, 1869-11-03
THE PoDR OF CHICAGO.
Their Winter Prospccfs.--Rc.
xpcctnblc Poverty.
Professional Boegars and Dcserv-
Ing MendicanHs.
More Strangers by the Wayside -
than Good 6amaritanA
Suggestions for the Winter.

Gef wAtCI-*0tE4. great In her many .odorel river
Erra1 III her tsaet; Ertal II her wealth; AMI le
rs add the eroW.to-teremeuu-red fact-7tru. (,
1e7 7prerty. Extremes meet n th.. al III sit othe
respects The Elded equ.p-xc. With It's richly anc
comfortably sppAsriI.zI Ire,cht rolls p4st tho rsx
bArow. with It's tqunlsd attendant: only q boct
separates the TIAIhie-frout maDtiop, With it, gilt
sertnR 1tRatA cafpciesl HooFs, and pictured wAlla
1ron The siinHy hosel oI the poor, through Whose
Tlckety tenenent the cod wiad blo rs without in
Ted!ntnt- In our pTlnctHsl tnorouEh'ases the
richly dressed lady O the uvenue ,u.gulncen,,y
Hwceps bt h-f th!nlJ clad ets1er Of the alley
N1os with EcAnty Clo.htaE. hurries IRON
her flr'fess gaHet TO perform her duly
foutc+', f0ufs' IAts'r fnr r!t,an-c too small tc
pay Iett Rnn purchase tuicttut lend, much lesE
stn1Tdbt T21uent, for this iuci%uent seasou
NoFte laan Ihp, there arc homeless wa1hesera IL
tns succsH y 30 tc tais seek Tor employment, auI
whose 1ude Of existence l. rrsttcry. Worst o
SIt there are many auoug us u who.e dtre poy
art, Is added eieknc-s, OF, may ne, they arc GRIP
Pied from nccdent, and who are entirely depen
dent on The charity Of the punl'c. Our object /:
to snJ aiew Toris about the several c.asses Of
ranpcss to whom We hsve AIlnded, aud to s1g.
ffst The course which common humanity. not Ia
t1<ak OF nasnan!nitJ. suggests IN their regard
THE wthFER PROSPECTS or rnK Fo3R.
For the weAlthJ the Winter has attractions a.
though the trees be 'esness, the Shrubs 0owe1.
1ess, AID An ICY coat haa destroyed tuc rip.
ples Of tue wafer IN the sanshtue. Bat
fcr the poverty. stricken this seaso
u iull Of nouora Cn1s:mAs n4y
approach, rut It brings no Santa Claus ladeu With
asenein ios the poor. Tbs festivities OF the Sea-
ton are not for them; bitter cold Adds 70 tneir
a1esdJ largely. accumulated m;ser7ez and CON.
fo1tless are their gloomy abodes- According to
Tho calculations oI those best capshle Of IudztnR
IN the nstter, We are entering on winEer Of se.
verify. tDdtc1t'ons Of thus siruady present. them.
teIyee, and The question ArsAes-how arc the IN.
employed to TIC rroEtdea for. There are fe.e,
pubic and pr1Sais whFks la prnyrs.ss Ebau II, IA,
this atAsous husl0eHs ia dull; merchants sn,,
ftoFrkeeperA complain OF The hardness Of th+
ftnns; The Advertisements for help arc few. 10,
avety vAcsnt situation tneTe art huQtfesl an
cant.; employers are dlschsrRipR some Of ihsir
Esnda tnttesd Of eoEastng more new; Ana even
1Ont sE1i-zha 10i It GI1lcllt TO Obtain work
II thts he the case with experienced radesue1.
what mat become ~ indifferent mechanics
nave sssea 70, oaer tron .s.,r Of sa5%s1 sss
work. Ald great uauJ Of them hare families de-
pending upop them !or support. Besides poor me-.
chanlcs. Artisans, and la.nfrrA, thes. Is saotney
ree,ls ctsss In our m'tst who may he described n
tnupc living In = hat H. terIeh
RESPECTABLE Puy1ErT.
The citT abouuds With "Gr,keu-dow aensle-
mtp. "and clerks ~ho have " seen better t1aY. "
Many Of them arc men Ut rducalloo. refinement
ald nigh pE.nciples: sous OF them nsve, in be:-
ter t!neF. lVen in luxus.oaa a3ute< owned g1y
tqH'paEes, npd d4Fpenked and received elegant
hospitality. They haze bcsn surrounded wlto ali
the Ia1u1ies VI lie. the hnul of ndecuou hsy ri.
TAyA &R+n prepared to mIul-ter to tbetr <AntA
and a!nd tfieusis have daily clIrt 10 lLlut1a IN nj
them in their slightest ts!huIatlgns- Tae unsli.
which n 10 cold and hrasless n nau a 1yeEstIv
naa prsstt7i, aud even Battered them. III
The Gays oI their prosperity. AMI wntle tneir
Eo1x slar wss IN the ascennaos tyery one smile,
abnernaly living tn chus9o. 7hry have ,.i Es'n vi
.land Of the West Nau.t, a. 1t srru, 3s tle
IkrAR nff fNntR hnnA rrA'
TraIize their f0ntst rxp+-fa:hG.s. Ia rslu has
the ptesa, DUNG The Inst t~n yelra. warned ptn
pie AZ hitnocr that nur rsy 'n I,G.tr fnrni .ue!
n*'t! for the advent'lres ,he instane nan+r1 tn-
p!ofets'ohleas snd trnhcIc-s tnf'riinal. aud the
broSsn do~n Rcusieunn." fno c'y Ia Sals
they come" and 1e Du>t make the must Of taern
undef the cucumstaurc1
I,ut under me hcad o1 "respecrahte pov%rt, =
We nust include great tnaAt III sru than ta'sr
only to msp. ie'M a.n; W we aars Tes,es a'ldds, e.
say that The tone Of aGStrtisemsa.s fron ie ns,es
WattltR 2 sItu1t1nu't and tie heAr;h Of the heusnd
cate the d1sagrcrapir tsct that large nuu1,ef OF
respectable taflcs are ost OF EN- ,lot ment and
citing out rEscaIou. tIo.tstshce This ASPECT
of the matter IL IN eTtFJ way dl4a9roeAbe. II, a.
