The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-16

"fhe son 1s terrible object 10 look up0n-a grow
ing youth with . natural appetite. but nothing 70
crafty 1t with; sick, but with no chance TO get
well; emaciated, thin. PALE more dead than alive,
But the condition OF the daughter was even
more pitable than that OF the son. At the time OIL
our visit she lay
STRETCHED IN STARVATION
on the little iron cot in the back room. which nen
brother occupied at night. She was rather p,ssJ
bue-eyed GIRL with tine hair, but me paiese' .n
nest, most plnched lace in the world anu 80 eaH
from want OF lood that she was unable 70 spcaA
above whisper. She was literally starving ns c,aar
with towel Wrapped round her neck Sue had
no dress to weather only other possess.osna LII
TALLY burned bslmorai petticoas anu LADIES',
hanging on the wall beside her. NOT sau sne AZ: Ss
shoes to wear. There were but three snoes W 'his
sThey had no food in the house, saving small
bone OF cold roast beef which had been given 70
them; but although Mrs. McAuley confessed tnat
this piece OF meat very nice, yet she SAID that
1t could do them no good, as. said she, we are all
TOO STARVED TO KAT,
their stomachs being so enieebled by long fasting
as to be unable to retain food my son. she con-
tinued, is not able TO swallow anything o1t
mas had nothing pass her mouth but q piece OF
bread and cup OF tea since "Wednesday night
most OF ALL" said the ladies, twas that, although the
daughter had very sore fnger-a finger whose
nom an enIeebled state OF the system-it was not
pouticed Asking why 1t was not, we received
the simple answer-which under the circumstances
more eloquent than yOlumes-'We did not
have bread enough IN the house to make
poultice.'
among the other cases we visited on Friday"
said one OF the ladies', were several which strongly
enlisted our sympathies; but IL was during our
tour on saturday that we met the saddest and
'Among these latter were MI. Leopold Unger,
vile and Jour little children, OF No. 436 Sixth street.
rear basement-a deep down, dark, damp den OF q
basement. He once Kept a restaurant but now
Is himself in want OF lood HIS ME lately mas oeen
broken his leg three times, then broke ms arm,
while his vile is going blnd. His cup OF misery
has been brimfui. ana now cold and starvation
have been added to his own personal and FAMILY
distress. HIS wife yearns for meat, meat, meat,
which she only tastes once week or so and then
only IN the smallest quantities. The little girl,
seven years ola, does the washing. and the girl,
four years old. does the nursing, and they all DO
next family we visited was that OF Mrs. Iourg No.
LIZ East Fourth street, in the rear. There are five
little cniidren, and their mother Is a. wld Voc Sae
had no seats to cane For two years this interesting
family have been on the very verge OF starvation.
To use the mothers words. her children have been
HUNGRY FOR TWO YEARS.
''Then we saw q Mrs. Maker 1927 East Eleventh
deep deep front basement-sne walls ali cracked and
the door letting in all the wind. She has
husband and SIX chiidrenItne latter al
OF work for six months and afflicted
with an incurable disease, which totally
capacitates him Tor any heavy WORK the man
and the eldest child go out begging when they
can, and from the proceeds Of this spasmodic aims
asking the whole OF the wretched family manage
to llve-as no decent man or woman would nave
his or her pet dog or cat live for the world-a v-
ing death. misery indescrlbabe. And yet this
miserable mother has nursing baby.
Then there Is Mrs. Mack, No. 1888 East Eleventh
street. second story, front room, rear house, first
Tor two years with rheumatism and SIX
children, The husband tries occasionally to sell
newspapers on Fourth street and Broadway; but
things have gone wrong OF late, and now the
whole family are cold and sick and faint from the
want oIiood. God help them And she, TOO, mas
to wlsn for, and that's CONN., said poor Mrs
Mack as we left her.
