Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-03

yours" and he went out into the night
Whcre7 Heaven only knows.
only a few nights ago a speaker at one
Of the meetings was a man holding a re-
sponsible post in one Of the largest cor
poratlons in this country at a good salary.
Nineteen years ago he was drinking and
gambling in saloons along the Bowery.
Another interested attendant at Che meet
ing had gone to the branch years before a
poverty stricken German. He was straight
ened out. gave up a dissipated career and
has since served as United States minister
to a foreign country.
about one-fourth Of the men who are
strapped and stranded and show UP here
are college men" said Secretary Hoot.
This is kind of clearing house for fam
flies around about the country. We send
hayward boys back to their homes, 10 their
colleges or TO their business.
Frequently a father won't forgive, but
after we convince him that his boy has
reformed we always succeed in bringing
about a reconciliation.
when Cleveland II. Dodge. soon after
his graduation from Princeton. was chair
man of the committee Of management here
he could be seen many evenings in the
week at the service with his hand on the
shoulder Of some college man who was
down on his luck.
Come from All over world.
1--WE get them from all over the world.
Only lately one OF our inmates was a coll
lege graduate from Copenhagen Denmark,
and at the same time we had others who
held degrees from Princeton and the Uni
versity of Chicago. Men with diplomas
from theological seminaries, graduates from
Yale, Pennsylvania, Rochester and SYRIA
cuse universities, all blow in here. and
a In I'd mai without
shirt to his back asked for aid.
1--WE have had men who the second time
they came to New York stopped at the
Waldorf. which shows that they not only
reformed permanently, but proved them
selves men of great strength OF character
| and business ability.
"Our statistics show that 81 per cent of
| our men last year we're not drinking men.
Drink is not the only thing that brings a
man to want. Gambling, discomfort, lack
of concentration, will all do It, Sometimes
| IT is force of circumstances.
1--WE once had graduate from famous
] medical college who studied abroad, but
got down on his luck through adverse con-
ditions. Until we could find him suitable
job he was willing to do anything, and
tramped the city in search of employment
as waiter, but in vain. Curiously enough,
| his superior breeding worked against him.
why They Are Down.
| eliminating the question of dissipation,
think the chief reason why so many col
lege men reach these straits is that the
| colleges are turning out more educated
men than there is a demand for. OF
course men of aptitude and special train
ing are always wanted. but those who
have no particular line cannot catch hold.
MANY Of them are not capable of under
taking ordinary business affairs, and there
is nothing else for them to do. Those find
ing themselves without resources come here
and get a Job for, say, Sc a week. as they
have done. We give them good board fol
$3.50 a week, and they have chance to
get out and get position in keeping witt
their attachments and original position In
life
, when 1t comes to dissipation, the mar
who has not passed through a university
, or a college has better chance to pull to
gether; In my opinion. The educated mar
, knows too many ways of getting into mis-
chief, and once on the downward grade
he falls further than the comman man
and is therefore harder to raise. So tina
; the money spent in equpping him for tn
3 best position in life also equps him TO
the lowest in the way of evil"