The New York herald., 1875-01-18
brood, and her head was half turned before she
fell IN the midst OF the motley concourse st the

brood, and her head was half turned before she
fell IN the midst OF the motley concourse st tho
Guild.
STARVING IN THE sTlEErs.
or all the sorrowful incidents at st. Johns
Guild. however, those which excite the most sym.
pathy concern the families that have been turned
into the streets and have no place in which to
warm themselves and no money to buy food
Scores OF these families apply daily and the trial
to the feelings OF shose present when their stories
are told is terrible. Yonder in the corner stands
weak puny man, with sort OF religious air, who
Is listening to tho halfsobbed whispers his wife.
dress is holding the hands OF her two children IN
ner own aaa ta shSagn ner mead o Is % dGwn
have been walking in the street without going
near nre or eating morsel OF food since hall an
hour before daylight this morning NO wonder
they are cold or that the mans eyes wander about
In hall-irlghtened, half.desperate sort OF way,
ana that the woman cries.
THREE FAMILIES WITHOUT SHELTER
Near the stove are gathered three families: The
first consists OF man, his vile and two children.
The frat OF the httle ones is nfteen months old
and the second is a nursing. The husband seems
has quite the look OF a matr6n. The cneeks OF all
are pale and sunSen, and they seem to alriy clutch
nser Tse man Was empoyea during the past
summer and fall by a Mr.. King OF staten Island as
sps and ns s Sas Sa n
workman, but only willing ana handy" was dis
charged; Later he found employment IN Wash
there because OF the dun times. when he
owed two months rent his landlord ordered him
to leave his rooms. and to save the landlord the
cost OF election he took his vile by the hand ana
with the children went out into the street. Late
at night they found lodgings at NO. 252 Mott
street, and by various shifts managed to get to.
gether nlty cents each night for week. SO as TO
keep
THIS LAST SHELTER
over their heads. Wednesday they were 20 sore
pressed they had to last all day, and when they
came 10 the Guild-brought In by some gentleman
who chanced to meet them-they had not tasted
food for 10rty yeght hours. little distance away,
wOman-a widOw-sat with her two children
Their clothing was OF the scantiest kind. They
had been turned into the streets two
days before. Near these last were wO-
man and her one child. The only covering
OF each was q thin dress and himsy skirt. man
upon whom the hand OF death mad already fallen
sat in chair surrounded by his vile and three
children. He was photographer and OF late had
not earned sum equal to nalf his current rent
They had not mOrsel OF food IN the mouse. Feel.
Ing that he must soon leave them, he had dragged
his way to the Guild TO ask pity Tor his family aud
some little medical attendance iOr himself.
The number OF those families VINO applied for re.
liet on Saturday being utterly hOuseless and wan
derlng up and down the streets was sixty. All
New York. these bitter winter nights, should think
Of these poor homeless creatures who are drag
glng their tired limbs about IN the darkness and
suffering from want OF fre and want OF lood.