Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-04

When he enters his pedigree is carefully
taken. and he is initiated into the mysteries
of righteousness by means of a particular
~ hot BATH which generally comes as a
novelty. While he remains at the home his
time is pretty well occupied. He rises at 6
in the morning. makes his toilet and Incl
dentaily. his bed. attends short chapel ex-
ercises. and goes to work Breakfast comes
at 40, luncheon st L. and tea tthe En-
gHsh afternoon cup of tea and "scone')
at 6. when work erds. He has his evenings
to read in the library, or to play games
and on Saturday afternoon, when there is
no work, the boys play foot ball in the big
back yard behind the home, where on
working days. the clothes hang out to dry
On certain evenings too, they are free to go
cut until IL.
No Forcing of Religion.
They don't force religion on them. The
Chapel once day lasts only five min
utes Swearing is. of course, tabooed, and
their games are not permitted to take a
gambling form. Once in a while the cap
tain takes an opportunity to point out to
a boy, when alone with him. the adyan-
tages accruing from life of virtue but
not in a ''preachy' way.
The boys don't have TO work for nothing
or even for their board and lodging alone.
on entering the home each boy begins to
draw weekly salary of $3.50 For his
four meals a day and his lodging they
charge him $50. he gets spending money
" llit eAitlll OF 20 cents, and the
banks the rest for him. With a part of
that he can get any garments he needs at
the army's "old clio " shop-which is kent
well fitted with decent clothing by the or
ganiZatons well wishers-for about one
tenth of what they would cost him at the
cheapest ordinary place. What he has left
he can draw out when he leaves the home
one OF the boys who has been in the home
losS than three months has nearly s. to his
credit The salary mentioned as paid for
week IS for honest, painstaking labor
Nhen hoy eXcels or works harder than
his companions, he gets more
To boy who has been bundled about
from pillar to post such a life comes fairly
easily, and if left to his own sweet will he
might linger on forever and a day But the
army mas rather good scheme for making
nm more Inclined to get out and hustle
FOR the first month he is In the home he
gets luii pay, the second 1t is reduced
ilttle, the third still more. so that, when
mis- time is up, he is quite ready to better
himself Also, the friends of the army are
so many, and its methods of treating the
uhlortunates whom 1t receives are so we'll
SHOWN, mat even those who We're once the
most raScaiiy of taem are eagerly snapped
up by employers, and now that so MANY
young men are ei her with .Bobs', ar en-
lsled IN the militia, the army could get
each one of its graduates into several
berths- When they do get them in thev
Keep track of them far as possible and
worked out in plain figures, the assisted
ones do well in rather more than - nor
cent of the cases
He Had to "SheIl Ont,
one boy who was recently in the home
had been Industrious burglar for five
years, maturing his felonious little n1ans,,
by day and carrying them out at night
one Sunday, soon after his arrival ltbe
Dogs all go to the church nearby. he saw
one of the procession adroitly nickjnp a
Woman's pocket. 'e
Here" he said, I'VE don't do that sort
OF tnlnS at our home; shell Outi'' The dus
co1nfited one shelled out the woman.s nnrse
anu the eN-buTglar returned 1t to her with
me me gesture OF a Bayard. He kept I'D his
~ Nv ehltht, ana now, instead of cooking
up eFii schemes, he spends his time in cook
ing up cakes for an honest baker In Tho
neghborhood e' Al 'he
They turn up odd cases sometimes. Not
long ago a young chap appeared AT tba
nome went TO work and made quite an i'm
preston on the officer in charge. soon
"itei tne stranger wrote a letter 10 his sic,
ori III liverpool telling her where he was.
ana Wlthln a few days got a letter from a
sergeant IN the Lancers SAYING that if ba
YOU'D report for active service In South
AFRICA MS reprehensible conduct in desert
LIZ me colors would be forgiven If he
aldnt he would be arrested He went and
Is lighting the Beers now -N
frequently young fellows turn I'D at the
nome nom without waiting 10 be invited Such a
VISITOR arrived one Saturday night arraved
in the height of fashiou-straw hat Iigbt
SUIT, neat tie and collar, tan shoes. Row
"aSherwomen must dress somewhat differ
my anu lle IodSer was requested to pro-
uuce Il working suit. He said he could tel
esfaph 10 his parents in Staffordshire and
calmly wrote a telegram containing thirty
hihe words and beginning affectionateIy,
p.at extensively, Dear mother" The wire
""s censored with an eye to economy and
sent; At midnight on the next night a band
OF "ihciitt looking persons descended on the
mouse ana asked that the luxurious one be
ueilFefed up to them. He was one of the
DtSt- known youthful ok p T