The New York herald., 1873-04-25
What Is To Be Done with
the Children?
SOME SOLUTIONS OF THE PROBLEM.
Why Landlords Should and
Should Not Object.
WHO Is TO BLAME' :?

use-hunting enjoyed by the progentors and pro-
prietors OF more than one OF the aforesaid "wel-
| springs" nor could he have had any idea or th,
| genus or species OF New York landlord. %
HERALD few days since was pubs" !" tue
foot-sore and, undoubt"" , ~.u s"e "sn "s.. o
| hunter, In which we IDLY, heal'sos' "..use
tion. .What .. contained this Smnous oues
eral ane-- .Aail we do with the children sy Sew
O: wb,ns nave been maHe to the interrogatory
: ne following are specimens. The first il
evidently nom one who Is q crusty old bachelor al
well as an rate landlord He signs himself 'swlll,
and not only berates the children but gives advice
to single men and married people which may be
found advantageous. Hear what he says
~ - NEW YORK, April %. 1873
| read your correspondents letter or April o.
asking what shall we do with the children
answer, conrscl and manage them so that they
man owns house his n...dren will not damage 1t,
because he win not let them, s1d also because they
have . sense Of ownership in It. Il, however, the
tenant nor his children will take any care or II. l
ence rented house to man with wife and Six
much damaged the children had had broken Uts the Stats
on the shutters and many OF the panes out OF the
three or four holes through the basement Heor and
cropped stones and dat IRONS In the water closets.
n me walls o! we're sll marked and scratched with
cndIens mechanical skin. "swore oa''
aaa On children san and now rent the house for $500
buy houses and cannot control their children susSt
not to have them As is. children our masters
and every day they grow more tyrannical. The
Metnodist Meth minister was properly punished for his
salary he had business TO have 50 large family.
look upon poor man with large family as no
mo more deserving consideration than drunkard, a
glutt0n or gambler. II people choose to load
Themselves down with many children it is their
own fanlt In the struggle for existence they Will
nn w fhn hast
dent Will rise up and enjoy the good things OF this
lie. Men ought not to marry under thirty; by that
got positions 1ustifying them in marrying, or viii
have proved themselves failures, when they have
no business to marry. WILL.
AN oLD-FAsHIoNED MOTHER
rises to explain the matter, and ifit be fair to
Judge OF the ability and capability of the class
which taught the young idea how to shoot from
the style OF her chirography and orthography
there must have been room for Improvement
among mothers In her time. She does not explain
how or when there came q change in the fashion
OF maternity.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
DO you wish to know the reason why Landlords
object to childrenf will tell you.
.,ane me children are moi made to mind, but have
matter what now the children, are not to blame
It s the parents-especiay the mother, she has the
training lIi 81 them while young, and break there
is right now intel we have the old fashioned
mothers mothers we cannot expect to have well trained
an old fashioned MOTHER.
ION THE GROUND OF SELF DEFENCE"
correspondent who signs himself or herself
'P. W." sides with the landlords In opposition to
the average "family with children" He or she is
''superstitious" about children; but, well, let him
or her explain:-
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
TO me pleasant child is the most attractive
to them. / feel it is better to have them in the
house. fer "their angels do ever stand before our
Fathers face" am mot Iandlord never was
beng one. Nevertheless, with all my love Of
children and my faint hopes of becoming land
lord, declare that II was the possessor OF de-
cent habitaton should consider myself justified,
On the simple ground Of sefdeience, to deny its
is needless to pile up the 10000 ex.
asperatng reasons that can be given by all
landlords, and their tenants, who pay their money
Those who complain the loudest do not need any
Information on that head as is proven BY tact
they are the most inexorabe against the admission
OF children. They know, You know. Scratched
rope" over your head; the halls turned into q
stamping ground and raceway for half the children
to the most gentle protest-these things and many
more, .'too numerous to mention, ought to tend
ouT e AG to are Seye to S9
"d0'' yourself 1rst p. w.
NINE IN FAMILY-A PROPOSITION.
The lady who writes the following letter suffers
from the antl-infant crusade to painful degree.
Her suggestion is worth noting and her plants are
rather t0uching:-
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
have nine in famiy-my husband, four little
boys, three little girls and myself. My eldest Is
boy OF eleven and very quiet for his age; in TACT
none OF my little ones are r0mpisR. My husband
Is employed at fair salary. II his wages have not
increased as fast as his family do not think it is
fnnl htrfh ha thnn hn vhnn
we were first married, twelve years ago. bother
you with these things SO as you can understand
last five years have been growing too small
for us, and we have often Thought OF
lord gave US notice that he would raise the rent
SIS. This we could not well afford, but II we mad TO
pinch ourselves hs 70 pay y we neag f
the landlord against the rise, but he said he
guessed we couldn't afford 10 when he made 1t, and
the fact was we had too many children, and he
didn't want us anyhow. My husband and never
felt ashamed IN our lives before. ! had good cry
when ! weht heme again, and then went house
hunting. Roughness and rudeness and reproaches
met me everywhere. 1t was Gods will, rm sure,
heaps about how good "ollve brancheso are
in the eyes OF the Lord. ! am not dis
sre'e sre clean any"Uds and decent and God Knows
wouldn't part with one OF them for all the
wealth Of stewarts store: nave been enc out every
day, and have done my homework as Wen, and
maam." don't think it is right to be brutal In
this way. read your article and that mothers
letter in the HERALD, and l write 10 you to show
she is not alone. Don't you think there ought to
be a law f0rbidding landlords 10 refuse decent,
paying families because they have children.
hotel man is bound to take you in by law If you
not . bad character. Why not make the tenement
house landlord like the hotel man ? There must be
something done, or 1t will be poor encourage
ment to healthy people about to marry. AS it is
with me, lear we shall be forced to submit TO the
extortion or our present landlord
FOOT-WEARY MOTHER.
GALA WEEK IN SOUTH CAROLINA,