IL Eentfnlis sdulltte. 'preyentioo Is better th1u
<nIr4" We have nm right TO pt.ct inc gepuer Hex
The dnt''oua advertisements when msuJ of them
liner. sauw the dFs uresessNg In which ther are
r!acet, and thetf wnvrrtne t,rtween vice ami vfr-
1nenta to perceive "wnere ends thc rittae auI
a,eftns The rce !" Although It IL foreign 10 our
5'rtHrilt object 10 touch up5n the sclous effects
with the Poet, that
"Ihe oaa. .od eaas cur sat.n Car.s w.xts
weuld heep our calico C4arta4as chas,e."
THIS view Of The subject viii, ue srusi, induce
the t1ahopahIc avenues 70 taink Of their poorer
slsIels Of the lsEes au.l nleyA, and to recognize
The y na.h q DC .pa.hsam shat Properly hn
There Ia no tate more wretened than to be
<1onmed 10 respectable poverty" The shifts
09 ou sec ,te 1spf ne 81 tne
ttc.e OF which the owner stauts IN need Is cop-
@ egJea 70 tn.s aene5sl nas;srom 1or poor people's
OF The articles collected in such Al establish ntnt
iesl.nea tae variety Of soarcea .nence they hars
1AupeF has been pledged tor doliAr to pru71de
daJs iuppo1t for IaU lsntug children; the Violin
OF the u,nstcian, b. which ne Hoped 10 earn MS
Mx'ns 1rd1s "hanss mute" IL dast corner Of tue
- 'Frnm Willie TO Eli" aad preseute1
when The. nr-t mntuai,J pledged ,heir voss
default of redemption ior ,r1a sdvaneed 70 pus.
chase utal; The cheeks Of the broken gambler
ase Acattezei IN heap IN the snow.casc, ID order
Ia tempt otnet AhEehtureE1 to v1cpmtkc or he sic
un,s1c on the 1hrn1 OF the iAstc dice or zcarrely
1ese ueschcro.s carda- soch, and a thousan1
otn, objects. nay ai~a5s i'e seen ondcr the sign
Cl The thsce balls. Ans person who has time and
Inclination for the purpt<e. has onlJ 70 Bisad jor
Il eh"t period, neaf "a xnprol ers e4taullshment,
trembling nlnds ARD nears hears, tn retu1u *" for
sunls ~hlcn VII kt*p the spectre nr famine few
houFs longer from be checriess home. IL it aos
parent Of crime: inr perpetrators oi 1uany Of
,s,a,' MD i3sD,d s ddfeaosa! saI oFs = pt'sa
v nieh the5 are beset NE rer1 tnadeau,,e,y
unde FstGoa fy the P.o-l.euus portion uI our chi.
seEs, Aany Q! he touug girls who are pursuing
Tlst0nS career nate been driven by want u lead
. lie OF ahhme- The5 tnre Lost thetr parents:
o1n 1s st Gr =, saa
have lone 10 sdriSc them.
7se .hoa..sd p.sSs a IL. .io1s IT, way to ue-
s'rRoPEss'okAL" BranARs AND wuxrur AsSp1.
The great trouble ns, % siWa,s neep to discover
tue beR&tp2 impoator from inc deserving ueud,-
can't In n! barge rites tnere AIT vast numbers OF
hvtr DO days wore under Ha} earcams,auces.
-Ettn II shcJ cbuld PROCURE caacr and more remu-
nessrtre euploJmeut than that Of soliciting a,nlR
spparent distsess il Aini1lasca thcy siam innrmi
neeo "ss ~ sssas rasa 'asg syx. are ., nc, A.
% ssc person. q enatn IN eraer to s5ce s5es s5
IAtbS and the besto~Al Of AiuA Oni7 ! s6or,
Aoe ago iae Eurupean papers announced mat tue
HI"', ehen they fouud Thai some 1rnas il human
sasre rcre prrrarrT to destroy the hoJ's tirhl oy
i ,s,n.s On. 1s,; 1s sfs w'.e lroosl T1e
cIntots!ug the sieh,lt4A child. y
Tnere !. only one ~ny Of discovering the really
lrG assistance onfs through rublic tnsrtnt.n1s A.
prIrAtc aid soctrttrK EnoAe n,rnher. V"r,S ~ ~
uc,rr tntn ;he merit of rrsr =. ~ s. p1'1 ~"
ran ahnuId h. nrtren fr,n1 IN = -, a,s. tse2
In EpVjaud II d .d,.r cnnnr -, s,i,,, s. q
tic niguwat. On me oftsr hs,T fha e.s =. n,es ~
deserving appiicants So '1s. o, u AZ
fvR. nnA no nrrson rs.s ho1 unst
S,onnloua caty of irnSnr Gcr,s.nessH. ~ tas
from stsryal;on IL renor1rd y s;.! aeasa
1hrN Of horror rmouv tnc m,sv, M G1ase1 ~ :.