New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-28

houses on Fifth-ave;; and to become leaders Of
it is Of the nature Of work with which come in
contact We have found plans like these useful h,,
started reading rooms and rooms for recreation
some years ago which were controlled oy the ran
or benefit of the employees Of the road; they invar-
ably decayed and became useless But when h,I the
porting by the contributions of the men them
selves each giving what he could afford, they came
pendent men. feeling that they were Interested IN
work for which they were dependent on NOBODY
ENVIRONMENT is EVERYTHING.
They paid for what they got. and got their
moneys worth. Every institution Of that KIND mas
been success. and has grown in strength and
usefulness. have coming to ME daily young men
from the country wanting employment who have
jus; the little means with them which they brought
from home to carry them along until they ma
employment. The object they come for is 10 make
R Ry Start IT oa and 6 o R h the own @ Villages
For such young men the environment In which
hing They nave as 81 have said, but little. When
IS gone they cannot 60 back to the place from
start or fan back into that class from which pau,
lodging house or boarding house, and as their
means diminish they go down and down. until hnal-
In that way II Is impossible to calculate how
many lives are destroyed and how many promisslng
men come from small farmhouses or hamle;s: they
swarm from the neighborhoods that can no longer
support them. or because they have ambitions
above the opportunities which those neghborhoods
give them. They como here with very little
their mothers had given them; they come independ:
ert and Self-respecting and their progress upward
pocket Bible can be kept where mother put II.
There Is nothing mawkish or sentimental about
a SNORT time before the little pocket Bible disap-
pears. ana in that short time they have lost the
connection between the mother and the homo.
DEPENDENT on NOBODY.
Now the beauty about this splendid home which
NJ. Mills has built H. that the young man who
here only gets the best that can be found
but knows that he Is dependent upon nobody FOR IT,
The real salvation about this work is that the
recipient feels that he Is not receiving charity Just
at the moment that man who feels he can do
something yet accepts charity. he is gone and be-
comes a tramp. There two things, you know
to which tramp can never be reconciled; one is
work and the other Is water daughter. The Pea
body charity in London is not charity 1t pays
) per cent. and as the money comes back IL Is re-
these homes sef-respectng and independent people
and gives them clean. healthy OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
can imagine a young fellow coming here and
getting for 20 cents room all alone TO himself
room. the reading-room and the library. He Is
given all the comforts to whGh he the hSs pTHasaOy
shire farmers wife who had devoted herself and
her lie to the education OF her boys and giIi s:
have fresh air The boys took her TO the seashore.
and she looked with quiet satisfaction at the
VEL. boys. thank Heaven before die there seems
to be something OF which there is quite enough.
ONE WAY OF GETTING CREDIT.
remember the time when the only hotel in this
city that was OF the prominence which the
Waldorf and other big hotels enjoy to-day was
the Astor House. II betokened wealth to live at
the Astor House, and man who stayed there could
always get his checks cashed Ii used TO be. l
remember a favorite thing for man to get
ten-cent meal and then go and stand on the steps
of the Aston House and pick his teeth People saw
him standing there and thought tnat man VINO
could afford to dine at he Astor House must d have
trouble in eating ds sdt agencies of civilization are
the scrub brush ard the bathtub There was never
vet vet any crime wre there was scrub brush
We have here her only b the SaHs the OF
roundings which make 1t absolutely necessary 10
for for night unless he used both. That is the
strength OF the situation Mr.. Mills has grasped
charity is one Of the evils that can exist It
became time ago the custom OF tourists IN
train and throw money out among the young ne
groes At first It was an amusement to see these
while men and women began leaving their work
and children their schools for the purpose OF pick
Mr SINS has done other good things ii his life
OF gaVins onI n' 70 bclp Themselves The result Of
i Sese schools also has been such that the whole
community is gratihed and pleased by having the
service. i'm the sckroom of those people who have
been trained for attendance on the invalid Surely
ms the years go thousands OF young men.
vho otherwise would have been unknown. rising
IN the respect OF the community. will trace II back
10 the support they were enabled 10 obtain by the
Christian surroundings ard cleanliness and the
good living in this Mills home. and tracing back
his opportunity will become graduates and alumni
OF tho Mills Home.
The large audience then went to the restau-
rant I'm tn, basement whore luncheon was
served This was prepared on the premises by
the hotel cooks. and served by the mattresses
who will wait on the Mills House guests af'er
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