The Washington times., 1903-05-24
To the Editor of The Washington Times:

great interest shown in the Junior Re
! public as evinced by the generous pat
ronage of the Country Fair" the man.
/ agement wishes to make the following
| statement: The net receipts were 81
! 616-17, as almost all the expenses were
| paid by the committee in charge, who
| one and all We're most liberal and this
large sum was in part the result of the
endless liberality of the following firms
! to whom the fair committee and the
trustees of the republic wish TO express
their grateful Acknowledgements: Demo
net. New Willard, Tea Cup Inn. Corn
wall, n. w. Burchell. Magruder, Nine
Ash, Mrs. Nixon, Schneider. Jennings
| Bell Posting Company, Veerhoff. Huy-
ler's, Byron Adams, D. Williams. Oyster
Small, Rauscher, Schmidt, and many
Others whose names are too numerous
to mention, but who in their kindly way
| helped on the work
Work OF the Republic.
Special thanks are due to the Second
Cavalry and Marine Bands and their
leaders in so generously giving their
services, and to the sailors of the L. S.
5. Dolphin, who for several days worked
hard to make that charming result
which the public saw, and last, but by
no means least tc that long-suffering
general public who day after day re-
spends in such a cordial fashion to the
demands on its purse, and sympathizes
with neve.-failing generosity, and who
may be interested to hear a few words
about the republic situation at Annap-
oils Junction, on farm of IA acres,
the gift OF Major Charles Newbold.
The work was started about four
years ago. modelled on the George Ju-
nior Republic at FreeviIle, y. Y, as q
place for children, boys and girls, who
for various reasons could not be prop
erly brought up in their own homes. So
called "incorrigible' children, and good
ones in bad homes. and bad ones in
good homes, but where from different
reasons parents occupations prevented
their caring for them, and then children
coming under the care of the board OF
guardians, and also cases in the juvenile
courts-instead of sending them to jail
or reform school
AT the Republic even the worst boy
soon learns that it pays better TO be-
have. if nothing else; as, If idle Chey
Ct ali the work and are paid in alumni
rum cOinl he finds that when bed time
and meal time come he can neither eat
MOI sleep till he pays. and will be ar
rested as a vagrant and put in jail.
There he works for the Republic and
gets no pay, and only bread and water
The boys make and administer under
proper supervision their own laws-in-
f.ict their own punishments. and it is
su! prising to see how soon they learn
Il ssons of honesty and thrift and ap-
preciate the efforts made TO help them
responding so quickly to the sympathy
Those around them are so ready to give
To those in charge endless praise is
Que for their patience. for it is a great
nervous strain, this entire charge of
fifty, at times fifty-eight. boys. so-called
lncorrigibles." each one to be helped
to his needs and upIifted
Expensive Work.
The boys very faces and expressions
change after a few months. and we try
to place each boy in the work or pro
fession he prefers. and to keep track Of
them after they go out from our shell
tering care. 1t can easily be seen that
such work is more expensive than in
stitutional work; for an average of
ffty-five boys and seven employees, the
average expenses are $4,000 year. and
our receipts average about that from
various resources; namely. payments
from Board of ChiId-en's Guardians and
parents. subscriptions and donations
from persons interested in Baltimore
and Washington: 81 900 from the State
of Maryland. and $500 each from the Wo-
mems Leagues of Baltimore and Wash
ingtOn.
Too much credit cannot be given to
the leagues for their aid; in each city q
senior and junior one, the juniors having
in Baltimore devoted themselves to work
in the grounds, and furnishing rooms
etc. and living aid in thousand ways
and the junior league in Washington to
paying 81 600 worth of debts. Now, a
word as to these debts. They have been
the result of inexperience lack of ready
money, and the changing of employees.
Reduction of Debt.
Since December !. 1902, under The able
management OF L. Sharp, our financial
agent, no new debts have been con-
tracted, and instead of $1,000 debts on
January !, they are 1854. reduction
made possible by everyone's generosity
in response to direct efforts, and
through the various entertainments, and
we were also helped by large pro-
portion Of creditors, who have accepted
two-thirds for cash, to whom we offer
our heartfelt thanks and appreciation.
No stone shall be left unturned TO clear
the remaining debts al once, and then
the work can be advanced aud extended.