, 1881-01-05
TILE PATCH.
Cold. Hunger, Rags, Children, Drunk.
enness, and Brutality.
A Plain Picture Of the Homes Of Some
Of the Inhabitants OF Chicngo.
A Drunken Bon and'H Mother-How tho
Money Goes for Beor.

There never WIS Il trlicr aphOrlstn than
"ntit.lmlf ot The worlt! tnesil't know how
tho other hatf lives" a newspaper reporter
IL necessarily broug1It into cai1tact With all
classes nf people, and secs the different
phases Of I1fe,-l,ow the wealthy lnyrrIate I'll
palaces, ti,e middle ciasses live comfortably
III g0O.! h0lncs, the poor cke uut Hill existence
In nne Or two rouIns, and tho poverty
stricken struggle for breath In piY-
pens. And he notices o,'e singular
tllLng,-tlat, ns a rule, tho loy"r people
are III tho srnte ut humanity, nnd t1e tess
nblc they nre tU nlrnrtl Il tho in0is, they liz
,lulgo Il, Intoxicating drinks, httsn lnying
ont lilo last rent ury ',ase, Wien actually tn
ncesl of enlahlcs. for "pitclcr Ut beer !" or
n llalf.pfnt Of poisonous ct',npoutld called
whisky" Drunkenness "'lrlvcs .fnli cure
away" and they arc happy only wien In
capable ut appreGfat'ng their surroundings.
Thut there is much misery III this city all
newspaper rraste1s know, for every few lays
I'LL exceptionally ssistHs$iIl. Ease OF l.slt-
gcncy Is "w,lttcn lp," and tito attention OF
tho charitable caIIcd to It.
having acquired by purchase or cul'ttcnlna-
ind Fourteentl, streets. u.M FooriI,
nyellue and their freighi-llol,sr, DE-
Hired to ol,tain possession of: tl,e
l.nd In nrdMr to, put t0,vlr their tracks
t,s 'o,S ,yra m ,.,,,.,,rl wt', twn.st',rv frS,o
h"s.,s orImi'.I ,,v fnmiiirs. .-n,,r Il, avery
;n,I,. mi soya, rj,hi. or Lei, fl. everv hu,.sr
Will tho majority no trouble was l,Nt
III getting them IT, n9ve out, mud
tcrs .ho buildings WIRE torn down. but
IN quite a nuul.er of instances tlle 0ccupants
refused to leavc. They l!a,l been put II pt,s.
ScsH. on ~ tho owners of tile property, win
the hope of squeezing the c4rmr;s!!of. nr.l.
having no rr,it to pAy. naturally objected t.
going elsewhere. Writs, Of r1cGtt,n!lt we're
obtained nnd given to Dcp,,ty-Shcr'if StAcy
'nse ;enys se'f sod c he On ,i Sf's not "f sess ts
TO huyc t1lem cDinpliett With by
tng tho parties that thry must llove rs so0'
md took AWAY tteirettects. Others, however,
llcld on and showed no disposition 10 vtcntc.
III one llonse two families out, IF
eight ,rGsllnf!rd. ono Of tt1em-n, willow
to9r front rtionl; tile .otlIer-l widow
mid three clIlllre,l-rcsldctl "nn lilo see0INl
i'0Gr nlidt!le." The rDol!,s In the renr, alh'va
and below, being tc!.nntlcss, workme'' l'ega,
OF the structure. uni uio!E in thu nfternont
Ind renrllt4I tic occupied rth,tlia the unttI-
tLons on!y separating tl,om from the Inmates.
g 4 TanrSE reportsr met Dep!!ty:Sn,rlI
10 lind ont whit tho vurInns tennnss
OH the prnpprty were doing. uisl accompanied
HUI, Tho twt! entered the partially tlc'l,oi-
ishcti l'ousc TO interview
THE Wow WITH TtI1sEE c1i1ipEES'
~ ~ she WINS considered "lIar.l customer" r.,
ions by suyci, wItIc. Tha wallis wure hark
with dirt and SCOT, ntl4 .aiMif tic wln.tnw.:
With paper md pieces II calico. wIlcl, dill
wiz bare--lllat Is, carpotie iess-ujld Ind cv-
tlently never bceis washed. Near the door
WIS II stove, III wi'iel, tiMre were n few. live
Goals, \ few feet distn,,t Mts barrel full
Of lnt1ia1A block coal, II snail li.o tnl'lc, md
n chair. LII one ct,rlicr were three or four
Ein,iI{ns.W%.,, r, Z ,t!b, aII II bundle $Is
Or tatly illiGh Whlcli haileontly hnn scill
t tyo 81 Il iirse lin p..Hs, I o"klnGsr"ss. ani i
an;y;i -, 4! Tas II TIC tsTs ~, Wis /! tho W. ~
fts y % ~ iosS s;t. I: i ~ e cy e yfsi ss" 81 ME wr, WITH
froa tlie. soal*. were three !,oys,-7, $. aMl = >
ffIa ts1 1'S whoss 1s f"fs ;yt1 and aH csa ls %s y
;iot eye',, w!ie1, tlleir ~, owner. en!no ina ,|,
mother With lter lcad In inr llsli,tls, ,tppar-
lr,tly thinking. II WAS very cold Iii tho
rom.
Tile entrance OF tito of!lger md tie rep0rter
did not disturb the faulty, a'Ml tho woi'la.l
didn't lo0k III, u,itil spoken IT,.
mi, rAcr wAs rfi.s,,t:n FROM 1,11SK,
n,d al,a was u,,tnr tho ,n,I,,c,,rn n ltuunr.
' iivn iv W. ,, ''' ent nv n!arn y"tm' nste tc
"'Sa,," rsiih! size, "hu, III n,oyc this att-
IL sin,i" nn"'' y a'' 'ieou''o % eon'' 'A'et wv
'"tS What !. ,.o,,r ,,,,,em, ,,,,,r,,, t,,c m.
,,o,tnr ""t - s"'t ''"''o' 4""'''e" I4'o ~
,,Whar,. IL w,,,,r i,us,,an,1 ~,
" ,in's in,n,; 1T., ,i",,i thca'. f.,nr vcorsn
IiOW III y01l lnniu n lIy[lIcn n''
u Strllt,{,tntr xrnshInr r-n1lvfhlnrH