Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-01-13
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.


Editor Star:-A remedy has been discovered
9y Or: kooert D'Unger, OF Chicago, for the
disease OF intemperance-nOt the moral suasion
OF temperance society," but medicine that
restores the system to its normal condition and
also destroys the craving for alcoholic stimulant
In the patient. The remedy used, OF which he
makes no secret, is:-One pound of red Peru
wan gun bark {cfnrhond rubrG) reduced to
pu n9 pint diluted alcohol
Is one teaspoonful every three hours, and on
the third day Tablespoonful, gradually re-
bb reda 10 nVe drops; The effect upon the
seven devils are cast out, never to return. az
slie craving Tor liquor also disappears. II this
n tre IL Is greater discovery than Edisons
BnohogTapn ana telephone and we shall he in
deDted to medical science for the ,esfr,Intio, ~
ice mat numbers mole victims than ye,InW
score anu b,, Gh4dera Tor they are occasional
Scourges, out intemperance is ALWAYS with us
Mr. Joseph Medll. editor of the ChicaGo Tr; 10
1one, gives these facts, and they can he tested
70 70 great advantage In the city OF WaShtnTton
a. P.
How the Relief Should be AnaI;as.
-, L".f"r II TIE !Sar:-I am much pleased with
nne piElpS response TO the suggestions first
i iiiade III tIle columns OF THE STAR for estab-
in33ltlIS IeLe1 society to aid the Door of the
dr The Provident Aid So :ietY Is at last
h "ncUipS1ed fact, and the directors nave
80 uii Moih III earnest. In the record of their
plQceedlhgS On Friday last notice they nro1o,a
~ ~ INVOKE me aid Oh the police to discover wl3
tIe poor are and where they are to be found.
nro1ar .odg experience know this is rot the
me opol course TO pursue. AS an auxiliary to
Inc Inc society the police viii be found invau tble
o ond 70 9epeno upon their unaided Judgment
moor t thai 10 hnd out the most deserving
R% uoI, tney are put broken reeds to lean up1n
Iney Know all about the Chronic poor the
VICIOUS ana the bad who fill the ALLEYS ana the
crcmnSS5 al our city put are, from the 9ature Of
:lteuiiSl ances, precluded In : o;4,} tyle9t
from knowing lie trials and wants of tina nnY
iaeIouS claSS whose gentle natures shrink from
making public their Sufferings The police
Know Know, comparatively nothing of these, while all
lhe clamorous and many of the unworthy viii
come promptly "tO the 'front.' and receive the
pulk OF the aims to be distributed. Personal
vtSt,a,to" is What IS imperatively needed. By
III alone can the worthy be Sifted from the un-
worthy: otherwise, as in times uast. the money
VII oe 1rlttered away and few good results will
Inv. NO objection can be raised on the score
OF inability to find persons who will undertak"
The duties OF visitors. Let the directors ~ ,!-a
cali, and hundreds OF good and true ',eonIe
VIII respond at once and give their ser lees free
OF cost to the society. A large num- ,er OF them
VIII be found familiar with the wants of the
poor in their several districts. The hoard can
select the best among the volunteers In nr1
For poGtl 10 10 me supposed number of poor in
The The, different localities. With some few checks
and balances, the board can rely on their iulr-
nient, and thus just. wise and generous dis
position OF the po0r-fund Will be made. BIZ all
means, gentlemen. make persona! risita.ian OF
Ile poor your cardinal principle; otherwise yOu
VIII assuiediy fail in what otherwise will prove
aSuccesS. FRIEND OF THE WORTHY P0oR.
Why slt,
Editor StaT:-Why is it that most persons out
OF employment cannOt.be induced to WORK for 81
cents day? And yet hundreds of this class
Will not hesitate to complain OF their poverty
stricken condition, 10 solicit contributions 10
patf0nHe our penn" lunch or free lodging
houses, or to compel wife 80 support then in
their idleneSS by washing, etc. While they do
nothing. Clerks can be hired by hundreds for
s. per week, but lab0rerS cannot. and the fact
IS puZZer TO me. feel assured that were the
District commissioners to offer 81 cents per day
the result would be the same as in rOugnkGep-
sic, N y, where the city authorities offer this
amount for each days work in breaking stone,
ana yet Few indeed OF those demanding charity
In any form would accept it. The half-loaf
adage won't work when only so cents IS at
stake, and why? That's my connundrum and
l can't solve ii. Is il more diSgraceful to work
for 50 cents than to loaf around the city wear
Ing rags and dirt. bowling for bread, abusing
the rich with threats stealing, perhaps. and
always taking OF whatever is offered in lunches
or soups? 1t may be, inaSmUch as there are
hundreds in this city who do all this. j.