New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-14
THE G0oD WORK 0FrHE MISSES Dew.

CHANGES EFFECTED ~ TWO TENESihN -
SINGLE AND DOUBLE ALLEYS" ~ THE PAST AND Al
pRrsrNr-cmuXALs REPLACED By THE RE-
spECiABIE POOR.
Apopy the dismal refugees to which the
wolves OF poverty, sin and misery have huh'oa men
victims In ais city, none were, fow years ago moro
crime stained than the Single and Double Alleys IN
Cherry-st. ON the lefhand side Of the street. goinH
from Franklin Square stand TWO high houses O DrcA
narrow in 'front.' bat extending far back from me street.
Between them runs the doIble alley and ON tle moran
side OF the larger house. Is the single alley i'" sop
ND from The sidewalk. through an Iron htc ana one l
himself IN the double alloy. On either manu- ii'o
tic high buildings their fronts iyersiod by
ara dingy stre,ks VIII ire the wnitewsh ia missing over
head il network u lines where, al ill timat clothes
are striving their best 10 dry In tho sunless Hsh' ~
making only partial succcss OF
Hallway down the alry Is ans endei large felec'oI'
where OF night light is kept blrling untu lU 'o'
Lie is swarnin in the houses and in inc aiey' i1t
paycmcu. is ccla-lnuch cleaner. Indeed 'h"u Vuo
frows, cl!drel and WON and The one or TWO l'ie
youths that otrr about. TIE whole picture roDinU'
one # The scene d.scr.b ii in Pina-ore o.
Some hack alley where clcking house wives SEQ" "uu
And cIo,i are Ringing cut all day a-dryiuc.
Women lean ont OF the windows and converse WIN
their aeros. the .lley, gather Ia hhous ~
the lonryav disels-in The latest news Oh 'h' i0s
Pcrhaps a woman comes in, bonding uhuer 'lo "''-
Of a bundle OF wood which she has coiec''u III ',o
course OF stroll through the n'ighDoTins seteet' ~
deposit il with bang az the door of the entry Leaning
TO her room. and remarks, as she pice9 Hol
arms aAimbo, There's load of wood THAT'S worth
twenty cents to ye." The oilers gather
about and one or two women, with brooins III 'heii
hands stop sweeping ouS enough TO JON tn@ group "i
discuss gathering in general and the prospects LOT
good scasJ n subjects in which tho alley IAo'
lively in crest. one OF two industrious Oh women Sit
in the doorvays knitting and looking peaceful and con-
ten ed while the sre,lng caudrOn OF tehen
life bubbles and SINNERS and overfows around Them
III. single Alley is no: dark and crowded rs the
Double Alley but much the same scenes can be iouhd
there and # is filed with the sawe kind Of He
Asunloycly as The alleys may now appear, they are
n Utopia compared 20 what they were before -
Misses Dow who now manage the tenemehtS' toH
charge ri them They then the resorts OF the most
dopayed one Of the most deprayed parts Of the
cty-Cherry HILL The building, falling toruin, most
OF the glass in the Window broken ont, and Its place
was supplied when flied at al, with bundles OF rags or
old hats Carriage and filth ohoksd up the alleys ana
halls Professional Dcggars thieves ana "olso
persons had their miserable nabtaions in the buildings
The rceAcd with foul OdOrs, and ODsceny ana pro
sanlty were tbs only llnyua ges spoken. Fugitiyes
from justice and criminals Of the worst kind here found
a sanctuary and congcnial company. policeman VINO
would venture mere arrest took his life In
his hand nj the owners ana agents did not dare
to 60 collect the rents. BY day drunken and d'so
lutte men and lonn&cd about the alleys or fought
IN the bare and deciylug tenemcns for stolen
or begged food liquor. As darkness came
on the life became more turbulent and noisy The beg
CARS stl0led IN from their dismal pilgrimages, the
thieves and dcapcrid0cs returned from day Of Yany
aud ul1t o: rcyclfy begin. Bonar.s lit o. The
ID em.nt flashed a weird git the mouldy walls and
tAc broken windows. Around them gathered men and
women, wHo carousod some wlih the reckc5 sness
Of despair and 9th r with the abandon Of
those to whom CRIME IS brhrlght
and dcsradatiou hlppiucss From the Interior the
deca iu Uio OF bindings sounds OF hghtlng, nnu
the deep cttses oi men ana tIe ti-i ID apHclty o.
won u, varied by az occasional shrek or shout OF
'' poll e OF murder"
Different parts o. the bindings christened. some
OF them b. blood in "ccoiinG- WIN t'et cn5r.GfIr,
iiere was "Iieus kIcae1," iioufe 81 haze5,' me
AVOID q tho Hma. ot IT,, alleys Tor there az
.b- iet spirits were sID9o.l 20 wander and cank
ycuonl ghosts 70 d. bu dseuncnrung to those SIN in
isc- a tuis Ias T.ee tw0 wO ucn have 0vcp-
plsIcd what even tue strong arn W the la" ialet 10
r. Ken tleI haauts aui ei's Kirclcn and tie House Of
B;-zts quiet. respectable trucmeris. Every window
d4y inc sf,irs and halls are swept, and twice
a woes thy are thoroughly washed me walls
,..r ,,i.,- At,'l COO ,,..nr uf.,.t The ,orc-
IA .n,+ DGt tl-re Is no ,Hi and no drinking except
, p W IN n}5 .i .,s Fac t,0e3,rnf are.
O course is, or small iea ANA occupied by very poor
q, teu.,. f. r.-i,..,le r5 and n Wee ami crime do
= , o. - 20 - =, ,'' - ., 4 o~ - -, ',.rt
is Successor . one room - lifted up H3 iOOl-
aI. ica OF TIE tcnciaeuts are SstEa6od AMI
lustlct d 81 sowing Ia' ut, OF tie rooms are prompt
ly pua ana tao gentlemen WHO advanced tno money for
tAe als5 pUw's experiment have, besides tAe con
seriousness o. having, III measure, easel he burden
OF the world good fo'nFn on thelr l|yesamen''
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