Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-10
MAKING MEN AT The
WORKING BOYS HOME

can play basket bali, wrestle and box. this
| last under proper supervision.
There are only three restrictions placed
tupon the boys in the gymnasium inciud-
| ing the inside as well as outside boys
These are that no swearing or indecent
| language shall be used. and that there
be no fights, At 10 O'Clock o the the
lights go out An exception is made
Saturday night. however. which is the
alter night, and after securing a pass from
the superintendent boy can remain out
until after theater time.
At present there are practically two In
charge of the home. these being Rev.
zed H. Copp and Mrs Copp. In this way
fiuence of the home. as Mrs. Copp is
working enthusiastically to make that the
prevailing atmosphere of the institution. ;,
There is no more worthy work and aIs
Copp in speaking of the home and its
future. because 1t is an ever active
man factory. from which we are trying
to turn out the highest type OF citizen.
That is the light in which Mr.. Copp re-
CARDS this plant" as he terms 1t. In
working toward this end Mr.. Copp be-
lieves In teaching the boys practical &C.
equations. such as printing. typeWriting,
house and sign painting and carpenter
ing There have been classes in both
carpentering and pottery at the nome
which are discontinued now. 1t is Mr..
Cops hope, however. that the work may
not only be, resumed. but that 1t Will
eventually develop. He also wants to
build the home into what may be termed
a civic center meeting place of all the
young boys in that vicinity where they
can enjoy themselves and at the same
time be instructed and kept off the
streets. >.-
Mrs. Cops aim is to give the boys
good, wholesome food as well as to make
the place all that the name implies, q
home. Each boy is charged $iO month
for food but the meals which he is given
are not prepared with the idea OF making
them equal to the amount OF money ne
pays.
On entering the home the boy is asked
|if he is willing to conform to the rules
by which it is rum II
Requirements he says yes. that is all
that is necessary. The
arc Few. rules are few, being
practically only that the nationality, re-
lfgfon and political beliefs of each boy be
respected. Mr.. Copp is also waglng
war on cigarette smoking, which, how
ever, he is not carrying on by force, put
rather persuasion. The boys are en-
couraged to read and study. On sun
DAYS they are encouraged to attend the
churches of which they are members
and song service is held at the home.
The home itself is absolutely non-sec-
tartan.
Zach summer the boys go camping at
some spot within the fve-cent rare ra-
dius of the city. Tents, beds ans Kitchen
paraphernalia are moved from the nome,
which is closed, and the entire pan.
is transferred to the country and eacn
SS1
enjoy the benefits Of a vacation they
might not otherwise be able to secure.
Games are provided, and regular
camp" so dear to the heart. Of all
boys. is kept up for several weeks.
The board charged each boy. even pro-
vided the home was filled, would not
assure it's maintenance. Besides that
source of income. the home is supported
by the membership dues, ENTERTAINMENTS s
and q series of memorial days. The
membership dues are 81. with that OF
iunior membership s. and sustaining
Membership S.. Life membership costs
$50.
Entertainments are given practically
everys year. These have usually taken the
- form of dramatic
Assisted by offerings This
Entertainments. y shsy arr planning Planning
a bazaar. Another method Of providing
funds for the maintenance of the home is
bv the allotment of memorial days"
to the friends of the work. 1t
was estimated that tt costs $loo4
day I'd do the work which the home
wants to do. So it was decided to form
string of memorial days, each person TAX
ing one to give the amount necessary to
care for the home that one day: In tnat
way an individual is not simply adding
to the general fund for the maintenance
of the home but for twenty-four hours Is
actually caring for it. The day chosen
might, for example. be ones own birth
day, or that Of child Oh relative. Or 1t
might be made a true memorial day" to
some dear one passed away. or even some
day associated with any event IN one
life The list OF these memorial days Is
steadily growing. and 1t Is hoped that the
entire year can eventually be taken up in
this way, and the support OF the home
thus practically assured.
The days already devoted to memorial
days are January 8, Epphany Cnurcn'
uary 25, Mrs. William Ker; February .,
Mrs James Mcmillan; February 10, Mrs.
Charles Rae; February %. Mrs preston
Gibson; March II, Mrs. Grandville For
tesuue, in the memory of Mrs. G.IG. Hub
bard: March y, Mrs. William ker: March
o. Mrs. L. H. Steel, to the memory of
Denton Morford: March u. Alice Aber-
crombie- Miller; April 26, Arthur st. Clair
Foraker; May 2, Horace Gushing Ffoulke;
May Is, Charles Townsend Abercrombie-
Miller; May 81, Catherine Dorsey Hair
low; June 4, Elizabeth Cornell Townsend;
June IL, Frederick Abercrombie Miller;
June q. Miss Bessey kibbey, to the men,
DRY of w. b. Kibbey; July =, Martha Aber-
crombie- Miller: July q, "a friend; July I,
Harriet B. Delafield: July s. Mrs Charles
Russell Train: July IA, Mrs. Henry Wells,
to the memory of Henry Wells; July IL.
Miss Frank Young; July ID, Mrs. A. M.
Kingam; July %, Mrs. Walter Tucker
man; August 8, Mrs. James T. Mitchell:
August Is, Alice T. Abercrombie-M Miller:
August %. James Fernandis Mitchell, ir.;
August %, Henry. Davis Lee; August 20,
Miss Wilson; September 2, Gladys Chap
man Smith; September .. Charles Angus
tus Townsend: September IA, Emma
Townsend; September 10, Miss Enrol
Cuthbert Brown; September q, James
Sharp: October II. Laura Wolcott Tuck
erman: October II, F. Ashton de Peyster;
October %. Haroldine Humphries; De-
cember 8. Adelaide LIE Roy Tuttle, and
December 20, Mrs. Henry Cleveland Per-
kins, in the name of Hamilton Carroll
This organization twenty-seven years
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