The Red Cloud chief., 1879-09-25
Horrors Of New York Tenement-beu.s
Life.

About twenty-five thousand hpu--
c.'rn" within ~" range # the uh-.na-
ti"u> nuw h"iug mad. hs th- r'rrutlN
appointed RECOMMENDATIONS" Inspector
They an gath. ring information which
Viii he mad' the ba-i> ni mauy needed
sanitary REFORM, AMI which, il J., hr-
hcyrd, viii in time giyr Nor" wh"i'~'me
and comfortable quarter "a tenement
dwell"r, who now hy" ia wrc;ched
place III" worst lpca'i'ie- in our city
have not - Thu writing h-ru visited. huF
a frgy fact clipped from the Informal
reports of tho !u-p"r;i"n- which have
been mail" viii peak for th,m-rl,-,
III" air IL ihg front r,,pn- Vas al
most uuhrirahl- o" tho visitors, hat that
81 ia" T.'"r apartment Ma foul hrNuHd
belief. In the latter were several WON
cn. each with q pale. w~In-lv"kiu" bah,
ia her arms. ON of them said thai her
vas mot hong for This world and II WA
found that three children had died I'm the
o0m within a year. IT, two dark A.
cove. whrrc the stencil VA mot tp lee
Observed. Stood ia. bed. Inquiry into
the source uf thu o-l"r> revealed the fact
that beneath TIA, board II IN, flor,
which bent aud crrikrl with the WEIGHT
If III" foot. was 4 dark ~ul-crllaT through
which a leaking sewer ran. loading the
heavy air with nuNi"u- gt-,-. On
The ground iluur wa, found q Iu,ddlr-agrl
woman with hllf-a-,loIcn ~ickly booking
children. She showed tn" h~,lrppm,
ventilated only hy a-mall window open
iu@ against IN uhliVuc wall. which al
most prrcludcl The entrance "f light.
When this window was open. a horrible
smell from adjoining closets filled the
room. We can't Sleep with il open.
aid the woman, and w can't sleep
with il shut. ~ W. have la pend our
night on the pavement in the yard
The ~ad,lc>t cases are iho>,. which re-
veal how poverty and Vie" have rNtin-
"ui~hri al natural affection AMI all
Wholesome ambition
The floor was covered with rag and
filth of every description. Two" ll mat
trr>~c~. foul with age aud dirt. Lay in 4
corner "f ia" room. Ia another c"rurr
the only occupant al the room va
found. Ia q cradle. nn a dirty pallet, a
little girl. apparently about IL months
old. lay asleep. with her body literally
black with ~Warm~ of llic~. At first she
appeared t" be- dead. but the r,pnrtcr
detected "A si"n If life in Il Slight pul~a-
ton at the wrist. He brushed away the
tlic~. and then lifted tn" little one. who
was but Il fcaihcr-wci"hi. ~ her body
WAS almost worn Ia Il skeleton. II Wa
evident that she WIS slowly dNin" Of
starvation. She hooked mp in the face
Of the doctor with Il puzzled expression,
but the sight of Il cup Of milk brought a
very hungry look into her large brown
eyes. She had a very pretty face.
and with proper food and carr would
hc Il fine child. several n~ci"hhur> came
into the - and they said that the
mother was a hahitual gossip. who neg
lcct"tl her children and home entirely.
IA comparatively Young woman vas
found living in a drunken >tupor upon
the floor. while upon Il dirty bed lay
tire" babes and a girl of about eight
wears. clad in filthy rags. The Girl
awokr and ~adyanciu" with an air which
showed that she was used IL the bust
ness. began a pitiful tai" "f u fathers
cruelty and 4 mothers drunkenness.
When the required measurements had
been taken. the wrc,rhrd mother was
aroused. She was on" of the few who
WAS found unwillin" To- receive assist
ancc. She was perfectly satisfied with
her miserable life ~ Il ra%-pIch"r. Nh"
and her husband managed tn get along
aud she had no further ambition. The
>warm> IF flies which covered every
Thin" in the room. and caused the sleep
in" children To- kick and moan. lid not
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what she had always been used Ia. On
learning that the visitor was Il doctor.
however, she asked for some tickets la
the sick childrcn'> excursions. They
were given. and she co~ntcntedly rolled
over upon the floor aud went Ia sleep
again. "-farpcr'S Ba.dr.