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

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We make ABOUT -. a week. but We mus to--
ill rim. o~ ten O'Clock even night .or that ~
meyer nal more than g., aud very often lrss .
sol, 10 a. -u Grand. ~ VAT BIT Oi bread .ol
.os. time and sometImes the w-k cones '4'
harfe--.t-s re st1b'o-r, ard taxes more 'i-l-
I've Known = lac & bit Oi board mafe' 81 '..
say. taking one week with another. oD1u; D. &C. p
week The se eater finds 1s our .odgncs BAT e
has . bug our candles ogt %. wiat a. MAKE fA3
t.-. cost Us about li. each evening. W s.ni-4
ca. I'd v.... i caro- clear .gst upon ts fhat
about II I f,d tvlry bard indeed 20 I've upon
that We take og- money ever. lht D.- 3"
-1 as tie case mat 5e-aad very 1i-en RI 1..-
Gay We don't have anything. h We -" %
turn a. Tie swea.er woa.t keep S " -i- =,
no, the scnad lav. have been msrie4. Ai5
husband has been dead seven years "l'u
wasn't have r1 g. ld-eu alive. J cave '-''-
three. Thad ,.l Ci. .reu alive when ~ 49,
died Tie vs-1.as - was I've AMI the 'inT'
seven = husband was r. sap maze RI.
81 g. ,,.a.t ,yJrsel o. tie slOp fa-r " i'i- '-
-. .r.. ~ ,,e.sI, carni,cs-hs and mine
,agether-was aiolt -3s. The t'p "a-' -.
t.,oaid dion than low. and what more. / "a" ''5
,-o'k Oh ms oYu account wa Feiy uaff- ."-
comfortable while be lived. mere uhe
/ tgrst oq' CRYING aud wiped heT e! Is 10" -
.'! rusty saw. vas always true "
-.-,.ifo he was alive so help me cd Ate
.4,.,b was ,leauiess, 20 Ifh tw0 t01nc children
~ o,l means / lad of keeping mtse.
/ al rtd+ ones VAS hy the sop work and tna-
I-,r,ht me 10 about ~ oi a week frs hand
Tint was % keep nee and ny two boys y ben
r,, eldest Dos dled--anl that was two years alter
bis fafher--I con i0t afford - bury him NJ SIS
ter maid forthc funeral ] was very thankful 70
III. Almighty when He tool him from me for had
not sufficient % feed him. He died 0i scar.atina.-
My second boy has only been dead hse months.
He died Oft hopping cough. I loved him as did
NV life: bit was z.ad be was took from me-, 'or
know he 8 better now than J could have done ier
him He could but hive beel brought up 10 the
worst kind o. poverty by me. snd God only shows
what mi.h, have become Of him j he had lived.
Nv secur.t, died iye years 80 and then the house
that I had been us,I 70 work Tor refused o give
me any more. 90 / vas Obligated 10 work Dor q
sweater. and have done s. ever since. This was
a heavy blow ~ me. was getting sbogt IS OF 2
week before then TIE trowssrs vas better paid
FOR AZ that time besides, and when was o1.l- aed
10 work adhauded cou1nt get more than 49,
One Of NY boys was Awe at ;ais time. aod y
really could not live upon the money ] applied to
the parish anl they wanted me % 20 INTO the
house bat J knew if J did 50 they d take ny boy
from me- and j suffer anything first At times
was a. bad.yol me and ms boy, that was forced
b. resort To- prostitution TO keep 1s from starving
/ II was not until after nay security died that dd
/ tits Before that We could Just i've by my labor,
! bet aliersard 10 was impossible Tor me 90 get iO1b
and clothing .or mysci and child ont OF Is. week.
! which vas al ! could earn. 50 ! was Obligated 90
get n little moro money n way that blush 10
mention 10 sou. Up DO the time 81 the death OF ny
securitv, / can swear, before God. was an honest
woman. and had the prce was paid for ny labor
been such that ! could get living by IT, would
never have rcs1rtcd 10 the streets for money ]
am sorry g. say there IS too many persons like me
/ in the tradc-huudrcds Oi married aud single dong
/ the same rs ] do for TIE same reason II the
ruin of us. body and soui-al owing 10 tho low
] 3 81 Lot 10 far flt. of. ,l
| the same thing. know several that's very young
| Twin. Do that manner. u most drives en- mad -
The, re- hard working Industrious people, but they
don't get sufficient price 20 have enough, no. not
even OF the coarscst vicuals ana # they got more,
they wouldn't think Of such a mode OF life. They
do their work In the day, ard 20 out in the night.
They say IN cant have enough by their work,
and must see wha, else they can get some money
by In this way they make their money come To
about o.. or .s.-s0mc more and some less. don
know any that makes practice OF waltln- the
streets regularly Of ni-ht. They only geo out
when they re- IN distress. This IS what believe
to be truth and / can sa'cly say as much in my
conscience aud before God
This following is the equally awful story Oh an
other woman alike Industrious aud sober with the
/ las,. and employed ly the same "piece.mistrcss'
/ or sweater
81 work M me STOP. make troSscrs- no.es,ia
/ and GufN-Ilfh s'ik ID. ililA AbI st NNlA H. t'l'
same place as the other woman works ar, and FIR
the same prices. | cam. Ike her, taking one
week with another. about rs ~. AID iakln- of
! the candles about IS. every week | have been
married. bur my husband : been dead eleven year
have had two children, but We buried them
| We got none ~ present. worked at 'he s'op
| trade before wss married. but not ntterW ard, ma
m my husband died We were very comfortable
10Y husband aud me When he died he left me
pennless with n baby 90 keep was an honest
woman up TO the time OF my husbands death.
/ never did him WRONG. | can lay my hand ON my
heart and saw SO. Butsncc then the world hss
drove me about so. and poverty has forced me 90
do what never did before. | have been drove
about by my work being badly pad. ! coaldut
/ earn what would keep me have always worked
! second handed since ny husband death. and the
money have cot by my abor has not been enough
TO support, me | 10 the best can with what LIKE
! money | earn. and the rtst ! am Obligated o.
20 to the streets for. That is true, though
/ SAYS it as shouldn't | cant get rag to
wear without flying to prostitution for it
| Mv WAGES Will barely find me IN food. Indeed,
| | eat more than earn, and am obligated 10 make
/ up my money in other wsys. know a great many
/ women who situated in the same way rs am.
! We pretty ell all share one fate IN that respect
/ with the exception ct those that got husbands g.
| keep them. The yoang and middle AGED all DO the
/ same as lar as | know. There's good and bad In
| aA but with III, most Of EN- ! m sure they re
| drove to it--yeS that they are. have frequently
heard them regret that they are forced & u the
streets 70 make out their living Why they said
they worked SO hard for LITTLE that they might as
/ We'll be on the streets altogether. / have known
many who found II sach a dreadful straecie T. i've
10y shop work. that they have let 1t aud gone on 10
| the streets entirely know that the low prices
that arr paid by the slopsclers makes women and
/ grls prostitutes. ! can answer Tor Nseli and
! several besides me and had been better paid
been merely able To live by my labor should
| have been still an honest and virtuous woman. For
/ three or four years after my husbands death
stra--.ed on, and kept true - his memory. but at
lasi al my cuihcs We're gone, AMI was Obliged 10
] iransgress. actually could not make cat viciuals
/ and clothes too. aud had always been usei ~ be
| comfortable AMI appear respectable III my Younger
| lnAx .. nj M.