He is clever at his business,and has held good situations.Two years ago he came to London,fell into evil courses,and took to drink.
Lost situation after situation,and kept on drinking;lost everything,and came to the streets.He found out Westminster Shelter,and eventually got saved;his parents were communicated with,and help and clothes forthcoming;with Salvation came hope and energy;he got a situation at Lewisham (7d.per hour)at his trade.Four months standing,and is a promising Soldier as well as a respectable mechanic.
J.T.--Born in Ireland;well educated (commercially);clerk and accountant.Early in life joined the Queen's Army,and by good conduct worked his way up.Was orderly-room clerk and paymaster's assistant in his regiment.He led a steady life whilst in the service,and at the expiration of his term passed into the Reserve with a "very good"character.He was a long time unemployed,and this appears to have reduced him to despair,and so to drink.He sank to the lowest ebb,and came to Westminster in a deplorable condition;coatless,hatless,shirtless,dirty altogether,a fearful specimen of what a man of good parentage can be brought to.After being at Shelter some time,he got saved,was passed to Workshops,and gave great satisfaction.
At present he is doing clerical work and gives satisfaction as a workman:
A good influence in the place.
J.S.--Born in London,of decent parentage.From a child he exhibited thieving propensities;soon got into the hands of the police,and was in and out of gaol continually.He led the life of a confirmed tramp,and roved all over the United Kingdom.He has been in penal servitude three times,and his last term was for seven years,with police supervision.After his release he married a respectable girl,and tried to reform,but circumstances were against him;character he had none,a gaol career only to recommend him,and so he and his wife eventually drifted to destitution.They came to the Shelter,and asked advice;they were received,and he made application to the sitting Magistrate at Clerkenwell as to a situation,and what he ought to do.