New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-08

asnd eratuitonsIy with the use Of roon--if single
vomen in company with others; II wlaows S'@ -.
Yemen not being admissble and with ehidren' rovn
= devoted 70 one family il sufficiently large 70 reluno
= "a fth. eh;drsn are not Of an age 10 earn their own
baaepepdenee Work is then supplied tnenh gene
from such az with TO encourage the cnnaoIe scnee,
thoseh is sometimes accepted from inc starvation
les,es at the usu. prcedi On liberal scse the dr
be;nc the loss Of the philanthropic paroness who
slse m esse Of business being du purchases materials
.d acts the women 10 work at fair remuneration TAX
g herse the risk of ultimate sale and by this latter
-ssns the Aulun was, during one season. rendered
-bn very few dollars OF being selfsupporting, show
:e the advantages Of combination when aided W even
,er, email capital aud conducted With ordinary intei-
senee great advantage accrued to these seanstress-
- IN the employment OF man to carry all the work
backward and forward. thus saving them that delay
bieh 10 the usual cases reduced their small earnings
40 dsssrousy while the loss Of sime in waiting for pay
mert Of work already delivered totally avoided by
the advance ia aiDstsnces OF at least the full amount due
by Che lady in question: whom deyoved all the loss by
had debts and waste Of time in collecting.
Among the successful combinatiye efforts at work in
this CITY and as particularly propOst the present sub
iecf We shOud not omit 70 mention the Shirt Sewers
IInion situated in Bleecker-st This was established
Few Years AGO at time when the distress existed
A Al present by the call Of public meeting at the re-
ouest Of certain of the Deedlew0men Astounding dis
closures Of prices were made TO the public funds collect
ed store taken, drectress appointed and business
duly commenced. ne Association, AFTER Lnc many
rel fluctuations Incidental to the nexpeence of It's con-
ducfors and The low state Of their treasury finally became
establish ed and at this moment pursuing prosperous
career giving permanent employment at satisfactory Oar
different from factory prices TO all in its employ
Extreme distress exists in greater degree during the
winter than the months, owing to increased eX
pepses IN the shape Of fire. light and clothing which the
heemency Of the weather entas-hence that season OF
the year offers the most appalling scenes OF destitution
which can be conceived. We might MI our journal WIN
e oh uarifV off he q
ees miserable condition Of hundreds OF our fellow crea-
t,res In this opuent Cty-mserabe, IN the most ex-
tended sense Of the term in tho presence OF mental sl
frpR and the need Of physical necessities hopeless 10
the clutches OF merciless employer WAC knows tat Mo
wages only serve to perpetuate little longer All amess
existence and that the choice of his white slave is but
between death by rapid starvation or recourse TO
infamy hopeless, interinable during TINS lie, ana
Too Frequently unsupported by the consOla0y prospect
or being admitted after the bitter trials OF this world
have passed away sphere where want and PAIN are
unknown But it will be ncedossy exciting to particu
larze many Of these wTetched scenes, as those We
mention may be considered as but daguerreoypes OF an
the rest though may be well to state that the fol-
lowing are sketches Of needlewOmen's homes, as OBJ
served during the winter months lately past
In Avenue C, at the corner Of Thirteenthst in the
cellar of house the upper part OF which was equally
overcroyded was to be found the home Of eleven persons
belonging to the industrial classes. The inmates con
sisted of family composed of a mother aud five young
children the eldest boy, being the only one old enough
10 be- trusted IN tho streets and who was cndeavOrng
10 earn trfe BY vending friction matches, his stock IN
trade consisting Of three boxes while the widow made
shirts as the sole remaining of income Tor the
support other family in another part OF the room lay
awoman SO afflicted with rheumatism as to be incapable
of any exerliOn who, with her two children was wait
inc to be removed TO an alms-house the other two
lodOeye were old women whose occupation was that OF
peddlpQ goods through the streets. Fire there was
none and the little light that penetrated the gloom
served 10 show tattered mattress spread on the
foor and which looked it might have been rescued
from some intended bonfire in the street. and this, with
two rckety chairs and few cracked teacups c0mpet
ed the entire inventory of their furniture 1t appear
ed that the first named family had been elected from
their late lodging from inability any longer To pay the
rent demanded and were allowed a corner OF TINS
cave by the charity OF one OF the Old women VINO
was the only responsible occupant on the understand
mo that they to pay il they could, which there a-
pesred little prospect of their doing The scrupuOus
iesnness of the poor children evident through all their
rags, was however, worthy OF remark; All THESE
peope we're considered eligible for the Asylum OF which
we have spoken and their removal it was asceralned
that hey had nothing in the world bat what they stood
"up n as iorcby if not classicay expressed by
sEe of themselves and some not even that beng ln-
debted to the compassion OF their companions IN pow
sty for the loan of thevey scanty habiments inwhich
they we're clad
Tn another instance two elderly ladies' much advanced
IN wears we're visited, and discovered in condition
scarcely Less depOrabe. They lived in Amty-phce,
ma
part not TO allow of erect posture Ia addition TO
slight mental alteration was afflicted wltha cancer
Gus affection of the breast which disabled her from active
exertion but she yet capable Of using her needle
by which they both gained precarious living, While
the other was suffering from spinal complaint Their
conversation and manners were manfesty superior to
their position and il aeward discovered that they
we're daughters of gentleman Of high position and once
Of great opulence, but who utterly ruined some
years before in one Of those commercial pancs which
always carry with them much destruction They were
,oon compelled to quit the society In which they had
beep accustomed to move and gradually descended to
the lowest depths of poverty After all the romance oil
6etion with some stressed princess court inrgGHe
for heroine pales in interest before the reality o the
history Of that poor ragged woman whom you probably
might have encountered in your walk this morning
Were Albert Smith to write the Natural History OF
the Samstesses he has done that OF
of English society," he would assuredy record It as one
of the habits Of the subjects OF his sketch that they
were always TO be found doesticated either in the high
est or lowest part of the house in which they existed
unless he pursued his inquiries 10 the prison. the h0sp
tal or the workhouse, where many OF the British
needlewomen driven BY the crushing system az
exists here Itwere idle to institute any comparison be-
tween thec0ndon Ofthe class oiabOrers IN the re-
spectve countries besidewe prepared TO hear OF the
distress in England of what are there nSoleny called the
GLOVER classes and ready to institute comparisons
hattering we believe from disngensOus
ness from actual ignorance of the social pOstienO
the artisans here and is ect 10 bring the
facts they exist fully before the public leaving for fur
Their considerations remedy for grievance which pract
cay nuifes Ourdecaraton ofsl being equal and easa
reproach republican institutions. Poor Tom Hood
found in the dsresSes OF the seamsTesses Of London an
eloquent theme for the exercise Of bis pen expressed ia
that wonderful poem The Song of the Shirt prOduc
& all nenulo chnul1 ko