The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-03-13
7 FrOm Our Regular IorreSpOndent.
NEW YORK. March 10. 1874.

where a. many a. one hundred and tifrv
I apartments have been crowded tocetber
under one roof. each of them inhabited
by family of from three to five persons
Huddled together in these communities
of crime and filth, a large part of the
city's population live and die here. with
out ever having known the true signifi-
canoe of the word home The extent
10 which the OvercrOwding system of
tenement houses is carried in New York.
exceeds that of any other Christian citv
in the world y comparative exhibit
of the
POPULATION To THE SQUARE ACRE.
among our poor people, shows that in
the Eleventh Ward it is 32S: in the Thir
teenth Ward. 81 in the Fourteenth
Ward, 27j; and in the Seventh Ward.
go; these being the four most denseIv
thrOnged districts in New York. London
has but one district that approaches this
exhibit. The population of the Strand
numbers 500 TO the square acre. and the
next most crowded area is East London,
with 266.
AND WHAT Is MORE
Very frequently there is no pretenee
of separating families by thin partition
walls. Men find themselves unable to
pay the rent of a whole room. and so
two or more families are huddled into
a single room. the partition being
mark on the floor And in these places
children are born; families sleep togeth-
er, male and female. Is it any wonder
that the jails and prisons are crowded!
Is it any wonder that to keey common
order an array of policemen is required?
THE OTHER EXTREME.
And while 500. 900 people thus herd
together like cattle, living on the refuse
of the markets, and thankful if they
get even that, IL is a sharp commentary
on our bOaSted civilization TO read in a
. Society" paper that Mrs. William b.
AstOr, at Il recent ball, wore diamonds
to the amount of one million dollars,
and laees TO the amount of one hundred
thousand more. The husband of this
woman is worth not less than $50. .OOO,-
600, hrge.share of his property being
in these very tenement houses / have
been describing. He has never given a
dollar in charity never repairs house,
or ever needs a call for air, light or
cleanliness from the miserable wretches
who inhabit them. The only interest
he ever takes in these people is to see
that they pay their rent every month in
advance. and TO see exactly how much
money III tine shape of rent can be
screwed ouy of them. His father, the
original AstOr, John Jacob, was not so
bad as his son. The old man died worth
$50, 00G, 600. In his last illness he woke
up one morning and asked of his seere-
tary
Mr.. - has Mrs. Wilson paid her
months REM =
II believe not. " said the secretary.
lit is S12; you Ny4ll see to it at once.
She is sick, and if You put it off she may
not pay it,"
Twice or three times a day would this
wretshed old man ask if that S12 had
been paid, until, TO quiet him, the see
retary took SIP from his pocket and
gave it 10 Lin, saying that she paid it.
That's right, that's right, chuckled
the old miser, as his fingers closed ON
the money; and now. Mr.. -, turn
her out. Sine Is sick and won't be able
TO pay. Get tie three days she owes if
you can; if not, We had better lose it
than to let it grow"
Like sire, like son. William B. is even
more greedy and grasping than his
father
i should hate to take his money with
his disposition. If the AstOrs meet their
tenants in the next world there will be
a lively time But there is another side
to New York life There are
GENEROUS MEN.
For instance, young James Gordon
Bepepett gave $50, 600 10 be used up in
soup this winter. OF course, those who
don't Ike. Bennett say that lac does it as
an adyertienent, but the hungry
wTetcnas who are saved from starvation
by his gift won't care n straw what he
does it for. They will pray, as ! do,
that more men would try this ''advertis-
ing dodge" Then the Howard Commit
tee fitted up the basement of building
IN Howard street, where everybody can
be fed withoutt9eney and without price
They serve atstfbstantial supper Of good
soup, bread and coffee This costs. at the
wholesale p1cCs. three anu One-haf
cents for each man. Breakfast i about
the same. varied occasionally with beef,
fish. pork and beans. or something oi
tine kind. Last month, 9, l6S We're fed
at tlfs place.
The applicants are a superior set OF
men. They are mostly mechanics OF
thirty names recorded. the United States
was represented by eleven Ireland.
by seven; Germany, by seven; England
by four Scotland and France By
one each. Three We're clerks. three
machinistS, and three labOrers. The
others were engineers, book agents,
fireInen on steamers, carpenters, etc.
FEMININE INTESIPERANCE.
Intemperance is by no means confined
to the men Of New York. Indeed the
vice il widespread. md is not limited
by sex. The wives and daughters Of the
- best families" are addicted To the
maddening bowl. and are rs much tae
slaves Of appetite. as their fathers and
brothers Tney get it first by the Use
of wine ia the social circle: then the
exhaustion resulting from late hours
and excitement calls for stimulants a. a
sustainer And once fastened there T.
an end. Such habits grow on women
faster than Oh men, and are more certain
to STAY. Thousands of fashionable
women. leaders in society, have in their
rooms the brandy bottle, every day
requiring more and more 10 satisfy the
cravings Of an alcOhOlized system. Does
it not show. Not at first, nor, indeed.
for longtime. The art Of the enamelrr
hides those ugly red blOtches. But
firai'y II gets beyond the cuameler's art
rI, lady. IL a debaueh. makes an exLi-
Ltt..4 Of herself: the secre1 l. out. and
with no r r-traint she deyotos herself
entirely % IT, and goes down TO the pit
IL j. tinc that a reform was iuaugurated
in the hOInrs Of the wealthy There is
bat little G'e Of talking reform or fem
peraHce 80 long a. wine is set before
every guest ~ the lady OF the slIOu-e.
and stronger drinks by the head thereof.
THE LAST swINDLE
which the authorities are after, i n
cluusieSt get unearthed. but as clumsy
"a il l., thousands upon thousands have
bitten at IL and been bitten by it, '-The
Geneva Watch Co, - with j. Wright &
Co.. so broadway" a. agents. have flood
ed the country with advertisements Of
feriI4Z 10 sald sIberb gold watches for
thin. o. it-Sl. The metal Of which its
watches az sod to be made il 'alfnOnia
gold which, from it, description ap-
pears 70 be on the whole far better than
the genuine article. The circular states
that this wonderful composition was
invented by Thomas T. EfeudOlph. one
Of the largest stOckhOlders in tie Geneva
Watch Co
Mr.. Efendolph, who i a wonderful al
chemist, worked for years eIdeayOring
TO make a discovery thar would take the
place Of gold, and stand the tests Of
acids. and always retain it, bnilliaucy,
and wear the same as virgin gold Itself.
In Nav. 1871. his years Of labOriOus toll
were rewarded by the discovery Of tits
mat rial. which even expect jewellers
cannot defect OF course watches 90
cheap and 50 good We're in demand, and
/. Wright / Co received a shower Of
letters containing - each, which was
pOcketed-