National Republican., 1873-06-02
WORD FOR THE POOR.
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TIMELY HINTS TD. OUR RICH MEN.

'i"ohi HiNioa ~ TVe'Ns''N'N muN'
rrSsfcms ln Des,estic Beouoiny-nfcu's
Hack. msso 20 BEND Over wash-T.bs%. n
uoinea mr. tho Poer-The sufierings ef
yyomen, '"'t
10 ne giiior NJ lh' kaiio-ai ,RspsbiioasS J l..
SIN; DR.. Blias previously offended me once by
inIures that as usual believed were stimulated
by malloeprpeuse, tut as prominent member
Of our Board OF Health, he has developed such
unseinshness IN going into the rec ring siu1s and
poisonous mlasma Of this city, IN large spirit Of
public, duty and benevolence, mat I nave quite
persuaded myself that such man u incapable
Of the weakness Of little malice towards any
human being. The virtues cluster together and
the vices cluster together In human character.
aud therefore we should rather suspect mistake
than selfish willfuln0sn In our truly public spirited
citizens, like Shepherd and Bliss. :.
Your account of I" Hog alley, and Goat alley
and Scum alley" and :. IleiIs Gate, are a fam.
tolerate at the National Capital. IT'S % be hoped
that, In pronounrlnR these Alleys nuisances their
names also are 20 be blotted out as nulsances.
Dr. Bliss Will make The moet sensitive health
ofncer we eonld have selected, because all his
sonaes, smelling, heating, seeing feeling, aud
tasting, are 80 largely developed. The most over.
poWernR sense OF duty alone could carry such
nice man among the offscoutlngs Of afflicted hu-
mAnity. The ti9cs wo should make AZ mission
ares Of progress of his excavations OF impurity
In our midst, would become granuy poetlcal
lnstanter II our rich men wouh build fout-
roomed frame houses, with stationary wash
tnln Ia eysry kitchen, and Win sewers under. under.
other ain underground. These houses could be
rented cheaper than brick, A sewer should be
near the rich, In order 70 obtain work easily, and
Also to live In the excitement Of the crowd.
heard a cultivated lady say, 'Do let us live near
"a An
mind Of loneliness ii @ Is w hearing ihc buzz Of ihe
wheels and the noise Of the bell or whls-
ue No one naturally preicrs ntr ~ 70 @ sissai can
| after day Of such hard work that they hhyo not
spirit enough to carry out the great tubs Of dirty
water and u they did, II wonld 6e spilled out 10
| the yard, making the ground sour, rank, anh un-
healthy. Stationary tulis, with splgots Of hot
and coli water above them, and sewers under
ins labor Of the laundre.s, and keep their houses
| and yards dy aud healthy.
Our gosptf should be, a.Pay the laoorer his hire
often % have Known colored women to be ironing
| up to daylight on Sunday morning 10 please
their customers, and yet their pay was withheld,
were cheated Of their labor Altogether. lido not
believe nature formed awomanb spine 70 Dond
over washtub, Few Of them engage IN this work
sI Sns ,s ssss 81 sgs S1eoS n a PSs
| with snowy linen, who has not paid his laun-
dress, and we women know their meaAnasi with.
| uut WlAuiuE WAS an hDSOtuNt uuttu 70 NOtNS
' down into the Kitchen 70 take In wssfjng" for
living His strong back would not 10 injured
q. 'rubblng and sweating all day over wash
s25 of = 10 In the war yard, th6sS innansrS @ NJ lie eai.
ment, up - water. The Chinese men do most
Ions I, ~, ot aIm work In cn,iioTnis and ,tsm @
With the pleased cyS n onounoed upon our
anatomlst. Tho curse p,, rch a one as that
upon Adam, ',aCursed Ia the grct. days OF INV
III sorrow shalt thou eat Of itall ms ,it bring
life. Thorns, also, and thistles sns,. II the
forth 10 theci aud thou shall cat the herb eat
ncld. In the sweat Of thy face thou shah
bread unto thou return unto the grounu. Inls Inls
proves that the hard work washing lot lnstancel
should always be done by the men, Mule woman i,a,
was destined 10 exercise unendlpS, loving
patience and genteness, aud fUtnune, anu
humility. Hear what was the curse pr1holuCeu
and inv conccntion; ia sorrow thou shalt bring
forth children; aud thy desire shall Oe 70 tny
husband, and he hhall rule over thee, Mny
inc womb a. palnlessly a. the ripe irult from
tfeef Tho agonies OF the young mother proves
the curse p onounced on woman. her US lsn
oeyotlUn 20 those young ones, whosneoi Alt ner
forbeaTance ami love and slecpiess watchfulness,
proves also that God has SUI lett witness oI
himself Of unsclnshness, In her heart IIuy
a husband who could DO talse 20 lhe tshue,
mother o. MS children proves tho extremity OF
the curse to wOmanhoOd: Thy desire shall DC
to Thy husband and he shall rule over thee.'
men lounRlng In perfect illeness or conceltedly
gallantlng young giIls, while their loving, mum
6le wives are at nome with weakening petspnh p
tion streaming from their faces and their backs
aching with washing to dress up said lazy, worm.
| less handsome misunderstanding for MS anu
their chidrenb support. Wsat can siinulate 70
such loving labor for such unsrateiul unappre'
On, woman how my Imagination grasps the
| nch rewards OF thy destiny In the not distant
future among angels and arohangeisi VINO nave
bcen perfected through suncringi Mr.. Eiltor,
| have In tho last niteen or twenty years spent
more than ,OOO In taking into my family SEEM
ingiy outrs,st children-chlldren whose homes
perhaps Inspired only wickedness; who had, hu-
/ namely speaking, no chance for goodness or
thrift have educated them morally, mentally
and paySca Haa bssn S own chdlen
Every one Of them, In spite OF croakefs, nave
| appreciated my lOng-sunering labor, and have
turned out well. Indeed, II Is the only mission
airy money ever put out at an interest that was
| always surely paid iu practical moral coin. Elu-
Gated intellect and goodness combined are for
ever imperishable. oh that had the money ne
| cessary TO build the two or three hundred frame
| houses that have described for tho poor 10 the
most populous alleys here! Tho suburbs OF the
city are TOO Tar on for tnese poor , \,
ing 70 get work, and then walking back aud forth
| to carry the heavy baskets OF clothing 20 their
oustomers. such folI-r0Glned houses WIN pt1s n,so
closets, 70 carry on all the dampness
and MN ani good Kitchen fange. rn WIN ,r pipes e
| mates against hre, and cost only few hundred
dollars TO build each one; while We would soon
prove that such clean, dry hAbltatlons were
greater missionaries Of progress than a hundred
| hhlRhfalutin" preachers and lecturers, who do
not practice what they insist upon other poor
sinners doing every day. remember IN 1851,
| urging Mr. Lincoln " send ship lnadB OF Ice And
blue mass and qulnlne down TO South Carolina,
rather than cannon and t0tpodoes, for the hot
climate had given all the people liver complAlnt,
l hA al
prevent them iron the bllousness and folly Of
lighting against si1 times their number, aud q
hundred times their facilities for obtaining the
siuews OF war. / believe that dyspepsia aud
damp make people quarrelsome and murder
ously blOOd-thrsty, and this fact should do away
| with capital punishment. But, at the same
time, we should connne the poor wretches In q
hospital until they are thoroughly cured OF those
greatest foes to peace and good will, namely