The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-03

nosess nsn 81 work every day-who would
havs hen deal. or. hy tbefr avn eonfes-
sion. IN . penttsns.ssy Icng befors this bat
for the wsyssde Mission.
1T wssn't long before the poor men on
the water front and south Of the way
where the anforfunafes seem 20 consreeste.
fsund out Inst - did not compel them 20
make hypocrIfss Of themselves In order 70
ret 3 meof ~ bed or m~ftrai attention
vhen 10. ard IL vs. nes long until we hsd
from I0D to il men s,espins here every
night and from Afsy 10 sixiy men 81 meals.
nest Of whom willingly paid Their nickel
OF course. the accommodations are rosah.
but they sss eieaa end dry snd comfort
sbte. even luxurious when compared with
the hoor ~ . hoe car or . lumber pile IN
Q driving rain. And the men appreciates
our efforts. We try 10 make men better
bat Ne % not attempt 10 force them TO Be
Christians.
"our nssis bothered 10 for awhile. but
experience taught ~ snd now we give
man soup, bread. coffee. meat ana vesssa-
b.ss for cents. not grils-reom style. but
good, clean, healthy food. food they can
do . days work on. Drunksrds. X net
noisy % obafreperous. We take IN, but do
no, allow them 10 disturb the other &sep-
ere.
eS0r course, ve have men come here
whom We are forced 10 turn away.
They sre men who wouIdn't work II they
could, men who have lost all ambition.
Who have kisisd conscience and sense ef
honor and VINO are utterly beyond human
hep 20 far 40 redemption is concerned.
These men are no; turned away tins nrss.
second or tenth time they come, bat when
they keep coming back for weeks and
month";. when they rsflnes 10 work, then
~ refuse them shelter svsn H they would
pay. We do not want . poor man's money.
that h not the dee Of making . charge.
- little for his bsd az meal We keep the
sting Of having become pauper from him.
We do not make cent here; on the con-
sysry. We work tor eur bsd and food and
clothes. such 40 ! Am weaving. and every
surplus penny goes fos medicine or foo4 ~
uttle comforts sos the unfortunate"
80
err dc SOTO ssId to me one rasnS
night: 10 200 wonder that . man.
SICK and hunsry And without . plaza 70
lay MS head ON such . night - this 10
tempted 10 commit crims7 Do not. \
man crouchsns under the caves q .
afford from the rain. with his lungs rack
- with palm. his blood on Irs With fever.
his stomach crying for food, watches the
Weil-te.do man come down the wharf. sees
che glitter Of his watch chain. the tsmpta~
ton 10 reach out and take by force that
which will pr0vtds him with food. bed
and medicine h = terrible one. Maybe Ire
man never dtd . dian0Sess act m his iise
but now he feels driven 10 H. lie robs he
man and gets away. ~ n seldom he turns
back. lie feels hsspssIf an outcast and a
thief and having commtsted one crime does
not hesitate ~ commit another, each crime
srow.ns IN magnitude until the peniten-
tisry ~ the gaitOws must snd he career.
II II such men ~ must aave and through
Gods help ~ are trying 20 DO u with
the Waysias mission.
wa 40 not sst for contributions ana
nsver have These who believe In our
work and want 10 help 10 come " ~ with
Their offerings. Our main supporf h fr.m
the men We try 10 help. try 20 make b~f-
Ter, Try "a make well physie ally and spirit
SsIly. and God has abundantIy blessed
us" 3e.s-t.
nH, DE eOTO, the Good samaritan u
the WnysId~ mission II q fneai de-
seshdsnt 81 the great Ferdinand DE sofo.
tia spanish explorer who landed In FLOR
IDA n isss, discovered fhe Misslssipps nv
~ IN tsfs after fravrrsinR the great Middle
West, and died on the bosom ~ that tursld
stream the same year. Dr. DO Soto fasks