, 1874-10-18


tients to participate in advantages which are
usually monopoliZed by the healthv both In body
and in fortune. The expenses Of this charity
have been almost entirely betrayed by voluntary
from each Of tho patients. The present Di-
rectors OF the hospital, considering that the
INDECENT came from far and near as
to the w1ters OF Bethesda, concluded
last year that it Was expedient to make
the charity one OF national importance, and s.
shilling annual aubscnption-list was get en- foot.
to which the contributions Of everybody, poor
and rich, who had sllllings to spare, were 60
licited. During the last year over 1000 was col
lected; for tho English people. carrying the
is accustomed to give money without looking for
any return.
One OF the things that impress an American
most forcibly in Great Britain is
THE sADDEN1so FREQUENCY
Of its charitable institutions and the multiplicity
Of its beggars. Saddening. mean, not that the
needy should be too well provided for, but that.
in the wealsliest nation of the world, thousands
md tens Of thousands OF Gods creatures, un-
able to win foothojd for themselves,
thrown into the bosom of charity to support the
life that otherwise would perish. The crown
diamonds, kept in the Tower, aud exhibited to
adu1iriug Mouarchets, and to calculating Re
publicans (fsom far country, whore man takes
his credentials for honor, aud positioD. and
fame, from the God who made him, and not
j. "
head. are valued ut sum the interest Oh which,
for year, roughly calculated at Western rates,
would pay our Presidents salary for half the
usual tarzn OF office. And yet millions Of En-
Gl!Ehmeu groan under the iron heel Of poverty,
because, treated like children by the compare
tive few, who. born to rank and wealth. guide
the slip of state, they have all Of cAild's in
efficiency, lmproyidence. ignorance, and wlllful-
ness, ard, in too many instances, come upon the
nation as chlld comes upon iis parent 1or sup
port. It seems that the lower classes
HAVE NO sExE-nEsrEcT;
they often chooee rather TO beg than to work;
they arc rever educated By social influences to
any ed measure Of personal dignity, more
1hln t1e catto they feed or the beasts they drive
aLed. So it il that in London one cannot nalk
sonlo institution for providing for raupers
that which raupers, properly infused vita q
rational pride of character, should provide for
themselves. bearing the universal inscription.
"surpolted b., yolnn-ary contributions Aud
tpo cannot walk half block in London. OF drive
streets length in Maggate, that mendicancy
uces not assai him with Eiteous CONF Ilintr,
which, if unheeded, not uufrequentl. tuin into
yltuperation and 1nault.
BEGGING IL ALHosT 4 FINE ART
in EDglaEd; 80 that, when NC r.le tat through
the countty-roads, bordeled With t4eir beautiful
green hedges, or walk through the sylvan lanes
that ale such lovely features OF English rrl al
scenery. so frequently a1e followed BY comfort
ubly-dressed toys. evidently the children Of
decent parents. wLo assume tho professional
Whine aud the despairing look Of the ex-
perienced beggar, and beseech Til. - for the love
Of God," to give but a penny. And we
often give the penny to rid ourselves Of
Objectionable companlolship, although VIC hare
profound aud Aiding consciousness that the
Fcuuy goes for marbles or for sweets, and that
We, by our cowardIy concession to aa iuiquitious
practice have, in some slight degree strength
eued the grip Of The snacoEda of meannesa aud
poverty upon the lower classes.
Bstween alalgatc aud the pretty little adjacent
lamlet OF st. Peters is also collection OF
hcusts, known as ORA! er's Alms-horscs- Tic
nucleus OF ttis charitable ENTERPRISE was made
by q wealthy Quaker. who died in 1903. Tlcy
ale interesting Chiefly from the fac; that the
oiiEiE.ator ol tie iustltutton waa q pauper. born
in woEEbouse, who earned his fist money by
Le1d:rg swine on the sitc Of these houses. Ee
aiters ards Iaa away to sea, serycd Oh French
nle:chEu.-1esse, after MANY years amaseed a
large fortune abroad, and dying bachelor, left
his property to this benevolent enterprise in
England
A.2reate, although, like Ramsgate. an Elysium
u cockDeys. is not always without
MORE DISTINGUISHED VISITORS.
The Queen honored i: II q visit in 1885, which is
fact preserved in all tie chronicles Of tie city.
iler Majcsty spent several Of the earlier years
Of her life IN Kent, with her widowed uoAler,
the Duchess OF Kent J; ard We have yieited. i'll
Droadntairs and in Ransgate. the unpretepding
yelling in which tie young Princess SMILED
over ler hard a,ltEmetic-ie.s Ions. aud sulked at
:;e frcnt windows because drizzling rain beat
1cwn upon the gloomy sea and teps her pleas-
u,e-boat IN port.
The iron Duke, too, honored the town with
his presence in 1897; AID there are those yet
living who can descrice Lis imperial presence as
hiH military step racS along tho pier.
sCTuElS, THE ACTOR,
is said to have avenged his insnl,ed dignity as
gentleman. iu = somewhat peculiar 1uauner. in
CIc Of lhe uumcrous hotels that face upon the
Terrace. A party Of army officers made u feast,
and invited SotEern to tic banquet rs
the chief guest. He accepted the inyitstion,
gentleman Goes dine and wlme with these who
seek to honor him with respectful and friendly
courtesies- But it came about that, as the vine
IVES in, tho wit was 6u{, and wild jokes and
ha1uno-scasum stores OF mad escapades ard
reckless adventure we're tho order Of the honr.
Then one Of the courteous army-ofhcials, Tor
getting that SotHern was gentleman as well as
actur, ard had joined th.m in a social and not
professional way. tegan rucely to tease him 10
give III exhibition OF l:s d;ama.ic ability. or
curse, he felt Indignant TINT he should be
cal ed upon to i: Ii art u: Oh feAtive ec.ason
for the amusement Of cue VINO thus showed that
lie sought the nctor's rather than the gentle
...En'B conpanionsbip but lie betrayed nothing
ot bis feelings till the cry became general, in
tie vino excited company, for an exhibition Of
Soti.ern's skill. Then he gavo them
tie exhibition they dcsiled- He introduced
a drunken scene, rendering the stupid, leer1ng
l,iccouehlng ipetriate with such consummate
ek1ll that when. in one Of his reeling eyratiors,
lie caught the corner nf the table-corer in bis
hands. nnd, with the staggering dignity of
drunkenness, drew it towards him With all its
costly weight Of cut glass, ita crystal decanterB,
its deEcnte epergnes. no one OF the company had
reason to suspect that there was q resengeful
method in his maduess- But wfcu. next day,
tfn faS%fva c0mftanv EattfeH II hill nj 4(in
or r70 for damages, they found it to be the
most extensive dramatic entertainment they
ever attended in the rule OF deadheaGs.
BERTHA DAYSE.
CASADlkR TIERS.
Special Distatch to The Ch,euoo Tribune.
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