, 1874-11-22
WlNIER-RIcH AND POOR.

To the Editor Of The Chicago Tribune:
SIR The time has come again when the seri-
Gus and benevolent heart contEives to work foe
the poor. In every quarter OF Chicago you feel
disposition to organize something for the ro-
liof OF the sufferings Of tho poor. Those invita-
tons to do good will especially be addressed to
the ladies OF Chicago. who are a1"ars 30 prompt
to respond to the crv of distress. who hare so
much charity and Kindness towards the forsakep,
and who know 10 vol how to bag for the ueces-
etous.
Winter ia upon us.-so sweet for the rich. so
bitter for the poor. That season, ladies, is for
You the time Of pleasure, and for the poor the
time Of sufreringa. Winter ia = warm room,
where friends visit you where you
read 30 comfortably to each other,
either serious or light literature.
Winter is the theatre, the ball, the velvet
cushion ed carriage, which takes you to the parks
OF to the boulcvn1ds- see you hidden in your
furB md laccs, as \ violet in the moss around
You the rolling OF your aristocratic marqnise-
buge1oR or landans, ns,-dazzling dresses, smiling
salutatlons. JOYFUL Conversations happiness al
around. For you, snow is an agreeable ntmo-
snherical aurprise,-a ga!anterie Of Heaven it
is the swan-necked sleigh. the joyous belt Of
bells on yonr pursuing horses. The cold.-it
is the skate which You 30 gracefully pnt on, and
with which you trace thousands OF arabesques
on the icy crystal, to yo1lr hearts content.
For sou, winter is an astronomical inlay thing
the elemcnts. ION give tho lie to
the barometer; you laugh at the calendar.
In your salons. the sumncr-aover; on your
know it We arc in December or in Mav. You
have the silf-worm temperature around you.
Dnring the coldest night, somo will dance, Co.'S
tuned il nemephar or in orienta'es.
It is for you that winter muitiplies it's FASH
ions, its pleasures; the caahu,eres arrive from
Iudia. the howers from the South, laccs from
Belgium. It is for yon that afashionable orator.
preacher. q lecturer, will deliver his polished
discourse: that the prima-donns will sing in
theatres; that the choir even will aing the glo-
ries OF the Most High.
Yesterday, you were at the wedding, ut the
ball, Of Mrs. L or Mrs. G.; TO-DAY. soc you. in
modest and charming way, asking help for =
benevolent institution: Tomorrow, You will even
organize 4 bail, or anything where you will re-
ceive again what you ask for another charitable
institution
In all that, how many triumphs how much
pleasure how many blessings! We will not
speak OF your fatieues you have ss many ply
sicians as dre8smakors.
Alas much different is the winter for the
needy. In cold, he has no fire; in hunger, he
has even no bread; misery creeps swiftly around
him, aud looks his children in tho face. Behind
yonr lace curtains, life expands tpelf aud luxury
dazzles in his uaked room: loneliness and dis
ease from vaut,-poo1 children crying for food,
between their father without work and their sick
and hopeless mother. No noise, uulesB it is the
wintcr-vind whistling through the chimney OF
no disjointed planks Of the house. Sometimes
i hungry" and tho only Answer is sup
fpresssd and leartrandine cry.
Wrapping herself in = tag, tbs mother will
take her poor babe in her feeble arms, aud will
so out to bag at the County Agents, or any,
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