THE HOUSE-BOY BRIGADE.
(For Training Orphan and Destitute Boys for Domestic Service.)
146 & 148, MARYLEBONE ROAD,
and
22 & 23, ALLSOP ST., UPPER BAKER ST., LONDON.
President: | Treasurer: |
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This Institution was founded in 1870 by the late Lady Wolverton, for the purpose of receiving Orphan and Destitute Boys, and by employing them in the houses of the gentry, in domestic work, training them for indoor servants.
A boy must have passed the Fourth Government Standard of Education, be twelve to fifteen years of age, and in good health. The boys work in the morning, and attend school in the afternoon. This is tested by yearly examinations, which are presented to the Committee and published in their Report.
The entrance fee is £5. As this is the only payment asked during the period of three years or more that the boy remains in the Society—indeed, started in life and looked after for a period of years—£5 thus expended in helping a boy is an excellent investment.
Further particulars and forms of admission can be obtained from Mr. C. H. Chevens, Secretary, by applying to the Office, 148, Marylebone Road, London, N.W.
Orphanage for Little Girls,
clacton-on-sea.
(Connected with the London Flower Girls’ Christian Mission.)
Founder: MR. JOHN A. GROOM.
Contributions earnestly Solicited on behalf of the above Orphanage, now sheltering, caring for and training over 120 Orphan Destitute Girls—some of whom are infants only a few months old. They are admitted irrespective of creed, nationality or physical infirmity, and remain till they are 16 years of age and are trained for domestic service. There are no elections, votes, canvassing or expense connected with admission; the most urgent and needy cases are admitted by the Selection Committee. The homes are conducted upon the cottage principle, each home offering accommodation for 20 children, and under the care of a Foster Mother. The Institution is quite unsectarian, and is entirely dependent upon the generous offerings of the benevolent. Visitors are earnestly invited to visit the homes between 2 and 5 o’clock any day except Saturday and Sunday.
Reports and Audited Accounts may be had, post free, on application to John A. Groom, Secretary, 8, Sekforde Street, Clerkenwell, London, E.C.
The Ragged School Union & Shaftesbury Society
Is a Christian Organization designed to bring brotherly sympathy and uplifting ministries to the street child and its parents. The methods and agencies cover body, mind, and heart.
The HOLIDAY HOMES FUND dealt last summer with 6,673 children.
The CRIPPLE DEPARTMENT visits and ministers various comforts to about 6,000 cripples.
The POOR CHILDREN’S AID BRANCH supplies Boots and Garments.
The BENEVOLENT FUND aids acute distress; also helps with Soup Kitchen, Children’s Breakfasts and Dinners.
The DRIFT CHILDREN’S BRANCH gathers the outside children to Missions and Schools who might drift away from all good influences.
The RAGGED CHURCH UNION, the BAREFOOT MISSION, and the SEA SHELL AND CHILDREN’S SCRAP-BOOK MISSION, now form part of the R.S.U.
There are 192 affiliated Mission Buildings located in the poorest districts of London attended by over 50,000 children, 232 Bible Classes, 131 Mothers’ Meetings, 171 Bands of Hope, 106 Week-night Schools and Industrial Classes, 97 Libraries, 70 Penny Banks, 198 Religious Meetings. There are nearly 6,000 Voluntary Workers.
‘Deserving of support.’—Bishop of Bedford (Dr. Billing), in Westminster Abbey.
‘The noblest of many noble charities.’—Marquess of Lorne, Southend.
‘The most conspicuous illustration of the new philanthropy.’—Sir Walter Besant on the R.S.U. Jubilee in The Contemporary Review.
‘I would rather be President of the Ragged School Union than Prime Minister of England.’—Seventh Earl of Shaftesbury.
CONTRIBUTIONS EARNESTLY SOLICITED.
Offices: 37, Norfolk Street, Strand, London, W.C. JOHN KIRK, Secretary.