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About The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 15, 1905)
;ur:oAv J i 1 dvl mm 3 1 SHELTERED i1 v . .. II if I I I Be Si 10' i, 7 a 7 "SO ee 21 1 Mi WV- l-fcO- --., . , 1-.." ! J crrJ l -r 0W will "Nobody's ChlldrenC' fare, -J. gathering, homeless and friendless waifs from out in' life over fifty thousand waifs ' ' , now that their kind and lovinr fos-: street and rutier.' The flotsam and jetsam of . ' Seventeen' thousand children, have been f 'father hoi been taken away from humanity made up his family. He gathered setti by him to Canada and .other British thetr'hy death? u tne poorest, the most helpless of God's ere a- provinces to carve careers for themselves in tares and strove to make self-respecting, re- the-wbrld, and only 2 per cent, of these have spected Christian men and women of them, turned out badly. : C Dr.'1 Barnardo maintained ninety-three Beginning life without a shillinr, Dr. r e' t 1 .l n t i -, , , j ;" OTercrowaea. ne taenia oa anoinw, ' ana idi homes for waif s. In these nearly nine thou- Barnardo became one of the most remark-1 another. Aiwar. u actmed, m th na matortd, m sand orphans were, constantly ; clothed, fed - able '-philanthropists. . the . world, lias '"ever . tm h0 .....tbW ana laugm. lie rescue a, rratnea ana piacea seen.. - - When Dr. Thomas J, Barnardo died re cently U London, he left $0,000 orphans to mourn his loss. : Most of them were in. Eng land, but all oyer the world heart pangs were caused bjt news of his untimely end. ' This man's busy life had been devoted to At that Tlma Barnardo and a fw frianda utd to do all tba work needed at the borne, such aa ac rubbing tba floora and wbitewaihlna; tba walla, while the bora were at the local school In the daytime, and ererr eventna he would arrange aome fresh amusement for them. Orad ualijr the home begaa to be known, and Barnardo neve turned away an applicant. .;' On one occasion an enormoaa aoap box was left on tba tepa of the bouse during the night, and when It was opened In tbe morning Barnardo found a little, dirty faced Imp asleep Inside. That Imp la now a prosperoua man in the oolonlea. t , When tbe rescue work had grown to considerable , '.proportions, and other philanthropists had become Inter ested. Dr. Barnardo was Invited one1 day to dln at tbe homo of Lord Shaftesbury. ; - --y . A number J of England's' moat prominent men weo 'about tbe board. The talk turned upon Barn ar do's work, .and he related his earlier experiences. - . 'Do you mean to say that there are children sleeping on roofs and In aewera to-night, with no homes and ao one' to care for themf waa aakacV , . : ' I do, waa the confident reply, . "Can you lead ns to any such Quarters r , : '; "Tea: now." 'v ; Wboreupoa the entire company started 'out Ko rocb aristocratic, evening-clothed Invasion had over descended upon tbe slums. But. Barnardo took Iheni straight to sections where scores of homeless, hungry young vaga bonds were routed from garbage heaps, sewer pipes and shed corners, all of them shivering with cold snd faint from hunger.- ,- From that 'time he was rarely without money with : .which to maintain. his home. When the first horns be came - overcrowded, be established another, ' and then NOT content almply with dreaming dreams for the betterment of hie , fellows. Dr. Barnardo . did thlnga. , .-, " No taak seemed too igantlo. no responaibll Ity too great. If aome humanitarian result could be ec ; comrUshed. , " 'Upon beginning tbe work. Dr. Barnardo had nothing , except Indomitable energy and aa all-embracing love for the poor and unfortunate. Aftes' nearly forty years of loving work, hia vested Income amounted only to about IH5W a year and this for the support of ninety-three homes and 900 waifs. Belying entirely upon voluntary subscriptions and dlTlne assistance e was never seriously crippled In any of bis plana. When he needed money most. It came. Only last August be appealed for KOO.OW with which to wipe eut .a deficit on hla waits' homes. Within a week ho had received tUM8& -. .