The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-19
THE BOYS CLUB AT LAST
 HAS A HOME OF ITS OWN
BY MRS. J. B. REID.

dren's Aid society The maintenance of
 reeds by the county and city, and the
 Gct of the recent legislature providing for a juvenile, court for Jefferson county, by
 the appointment by the governor of Judge l Samuel Murphy as juvenile judge, and
 the allowance for the salary of probation officer. With the combined resources and | the result of Tag Day" the board of con | trol, consisting of about 20 women, and
 the working chapters have been enabled
 to partially furnish and equip the prem | ises with enough comforts and attendants
 to make the extension of the work some | thing more than venture in the rescue of the children of Birmingham. The | inmates in charge of the home consist of
 the assistant superintendent, Mr. Willing ham, and Mrs Willingham, who acts as temporary mother to the boys, and adds
 the domestic features of the real home,
 attends the housekeeping, and presides at the meals, making as 1t were fam | fly circle, to substantiate the effort as | touching the heart and happiness for the
 real formation-the only true way to train and ito twine the twig."
 | MT. Ralph s. Barrow is superintendent | of the club and has in charge the details of the home, and with MT. Willingham' s assistance, looks after the boys in the streets, at their duties and in their homes. Miss Mary Rumph, as friendly visitor, reaches the mother, co-operates with the homes before the boy has been seriously infected with the germ of crime, and by appealing personally to the child, inter- ests him in the club, it's games and op- portunities, and makes the preventive work one of the strongest forces of the club. Judge Murphy has his court and office established in the home adjacent to | the ''club rooms,'' where he can person. ally be in touch with the entire work and know the boys, in fact be one of the
 boys" when the opportunity presents | itself.
 1 In addition to the work for our white
 boys the adjoining building is baing used | for the negro boys who need the care of l officers to check them in their minor of 1 lenses before they become hardened criminals an expense to the state and menace, as all criminals are, to the people. A negro probation officer Is di- rect1y in charge of this work, assisted by a woman worker who extends her ser- vices to all sections as she is needed.
 | This home, fostered by an interested l citizenship of city and county Qor not one l of us can be found who Is not interested in building better man and better
 woman the world over) and presided over | by Mrs. J.. w. Weatherly, the able pres I we'll to her own fireside and has always found time to lend her influence to | others. Is 1t a wonder that the .'newsies' stand on their own front door today and invite you to visit a home of their own? | It was a rare pleasure to see them at Camp Hoadley," where they were ''at home" to their friends during the sum- mer. and note their welcome with the air of host-but more genuine now, as you call at their year-round home. The | invitation is to everybody, for everybody | is interested in home for the making of happy children. for these children will | make the world some day. The doors
 are open all day long, every day. It will | be worth while to peep in upon the sim l ple comforts, the games, and the institu- | tion that has been born and raised in your midst, shelter for those who need
 Some years ago Some twenty thousand
 people gathered in the old Castle Garden. l New York, to hear Jennie Lind sing of Beethoven, Handel and others She final | ly' thought of her home. paused and her very soul seemed stirred. She. at once ] began with heart and soul to sing with great emotion. Home, Sweet Home" l Applause drowned the music, the audi | ence wept, Beethoven. Handel were tor got. Home, that sound, the very word l held 10000 souls, each heart echoed the 1 sound, and Howard Paynes beautiful l sentiment triumphed over masters Of art.