The San Francisco call., 1898-10-08
HOME FOR ORPHANS
 TURNED INTO LODGINGS
MRS. JOHN PETITE MAKES SOME
 WARM CHARGES.
Superintendent Hutchinson of the Boys Training Home Accused
 of Mismanagement.

When Superintendent Hutchinson of the Boys Training Home, on Howard street. near Sixteenth, gave vent to his feelings in a caustic article which appeared in Our Youth" he little dreamt of the wrath he was mourning by his alleged disclosures.
 The superintendent has not only wound ed the feelings of number of ladies who compose the board of management of a similar institution at 3262 Twenty-fifth street, known as the Boys Home, but has brought down on his own head some counter charges that place him in an awkward position. Mrs. John Pettee, one of the foremost members of the latter or ganZation and a lady whose deeds Of goodness and hard work in behalf Of the orphan have given her quite local repu- tation, is strong in her denunciation Of Hutchinson and his methods. She not not only charges the superintendent with being incompetent to fiji his present posi- tion, but declares him unworthy to act as head of a charitable institution. The lat ter charge Is aimed solely at his manner of running his present Home.
 Mrs. Pettee called attention to the arti- cle that appeared in the Youth, and em- phatically stated 1t was malicious and untrue This man." said she, lis angry with us because we opened a Home for the little ones and are doing so well. We once gave him an opportunity to show he signally failed, and now he is trying to bellttle us in his sheet and other papers by saying we are collecting money and donations for the officers of the society.
 head of a Home for Boys at 26 Laurel place, but instead of trying to make it an abiding place for the orphan, he turn ed 1t into dwelling house for his family and friends. A number of visited the place one day and found it in such a wretched condition that we wondered how they existed. Vermin was everywhere and filth so great that we had to be care full where we walked. Mir. Hutchinson explained its condition by saying that he was doing badly We sympathlzed with him, and thinking he was a deserving man we organized a board of managers and engaged rooms on Howard street and gave him the management of the Home. All we asked was that he keep a set of 1 books showing what he received and ex- | pended.
 Shortly after he took charge of the
 new home he occupied the rooms with | his two adopted boys. He also allowed | Mrs. Kelly, the matron, her husband. two | sons, her daughter-in-law and husband to | live in the house that was rented for or l phans.
 He requested the management to fur | nish him with kerosene, and 1 sent him out a five-gallon can. He used it up in | five days and called for more. When
 replied that Mrs. Kelly's husband was
 afflicted with rheumatism and they had | to burn the oil during the night to keep l his feet warm. We were so disgusted with his conduct and his refusal to keel the books assigned him that we dropped him from our rolls.
 We have opened a nice home at 326. TWenty-ffth street and are doing well We have twelve boys and number ot
 little girls. The reason why we notice
 worthy to call on the public for assist | ance."