The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-04-10
NEEDS A new HOME
1T HAS BEEN II YEARS HELPING
HEN VINO WANT NORM.
Has Bought a Lot and Needs More Money TO
Build n Permanent Headquarters IN
which II Can Multiply Its Activities
Many Old-Keeps Cheap Restaurant.

ltus bOuknN \ Lou anu Neeuh wore money 10
Build n Permanent Headquarters IN
which II Can Multiply Its Activities
Many Old-Keeps Cheap Restaurant.
There is an economic work that has been
carried on in New York for a considerable
number Of years which just now comes
before the public With an appeal for a Ger.
tain amount Of support that II feels justified
in asking for. II is concerned with the TN
employed but In a way different from those
practisel by the more familiar agencies.
This one is exclusively for the homeless
man who is both able and willing 10 work.
He IL compelled 10 work 70 derive benefit
from II, but az the same time he has the
opportunity aud is under the obligation TO
geek further opportunities for himself
while minimum Of labor Is exactei in pay
ment for his board and lodging during the
search.
In the seventeen year. Of its existence
the Industrial Christian Alliance has bar
bored - 90 men in lie house az 10 Bleecker
street, the average length OF a mans stay
Their" having been sixteen dave Ono cut
~ four has found employment while az
luF llN'iEFH dlll " - IlNF IFl'fl " IIN INA Va kF~
ment that those who have nor found places
Of employment while there have left there
better fitted 10 find them afrerward and
certainly improved in mind end body by
their period Of service aud care at the
homo During the recent periCi ~ stress,
which has increased the numbers Of the
mon out ~ work, 10 per cent. Of the men
who have come 70 this home have found
places. as against the average Of Is per
cent which has prevailed throughout thP
years Of the homes eXistenca.
The alliance eyacts Of tho homeless who
come 70 il four hours work daily and de.
man1s that for = reasonable part Of the
remainder or MS tIGIs rho man Whu Enjoys
its benefits shall look for permanent work
for himself. For his four hours work the
man has q place 10 sleep and gets three
meals q dav. The work il mending firni-
tur". The alliance canyasscs the CITY for
broNnn furniture TO mend and nnds in this
plenty ~ opportunity for its industry, A.
the same time that II avoids in this way
conflict with the labor unions. The man
agencnt finds that there ~ always some
part 4 this work that any man can do. II
he cant 40 more he can cut ont an old cane
seat or take a piece of s%andpaper and rub
down n chair leg.
OF the men who have sought this home
for aid the largest number have been men
from commercial or Office work. Next after
have come skilled laborers ont OF a
job and penniless, or nearly so, while only
IL per cent. of the total number have been
ordinary labOrers. Last year eighty col
lego graduates were among the number
who cane there. In the seventeen years
this work the rent Of the house and the
administrative expenses have been raid
bv subscriptions from those interested. .
in that tlmo there has been a surplus
income accumulated Of $4,000, showing
the business principles on which the home
is conducted. The aim is TO make il self
orting and still to offer advantages
10 the homeless and unemployed II they are
Dble and willing 10 labor. The aged and
lniiim who apply there are referred 70
charitable societies, which in turn refer 10
This alliance those who come to them but
belong TO the class Of the able and willing.
The alliance has just acquired a lot a.
Bond and Lafayette streets, and as the first
payment on il has raid 10 the SO, 900 accu-
IN the seventeen years. II will be
compelled 20 pay $40, 900 more in a few weeks
and $4,000 next September, hut il airs 10
10 al lie in the new home TO take care Of 100
men at a time and still do the work on the
supporting basis Of the former years.
The alliance also conducts IN connection
With it's home a five cent restaurant for
he benefit Of the maj who still has a nickel.
For five cents he gets a meal consisting Of
stew containing four ounces Of meat.
vegetables, a third Of a loaf Of bread, a
Of real coffee, or perhaps, instead Of
he stew, pork and beans or fshballH. And
Il this the restaurant makes a little money
he profits accumulated on the restaurant
last year alone being $50. On three
4 its meals, the management says. o man
do a good days work. and the quality
# the food il declared 10 ho az good as
toes into the general fsmily's home. al
Of course, the chOiC8 cuts and fresh
do not pretend TO I've a mart Of Il.
The old home accommodates cighiy-hvc
nen at a time and if it had accumnoda.
ions for four times that number il would ,
inl be TOO small Tor the care OF all those
'ho apply there. ,
The nan cement wants 10 be IN A position ,
o be able TO care for 5000 or ZOO men in a
ear and believes that in the larger home
he enterprise can he made s~elf-support- ,
with the exception Of the annual ad- q
illustrative expenses 81 perhaps 5000
he new building with a proper equipment
estimated 10 cost $4,000. Ono church
an officer has already promised
700. z
The trustees Of the alliance are James I
!. Beemer, John Bancroft Devins, Louis :
!. Fulton, John s.. Huyler, II. II. Pike. r r
Sohell, Howard y. TAYLOR =
nd James z. Ware. The general secretary :
Harvey q Furbsy I