, 1876-12-18
"THE SUFFERING pOOR.o

now PllILANTliRop1C LETTER-wnfTEn rLAIED
IT ON A CHARITABLE HEP0HTEn.
The Rcllcf.anl-Afd reporter OF TIE TRIBUNE
would like to say worti, In all Ecntlcncss OF
spirit and kindness Of heart, to tho phianthropic
lcttcr-wrtcrs who go up and down tho lard
hunting out the deserving poor. During o pro-
tracted aud severe winter, the Relfcf-aMl-Aid
reporter receives a1, ayernge OF husllca Of
lettcrs per week from tl,usu numerous and
hfghly'rcsponsiblcc citizens know to cpistolary
fame as TX. Y. u" IA. D. Co." "Constant
Rcadcr," aud "Auxtous Inquirer" These pur-
yeyors Of information inevitably know Of some
iaaniy, po9F, ,z Industrious, respectable, mud
Infusion to tho Conlmuuisttc sentiment tilat
Should inspire tho rich, they demand TINT TIE
IR1buNs compel son,o one to rise ,lp md snaku
tho iln1ortut,atcs out Of t1lcr distress. Faithful
to t.r,dr ss trust rcposc In hi the Rel!et-andAl
erystallxcd starvation. 1t Ia true, the purycyor
OF information has forgotten to tell by what
name the lmpoEtuuato stomach went ln tho
;ays 1 o. ts expanson and It II equally true that
been opened Is generally afforded us sort Of Glow
to- to- whsTs fh.,n thy patcnts tannot BY ay possibility
crs, hc gancra!'y discovers that thcy have bccn
hn4t thas they arc doing Us well Is could bo cx.
pcetcI under nny circlitnstatlees.
A case III point: SATURDAY. there came to TIE
IniuuaE 9aire letter TINT fairly moaned as 1t
tug North s1lc sad drlftcd Yesterday tho Re-
iIof-anu.Ald mau wcnt forth on his GRAND Of
mercy: lilo snow canc down IN great clouds
an'l piled up Oil hia shoulders anu cap In great
him to fAco the lying t!akcs With better grace
than The ordinary nvucat1o.is Ut life would iaye
suggested, lnd he struggled and plotltlcl along,
% wo,!leraS how TIC Sa'no Dlyii1o haud could
susi an MY foot rs sir Just a,eaS wore. aSs A'a
ihe letter announced that tue abstract tg!scry
complained Of ,u!ght be found in a house Oh
Cedar sircGt. Down Cedar street tho Fcporer
intended to relieve immediate cravings, mil
finally he 1nun1 tho place. Nov, there scc1as tu
l,u aonHe room for poic1Iles us 10 who IS hard-u
In thts cetlar.strcet house. The woman upstairs
sa'a +, tnt t.rri, ts %oan II tho basement
not expected to recover from tAc last epasnl Of
faMt u something to eat. The wumai, III tllu
basen1rht sntl tile. man and tho woman up
stalrs rcsted from her; TINT sho ithe woman Il,
tlle hascnellt) ownrd the jlousu and lad plenty
and to sMre, nlll Ind EVEN sr1,t to tho peoplu
np.stalrs thu fuel that settled the Q,le6tion,
Whit atlutl Wu uo with our raw material ~
Inc nun up~6tatrs Ind bcen out of work since
April. she lad let him live ront freu since
tllen. -
The Rcicf-and-Atd reporter piled tho half
dolass up, md, lacking toward the ceiling, said
hc believed he'd !iks to seq tho man and help
rcnnrtrr ,st o,', - - 'u .1 nass'tvnt ai.u LUG
r~ H. H." h"ao,,,..tt w .t 1sms n,.. tf ouse.
rrnn.tsr ,sos ~ ny r 'os,i,. "uns ~, out tne
ninnte. elnnsoa H. an R9a.u H., I,ae " eItfr F1ve
mf III, ,ry.,. ~" ~, ~ ssnn ~ LOON l!hG LOIS
t1nt ,i',t. .,"i, H. ,aIt,iy liz "'.c. nu AaHeta
nnrnSc AM thon o mn t9Lneu te, then
n * Iaan,no,,1 ny,is,,i" ~ s9u H.
",II h"'r ~. r.o., ~ tss inlse'oH' auu ae
Tinaiiu IiI .hn sne 81 s!u"as - VA ~ Iantt' H.
nortnr asAr1 hin, ",ti,a - ~ .,i, .nu uuI. ~ r.
suos, No. ~ "n .tI ~ etaaasIG G s'ert ~ ING
aid M ." and ~ t, 3 rs.,',as"S ~ Ah. no nun
he aau sae' seaashsu taat No aecea 90
loons and slippers Ts r.po1tcr @ uu H.
toat eslsrsnblv with hla own wcll-w0rn uycrcoat.
shngsy cup, md felt l1IucrAs!ns, anu put the
as Sn.a'S t,'e i1slfAo!lara into torn and
hs interyicws. iIca ~ W. ~" inh ~ nj want 70
rirht, Iie didn't wanI anys,in1 po.S," WI 49,. ~!
TRIBUNE was!,'t hts polttirs. Thea thc rsport.
sfs 5 ei1e aoa numb fingers LIT 80 tts shining
iaIs i" tc n"hot a.It s'oy I'd sumtcu Gown through
in q bootleg. "s"' Peass'u''y ~ 3esI
.Whtcl, Is why the Kellcf-and.Ail rcpor,er
Kindness of heart, that the ph!1anthruptc letter.
writer's who 20 up AMI down tho facu Ut the
Earth .:a hunting Up the deserving. pour witt, .
a,e doing tn4re .!aunRo than they Ut. scco,,..