United labor bulletin., 1912-06-13
THE MUNICIPAL EMERGENCY HOME.

1t is regrettable that Denver has not munlcl-
pal emergency home. Previous to the election of
city officials the Denver Trades Assembly sent
communications to the mayoralty candidates asking
them if they would use their best endeavor to have
such institution installed if elected. No reply
received from the newly elected mayor, but
he is of those who prides in calling himself
progressive there is little doubt but that Mayor Ar
mold is In favor of such home. Denver, like all
other cities the size of Denver larger needs
municipal emergency home. Especially is this true
at the present time when hundreds of walk
ing the streets of the city begging for the price of
meal and sleeping wherever they may find place
to lay their heads.
While such a condition is appalling in a civil
lied community that boasts by day of its prosperity
and by night spends money lavishly wning and
dining, what must say when we are brought to
realize that many women are subjected to the same
needs the men' Denver has no place where
the homeless the friendless woman may sleep
at night when want and sickness overtakes them
Denver is honored by having of its cti-
Edwin A. Brown, known the length and
breadth of the United States the champion and
advocate of a Twentieth Century Emergency Home
in every large city for the homeless of either
At his home High street he spends his time writ
ing the subject for the large magazines and plan
ming how he may induce city administrations to
take of the man out of work and hungry Mr.
Brown has toured the United States in the guse of
a working homeless and friendless, and in all
the large cities he has applied to the police for
shelter; has sought nights lodging in the places
provided by different charities and has left stone
unturned to gain the experiences that have been
suffered by the homeless In his experiences
he has been arrested when asking for nights lodg
ing; he has slept in the thest and most unsanitary
of jails and shacks provided by cities; he has
it all it is by the homeless man, the man
out of work, the man discharged from jail for vag
rancy without JOBS he has seen life it is viewed
by the that desires to an honest living
when employment is not TO be had.
1t is Mr.. Browns desire to have the Arnold ad-
minstraton make provision for Municipal Emer
gency Home. Mr.. Brown has made the City Home
a study in the large cities of the country, and he is
he ms IN adv wifi
gressve mayor this subject. Such institution
is favored by the working people of Denver, and
Mayor Arnold could install himself in the hearts of
every working man and woman IN the city by TAX
ing the initiatory step in building and putting into
commission Municipal Emergency Home
Denver needs housing commission, such as
has Los Angeles and other large cities, look after
the conditions in lodging houses hotels and other
places where people live in a contested manner,
well TO look after the conditions in the more
TESTED parts of the city In many places large fam
lies have small shops the while the family
lives in in the rear. This condi-
ton breeds tuberculosis and disease and needs the
attention a housing commission could give it. Since
Mayor Arnold has signifed his intention of having
a cabinet of representative citizens to advise with
him matters pertaining to the welfare of the city,
one to be representative from the Trades Assem-
bly, it might be well for that official, whoever he
may be, to take up the matter of housing commits
sion and Municipal Emergency Home
One may walk the streets of Denver most any
evening and he will be quietly approached by the
man out of work The homeless man will ask you
for dime get something to eat, or for bed. On
reflection you will wonder what becomes of these
men when the shades of night fall on the city and
the SHOWS and rains begin to fall and blow and the
mercury drop far below freezing pointg Where do
they go at night Edwin A. Brown tell you.
Down in the slums of the great cities they gather
in doorways, in Railways, in ashpits, and
spots adjacent furnaces and the like they be
found Many of them become bitter against society,
and rather than suffer hunger, want and sickness
through the lack of proper shelter from the ele
ments, they become pocketbook snatchers, holdup
men and house robbers. Just now Denver is suffer
ing from of crime which the new administra-
ton cannot account for. We would suggest that the
mayor take steps to provide for the homeless man
and give him something to eat and place to sleep
until work can be obtained. This may greatly les
sen the numerous robberies and petty thievng.
While Mr.. Brown has depicted the life of the
homeless in his serial story in ''The World
Today Florence Schenck, the young actress who
the age of 90 has reached the top of the ladder
and then sank to the necessity of seeking shelter
the banks of the Thames. London, account of
the absence of the Municipal Emergency Home,
paints the picture more vividly in recounting her
rise and fall. Miss Schenck after being betrayed
by rich in New York, Paris and London, found
herself in the worlds metropolis penniless She
appealed to her betrayer for assistance but he
turned her to the police. After serving her
sentence she given her freedom, and she looked
cold world in the face. With place to call