music and
funny chalk-talk by V. l.. Rosecrans of
Chicago"