New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-06

streets OF this city and owes his present position
to being placed in a good home by this organi-
cation. These letters are taken from the OLD
annual reports Of the society.
The writers are representatives Of nearly every
profession. men In public Office and leaders in
the financial world. All tell the same story OF a
hopeless home life no home at all. Of a few
months spent under the influence OF the Chill
dren's Aid Society. and then Of the uplift OF a
good home into which they were placed By the
officers OF the society.
Many a boy got this first start at the Brace
Farm School established In 1894 By Mrs Jo-
seph NJ. White at Kensico Station, Westehester
County. Here the street boys. ragged and dirty.
sent by the society. cleaned. given an entire
new outfit of clothes. and put at the light.
healthful work OF the farm. In a little time the
restless. undisciplined boy absorbs the refining
atmosphere of his new environments. and ac-
quires his first ideas Of honesty and Industry.
After this preliminary training the boy Is usu-
ally placed in the home Of a farmer. where kind
treatment and healthfuI hons life Is assured.
and an honest citizen results from material that
too often goes to swell the criminal classes.
One Of the most striking testimonials In the
serapbOok IS that contained in series Of let
tiers from Alaska OF John G. Brady. serv-
ing his second term as chief executive OF the
Territory. The first letter written in ISL.
when Mr.. Brady in Yale. His first recol-
leetions. he said, were of being left in charge
OF an aunt. who abandoned him after little
time to the streets. where he lived va
grant. picking up scanty meals about the docks
and sleeping in dark stairways old boxes
and hOgsheads about the wharves. He tells OK
climbing to the roofs of houses in the night
and stealing the lead from the ehimneys and
selling 1t in the junk shops tc get money TO
buy ticket for the old Chatham Theatre.
EinaIIv he feH fr Will ofF1c Of fho Chill
drens Aid Society and was induced to 80 %
RandaDs Island. where he remained for tive
years In 1850 an agent Of the society sent
him to the home OF Indiana lawyer. VINE
owned large farm near the town where he
/ lived. He treated Of the family.
had work on the farm in the summer and was
he taught school for several terms and finally
decided to enter the ministry.
Taking the $500 he had saved from his wages
he prepared himself for college and entered
Yale. and at length. by his own efforts and the
/ IN 1878 went to Alaska. There he set into mer-
camille business ana soon became third owner
and manager Of the sitka Trading Company.
/ When. by an act Of Congress in 1851. Alaska
was organized into civil and judicial district
he was made one Of the four commissioners pro-
vided for by the act. and from then rapidly rose
in the administrative circles Of the Territory tin
he became it's head. All this Is told IN the let
the officers Of the society. TO which he gives the
credit for hts present position
Clement 8 Edwards was taken as a street boy
a new born village which has since become a
busy little city. Two years ago Mr.. Edwards
l wrote 70 the agent Of the Children's Aid So
ciety that sent him 70 Minnesota. telling him OF
his successful I'M college. his admission to
! the bar and election 10 the office or city At
/ torney. He organized a military company and
/ served through the with Spain. and at It's
/ close appointed TO the STAFF OF the Governor
| with the rank OF major
Another letter Is from Andrew III. Burke.
written in 1891. when he was Governor OF North
Dakota He tells Of visit to the East and his
| old school on Randalfs Island. where he was
I placed by the Children's Aid Society for little
\ time before he. too. was sent to tho West and
given home
/ James a Gray. elected to Congress from
/ Ohio i'm 1885 is another writer. Another ts Ed
/ ward A. Morgan. editor and proprietor OF The
i Daily Journal" OF Fairmount Ind These are
only a few OF the successful journalists law
/ yers. educators and politicians who have con-
tributed TO this ScrapbcolS- Nor are the leaders
/ OF AFFAIRS the only ones who have written letters
/ Of interest. Many less pretentiOus notes tell OF
/ quiet. respectable and comfortable careers.
| made possible by the start given in former
/ years BY the society TO whose merits they now
/ testify.