The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-06-22

q XF THERE is an institution In Butte
= of which citizens should be proud,
y - it Is the Paul Clark home. It was
q formally opened last November with a
y grand charity ball which all social Butte
q attended, and since then much good has
y been done within its walls.
y 1t was intended as a memorial Of a
q gentle, affectionate boy. who young as
. he was had manifested great interest in
- the welfare of the poor especially the
- little children. Had Paul Clark lived
y and the natural impulses Of his heart
y remained unchanged he would have been
= afflicted and Sick Much of his pocket
= money went to New York City for the
= Fresh Air and other funds.
- 1t is living memorial this great home
y and will continue to grow in usefulness
y 1t is not endowed, though sometimes the
y members of the Associated Charities
y hope to have it so. The lots and the
y building as it stands was given by
= Senator Clark to the Associated Chari-
= ties. 1t was furnished from top to bot
y tom by members Of his family. The home
y is situated ON the outskirts of the city,
y corner of Excelsior and West Mercury
= It is of brick with stone trimmings
- =. and is very substantial 1t is three sto-
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- another story. The plumbing, the light
=. Ing the heating, could not be improved
=. upon.
- In the basement is the laundry which
=. it is hoped in time can be made source
=. of revenue where the fine work which
:. the laundries cannot handle win be done.
:. AT present the laundry for the home is
:. dune there. Here there are a number
=. Of rooms which the Associated Charities
=. hope will be the home of industrial
:. training for both boys and girls. Better
3 rooms cannot be imagined. Here also
q are situated, in distant corner, the dis
y il fectng rooms for patients and clothes.
n Here too are baths so that patients
q can be disinfected and bathed before TAX
y ing them up stairs where there are other
y patients. 80
a The ground floor Is devoted to the
81 reception room. the Office, the long, light,
q airy room used by the sewing class and
q between this and the Office another room
n which Mrs. Kellogg has occupied with
81 her sowing class: On the other side is
q the library. dining room, china closet
n and kitchen. Opposite the kitchen is
n the sou2 room where all winter long the
q hungry people of Butte could get SOUP
n and bread. either eating it there or
n trking it home Ito their families. For
y tris Senator Clark gave the Associated
" haritics $50 per month all winter.
Y In January S66 persons We're fed at the
y kitchen and Is families were supplied with
" meals. In February 1925 persons were fed
y AM! 90 families served. In March 1889
= meals We're served As families supplied.
y II April meals served amounted to 1883
y and II families were supplied. In May
q 1890 meals We're served and 20 families
y supplied.
q Tho class of men who applied for
- meals We're not the hobo class, but nearly
= al. were men who We're out of work tenn
= porarily. Many said that If they had not
u the soup kitchen to go to they would
y have starved or had to beg. Soup tickets
y were distributed to all the business men
81 and when a man asked for aims or help
= he was given tickets to the kitchen.