New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-17
A TYPICAL FISHER BOAT OF BRITTANY.

one teachNs twenty-one clergymen and more
than thousand soldiers and sailors.
Between two and three hundred lads make
their home In the Chatham Square Lodging
House every night AS they file into the as
sembly hall. in the half hour before o'clock
each reports TO the superintendent If a lad
is working, be hands 15 20 or - cents to the
superintendent for three brass checks and a key.
The checks for breakfast and supper cost only
a nickel apiece. and the bed check varies from
5 to - cents The minimum amount fer
weeks board and lodging is 81 %.
Near the superintendent's desk, if to in
wife the attention of every that enters, is
a shallow, black lox, the top Of which is cut
with rows of slots, each labelled with a number
As the lads pass by nearly every one goes down
into his pocket and drops a few coins into
certain slot Whenever lad wants his saw
ings Mr.. Heig opens the bank, and sometimes
he takes out much as $50. In the last year
139 dcpostors saved $500 "A. Not infrequenty
the money is transferred to a savings bank, and
Mr.. Heig has one handbook in his possession
which has just reached the thousand dollar
mark.
Cleanliness is of the first rules Of the
lodging house. After registering, the lads go
to the washrooms which have Just been
equipped with elaborate new set of bowls
tubs and shower baths. At the supper tables the
waldorf Gang" dimes on a perfect equality
with the Five Cent Blokes-"
In every way the boys made to understand
that the lodging house is not an institution of
charity. They pay work for all they get.
If a lad comes in penniless he is put to work
cleaning windows or scrubong floors. But his
pride drives him TO get employment The
lads earning money call him bum" and he
Jumps at the first job which is offered to him.
He need not wait long. Every day some one
applies for a boy.
There are many gifts OF clothes to the lodg-
ing house, but the boys who want a new coat
pair OF trousers must pay for them. ever
though it is nominal price. The other day q
friend Of the Children's Aid Society sent In fifty
suits from Broadway clothier. They were Of
ferej for 81 suit There then a run on
the savings banks. and the suits were soon dis
tributed, and on the following Sunday, as Col
lars" the Chesterfield OF the Waldorf Gang"
expressed IT: "Dere wuz the SWEETEST bunch
OF guys ever ct lodgin' house grub" Several
Of the boys had been fascinated with summer
suits OF rather startling hues for the sombre
days OF early spring One youth, for instance
appeared in suit of light straw color. with
bizarre check and. costumed as If for the race
track in midsummer, he sauntered up the Bow
cry totally oblivious to such catcalls from his
associates as: Hello dere Reggie from PARISH
cant cher hear dose clothes?' Say is dat
suit made Of asbustus?"
on rainy days when the street crowds are
too busy struggling with the storm to buy pa
pers the newsboy finds the lodging house
veritable haven Here he may obtain dry and
sheltered corner. and in the evening when his
legs ache from tramping the pavements he can
play checkers or pool or listen to comrades as
they sing to the accompaniment Of the big
square piano. And IL Paddy the Pug" the
leader Of the lodging house chorus, lifts his
voice as he can when he wants TO. till IT sounds
as clear and sweet as that Of a vested chorister.
and sings that favorite Of all newsboy songs,