New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-11-10

thu lowest Of these I'm the charities OF RandalPs
and Wards Island. But what Ia wanted Is for moro
serespectng class, and the demand Is not for cha;
It Is for simple justice such has been shown to single
women and orphan children In furnishing homes lor
them at small profit There are thousands OF Respectable
women widows, made by deserton more unfortunate
than Widows left with the and support OF htlo
children who could afford TO pay the cost OF simple COM
forts II those Invested Of the extoronate profits
usually made them but find 1t impossible to secure
them except in accidental and exceptional instances
Children are not welcome In city
they mechanics homes or tho quiet inexpensive
houses Of side streets open people OF small incomes
woman who presents herself at the door OF one OF
these houses with O child ct her hand runs double
chance Of REFUSAL the Of her and her inenm
brance" Hotels are runousy expensive. and the cheap
ones doubtful. woman with young child has no
chance to about setting up housekeeping, II she can
afford 1t the humblest scale. II she works for living
and takes Of her children beside much the moro
need that sho should find the relief from minor exerons,
and tho helpful economy Of cheap and good boarding
house.
To Illustrate this fully tho experience which many
II not all mothers who support themselves have had 10
undergo, may DO given In single truthful instance.
young artist, who had lost her husband, had commits
which required her presence In the CITY, Her Illus
tratlons for ladies' journals would give her income OF
500 MONTH II drawn from costumes the spot; 80 she
here with her baby in her arms Her first lodging
was Of course hotel where s14 week paid for room
looking the court, with only strip Of sky visible
from her windows the roofs Here she took care OF
her baby aud worked while 1t slept, plying her pencil
till O'Clock every night, and often later. few weeks
this OF work nearly cost her the power to work at
| all, and she determined to economize In some way
enough to hire She had heard In more prosper
days OF the Elizabothst, Home and went thither
after making up her mind to risk her childs health IN
that close street the lower part OF the city heavy
rain hnr I'm huu ahn off tha
| clear flush Of evening fell Csnalst. and
| the quiet Of Broadway. 1t seemed ike
good omen, when she alighted from the stage ana,
pressing hor baby to thankful hoar trpped where she
hoped to find welcome and relief from her crushing bur-
dens ouce sho turned up foul, blackened quarter,
when the odors that saued her made her tighten her
grasp and exclam, Can bring baby herep She could
have blessed the bag who told her that instead of Eliza
beth 1t was BaIter-st few blocks beyond, the Home
appeared pleasant in its fresh dress OF buff with brown
trimmings, and alIght and astlr with lively forms and
cheerful voices The Window full OF flowers and bird
cages seemed to promise such congenal and homeik1
attractions that she turned In tho hosptable door with
great hrob OF hope that only marred by dread lest
the lateness the might tell against her favorable
reception But at the desk, her question was only met
with courteous 1--WE do not take children here In any
case" But 1t is so lateI have been detaned-cOudnt
I have O room TIL morning at leasti" impossible
Our rules are made for us, and they are very
strict" "Can you tell OF some cheap, decent house
where find room I" There were plenty Of them,
but could DO pointed out, till merry-faced girl
volunteered to show the way to few doors away
I'VE could not accommodate any one with baby in any
case" the kind but decided answer there The ad-
dress Of the New-England Hotel, Chaham-st was
gwen the nearest place where she could find lodging
place. and she set of for It, 1t of the track of the
hOrse-cars which passed Canalst. On the Haunting
Bowery night, broadly lighted. and alive with people,
where to foot in day time, without an escort,
was something from which she would shrink, and to
cross which by gaslght seemed to stamp her with dis
grace she went shrinking from the groups OF passers,
and the stares Of oungers at the agerbeer saloons,
dreadng lest some acquaintance might recognize her,
give doubtful motive for her presence there sho
RG d eyes the her 5 Sa
better protected by the fair little head on
nv woman 0 With baby IL her arms At the
hotel she was told that no women were reoeVedm was
sas would
.ns glance
wholly desperate she pnt the bold question, But ore
tor Oh, II you want respectable place" was the
blunt but civil answer You wont and any nearer than
got the wrong car, and was going up Chrysties be-
@ b sne nn rn ner ana * er under
such vexatous circumstances pressed her to take back
her for the sake Of her baby Gnu
At the - House she found small room. not wide
European plan which meant nearly double what they
by the ordinary system. nurse was found. whose
board and wages for six days In the week 70 week
at the cheapest rate. The arrangement however,
ecOnomlze by making half her meals of fruit and biscuit
from grocery near: But fortnight after, she was
having only her department to vOuch for her character
she had walked into house whose reputation among
fnd room at the respectable house for day
The workngwomens homes were only for single
and no exceptions could be made this rule. Uptown
keepers cylly fixed their prices SO high
fhafa han hnk nf nav her M ref
Intrusion OF a child on any account. There literally
where the air blew thick with disease and death for
children. She took her baby and left the city
There be no blame attached to existing institutions
for abiding by ntents OF their founders and reoev
ing only the class for whom they were designed Nor Is
it wonderful that human nature In the shape of board
thence which do belong to their lot But
either give up the sweetest privilege OF her
life to have them with her or the other
the necessities Of the II Il were practicable to
G9a tina mouse s Sy al bs Sd Pa not 1 Re T
the right to keep their children with them there
at the homes for sing women little might have
chance life and love together. Madam, when you has
on Der there are poorer women working with the
needle or the pencil who must stay behind to watch the
healthy aud waste the money that might provide for
their future IN gaining com9rtess living at e1Orbitant
without which no child thryes and rob the mother OF
the 10Y and 81 ns5 @ tres oO
economy are not needed than In the more in
dependent sisters. BY all means keep the single women
by themselves and let mothers and children have priv
neges Of their own. Such place az the Elizabethst
Home with Its CHEEKY rooms and liberal restaurant,
with the addition Of garnet playroom, would be ali
that Is needed for a children's hotel. When may we
have one open to women and chidreni The dogs OF
Philadelphia are to have home. The babies in this
city II they have the disadvantage of belonging to
putable mothers, able and willing to work for them as
yet refused shelter.
MILLIONS VIEWS ON DIVORCE.
IN ths Edfior of The Tribune