St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-09-01
THE CALIFORNIAN
From the Galaxy for September.
THc Neither SHE Of NciC York.


.,rrrts OF New York. F"ur-lirths q
them are confirmed Migrants, and III
maorily are GROWING up in Ignorance G
everything but the dcpravity which i
leaned from the city sIums, and all G
them are being pushed 10y the rclcn!les
force of untoward circumstances into iii
criminal practices in which many hav
hccomc adopts III the dawn OF thci
blightcd lives. The MAJOR portion ar
boy : rapidly preparing for the almShousc=
PRISONS, and gallow- bat hundred
nre giris, who have before ihrm the darl,
IF horror of prostitution as well ~ those
appliances of civilization for the care on
repression of The paupcrism and ltwlcS~
ness which it creates. II i tins JuYcnit
army of vn.al,uAda@c and crime hanging
upCu tie TANKS of saricty, and uccaSion-
ally startling it from IT. rrorriety by
manifestations utan immCa-urabIe capac.
iiy for mischief, which Is prominent
pcIll and the most sprro~iuI OF the meth.
or aspects of the city.
''EoNcs have holes and birds Of tlc ail
have ncst~. bat the Son of Man hath moi
whore to lay his head l. ill.,, most wo
iul declaration Of iIicndlcSs hamclrssnc->
's|r uttered ON earth. To-day in tho
Western metropolis ten thousand dciaccd
IInl"cs Of the Creator are rs lrivnllcSs,
- hrmc!css, rs abandoned 10 the WRATH
II man. However hardened he may
have become, no one can encounter this
,I.,.f. 1 mathematician l. f.. NyitInut =, f.,.
vent h"p" that the experience may not
la repeated. Policemen who, 1t might
be- supposed, az mnluratcd to callousmcsS
I,y Ion" attr.tIun with human suffering
and degradation, are frequently unnan-
net hy ca>utl meetings with little ca't;t
way "Hlllm" i'll the agony of hunger or
h"mr'">sn,s!, or III the angui-lI OF detect
81 CRIME and the mere amateur in such
SCENES cannot he blamed ii he avoids
rather than seeks them. For the reason
that the facts are 80 rcpul>ivc, they have
been c"llatcI with extreme difficulty, AMI
nn task which | have undertaken has
been more un"ruu- than that of present
M thc juvenile wrctchcdnc's of the city
IA trust worthy and intcligil'lr -hapr.
At thc beginning of the Undertaking
Discovered that mnln Outstanding the many
";tinr-t a"cnri''S at work anon. these
"ntr;'siS t" ancilor'ir their condition,
very lew precise iactS concerning them
were known. hc intelligent and sym
l%'II'rtIr accents OF the Cnldrrm'S Aid So
''ty, the Howard Mission, the Catholic
lr"i' 'l"ry' aiii other or"aliZ" charI-
Ines, were constantly anon" them; yet
no one ct them could give any exact data
Is I" the number, htnntS, or habits OF
the "ntraSt children OF New York, nor
dri tie reports oiany # these institutions
contain such information III manageable
shape. he moral and physical dcSiitu-
ton Of these chlId-va"rantS, and the caus-
- winch produced them, are the topics
rhirliy discussed 10y these societies but
Inc statements Oh l'ctS are almost entire
y c"ni'ntd 20 The means "i reclamation
when lh'Y :" constantly ana uh>rllI-lly
exert fut 10y combining information
"hlHlici from widely differing sources
with personal observations | have AVOID
"d conjecture, although II is of course
Impossible t" ave exact statistics where
none ever have been or can lie collatcd.
HE only positive statement | have seen
- that "'hc warrant and neglected. chill
drcn "i the city, il placed in double file
three feet apart, would make Il process
-'"n cI%ht miles l'n". In this estimate
are included the neglected children as
we'll a. the true h"m;'d% OF the streets.
and IT l. under rather than above the
truth.
In tins army ui sorrow there are ora
"til"iI* III misery, but only lew resources
for MS alienation. The child VIII" is ma
Lrd has the odds AGAINST linn who Is both
hungry ahd naked, but neither has the
adNanta%" OF the other IN means for the
relief OF either the one or til" other,
The iirst and most natural Resource Of
the uutcast who has Just passed from a
neglected baby hood into Il warrant Child
hori, is bcEgary. 1t is these iOrlorn
creatures whose naked feet smear the gut
Ter nee Will! blood, whose hands eagerly
'carch the garbage barrels i"r mor1elS of
refuse iood Which the homeless dogs will
not touch, but which they dcvour; IT Is
they whose eyes have the tII9htiul clare
only privation can give, and whose voices
are often 50 weakened hy want that they
cannot audbly articulatc their needs at
area doors it is they who are found at
ni@ht under stoops, iii WAGONS, in lumber
yards, or timdly asking for lodging at
the police stations | am fully aware
that all tins means that there are home
less children who are actually starving in
the streets OF New York, and am also