Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-06
Tfamps Get Free Service ard
Don't Have TO Saw Wood.
HORSE STALLS ARE THE ROOMS
Idea of a Phianthropic Kansas City
Saloon I<eepcr-No Money Needed,
No Wood Saving or oa!;um Picking,
and No Religious Services Exacted

Kansas City has one Of the cheapest
lodging houses in the world, says tn,
Washington Post. I.udgcrs there are
not compelled to pay tpr their beds by
sweeping ort, carrying coal, sawin:
wood, or pccling potatoes, as in tho
CASE OF many uf the free places. They
arc not even required to attend re.
liSicuS services: they MAY come and
go at any time Of night or day and no
complaint is made.
This home for the pGnnilcSS WAS
formerly Il livery stable and is located
at 221 Walnut street. w. l.. Scott, who
owns the place, has turned il over To
charity Not only that. but he has en-
plOycd n might clerk" To look after
things. This clerk remains in the
front part of the barn all night and
secs to it that there is no smoking AM.
that no lodscr is imposed upon by his
ncighbor. Tho only rules governing
The lodging house are:
Don't smoke. don't fight, and dou't
disturb any person who is sleeping
when you retire"
1t was early last fall that Mr.. Scott
first conceived the idea of giving a
home to the "hobucs" who come here
when summer work on the farms is
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and Walnut streets. Midway down the
block is the stable He had been
using it as feed stable, but has now
changed it into free lodging house
for those who have not enough money
TO pay for n bed elsewhere
"Rooms" are Horses Stalls.
If the ledger earns enough money
during the day to buy IL 'nightcap"
before retiring, he is qnite likely to
buy the drink at SCOTS saloon. but il
he spends his money elsewhere moth
ing Is said and Il "shakc-down" is
given him just the same as ever.
The barn is large one, probably
100x50 feet in dimensions The stalls
in which horses once stood are still
there, and these. are tho rooms"
There arc no south fronts, with bath.
but the stalls nearest the entrance are
considered the coolest on warm nights
The "bo" who believes in the carly-tO-
bed maxim always gets this. Those
who come late must take what is left,
even though they might have IL little
money with which to pay for cooler ac
Communications, for Mr.. Scott says he
is not running the place for profit, and
does not even attempt to make his cX
penScs from tho dodgers.
The men who stay there are those
who work in the harvest fields during
the summer and who, after the fall
blowing is done, seek the city They
this is soon gone. Then they arc
are broke" homeless and discour-
aged.
Saves Men from Crime.
That condition is enough to make
man steal said Mr. Scott In Il re-
porter. When n man has no place to
sleep and the snow or rain is coming
down in sheets he is apt to become
desperate. have not made penny
from the place, but if have given one
poor unfortunate Il bed, thus removing
his need to commit crime, | am sat
ished. Perhaps when tho men return
in the fall will get some OF my money
back by way Of my bar. and perhaps
won't but. in either case. will not
complain. have no particular use
Tor the stable, and il helps some one
who needs assistance. All it costs me is
the straw for the beds, and this is not
much"
SCOTS dodgers will soon nccarly all
leave him, as work is expected TO he
plentiful in the harvest fields. One
night during the last week. when n re-
porter visited the stable about 80 men
were comfortably sheltered Every
thing was quiet. the only sounds being
an occasional snorc or the rmstling Of
the straw disturbed by tho feet of the
night clerk as he walked about seeing
mat all was well and that none of the
men was mOking. Up to the present
no one has been known to violate this
rule, thus showing the appreciation
with which Mr. SCOTS kindness is
met. Although it is the cheapest lodg,
ing house in Kansas City, AMI llarbors
no one except "hoboes." it is us orderly
as many more pretcntiOus place.
me police approve of SCOTS plan, and
say they have no trouble with any of
his dodgers beyond an occasional case
of plain drunk"
An Explanation.
That man." said the proud friend.