, 1872-10-11

! Good Homes as u Cszre {foT EHfcnpef'
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10 the Editor Of Tbs Chicago Tribune:
| S1R: No doubt :he bad results Of the preya.
| lenoe OF intenperarce are ma:nlJ due to the
pressing want of decent and good homes, il
which tho people generally may be housed in ac-
co7dance with the requirements OF correct and
| just sanitary conditions. Il is tie absence oi
such conditions which contributes SO largely to
the physical and epp.Ient moral descension ot
the most Of our ictabitants. Perhaps SOC, ,0c0 OF
tie inhabitants Of Chicagoiv in wooden houses,
with small rooms ard poor ventilation; the larger
portion i. inconvenieat distances from the busi-
ness centre, and too often situated in muddy
and uninproved districts On the prairie. Thus
are the bodies OF so manv sensualixed, and their
souls degraded By contact with bodily discom-
forts
The manner Of living. IN it's relation to intem-
perance, is this: Out Of the ignorance Of sani-
tary means on the part of those who do not
have them, come restive and feyerish conditions;
and such conditions are morally certain to crop
out II the extremes OF appetite. Liquor drink
ing is merely an effect Of 8 diseased .appetite,
caused By the conditions indicated
Legislation vii not cure the wandering Of the
desire; nor Will education dc this, as experience
shows lr. the history Of educated men, whole
The human body IS tha residence OF temple of
the gods, or Of the principle Of power. As
and magnificent houses, with all the nodern i'm
proveneEts, of 1rst importance as the ztodes Of
true nobility.
have aireedy. in 8 io7uer letter to TIE
TRIBUNE shown EoT fit residences for She COM
mon people may be erected aud maintained by
adoption Of the combination plan The people
unite and contribute money for general pur
poses, sr,ch rs building Court House or Cham
Der Of Commerce. or constructing laEe tunnel,
street paving, etc Why not, in convenient
companies, unite and contribute for the eake of
better houaes to live in? By united action al
may abide in ed;fces
It seems puezlely absurd to atseupt the
mental aud moral elevation Of men in this con-
dition of Life while their physical wel1-being is
neglected. 4 sound mind and steady nerve
dwell in clean and we1l-presered body. Do
in the wooden boarding houses, with not much
more than room to turn around, and who
know little OF tho luxury Of social
rooms in which there is due proportion Of heat
and pure air,-do they expect to retain their
youthful vigor, and give character to their day
and generation By virtue Of the highest nse Of
their faculties, from the standpoint OF such sur
roundiags2
It was Pythagoras, one Of the ancient philos-
ophers, who dug cavern under his houee, and
cloistered himself in it for year On coming
out. he presented the appearance Of 3 sick and
fe8Tfully emaciated creature. As compensatiou
for thus shining against the Holy Ghost, he went
ont among the people and procured the reputa-
ton OF e god by reporting that he Ind been in
the internal regions. The #Tescted places most
people live In, in such cities as Chicago, have
being raised to god does not coma in as COM
penEation for their eg7egious experiences
OGDEN WH1IoCE.
CHICAGO, Oct S, 1s7o