Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-29
RESULTS OF THE FAIR
REPORT ON RECENT JUNIOR RE-
PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT.
Net Receipts Amount to $2,616.17-
Donors Thanked-General Affairs
Of the Institution.

Mrs Charlotte Everett Hopkins. chair
man of the executive committee, National
Junior Republic, has submitted a state
ment the results of the Country Fair,
recently held for the benefit of the republic,
and on various other matters of interest
relating to the affairs of the instftNtion. In
her report Mrs. Hopkins, on behalf of the
trustees of the republic takes occasion to
thank a number of local business firms and
many private individuals for their liberal
contributions to the cause. The Marine
and Second Cavalry bands and the sailors
OF the U. s S. Dolphin rendered spe-
cial thanks for their services given gra-
tuitously to the management of the fair.
The report sets forth that nearly all the
expenses of the Country Fair were paid
by the committee in charge. and that the
not receipts from the event amount to
81. 61617. Grateful acknowledgment is made
of the generous manner in which the public
patronized the function.
Affairs of the Republic.
Speaking in general way of the affairs
of the republic, Mrs. Hopkins, in her re-
port, says:
'The work done by the republic is more
expensive than institutional work, because
OF its particular character.
For an average of fifty-ive boys and
seven employees the average expenses are
$1,000 a year. and the average receipts
amount to about that sum. The funds for
the support of the republic received
from the following sources: Payments
from Board of Children's Guardians and
parents, subscriptions and donations from
persons interested in Baltimore and Wash
iEgton; $1,000 from the state of Maryland.
and $500 each from the Women's Leagues
of Baltimore and Washington. In each
city there is junior and a senior league.
The juniors in Baltimore have devoted
than n n grounds fur
nishing rooms and In giving aid in many
ways. and the junior league in Washing
ton have given their attention to paying
81 eco worth of debts. AS to these debts
they have been the result of inexpeffence,
lack of ready money, and the changing of
employees. Since December ], 1902, under
the able management of F. Sharp, the
financial agent, no new debts have been
contracted. and instead of the $1,000 In
debtedness January l, the debt now
amounts to 81 3S4, a reduction made POSI-
BILE by generous responses to direct efIorts,
by receipts from the various entertainments
and by the fact that a large proportion of
the creditors have accepted two-thirds cash
payment in settlement of their accounts.
No stone shall be left unturned to clear
the remaining debts at once. and then the
work can be advanced and extended.
Objects of the Institution.
1.-The republic is situated at Annapolis
Junction on a farm of 144 acres, the GIT
of Major Charles Newbold.
THE work was started about four years
ago, modelled on the George Junior Repub-
lie at Freeville, N. Y, as a place for boys
and girls, who, for various reasons, could
not be properly brought up in their own
homes In this class were included So
called 'incorrigible children; good children
in bad homes and bad children In good
homes but where from different reasons
parents occupation prevented their caring
for them; children coming under the care
of the board of guardians, and also cases
in the juvenile courts, where the boys or
girls would be sent to Jail or to the reform
school if not otherwise cared for.
AT the republic even the worst boy soon
learns that it pays to behave, If nothing
else; for, ii idle, he finds that when bed
time and mealtime comes he can neither
eat nor sleep till he pays, and will be ar
rested as vagrant and put in jail There
he works for the republic and gets no pay
and is placed on bread and water diet.
The boys make and administer, under
proper supervision, their own laws, infict
their own punishments, and it is surprising
to how soon they learn lessons of hon
esty and thrift and appreciate the efforts
made to help them responding so quickly
to the sympathy those around them are so
ready to give.
ITO those in charge praise is due for
their patience, for il is a great nervous
strain to have the entire charge of from
fifty to fifty-eight boys, so-called incorrigi
bles,' each one to be helped separately to
his needs. and uplifted morally The boys
faces and expressions change after a few
months, and the authorities of the institu-
ton try to place each boy in the work or
profession he prefers, and to keep track of
him after he goes out of the shelter of the
institution. 1t can easily be seen that such
work is more expensive than institutional
work.
Concerning the Religious Training.
"A word with regard to the charge made
he hot &c
ligtous training offered in the institution.
If by religious is meant sectarian teaching,
ernpha ticaliy No" But religious services
are held every Sunday afternoon by the
superintendent, who gladly welcomes any
clergyman of any denomination who will
come. y prayer meeting is held one even
ing In each week, and, though attendance
is not compulsory. the boys almost without
exception attend and take great interest in
the services. In enga ging employees a dis
tnctly religious spirit is essential. as eX-
ample is vital to the success of the work.
To the best ability of those in charge of
the republic the religious training given is
what is embodied in the Ten Command
ments and the sermon on the mount
wherein Jesus Christ said: Thou shalt love
the Lord thy God with all thy heart and
with all thy soul and with all thy mind
and thy neighbor as myself
Mrs. Hopkins, In closing, says that great
interest is manifested in the work. and
that the republic has ceased to be an ex-
lifting the worst cases and training them
to be good citizens. There are also repub-
lies in Michigan. California, at Red!ngton
Pa, and Freeville, n. Y, and one is being
started in Connecticut.