to the merchant in the absence of buyers. The savvy old-timers say without hesitation that if merchants have not closed their shops for a long time, it is only because the majority of them belong to Armenians, who value the name of merchant more than any other folk of Russia. But if from the outside the condition of Stavropol has not improved, then from the internal, so to speak, intellectual side, one cannot help but note some gratifying developments in it, testifying to the rise in the level of culture of its inhabitants. After a more detailed acquaintance with some of the city’s institutions of a public nature, it is impossible to pass in silence the situation in the city on the issue of public education of the city and its charitable institutions.
Regarding the dFl of charity, it is enough to dwell in more detail on the brotherhood® of St. Equal to the Apostles Prince Vladimir. The purpose of this brotherhood is to provide a medium for improving the moral and material condition of the living classes of the city. To achieve their goal, the brotherhood, which arose only in April 1888, managed to open a free canteen by the end of its year. There is no such canteen, as far as we know, anywhere in Roset, although in many cities there are cheap canteens and cheaper public services, etc. For a long time, the Brotherhood's canteen was located in the Cathedral Volokolnf and provided the opportunity to use the food hall free of charge every day for 200 persons of both sexes. It contained mainly on the account of the wake, which is usually arranged for all Orthodox Christians on the day of the funeral of their deceased relatives, i.e., in order for you, for example, to establish a wake for the deceased at home, you give money to the Brotherhood, and on the day appointed by you, it pays in its dining room the obfd for these funds and according to your desired The idea of such memorial events has taken root in the city to such an extent that now in Stavropol no one even organizes traditional public commemorations on Monday and Tuesday of last week. Who doesn’t know how casually, not to say bolfe, funerals are carried out these days in Rus'. In Stavropolf the inhabitants are just that. In order to carry food to the cemetery, they take it to a free canteen, where the poor are satisfied with the supplies supplied in the current nfekolkah. The results of the established besilate canteen turned out to be astounding in moral terms for the urban population of the poor brothers. Drinking between her in the first year ate%
The opening of the canteen has decreased significantly, the number of crimes, according to the statements of the magistrates, has decreased significantly. This is understandable: feed a poor man first of all, and he will become kinder and more honest. But the brothers not only feed them every day, they also keep them warm and take care of delivering work to their classmates. entam. He has a house “daily shelter for the homeless,” in which anyone can spend a day free of charge; he also has a “shelter for homeless children”; he has a “house for the helpless.” Tsfly dozens of persons vofh age find sebf hryut at the Brotherhood. In addition, in the early years the Brotherhood created its own vegetable garden to supply the products needed for the canteen. Work in the garden was carried out by the same beggars for a small fee, which, after being inspected by members of the Brotherhood, was not drunk by the beggars, but was used to pay for the clothes and shoes of each worker. Thus, a well-organized institution, headed, incidentally, by people who are very energetic and efficient, like G.N. Prozratelev, actually carries out in Stavronolv 10, which is what the champions of the “House of Hardworking” are busy all over Russia, which has taken root in the Russian Federation, in the absence of energetic leaders.