Then we visited Helen Handlon, No. 331 East
Eleventh street. front room, first floor. She has
five children. one babe only ten weeks DID, yet
she was scrubbing the door when we entered. Her
husband is tailor, who has been out OF work since
three weeks before Christmas. Since that time she
has lived on barrel OF Hour; But now we have
said Mrs. Handlon.
Then saw Catherine Hoy, widow. at No. 2e3
children; formerly tassel maker: now out Of
WORK altogether. One OF her children, her boy, had
the hip disease. She pawned all her clothes to buy
him medicine to keep hun out vi the hospital; but
when work failed and clothes were exhausted
she was forced to send him to the hospital.
Some OF her children were IN stores, but
they had all lost their places. She Is now trying to
learn to work sewing machine and oh II anybody
can but give her work to do, 1t win be such Gods
mercy Yesterday they had hall pound or beef
steak, which was divided among the four Children
the mother herself eating "a bite OF bread and a
.'At No. s31 East Eleventh street, second story.
back ROOM lives Mrs. O'Brien, with
SIX CHILDREN IN RAGS,
and who sits up all night to keep their rags to-
gether Her husband Is a tailor, and during the
last month has mad one day and hali's work, at
81 day. She is three months behind in the rent,
but ner landlord, MIR. Logan liquor dealer. has
forgiven her the rent SO lar; but they have no
food and no fire. How are family OF eight to live
through February and March without them S'
Among other terrible cases OF poverty and mis-
cry seen by those ladies' may be mentioned Cathe-
rine keenan,, No. 1888 East Eleventh street, third
house in the alley way, first floor, with two chill
dren, but no work and no clothes, and Mrs.
Ter no " hn ba n
clothes and no work.
WHAT LADY FOUND IN MOTT STREET
third lady, residing In Ninth street, TOOK
tour OF observation for purposes OF charity, among
the poor OF New York, near the Bowery, along
Mott street and Elizabeth street. DC, near Grand
street. &C. She reported the result OF her tour TO
a HERALD representative, as fOllows:-
lone oil tae saddest cases have ever heard OF,
and OF the most peculiar IN its misery, | came
across yesterday, apout noon in room In the
house No. 1872 Mott street. In tins room there live,
or rather breathe an old blind man. nfrm and
useless, who sat biting his old fingers Qor want OF
anything else to bite, and his three daughters,
e o e
forcibly was that there was not bit OF furniture
IN the room, save a chair on which the old man
sat. lnquirlng, l found that the three children
had piece by piece burned up their furniture TO
make a fire with to keep themselves warm. Hav-
ing exhausted all their means, and having In vain
struggled TO obtain WORK. they had, rather than
betray their unfortunate condition or solicit
charity, made kindling wood OF their furniture.
Meanwhile they had lived garbage for some
weeks and nnally, despite their grief and their
honest pride, were compelled to ask charity. BY
this time their ptilul condition had become known
to their nelghDors, who raised small subscrptIO
for them: but they are still terribly In want or the
commonest necessaries OF lie.
"In No. 1888 Mott street, in the rear there are a
number OF very deserving and horribly destitute
poor; among others an old man named william
Dunn. In the basement OF this building Is a very
pitiiul case, Mrs. Kahoe, who Is bare-footed
and almost naked, sore-eyed, starving and with
four children
"a Mrs. Julia Reilly, in No. 12s Mott street. rear
house, nrst floor, IS widow, with three small chill
dren, and without a cent. Mrs. Hewitt and a
Mrs. Anderson with three children are partners
in misery at No. 1913 Mott street, in the rear.
'Mrs. Dunn, 1876 Mott street. rear has tramped
the cities OF New YORK and Brooklyn, day by day,
Tor work in vain, and Is now on the verge Of
starvation; and Mrs. Matilda Moran, who
boards with her four children lone OF them
bright-eyed, smart, good little girl with another
family VINO also take in other bOarders in the
ha sement of No Isa Mott street aaya that she has