The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-13
Undressing One On
." 40 "Penny Provi-
dent Fund
:, ,ur special correspondent
-, and aims Of the Penny
- provideni Fund-one opened
nj Denver,
,,,xxy pRovIDENT FUND.

~ were words that arrested my at
s ,..tou the other day. words uttered IN
~ ''.s a Oroud exultant tone. that it was
W. ~, 10 sepn the speaker considered a
Vanderbilt or au Astor, a mere NOBODY
' s.,.sl circles compared with him.
a a'aa "a see this bloated bond-holder
..mh,vo. and found little East'side
~ ~aIa exhibiting something too half
s,,,n admiring companions, "Myl amt
- was the envious comment OF
WV" @vh I'd YER get it jimmy"
S.rsd il answered Jimmy proudly.
"Vil YOU show me your bank account
rnmr y asked approaching the little
conn For an instant Jimmy looked as
aheonteuplated instant flight, proba-
4, earring highway robbery, but with a
...0Dd glance into my face which evil
l.,tlv reassured him, Q fatter myself
a,, + look honest), he handed up for
nv inspection card folded like book
a. which | read, penny Provident Fund
dtbe City Of New York" Inside were
n,tsd bright colored stamps, represent
n, IN value from one cent up to ten. l
noticed that ten cents was the high-water
marx Of Jimmy's deposits. "What are
You going to do with it Jimmy? when
/ Gets to two dollars, I'm goin' to buy
pair Of Shoes" 1.-THE poor child needed
thsu) and then I'm goin' to save up to
sst the baby a pair"
Leaving Jimmy little nearer the COW
sted two dollars than | found him, |
turned my steps toward the magnificent
building Of the Charity Organization So
dsty, corner OF ODD street aud 4th
Avenue. Here is the main Office OF the
"PnDy PrOvident Fund.-" and its very
pleasant secretary and cashier. Miss Mar
ion MESSENGER, received me most corteous-
b. Miss MESSENGER is quite enthusiastic
about the work, and her listener becomes
Et@ great anenthusas 1t when she hears
dhe wonderful things accomplished by
IR tQnd, especially among the poor.
IYes indeed" said Miss MESSENGER, 81
r@l be glad to give you any informa-
non eau; We like TO have our Fund
brought before the pubic-it stirs people
'p' Alter we have been written up, we
ASaw receive several postals in
aalHng how, and where, to make depos-
a. Then again, we are brought to the
nOts OIL people who do not know there
ssucn an institution az the "Provident
aaa IN existence, and it is astonishing
O'nany such there are right here in
New York City,"
lacn oeposltor receives one of these
ards, which, as you see, has spaces tor
ll''ysx stamps. We issue stamps of
denominations, from one cent to one
"'a' and when money is deposited, a
'up representing the amount is posted
Vas Of these spaces; then, when the
''us'ulI, Or when the amount reaches
y uO'ar or more, the depositor can
"'u'a"it all and put it in a bank
~slt will draw interest, az we pay
' 10 Tact, We always advise this
=" auo give what assistance we cam
O'many follow your advice?" mot
~ so udny' You see most OF our de-
,"' save their money for a particu-
O'et' and when they have the neces.
I. a :. Tor their purpose, they with.
~ '% We have three seasons when
"aR'eat rush to withdraw depos.
sos ~'DS' lot clothes, summer, for va.
.h. aud at Christmas time. Why
."epald out between six and seven
!" ''u collars in the last holiday sea
\, ~ Tue smallest amount one car
-, ~ account WITH" zone cent. >
,.,.s' 'u''llng reply. "Haye YOU beer
N :. " the hard times?" "Yes. in
\, 'ae report is not in for 'ee. but
M Avn ua'e gained only about a thou
ato av'a's net in the year. Then ou,
shon. Tue public schools have faller
M Nv o onethird, through no fault o
vino 49,, :. greatly disappointed, fol
,,s 1''ons at the schools was m,
m ''p worked SO hard to establish
|a e,ima '''eu every principal In New
hot ~ stairs until was reduced
thinl skeleton. l thought, ant
~ 't ~ the public schools the yer,
SS 70 ' establish stations.
el > nave lave, they not been successful
extra s ~, the teachers didn't wan
rst work. osa ;. and, therefore, took n,
Cheers s srs director Injector said to me. "ou
hp-,s...,, Interested in only tw,
? Tia, '''ons and an increase Of sal
Il on,ss seems hard thing to say
in Com. really appear to be justifl
bit nsS . cases. We tried also :,
~, but v. part OF the regular schoo
an n, su were unsuccessful"
ia Give ~ \. tho business training i
etheu :. 'u'ldren, would be as use
aud !, n ~ some Of the studies the,
tai..' , 'ss work ',e.' issvstsmati.sd j
~boy !, ..y little extra time. On