The farmer and mechanic., 1915-04-20

4 anstone buildings make up one Of
|, !. least known but most remarkable
|, New York's Independent charities
1e Home for Homeless Boys
= 6.eh one man, single handed, had
niZed and successfully maintain
cor more than fifteen years, accord
I'D an article in the New York
7 mes.
and now, after these years Of
tient work, people who last winter
dl..overed the home have arranged to
ra,e its founder give an address in
- ballroom Of the Waldorf Astoria
- The evening of Tuesday, April 13.
:. rxplain his work and tell some
th,oe Of the results.
I'm "a neighborhoOd once infested by
.uesters forced to take leave
thruugh the work of H. Clinton Eva,
~, founder and Superintendent of
~ home. the three houses, AL, 443,
ana 445 East One Hundred and Twen-
X.third street, shelter on an average
f~om sixty to seventy boys.
In large double parlor. furnished
vttb the overflow from boarding
houses and hotels-parlors that are
at fAe free disposal of the poor of the
neiehhorhood-Mr. Eva tells Of his
experiences with some $4,000 boys
who have been helped, how his work
began and how it has been carried
ou
As "a boy Of IA years he was sent
from Vermont to Boston, after the
death Of his mother and the disap-
pea1ance of his father in Alaska. He
got "a five e-dollG.raweek job in a store,
but il did not last long. For a week
he lived on "a loaf of bread. He found
work at last. but could not forget his
painful experiences, and the time
came when he moved to New York
and began his work for homeless
boys.
seeks Out the Homeless.
Sour times a week he starts out al
ur 10 o'clock at night to find the
boys the city has pushed aside during
the day He finds them on park
benches where he once slept He
finds a few in Bowery Railways. He
goes through the Midnight Mission ir
Chinatown and he rescues a few un
DER Brooklyn Bridge. Then he take:
them mp to the refuge where. after {
meal they are put to bed. Mex
morning they have a bath and fresf
clothing of which a stock is nearly al
ways ON hand. given by people. most
IL iu that part of the town, who know
of the chariety. Clean and tidied-ul
the boys sally forth to get work, ant
they almost always succeed.
The morning Mr.. Eva showed
Times reporter from one house to an
other hey met a happy boy of Is VIII
shouted to his rescuer hat he had
job iu the country and was going to
that night.
TO see the interiors of the thre
houses one must pass twice into tn
street for the rent is low and tn
three landlords are not willing to Gu
through the walls to increase the ef
hcIeucy of the Home.
The staff includes a cook, care
taker who cleans up, night watch
man and a day watchman, a secretar.
young man who gives his time, an
Mr Eva. who superintends everything
The rules are simple. Boys must nc
smoke or play cards and must be
bed ~ 10 o'clock. OF course, n
tQu"r is allowed and if some VI
fortunate drug user creeps in he
baulshed as a measure Of precautio
t. HE others.
10000 Fed Last Winter.
.uod is given by hotels and ind
N'uals. Dec. l to April l in additlo
Z" hr work for boys, a bread ar
SOUP line of 500 was fed daily fro
The doors, but since the 1st of April
mas dwindied to 800. This line inclu'
td tu army of disposseSsed and worl
t'~- men and women, as we'll as DO
'Hd children. SO that 40,G were II
curing the past four months by tn
oHc little independent charity abo
winch practically nothing has be-
Known. Yet the largest yearly su
seiiher To the funds gave only 81
d'ht most Of the donations have Oe'
> or less. Mr.. Eva has procured
l1' iunds through personal solicit
non and has even gone out with
hltdy-gurdy, with a sign on t
money box asking Help for the Hor
t"r Homeless Boys" Several tim
each week in Summer he holds SCI
"eS. with music and little talk,
18th street. The funds received a
''ined over to the Treasurer or [
'''We. the Rev. George r. LockWo'
castor of the Pilgrim Congregation
church.
@ometimes the little home sees I
.ide run low, and on one decision
boys and Mr. Eva sat down 10