New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-03-22
MICH ToRK ZOE SOMKBODY.

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usre ia homely little matter worth atten-
son as II may mean life or death before long
=. u,anv = Door woman OF child. A few years
s-o An oveTworked, sickly Weislman, with
-. wife and child came TO a midtown IN
tbis country and found work in steel fac
torv. The hard labor and heat aggravated his
s;sease. and very soon all the symptoms Of
rand consumption showed themselves. His
vile. country-bOn and bred, tried sewing
and washing, but, hungry and weak,
she was poor seamstress and poorer
!,undress. Want and misery were
already in the wretched little shanty' ana
Death "a the old song says, stood knocking
81 the door, when a lady noticed the man Win
hls sunken chest and hollow cough creeping
past her door daily to his work. and toid hlln'
what he knew too well already. that to con-
tipue IN the mill was suicide. W nat can
a. doqr be replied. If quit 1t for week,
81 nv wife and child viii starye.' The woman
rad no money to give. but instead OF heavlng
: SIGH over the necessities of the working
classes and letting the matter slip past her
a. "a many of US would have done, she looked
about 70 ind a vacant niche for him. Pres
emily she remembered another needy case,
friend of her own, woman of wealth and
refinement, with two or three children and
uncertain health, who, simply because she
lived IN the country, was forced half the time,
Ike Lady Anne, 20 "cOOk, brew, bake'
snake the beds, and do all herself"
Here was a need which would relieve
the other. In month the Welshman
and his wife were quartered in a snug
cottage on one of the highest, healthiest lOca-
tons in tho country. He helped in the barn,
IN the stable, did light work afield. His wife
,-oved an invaluable house servant, and
aresently was promoted TO be hOusekeeper.
The child was rescued from the streets and
grew up in the pure air and pure influences of
the country. This was ten years ago. The
Welshman is now hale ana hearty, has his
oWn little patch and works the rest of the
farm on shares with the owner.
Now here was a little bit Of practical benevO-
l4nre costing nothing, which changed the lives
Of three people from misery to happiness, and
eqve real comfort 10 their richer neighbOrs.
Why should il not be reproduced a thousand
Snld thi, summer In the neiehborhoOd OfNew-
York the great difficulty in domestic life is the
imp0,sibiltv of obtaining servants. Even rhe
Incapable Biddies just arrived refuse TO live IN
the country. InNew-York are hundreds ofneedy
ssky American women, struggling by sewing
on shop-wOrk of various kinds to keep life
Together. During the heat of the Summer the
struggle grows weIl-nigh hopeless, especially
when, a. IS often the case, there Is child for
whom 70 fight the daily fight with Death. Ii
some OF our charitable associations would add
20 their work before the Spring opens
On employment Office where such women
could be offered homes in the coun-
try ia which good wages would
Be- paid Tor good work, both the rural house
holder and city poor would bless them. Now
i the time for such an arrangement to be
made The excursions Of last Summer were
good as far as they went; but they gave but
DAYS breath of fresh air TO a limited num-
Der Of children. The remedy we propose
sOuld be a permanent one.