Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-11

Salvation Army is located at No. 12t Penn
sylvania avenue northwest, only few
yards from the Peace monument. The
building 1t occupies is plain brick struc-
ture. four stories HIGH but is large enough
to accommodate good many employees,
besides giving shelter to transients.
The home has no connection whatever
with the Salvation Army barracks further
down the avenue. The industrial work and
religious work Of the Salvation Army are
entirely separate from each other The
home has no -annexes, either, as has been
reported
Regulations and Wages.
When a man applies at this place for en-
ployment, he is required to give his name,
his age, his place of birth, present home If
he has any, and the name of the man who
LAST employed him. He is also required to
state the length Of time he has been out of
employment, after which he is frankly in
formed that unless he is willing to work
according to the rules and regulations of
the department they cannot register him.
Every employe Is expected to report for
work promptly at o'clock in the morning.
At II o'clock he gets his dinner, and at 1
o'clock starts back to work. He works I'M
til 8 O'Clock, when supper is announced.
After supper he is at leisure to go where
he pleases, so that he return before 10
O'Clock. On Saturday evenings. however, he
Is allowed to stay out until II O'Clock.
An employe begins to draw his salary at
the end of the first week. The wages run
from 81 to 81 a week. Considering the kind
of work that they are required to do and
the accommodations that are furnished
them. the men usually feel that they are
well paid. And yet some of these very men
have received salaries ranging from $15 to
$50 week. Q
Shop and Wagon Work.
The workshops are In the rear of the
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IDENTIFY built for a barn, has been given over
to the men, and they have converted the
place into regular beehive of industry.
On the ground floor newspapers. maya
zines and books are baled and then sold
to the paper mills. There are three presses
in this room. two of them hand presses,
and the tlgrp one a sullivan machine The
latter Ids / for nesyspap ers, the others for
books and magazines. The stuff is baled
in burlap and then securely wired. bale
Will average" anywhere from 800 to LOO
pounds. - a = .3s<pa
There are usually ten or twelve men
working at this business. A man who I'M
derstands the business aud is rapid work
majority of men employed, however. do
not doiJthat well. They probably average
about 700 pounds day.
On the second floor are repair shop.
paint and vanishing shop and storage
ROOM Probably ten men find employment
on this floor. overhauling all sorts of cast
off furniture, picture frames. machinery
and the like.
Then there is one room where a cobbler
Is kept busy repairing shoes that have
been donated. In another room a clock
maker repairs old timepieces. and one Of
the large rooms In the main building has
been given over to tailor, who does all
sorts of mending and recutting.
Four horses and as many wagons are
kept on the streets constantly gathering up
the cast-on stuff that accumulates in the
T.. h. it, NIL
ployment to nine men-two on each wagon
and one at the stable. These wagons leave
the home every morning promptly at .
O'Clock. Three of them are handsomely
painted covered vehicles, and the fourth one
Is an open express wagon. The wagons
make two trips a day, and they cover the
whole District of Columbia.
The Show Rooms.
After the east-off chairs, tables, beds,
commodes, sideboaFds and the like have re-
ceived proper treatment I'm the furniture
hospital they are taken to front room
on the second floor of the main building
and Displayed Many of these articles af-
ter they have left the repairers' hands and
have received coat or two of paint and
varnish, look, as good as new Some of
the chairs, especially rockers. are upho1-
stored, and occasionally some ingenious
. fellow with a taste for carving adds to
the beauty of the articles ga
The mems and women'S clothing which
includes almost everything imaginable in
! this. line, is PLACED on sale in big store
room on: the ground floor Of the main
building. Here, too, can be seen under
nfture, clocks, pictures, mirrors and bric-a-
brac. The place Is a .veritable curiosity
. shop. sTse.z e. <E ..-.
Chambers That Are Cheerful.
The bed rooms are remarkably cheerful.
There are ten of these and they will ac-
commodate about fifty employees. They are
we'll heated and ventilated and comfortably
furnished. Nothing but single cots are
used, and these are enanneled. have natural
springs and wire woven mattresses Some
of the latter tbays, even the cotton tuft tops
On each cot there are two white sheets.
two blankets and a spread. The linen is
The furniture ,5p each room, in addition
to the cots. 3ncludes table. washstand
and several chairs. There is a toilet set
and each man ts,proyided with towel of
his own. There are rugs on the floors and
pictures on the walls, all of which give the
chambers a yery1home-like appearance.
The transieNts dsre not permitted to sleep
in rooms oceypisa by the regular employees.
Three meals ARR served every day in the
week The bHL tQN fare Is equal to that of
any 81 boarding. hpuse, and superior to that
of many Il Xbbf
Every mania allowed all he wants to eat.
believe that iHasR workers should be forced
to diet HeSsirnp3y does not permit luxu-
ries to usurpIthefplace of essentials on his
table. Ing ne = -
Soma Facts and Figures
Before this home had been running IF.
teen weeks it had assisted 100 men and
paid in cash to It's employees the, sum of
$s1Is5. 1t had. given. $3.50. meals. fur
nished 1,194 beds, and distributed on an
average $3.50 garments. Besides all this,
it had found employment outside for many.
and assisted others In various ways.
So far its running expenses have amount
ed to SIS month. # has no income ex-
cept that srecefved from the sale of fits
baled paper. repaired furniture and second
hand articles disposed of to its store Gus
toners. 1t gets no appropriations nor does
it receive liberal donations from churches
and societies. such as are given most en-
terprises Of this kind. OF course, 1t does
not refuse these. but it is not in the field
as beggar.