The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-17
YOUT HFUL PRISONERS
TO HAVE own REFUGE.
HUMANE SOCIETY TO OPEN DE-
TENTIoN HOME.
Believing Influences of Jails Harmful
for Young Offenders, Exclusive Place
Will Be Provided-Waifs and Or
phans Will Also Find Refuge in
Home-To Be Opened Soon. ;

Within a few days the Humane So
ciety will open a temporary detention
and refuge home for children. A COM
mittee Of two is now seeking for a
house of seven or more rooms properly
arranged and located in ssome retired
but accessible part of the city. Mrs.
Nellie Shean has been selected as the
matron in charge and Miss Marie
famine, head visiting nurse of the AS
sociated Charities, has been asked to
actc as supervising nurse. ...-. -.
There are several reasons why such
a home should be established. Many
children who render themselves amen
court have to be detained day or so
before trial, either to protect them
from cruel parents or to prevent their
being spirited out of the city. Police
Matron Sarah Schaeffer and the HUI
name society officers agree that the
Jail is no place for even the temporary
detention of youthful defaulters and
this home will solve the problem.
In addition to caring for these de-
tention cases the home will furnish a
safe resting place for juvenile waits
and strays who come within the care
of the society. At present these are
boarded in the homes of women who
make it a business to care for them
and while these employees are good
women they very frequently lack proper
facilities for caring for children COM
mitted to their charge.
AS far as the detention Of juvenile
criminals is concerned, the day will
soon come when the county will pro-
vide place and the proposed detention
home is intended only to tide over the
period of waiting. AS to the other
class, the unfortunate children, the
home will undoubtedly be permanent.
The home will also be used to give tenn
porary shelter to homeless girls who ap.
ply to the society for aid.
In announcing the plans for this home
President Harlan P Roberts of the HUI
name society said: "The venture is a
very modest one, but we hope to enlarge
the home as the funds may permit. The
need Of such an institution has been
pressing for some time. The homes al
ready in existence are hedged about
= with more or less formality and besides
their capacity is nearly always taxed tc
the utmost
HSuch homes as the Sheltering Arms
and the Mission Cottage have always
been ready and willing to take children
thru our society whenever possible, but
as they are maintained principally by
church denominations it is not to b.
expected that their own people should
be neglected for others entirely outside
cup to the present time when we
cannot ct the babies admitted to regu
lar institutions we have put in private
homes, but the majority of these have
proved r. unsatisfactory. ~. Usually tn,
women take the babies to board to max,
q living for themselves and their home
- are not properly fitted for this purpos
nor have they necessary facilities. Non
of them have trained nurses in super
vision.
''This work Of caring for unfortunat
children is one of the most importan
which comes to the society and we hop
thru this departure to make it more eff
fective.'