--i Shortly afterward he asked for a million shillings to ddd 50.000 to the Founders' Day Fund. The Erst subscription, made on tba spot, was for 10,000 shillings. HE DEED A POOR MAN . rosseeilng the confidence of his countrymen to a re markable degree, assistance came freely to hint as the . extent and commendable character of his work were . .better known. .. ;. V- That ho labored purely from altrutstla motives Is shown by the fact that he died a poor maa. Of the mil lions of dollars that poured la upon him from alt Quarters, touch of It coming anonymously, nothing stuck to his Angers. . . - Everything that he had. everything that bs could get. was devoted to the maintenance of his homes and the larger harvest of poor little neglected waifs from streets, aad stoma. - , tTpon one occasion a poorly dressed woman called upon . him. . When shown Into his office, she seemed to have no business whatever to discus. For over aa hour she ' sat talking oa all aubjscta under tbe sua and mwkg .Inquiries about, the homes. As It happened. Barnardo was desperately truer that day, and at Ust be said that, if she would call tbe day ' following, be would be only too glad to sbew her over tbe boinea. She took tbe bint, and aa aha left she pat a packet on his desk. When tbe dwr had closed upon her. Barnardo opened . tbe packet and fouml k contained SIMOO la notes. . And . she had not even- left her name. , ' Such Inaiancea were of frequent occarrence, although the amount left was leklom so large. Had Barar4o 1 sought to benefit financially bV hid bnmanMartaa repita tloa. be would, doubtless, have aUed aa enormously, wealthy man. Of the ainety-tbree homes which Dr. Barnardo ee- ' tablished to- carry on IHs rescue work, eight are receiv , Ing homes, or "Ever-Open Doors." in various parts of . Rngland. The motto over -each is, "No Destitute Child Ever Refused." 1 Three are distributing stations In Canada, la coa nectloa with bis emigration scheme, wbile the remetader f hmea, or mMMitjay centres, m Engkmd and Scot s land, deallag with iuvjmle deatitstion el every phase. -. Each lorae la a true borne In every sense of tba word, being presMed over by a Christum 'mother." who kmka after see brood aa carefully as though it mraro aa ordi nary hnuvvhold. . . , At Stepney Caaweway, Irondoa, Is the principal group or boys home. Four hundred asimlly make up-ta Jarre family. Tba Village Home for Olrla. at ilfortC la a beaotlful model village, with over fttty aeDarate rot In see. grouped about a central green; wita a pretty -Ih!',7;h- school aouaa, laundry. Infirmary aad other w-1 tntereellng, probabfr. tba a either Is the faniooa " Babies Castle, at Kawkhuret, u tba county, ef Kent. Hera a splendid mansion, in tha midst of a beautiful country, houses hundreds of little ones who have been left with no one to cars for them. For older girls la need of training for domestic. service, there are training homes; there are bright and comfortable asylums for Incurablea and cripples, and other homes for convalescents. . . ., These Institutions are located la all parts Of Oreat . Britain, but meet of them cluster about London, that great hive sf physical degradation, sin and suffering. . All tha boys and girls who are rescued from slum lifs and misery are gtvsn good educations, are taught dseful trades, and, upon setting out In life for themselves, ere .' given the, helping bsnd and loving supervision that tend . to aid them in their efforts to make good citizens and . . Christian men and women. - ' perhaps Barnardo was led Into his Ufework' provt- dentialty. At any rata, ha had no. Idea of engaging in It when ha went from Ireland to London In UM, a young man of 21. . . . He had determined to study medicine and lit himself for tha work of 'a medical missionary In the Orient. While studying, he established. - together with several other medical students of religious tendencies, a mission In one of London's slums. One night, after services, young Barnardo was pre paring to close tha Utile room aad go home. A dirty. . shabbily dsd Uttis urchin was hovering about the stove. "You most go homo now, my lad." said Barnardo. "1 ain't got no home," responded tbe boy, "Please, miter, let ms stay here by the Arc to-night. I won't hurt nothln'." - "Nonsense," responded Barnardo; "your mother will, be anxtoua about you." . - Ain't got no mother." " . "Wett. your father, then. ""; . 