The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-22
NIGHT SCHOOL.

For i've years there has been carried
on In "a quiet and Sunostentntious manner
o night school, which has Increased y IN
attendance and Importance to such AN
extent that It was necessary to seek en-
larged quarters and secure regular teach
crs-thc teaching heretofore had been vol
untary. There are l2s pupils, and the
present cost OF maintenance is 81 COO. OF
which the city gives $500 and the re-
1nainder Is raised by subscription. What
must be the thirst for knowledge and
the force OF character which compels Us
people-many OF them are 3 grown men
and twelve hours work, to
spend three hours in studyl When we
hear OF many cases In which, by the
aid Of this instruction, boys have risen
from mere day laborers to positions OF
trust and influence. It Is but minimum
OF the good this quiet and retiring PHI
lanthropy has done, and there is no
better place for 900 for an endow-
ment fund and make this a perpetual
charity. There have been other substan-
tial gifts made for the better equipment
OF the educational institutions Of the
city--one generous man giving the gym
nasium for r. NJ l., another a lot, am
other the desks. & and ono $500 at one
time to pay for improvements "a WI
Construction OF vessels under revenue
cutter services. s270, 900, increase OF $170,-{
900; construction OF national museum
building In Washington, D. c., $500, 600; n
public health and marine hospital SER
vice. $1.1s5, 600; quarantine services, SIX, n
90; prevention 86f epid enhcs. 1918 900; tlleS
bureau OF fisheries ss7og7o For enforce
tInent OF the Oh inese exclusion act, $500,
00O: construction OF the Office building for
the. House OF y Representatives. $4,000.
I United States Geolog ical Survey, 8, las. 320;
arrnories and a-rHenals, t5B, s17. Expenses
OF the Executive Mansion, 2 $11B, ZOO, 4 In
crease $50, 900. Objects Of q miscellaneous
nature under the War Department: At
Fort sreyen $4,000; Fort Monroe, Va
&27 (650; Fort Oglethorpe Ga; s20. 600; Fort
Crocket, Texas. s16s, 900; Fort Moultrie, s.
c., $4,000. National home for disabled
volunteer soldiers, q, a2. ~. Continuing
aid to State and Territorial homes for
the support of disabled volunteer soldlers,,
81. 10000. Continuing construction Of the
peritentiary at Atlatna, Ga. $4,000! De-
partment OF Agriculture building. $500.
O0O. B. @ q 3S33 35s q,
There !: is a good woman here whose
life has been. long philanthr One
4 OF the most far-reachlng has been q
sewing school, which she has taught for
ten years among the girls OF the POOR.
done by the w. G. =. u. visiting the
sick, the prisoners. the alnshouse. dis
tributing flowers to the mill hands and
bringing bit OF cheer to those who
sit in darkness. And the efforts OF the
won en- of THE Day Nursery. = to gather
the starving little children into Its
warmth, comfort and training, while tho
poor mothers are in the struggle for
bread. That Is q philanthro py which
must appeal to every woman who has
the mother heart. whether her love has
been concentrated upon her own ohtl-E
dren or has been reserved by heaven to-
be expended upon the negl ected and sor-{
5rowful little ones OF the world.
There are two other clnsses OF philan-E
thropists want to mention-the uncon-
5scious and the involuntary, First, tho
iun conscious, who have a broader vision
al to's what would make for the beauty
OF the town and point all sof their steps
IN that direction, and To- & and behold! {
they awake some morning to And them
selves, III not famous at least In the
fashion-n case In point being the re-
1noyal OF tho unsightly fence by our
friend, DR.. B. He was the pioneer. and
the following OF his example has done
more to beautify the city than any other
one thing. III 3- 5.8 II, #
Involuntary Philanthro pists
are those who, like the proprietor OF the
Library, has kept alive the only outward
and visible Sign OF any literary activity.
in Danville, has provided the only place
of rest to women. resident Or non-resi-s
dent; received those who SUIT from
DELAYED trains (and their name Is legion). Z
offered her room US q lunch room for 4
shoppers, has given Information to .stran-$
gers. and answered innumerable letters
OF inquiry addressed to 1.-THE Danville