New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-04-18

cannot pay rent, and daring the other SIX mouths
they nave = work oight and day M order - c-ea'
off ire back rent. 1ney cant 20 INTO a ne,'-r
lol ing because they cannot get credit or ta- W 10
ter months TIE room il taken furnished. it,
small attic, seven feet .qlare without any n'e
place, and severa paDes are gone from tns WIN
dOHs. There IS scarcely aLy fu--i.+fe ,.i 'i-
chair. The ether par.y Las 20 slton inc ~ I...
pay %. Cd. week the hrst inier tne! came
The landlad. insisted on having her rent every
week snd taat winter they were three m'-'i'
and never had a bt u bread--loi a crumD-t1 eat
They used 70 i've on oatmeal atogeiher. IRE
ouently they had a penny worth between them
f,r a whole dav They never 20 DO debt iDr say
thing bu, their rent. Iithey haunt . money they
"a a,itbout-neyer run credit Tor anything . eat
lfthey haze anything - pledge, they 70, t1e.r io3-
t6at way and i they are quite up and have moth
ing 10 pledge, why then sand one ~ TIE poJr Oh
creatures smiling. % me. We sfarye yes we r.
obliged % IT, Wed rather Do that tra1 90 Do
debt We should always be thinking about 1. .n
sure ast Winter the rent we owed vas n Ma.
IN Ioy hcsd-when ! went y Dei ana "nen eDt
~ vas afraid we should % ever rlD Il Oh O We
Of the parties is a. old maiden woman and the
other a widow. They have been W0rkiD- tJ-etler
soveu years The widow was ia better ci-clQ
starces Her husband Vas farmer 10 Yorkshire,
and her father Wasa very large farmer 20 TIE same
county The maiden woman was formerly in
ser,ice. now she is afflicted with the lumDa-
she Is washing and vii b. i lor FO Or % zee days
Afterwards The two Of them have i07 thirty hours
been without food Always during toe Winter
they are very badly ~ they have scarcely any
food a. all their principal no71shmcu' az the time
is oat meai. They have frequently pa"ned ever!
thing they had that tic pR"niroAcf "Vuu '-"'
ANYTHING upon.
. In the Summer they get as many things as they
can out o. pawn again and they SIT up nsit ana
day tolng - nay their winters rent go,
lii H. III
They say that those who get Their living ~ hee14e
work must they are convinced, do the same as
thew do they are satisfied there are Thousands ln
Io,dop who starye get into debt, ana pledge req
uisrl, Dyery Winter aud then slave night and day,
In the Summer b pay Their debts and redeem
their clothes agan Ihuw The iRdpHu0ns Matte
roman's rcggiar hje They can say 50 Of their
own knowledge. They have heard numbers say
So This Summer they have pad on as much as
j. # back rent and IN order % do tins nay h1re
u0,krd reguiariV FIR sir U2Hfhs IL ant 20 hoUrs
n dau SVadav and iccck d0H They have often
sat the two ol them and worked from day. light
at O'Clock in the morning. The have rot mp at
. 10 DO their own little domestic work, 50 that they
began work immediately II ,,as daWtgtt, and they
ha. worked on, frequently with only one cup Of
tea ,lroueh the whole day, Til II AT night They
never burn candle, bat when they have work 20 do
they cant Afford il and they never have a ire,
even in the depth Of Winter. Aud after all tins
toll suffering and prvaton their reward is two
pence half penny day
This as We must not forget, is the experience Of
women more industrious and prudent than the mass
OF their fellow aborers Forcble ne it is, i, is no.
thing compared 70 that undergone by tie greater
number On this head wc quote some narratives
from among those given by Mr. Msyhew He says
that he has made thorough inquiry into the truth OF
these almost incredible statements aud can youch
Toy the correctness Of most Of the particulars The
following is the story o, a good looking cirl
make moloskin tr0Wscrs. / get I'd. and H.
per pair can do two pairs a day and twelve,
when there is ful employment, IN week But
some weeks have no work at all. work from
IN the morning 10 10 OF night that is what ! call
my days work. Whom am fully employed | get
from U.s. Ia s. a week Ms expenses out of that
for twist thread and candles are Abopt Is. 6i r
week leaving me about Cs. n week clear But
there's coal 10 pay for cut Of this and that's at the
least Cd more 40 81 Ga. lsl 81 ia the very out
side OF what earn when / IN IN iull WORK. Lately
| have beea dreadiully slack So We are every
Winter all of as 'sOppcrs and that's the time
when We wants the most money. The week be
,ore las, had but two pair TO make all the week
40 that | only carnt Is. clear For tbs last month
I'm sure havn't done any more than that each
week Taking one week with another, All the
wear round, dont make above Is. clear money
carb week | don't work at any other Kind Of
the best paid Of all | give Is a week rent
My father died when ! was five years ci age
Nv mother is II widow, upwards Co Yeas of age,
md seldom has day s work Generally once u
the week she is employed pot scouuug-that IS
cleaning pubcans posts. She Is pad al dozen
for that aud docs abOu, four dozen and hail. 81
that she rets about g. Oh. ia the day by IT, For
the rest she is dependent upon me am 20 years
of nee the e5th OF this month. We earn together
10 keen the two OF US from Is o. 10 -. each weeA
Out of this We have To pay U.s. ront- anu there ie
mains IS cd 10 Is 10 fluid as both ia food and clio
ing Il is of course impossible for as 10 live upon
it, aud the consequence IS, am obligated to 60 a
bad way have been three years working at
slop work | was Vlrtuous when ! first went %
work and remained SO TIL this last tweYCm1uth
struggled very hard to keep myself chaste, but /
found that ! coudu get ioOd aud clothing Tor my
self and mothcri So took TO h'e VIII young
man.
"Many Young girls ut the shop advised me TO 20
wrong They told me how comfortable they WAS
oil; they said they could get plenty 10 eat aud
drink and good clothes. There isn't one young
gir ss can get her LIVING 10y shop work. The mas
tiers all know this but they wouldn't own 10 u OF
course Ii stands to reason that lao one can A'e,
and pay rent, and lad clothes upon 3s. week.
which IS the most they make clear, even the best
hands, at the moesSn and cord tsoNseH work
The shirt work is worse and Wore staI. There 5
poor people moved out Of oar house that vas
making al SHIRTS. hh sh'siSu 'httS - ho' one
young efl shat works a, sop work that's viriuous,
and there are some Thousands N the trade. They
may DO very wei if they have got mother and
fathers 10 find them q home aud food and 10 let
them have what they can earn for clothes then
they may BE- Virtuous, but not without ! We heard
of numbers who have gone nom Stop work TO the
streets altogether ior living. and shall be obi.
gated to do the same thing myself uHleSs some
thing better turns ny or me II was never al
lowed to speak M more, It WAS the h,tle money |
got by my labor that led me 10 go wrong Could
have honestly eant enough T. have subslsted upon,
~ find me in proper food and clothing, such a. IS
necessary | should no, have gone astray ~, new
81. Asit was / fought against II az long ss could
that did--tO the last.
"MN chnd WI only Incrcase my hurdens, aud u