4 "Ain't tot no father." "Where dd you steep, then?" Inquired the now Inter ested young man. "In sewer pipes, sheds or wherever I can," responded the boy. "Please, mister, let mo stay hers to-night by the are." - A sudden Inspiration, strock the young medical stu dent. "Arc there sny more Ilka yon without homes these wintry nlghtsT" ha asked. "Crowda of 'em.-' responded the boy. sad thrust a dirty piece of paper Into his hand. "It's not much." she explained, "but, It'a an I've been able to savs." When she had gone,' Barnardo opened the paper and found therein twenty-seven farthings,', That was his first publio subscription. pathetic aid to orphan girls. ' His dragnet ' extended ' everywhere, but was cast continually Into, the lowest ' and most hopeless slums, from which the catch was al ways fruitful. ' Beginning with tha Idea,' simply, of obtaining decent homes for his charges. Dr.--Barnardo tried tha experi ment of boarding out tbe waifs; but this did not prove, satisfactory, Then b decided upon tha plan of training WOMAN CARPENTER WHO REALLY WORKS N O LONGER let it be said that a woman cannot . drive a nail. ' . ' . . Hers li t Philadelphia woman who makes bar living driving r alls. Shs Is one of the most ex pert stalr-bullders in tba city, and every day may be found busy at her arduous carpentry work. ' Her name .la Mrs. Oliver P. Aver, and shs livss st ms gain a rapid mastery. Now I can go ahead and build a flight of -stairs without assistance. If necessary. "Yes, ths work Is hard, but I like It, and It has re sulted In great Improvement to my health. I have felt much better and have been stronger sines I gave ap housekeeping for indoor carpentry. "Accident led ma to become a stalr-bulldsr. Ify bus- ZSS Kcdman street. Her husband Is a stair-builder, and " band waa formerly superintendent of tba Montana State his rmsr public stresaupTiON , The result was a bargain between waif and atu'lent. Barnardo took tbe boy borne with him, gave htm a warm supper, and then tba two started out to search for mora unfortunates. In the Bret mlsertbie alley Into which Barnardo was led bis youthful gul-la c'lmbed upon tbe roof or a shed and showed him eleven poorly clnd, shivering !ado Bleep ing under tbe cokt December aky. wltb no shelter aad no cover. "And they geta no breakfast to-morrow," re marked the bv. That Incident changed Bamardes whole career. "There mora work for see here than to India or China." he said te himself. - He had no money, however. What waa be to do? Searching about, he found a abed. In which donkeys were sheltered. This be rented for a few canta a week. But even that expenditure waa bey end tbeVeaae of bis slender pares. He took up a cwileottow from week to week among hla fetlowtixlents-fBost of them ss poor aa himself te defray tbe expense. Into this ssnsll "home" twenty-elx orphan waifs were gathered.- Poor ss It wss, H waa far better, thaa any thlna they bad known before. Dr. Barnardo need te tell how fee received tba first money to assist la the work. T Oaa day servant, shabbily elady cams up to him Mrs. Ayey Works, dsy by day and week by week, .at bis Side. . . . . . ... i . : i For soma time Mr. and Mrs. Ayer have been work . Ing In cew houses on Pins street, nesr Fifty-fourth street. Here tha woman carpenter's expertness with bsmmer snd saw baa attracted. considerable attention from the other workmen and visitors to ths property. It also drew . ths following appreciatrvs comment from Raymond T. . Pretty man. the building superintendent: . "Mrs. Ayer is ons of the best stair-builders that I " ever saw. 8ha and ber husband make a team that la ' dKBcalt to beat, and they can finish mere work In a day than meat teams composed of two men. Tbey have fre quently completed a flight ef ' st sirs m a day; whereas I have khown twe men to be twice ss long doing tbe sam's . " amount of work." - ' Stepping Into a now . building whers Mrs. Ayer Is employed, a visitor would ; probably hear a woman's v voice toughing or singing be fore be caught sight af tbe feminine stair-builder. , . Although ber hsnds have been roughened by the work, her unique employment ha a not detracted from ber fcini . canny.