The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-01-27
ALWAYS WITH YOU"


BAD HISTORY or THE POOR OF NEW YORK
WHOLE FAMILIES sTARvISG--THE WORK OF
THE CHARITABLE IN THIS CITY.
An applicant for relief at ST. Johns uild yesterday
said tho wriler:-''My family we're last night 81
hungry that l started beg. went to nine diff
ferent bakeries and asked each for Loaf OF bread
and they ali refused me. one after another" This 10
a truthful commentary on the condition OF affairs
among the struggling threc-fsurtas or this com.
munlty When hears that so many
bakeries refused this poor man even Eve
cen, loaf OF bread, knowing him the
reader knows him be begging for his starving chill
dren, the first impulse would be 10 cry cut that
BAKERS werc very hard-hoarted men and ought
have bread SELL But the bakers side OF the
story being told, the altered wonderfully, and
I'll asccrtaincd If these gave loaf Of bread
10 every poor man woman who came along asking
one they would themselves soon be among the uu-
fortunate begging class Furthermore doubt these
shopkeepers could tell how hard II Is to make both
ends meet, that live at all and keep thugs go
ing Is much be done by the majority.
4 pIrABLE STORY.
Tho wife Of a seafarlng man said 10 the reporter-
ave sold the bed from under US last week to get .
morsei OF bread Tor the Children. she then pulled
from ner bosom old faded leather pocketbook and
extracted tncrer0n Dundie oil yellow slDS Of papeTs
printed headings which, with In her eyes,
she handed to tho writer to examine The yellow slipa
paper OF pawn tickets II is painful to
listen 10 tho despairing tale told by sufferers
and 1t may be said that In each simple announcement
OF family destitution there is at the bottom mis-
cry bodily and mental shame, conscious degradation
among tho adults, aud cold, hunger and sickness
among the children.
USEFUL LESSON
The experience OF the charitable societies show,
that II is hard 10 tell whose turn It may DO next;
that the proud aad tho naughty who sometimes in
duge In such temperate EXPLANATIONS as II would die
rather than beg "Wny DON'T they go and get work9
&C., might probably reflect the various ways In
which socggns" is accom- plshed aud then send dol
lar or Two 10 some OF tue charitable societies tnis
token OF amendment
Mr. Bovine, Secretary oil the society Tor Improving
tho Condition Vi the Poor, said yusterday-"ihe ups
aud Gowns of lie are wonderful We have to.iny ON
books receivers OF rcet VINO lew Years ago
some OF the most regular contributors 10 Our iunds
and. Oh the o,ner hand, somo OF mos. generous
ago by timely aid prevented from gong down
the very loves. uegrce But these people give now
the Il SIS generously, because they appreciate
the feelings OF those IN dsiress."
DESTITUTE FAMILIES.
Amons the applications ut ST. Johns Guild yeser
day the following were especially distressing cases-
A husband, WE and i've children need OF TODD
at No. pa West Sixteenth street, second loor front
The man has worked only few days Tor tour monlhs
past The family have been IN utter poverty sew
cral days Immediate help Is required.
A husband, wife and three children reduced to
very lowest extremity at M. 70 KIN. street, rear
house, top hoor room No s. The husband Is II sailor
by occupation expects within weeks to 70 to
sea. Meanwhile the whole family starving.
Everything pawnsd or sold and tho children are
poorly clothed. rho landlord may at any momens
give order put ihom out in the street.
AT No. l6J Prince street. top 1oor, front, man and
his SICK wiic are destitute.
A. No. 524 West Thirty ninth street, top floor tho
father aud mother and i0us small children without
food. Tho man can get no work and the .amy are in
u wrctcned CONDITION.
A very painful coming before the Guild yester.
day was That Vi u civil engineer who has been
lorary reduced 10 restitution. lie has wife and
one child upon whom falls heavily this poverty. the
engineer presents letters whi;h show him havo
prominent Union generals. He has good in
his recession ana Is pretty sure oil getting employ
ment In snort time through tue influence OF friends
who formerly associates. But the family
utterly prostrated at the present time and
tanning hand TO tide them over the next few weeks
'Civil Engineer" HERALD Office
CHARITIES AND CORRECTION.
Superin tendent keock recommends the following
cases:-An aged blind woman Of immediate re-
liei at No. 2Yl Seventh street. An old bind woman
destitute at No. " Prince street
SUBSCRIPTIONS TO CHARITABLE OBJECTS
Tho Society tor lnprov NJ The Condition oil the Poor
continue to receive numbers OF applications daily,
not u few OF which Its officers must u deal ear
For the past few days-since January 23--however
MS friends have been coming forward worry hand.
show Mrs Duncan, $40; Mrs. Bronson, S25; Mr..
+. A. Conkiing, $40; r. Lcnnox Kennedy, 500 Ba0-
Wood, $50; D. RnAm 4 Co.. $50; Cyrus ". Field,
$25; Morton Bliss Co., $25 A. c. Klngsland, S25;
ps Misses
Colgate, $25; IL. J. Newton $40. Total, 1864.
SEWING GIRLS.
A lady who formerly f0rewoman at R0thschild
Mr.. wi5wali, Of ST. jonas Guild, 10 the following
effect: Sho stated that for some timc past she has
been employing u number Of girls to work sewing
machines giving them all tho money received the
stores for inc WORK aonc by them. She says she
gun O.
II she had the machines. Hitherto she has had ten
machines ut work, aud sho now wants the Gund 10
add fifteen Of the socoty's machines, and to
have the who.e work done under the management
Of subcommittee Of LADIES' appointed by tho
Guild managers. Whcl she first undertook to
start her w0rkroom she put sou OF her
own money in tho charitable undertaking she
has received money herself from the proceeds OF
the girls work, would sh0 ask remuneration Tor
her services the Guild to cooperate
with her. she enjoys income from her father's
estate sufficient to meet all her own wants She says
she could easily give employ ment to nearly one huu
drcd girls sue had control OF sufficient number OF
sewing machines. The girls could earn on an average
seventy five cents day, and IN order TO do that noed
not ue skilled workwomen. Girls could, II the sewing
were conducted properly, learn and earn az the
time. THIS adys proposition has not yet boon
acted ON by the managers OF the Guild, but It 10
probable The suggestion made by her Will ba
accepted The idea Of seeking the cooperation
OF the Guild in this work occurred to tho
lady on tho failure of u gentleman who had
promised to pay u mouths rent Tor the workroom to
meet the Indebtedness The rent Is all the expense
that is to DO incurred and that amounts to only SO
month There Is now $50 due for rent, and ladies
teresod helping sewing girls are invited 10 examine
ths mcthod pursued In this benev oent enterprise and
to lend their help toward establishing II on u firm
basis. The lady who makes the proposition 10 the
Guild is 10 continue her services gratuitously The
sowing room Is located ut NO. 81 Fourth avenue.
Milo. Veuturoi. the Invalid danseusc, has sent
thanks to the HERALD Tor assistance rendered her but
Is still sadly need oil the measures OF e She
resides ut No. Is Centre street.
CONTRIBUTIONS ACKNOwLEpjED
The following benevolent contributions have been
received Tor No. los First street.
Stride 10 Vampa". - 90
Little Engine OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 10
4 MILL .I0NN AIEE pRIES,H