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Show r t ro er'Ci, r ;X Tramps (fprcial Lfltrr.) I A arhfme (or th? rwlxmp'.lon of j Arrertian trampa la bin irrrksful-ly irrrksful-ly dTe!opd In Trnton. S. J.. a the Ntw York Krrald of Sun'lay. SpL I The allimate furrcu of the plan rnts upon optimism, lu supporters ; be'.lkT that la the tramp tttre 1 more good thaa evil. The kohitlou lot the tramp problem, thry lT. I I not In giving without liking recom-pnte. recom-pnte. or in aa kttrmpt to ritrrmi- kkte the fallxn mn by hamh treat-I treat-I H-nL If tht tramp li girn the fa-j fa-j cilit.ea. aopportera of th trhfrne be-I be-I llrve he will work o it Mi own lalva-I lalva-I tlon. Miny of the leading bciinxal j n-rn of T ronton are aiding the In-' In-' itn itloB. and it can be put upon I i!f-jpportlng bki.i, ind the Prlnce-! Prlnce-! ton tkjoIolcaI itudenu arc rendering I vaiuible lervlces. j tllrtk ml the fhkB j tlaaglng between life and death, as , the reault of injuries received In a railroad wreck, Thomas M. Terradell Terraxiphia Lecomei established per DiD'ctiy Bad has acquired regular market for lt- cerrhandlie there will be no need of fharity to defray Ilk expentee. At present this stage has not been reached, and much of the revenue bow required by B. M. Brown, who has undertaken the management of the work la Trenton, la supplied by private eharlty. In exchange for their labor the to-matei to-matei receive three mnj a day and a comfortable couch at night. An effort ef-fort Is mads to find permanent enr ployment for them outage of the hotel. ho-tel. If a man U seeking work him-relf, him-relf, he Is permitted time to cootljue his search, end If be Is deserving Is the opinion of the manager he is not turned sway from Terrkiie'phik on account ac-count of Inability to pay the small remuneration re-muneration desired. Meals are I, 1 end IS cents, and loggings S. 10, IS and 20 cenu. The weekly rates are 13. S3 BO and 14. Ike Labor It fro4acs For months it wss k trouble to satisfy sat-isfy all the applicants who ktked foe work. Some were skilled mechanics and many were unskl.led laborer. Some had been Industrious and many had never known what honest labor meant. As the result of many trials, the managers of the Institution have limited their productlcn to such articles arti-cles as can be manufactured ly quasi-skilled quasi-skilled labor. The kindling wood department de-partment and the broom and brush department are most fully developed. The reseating of chiira and the repairing re-pairing of shoes have also become sources of considerable revenue. The advisability of establlbhug a laundry Is now being considered, and snme of the late applicants st the institution institu-tion are canvaasing the city for laundry laun-dry orders and are meeting with success. suc-cess. Then it Is necessary to sell the goods that are manufacturea. and here the skill of comm"rc!al talent cornea Into play. The care of the building demands the attention of many men. Here the unskilled laborer la-borer Is utilised. To supply the demands de-mands of the various tradesmen required re-quired much exper'm,'nt- Af'.er th men work for a time and reg.iln their confidence and self-respect they find employment outside with little diffl-ciity. diffl-ciity. Many aho came to the place si tramps cow hold iod position! In Trenton. New York, Philadelphia and o:her places. , Fallare Hefoe Berra In 1V-8. through ao fault of his own. other than generosity. Mr. Terradell Ter-radell wss furced to see the Institution Institu-tion upon which he had based his brpes sold it sheriff s auction for 1.15.-C00. 1.15.-C00. less than one-third of Its value. With the sale of Terradelphla Its founder'! fortune was also swept iway. In order to aupply the man applicant! to the Institution with) food, the Interest on the mortgage fell behind, and that was the direct cause cf the failure. Just st this time, when Terradelphla seemed certain to become be-come an absolute failure, Ilenjirala M. Brown, a theological student ot Princeton, became interested in the (heme, and soon enl sted the servlres and lympatbles of many prominent men. The property was recovered and Mr. Brown was made genera' L'anager of the Ins'ltution. He is 21 yean old, sparely built and has great energy and earnestneis of purpose I FOl'NDER TH0MA3 M. TERRA-j TERRA-j DEI.Lv j ten years ado lay upon a hospital cot , st Trenton. He had been an engine I 1 driver on the Pennsylvania railroad. He had been Impressed by the pltia-, pltia-, ble condition of the wanderers who ' stole rides upon his trains. When fat had decided that he should live. ! and while slowly recovering hia 1 st-ength. Terradell conceived the j ' rcherxe for uplifting vagrants. This ; work he has since sees carried to a ! successful termination. On account j of his Injuries, Mr. Terradell, after ; leaving the hospital, was unable to j continue the active life of an engine : driver. He became a r.'immitulon I merchant, and In two years had ac- cumulated sufficient money to com-i com-i menc actively the fulfillment of his I cherished dream. With his earnings j and money which he borrowed Mr. ; Terradell was able to comp'eta the present building In H96. Kor some I. me he was undecided as to the name I by which the Institution should be known. Finally upon the suggestion I cf a friend he cilled It iTaaeravdalpbla tba Trampa" Kerace-Thli Kerace-Thli name represents the founder's , sentiment, love for thai tramps, it j Is the only place In America where the tramp Is given the opportunity to re-' re-' litem himself. Here he meets with : no humiliation and receives little ' gratuitous a.-s stance. I pun entering , the building the tramp is anked if he ' is Billing to work. According to statistics compiled by Mr. Terradell, tnly one out of every 20) refutes to ' work after he has received food. It ! .iBBfi EBB EfB'E'B ELB H.fl P ..IlliitT 1 TEKRADELI'HIA. THE TRAMPS' KEKIGB. is found that but few men are willing : to recelv food nd loaiglng without i offering omethlng In return. Terradelphla Terra-delphla Is a comblnitlon of a hotel i snd manufactory. The article pro- duced In the creative department are mad by tramp labor. Thy are sold j In omre'.ltlon with other goods. From I this sourcs It Is estimated that when He waa born In Texaa and educated In the Tela ?tat unlventlty, Oberlln college and I'r'.nreton. He ba enlisted en-listed other Pnnreton men In the work and his first anilstint Is Joha McD. A. Lacy, a th-olortlctl stader.t Mr. lAcy was bom In Vaihln-.on. II C. 22 years ago, snd was educated la Washington and Lee university. , |