- Apparently abort IS years old. and seemftrgly ta moat robust health, she laughs and Jokee about ber cccupttton but she keens oa working.-'- , . ... ...... She eauaHy , wears a heavy gray woolen skirt, with a dark shirt waist. Wails employed. The visitor finds her st tbe mitre-box sawing a panel or banister, or on her handa and knees railing oa a step. 1 . It was after serving aa apprenticeship at ber bus band s side for nearly three years, snd la severel cltiea, that Mrs. Ayer graduated to tbe ranks ef ezpertnese In stair-tNilldtns. At nrat she took Bp the work fr the pur poee ef bein with bhn during tbe day; but, having learned the trade sod grown te Ilka it. she now makes It , a regular oerupatloa. "At first." she said. In telling of ber experiences, "I hammered my fingers aearly aa frequently aa 1 Struck the aalL I wss awkward in aslaff tbe aaw, but, aa I grew mora familiar wita these tools, eonfidenca helped Instltuts for ths Insane, but his health gave way, and be waa ordered by hla physicians to try active outdoor em ployment. ."Being a carpenter, be later took up stair-building aa a specialty, and followed his vocation In various cities. We have been in Philadelphia most of this yesr. . "While wstchlng Mr. Ayer at his work, I would pick up a piece of timber and try to saw It, or would drive a nail In some valueless wood. From that I advanced to sawing the banisters; then tr sawing pieces of wood for tha steps. . " . . them la spedsl homes and along special Unas before "placing them out In tha world. His first homo began Its humanitarian career ta tM7 and this theory seemed to work out In satisfactory re sults. Then, in UTS, the Dford vlllags for girls wag founded, followed in 1891 by the -hospital for sick waifs. From time to tuns thereafter ths remainder Of tha ninety-three helpful Institutions were established. . During ths Utter years of his Ufa Dr. Barnard gathe , crsd la walfa at ths rata of ten or eleven a dsy. Whea . one homo waa filled to overflowing, ho sstabllshed an ether, no matter at what low abb hla bank aocount) . might be. . - The widespread Interest In hla work was attested byj . ths fact that ha received from ons thousand to three thousand letters a day, many of them con taming cheeks It is related that, at one tlma when be waa sorely' pressed for funds, hs felt mors thaa ever ths nssd of a hospital building. Through ordinary bualnsss ahatrnskl ha undertook to securs a loan of $2500. , While he was busy with thssa efforts, tha Ida oc curred to him hat he was wrong la not placing his de pendence In Divine Providence. "I went home straight way," ha stated later, "and laid tha whole matter before God." The next day a letter came from a gentleman ta . the south of England Inclosing a check for $3600, "to be used for ths purposes you hav la view." . Many of tha buildings cottages, schools aad chapels used In Dr. Barnardo' a work were glfta In memory ef ' the dead. . .; . - .--,' . All tha units In this great chain of phllanthroplo en terprise were made true homes In every sense of the word. More than that, they were sections of a vsritabls earthly paradise to tba poor tlttls creatures who had been bora in cellars aad garrets and left to rear themselves In the streets. .- . '. Every child was taught some useful trade or occupa tion. Tba girls Karnsd plsln and fancy sewing, house keeping and laundry work. Sboemaking, carpentry and other trades were taught lbs boys. In addition, every one received a careful education,' moral uplifting being as Important a point as mental tralcmg. ' ; THOUSANDS SENT TO COLONIES ; ' in consequence, there was little trouble la obtain! ag . good homes and. situations for the young peopl when ' they became old enough to assume for themselves tha responsibilities Of life. ' Especially has there alwars -feecn a great demand . for girls so admirably trained for domestic servleev Fre quently they have been engaged before they ware old ' : enough to go out, and, where one was plsosd, there were situations open for fifty mors. - Scattered all over England were the beys whea they, graduated from the Barnardo homes. Moat of them were qualified to become expert assistants In mechanics saJ ths trades) while thousands were placed wltb faraasra to ' tsks up agricultural pursuits as a lifs bualnsss. Throughout Canada and other British depsadsaefcw to-day ar thousands of prosperous, happy farmers ao boms-oarasrs, who delight to own that they were one Bernardo's boys, and who, but for him, would bow. pro ably, be slouching amid tba criminal and pauper rur-raC of London's slums. . No fewer than seventeen thousand children have " sent out to ths colonies by Dr. Barnardo, aad. as stat only per cent, of these have turned Out badly. 