The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-12-26
wnrRr primers Drrrrsr.
what Oniy the Coroncr- md the Police ANA
the Iibiauuou- Reporters see.

IN Baxter aud Elm ana Mulberry streets,
in which are great chcerlcs4 tcnemcnis' one
benin the other that are nllcd IN every nook
and corner with working people. there are few
house. in which may not be found IN this snap
Of arctic cold one or more families destitute OF
the necessarics Of me- In bare, cold ronm w
tho upper story ~ a gloomy, old rear building
NJ o mulberry street. y,s'erd y, two wiihefcd
old women shivefcd before "a handful ol frohly-
huruii . coal. re narrow. bali-ii!fnted apart
utut h ii neither e. uIrs nor Otl iNtiii are.
I'd tt, 49,. l,.t anrd ununf crod WALL we're rDH'i
ing with uhmp. There WIS no cHrpct on TAG
floor, and only few dirty rags covered the oed
stood ~ one corner.
muwbled one Of the women without ruSing her
ewes from the hearth. Yes. I've mad nnthing
to bu, pal ~ coal ] was nearly roe lnst
night. clothes on the be &, no glass ~ the WIN
doWs, ana no nothing Its hard to keep warm
Yes. tnnt's co." echoed the other occup7nt
Of the neartn. whose REDEEMED eNelids and WIN
cred face to u a II ctime 81 struggling WIN
hunger and cold "lts no one we have 10 sist
US and the old man IN there ahed amt ahle 70
work these unnv wears" Throwing ouen the
door Of the ,vindowiess hedrnnm she pointed to
the wasted form OF an aged man. VINO laS Groom
ing under pile Of rags ON the bed frame. " HOW
docs people expect we're gong 10 get along
without free2ing.in this circum-tance No coke
only that OF yer see IN ther haskell anu no
money ter get any more and NJ food. Though,
I'd freeze last night, but didn't, l worked
through IL. So mellow"
he old house seemed mica WIN iFetIluE
families. who huddlcd IN the corners am alley
t. escape the piercing northeast hi sts thht
swept unimpeded through dsnantled doors
There's I'VE O. "a a. ait round here" said an
other aged woman IN an upper story artnent.
"nn' Try one has any means of support. Those
poor Things over there" she said. pointing to a
group Of hluc-faced women. " goes out 70 work
when they can ct anyt ing 70 DO, nut tbat :
seldom, an here we all are freezing M. Yer
can't Keep warm III TINS old shell any how wild "A
lire. "a yer see how 'tis now. I've got I'VE chil-
dren. an they all have to 20 out to heighbor
wnen they want t. get warm. Ihe'r ole man )
hern dead for i've vcar4, an none OF Us nus GOT
So winter. an s'poso wen III freeze o. death.
" wish could get help. too" added q trcn-
bling woman. who mad Just enteted, " m q
| puOi old Widdcr. an my daughter that -p"rted
! II. l. long ago DEAD. I'm argaret OCDnnor,
! and I've got NJ coal. ner wood. ner ire
- cant get bit uf work no now muttered
a di-c. n,Olnfc wotkinsuan In another room,
! Ind Ave crufs IL the most that I've made since
! : turuaV I'VE been to the markets and the
! wnAives early ant .te every dav. but there :
! nothing ter do. Yer zee there, pointing TO ms
st1cklncless feet, "tnese old ucnt-. that's all
worn out ana fun ~ holes, are all I've got r.
! he y me feet III the stones
| In mother room IN Mulberry street little
! Girl but tive We r. old, W alone M bare. cold
/ ap rtment. Her feet and legs we're bare, aud
the scanty dress that pa italy covered her podN
! WIS too iiimsv To keen the cold blue from her
! wan, ptnrned fIce. she W ~ alone, she said. an
| orph N. and her stepmothcr. old ami worn cut,
had Just gone into the street to try TO pick uu
something to eat and burn. Presently the aged
! housckceper entered, and the chlli with n
! happy lpugn welcomed the scanty pickings that
/ sine brOuVut. ana he hung over the old woman !
shoulder as the latter talked Of her poverty anu
/ suffennes, "God onlv knows how we'll yet
] along tnis cold, cold weather."
/ \ woman whose husband wa In the street
J looking for "a job had p l", sickly daughter
/ VINO was just getting over pneumonia. There
/ no ife here said the mother. sadly, looki 4
| into the asnes II the last pail 81 coke and
/ don't know now wen manage 90 keep he
! warm. 50 that she'll not nave another cold ant
die with it,
The story Of the poor in the other wards, a
! told bV IHE SUN reporters VINO Wen a non.
tic'n I~rdAv, Is Rrepetitiun OF the tale of ti
Sixfn. lLc fru-ts hdd thcn uo1n them hniro
pafed. ana all looked forward to. What loci
/ they forward tor