The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-02-25

quence, is 50 attractive personally anl
has such keen, true, loving insight
into human nature--particularly boy
nature-that whatever she says is
heard with the most intense interest.
She gave a delneation Of the fifteen
year-old boy yesterday that was start
ling as a character study. She said
that the boys are guarded and cared
for until the age of fifteen, and after
that are frequently neglected and un-
considered. They swarm upon the
streets and no one takes an interest in
them or in the way their feet are led.
She stated that q temperance evan
gelist. a Mr.. Hall. desires to come here
and arouse the young people, and urged
that a weeks campaign be undertaken
here. The business men and even the
saloonkeepers will help. At this point
a smile went over the room full of wo-
men, but Mrs. Palmer said earnestly:
"Oh, l have many of them who come
to me and ask If they cannot help my
boys / get fifty dollars every winter
from q liquor dealer who says he Is
glad to see the boys made something
else besides bartenders.'
\ PROVIDENTIAL OFFER.
Mrs. Palmer then spoke of her own
work and Of the loss of her hall and
the new hall now given to her boys.
1t took big room to hold 700 boys,
and when Mr.. Leon Levy came and
told her that he would provide hall
| and make unheard-of improvements
for their comfort, it took her breath
away. The manual training school Will
| be transferred to an adjoining build
ing, wherein the boys are taught to
mend their own and their relatives
! shoes, to cane-seat chairs and to do
| carpentry. Al Christmas time the
rooms was piled full Of sleds, cup
| boards and other gifts for their broth
| ers and sisters and parents. The man
ual training room solves the question
| of what will become of the boys. She
will issue a circular asking Wilkes
| Barre people to contribute dollar q
year to the support of the b. !. \. she
repeatedly urged the women of Scran-
| ton to take up this work among the
| poor neglected boys, and referred to
| Mrs. simpsons statement that 100
| newsboys and bootblackS are knocking
| in vain at the doors Of the Young
| Mems Christian association of Scran-
! ton. because no provision is made for
! them.
Mrs. Palmer was given vote or
thanks for her address and the con-
vention adjourned until evening.
ADDRESS BY MRS. HOLVEY.
| Mrs. +. NJ. Kays conducted the de-
votional exercises of the evening. Rev
! /. j. Lansing offered prayer. Mr. AL
| fred Wooler sang a solo, after which
Mrs. Annahel NJ. Holvey gave bril-
| liant address on the subject The
! Wedge of Gold" referring to Achan's
sin which wrought such woe to Israel.
| Application of the Biblical story was
made to our times ana the political
| crimes that sap the strength of the
| nation i'm permitting continued intem-
| perance. The church itself is appalled,
at the dearth of conversions. Chric-
| tian organizations have multiplied. 1t
| Is considered that every conversion
| costs 81 600, while we send a mission
| ary to foreign lands and give him $500
| to live on--if he gets it-but If he cam
not report 10 the missionary board con-
versions by the score or hundred ne ls
recalled Pulpits that have been dumb
about the degradation of manhood
have blazed with eloquence at the
| thought of debased currency, silent as
| graves upon the ruin of homes, the
] blight Of life and the loss of souls while