1 , saw-to It that each child sent eut from his homes w well stsrted along life's highway. Much of the searching for slum ehltdrea wee eV" . by tbe philanthropist In person, aithouab ao deasrv little .one left at or sent te hia institutions waa or. turned away. ' Tbe most dan serous haunts of crime and aetsrtj t ' ao terrors for him. Once whea leaving ths alums hs was followed by t men for three miles. At lest bs turned and faced ti "Whet do you want?" he asked. Thea they totd 1 that their eomradee bad arranged to kill bias W night, and they bad followed him to seated kiss. On another occasion be wss set apoa by a aeaea ' girls In Drury lane and cruelly beaten with sucaa t cause he had taken a half-starved child from tbetr ml and placed It In one of the homes. Tbe late owners kept the child In this condition in order that It aaC be need to draw alms from paaaersby. Ons of Dr. Bamgrdo'e treasures consisted of afbwar containing nearly one hundred thousand photographs), s portrait being taken of each child apoa ensertaaj a hues,, and another when It left. Such have been the achievements ef a maa Who, v beginning his great work, wsecowipelled te sorrow sta in ord?r so pay the few pennies weekly rent of a doaa shed. More a real than a foster father was be to the MX "nobody's children" who so sincerely snoara his lose. . MRS. AYER AND HER HUSBAND BUILDING STAIRS a time. I learned to fse the hammer without endanee-riag the livee ef those around ms or mashing my angers, sad 1 wss tbnn allowed to nail on a atep or two. Frnne that I learned, to saw tbp panels, use the plane and level, and. in fact, all tbe tools of the trade, ."At first. It wee only at odd tltnea and for a tew hoars that my husband would allow ms to star whers he was working. Hs Objected te the appearance. I kept at K. however, gradually Increasing the time of my stay snd dotn mors work eaoh time, unill my husband ant used to having me around. It baa only been within the .... nrion i .nave rxuiarsy e: itved 1 th Work, Just as any other etalr-bulM. r, . .l"'T.n nnZl Z" - ' f 1 '. .! remain at boms for awhile after t . - u n morning In order la attend to my t 1 Some Curious Facts Animals to tbe number ef aearly ttjmjm are Wis yearly for tbe sake of their fur. e e e ": When a flah loses any of Ms scales, by a we-ond J other means, tbey are never renewed. e e , ' .Tn largest moth knowa is the Giant Atlas, fen ad ta . China, tha wings of which-measure aine Incase asress, e - a e e The wasp has been observed to waylay aad raw he while tbeeatler, laden with honey, were returning to tae - hive. , : . .... . . e ; e e - e , Civilisation does not tend to tbe horse's longevity. Ii ths wild state ha lives to be thfrty-eix or forty years olu. whils the domestic horse le old at twenty-flvs yssrs, e e e . , "On behalf of tb bears." ths Berne municipality b- accepted a legacy of 1700 left by an eccentric bachelor c. t.. tbe Inmates of ths well-known pit la the Swiss capital. s e s e -Near New Tork city there has bees started a as'-' farm which is proving a profitable investment. product la shipped to New Tork animal dealers, aad a. to the own ere of cats. . i i . a e 's Among InsVols ths most InlelUxenf sre tbnae af f Bnt tribe, whlla next to them- rsnh wssps. ee e some way lower down ths sr-al". ' Beetles sre "- . stnnid, but even they are aot as bed as butter tw i ' ' e s e ., In West Australia aome fsrmers snd their -shout tlx weeks hoilrtiy to the seaside ea a . -. rlianse of air and food Is nld to be e(rmi to them. Th grsss on the coi at rnipr -fsllne, snd has the effect ef a tonic en isie a.. e ' e e e Arabian borree show renirr-'e r ' It le suld that, when a hve ef i ' wntin-led, and knows if able ta carry bis rll-r neerlns his metr n yet sliiD. I-nt e" rllr Is " ' rnlu l r S a..: J k 1 1 ls
