The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1882-03-04
cRowDING INTO THE CITY.


F,oas ~ BriI~sr. Hssati
There Is not day, perhaps. that al
diiions are not made 10 the population
OF Baltimore by Young men and others
seeking employmcn, in one or the other
departments ot business. They come
with lofty idea, Of iiic in the metropolis.
They siepirom ne tram OF boat, wonder
Ing which place O; business they should
favor with their services, but the gildcl
pictures of Imagination are soon daubcd
hy I bitter reality Among the grca;
mass OF seeker, some succeed. Others have
the good Judgment % return To- their
homes, other accept any kind Of labor
they can yet. whsle large number drift
into idle and d.ssiplied habits. and pre-.
fer 20 1--we from hand 20 mouth in ques
tIonahlr w1ys, rather than return crest.
fallen and with Acknowledged disap.
poinimcn' 90 their home
Many Of these young men are ~cll
raised. have had insi,lled into them
sound principles. bu; they have never
been. % their quiet homes among the
trees and the birds. assaulted by such a
whirlpool Of temptation as ;hry meet n
large Ciiie,. There Is no avenue Ofyioc
that IS not open 20 them. and every
avenue J., furnished with the most a;
tfaciisc inducements. Il is no; Won
dcfiul. then. thai 50 many of them are
10th 70 swell the great army OF loaier
that curse every large city IN the mon.
IL IS far 20 say tina; large number OF
Baltimofc', wealthy merchants and most
useful and respected citizens arc natives
of some couuir, place. MANY Of them
were reared upon farms. and kno~ some
thing OF early toll and pusa;ion Bu;
;fv, 3ic ;hc ;c= =a3 A4.c .;.s scccd-d
out oi the great number, sho have conc
20 the city They wcTc the lucky ones.
90 rather, wcfc men 90 gfii. Who ap-
pieolatr! the situation AMI determined
20 figh; hard battle tor victory. and
they Won. E,cn then. 20 mos; instances.
they were surrounded by favorable cir
cumstances, which DO not occur 20 the
average newcomer and they came n =
time when there vas more prevalent
disposition 20 take Young men by the
hand and encourage and help ;hcm into
position. |; Is not 80 much the case to-
day The newcomer IS compelled a.
shift Tor himself, and too often i, he
looked upon with dis;ruS; until he e
tabli,hes himself by continued pfobl,,
into the good will OF the public. There
are but iew hands extended 70 help, bu;
few voices TO whisper words OF encour
agemen;, and he Is pushed hiiher and
;hither, until. II he has not an uniiinch.
ing character and adaman;ine principles.
he j. crowded 10 the wall. Il Is ire
quenily the case that families who in
hcrii 4 little money feel tina; there Is
more enjoyment for them IN the city.
and an opportunity for more profitable
investment. They come and are tempt
ed to live in better style, and enlist in
the gayetieS around them. They invest
their money recklessly into some buSi.
ness, and few years finds them penni-
less. Discouraged and friendless, ihey
perfer to spend their lives in poverty TO
returning back 70 their native neighbor
hood, and be the food for interminable
gossip.
One Of the slddesi features OF ihi.
subject Is the fact Of young girls coming
TO the city, in very many instances TN.
protected. They come TO find life in
its gayeSt aspect. With a little work
they hope 10 secure better clothes and
more stylish way OF living. Some OF
them succeed, and finally become wives
OF good, respectable men, bur many
more are carried away by the glitiering
temptations around them, or pressed TO
the wall BY heartless employers, and find
shelter in haunis of vice, where hope
and innocence and life are all lain upon
the altar Of shame. Il is a sad fact that
very large proportion of the disSolutc
women OF Baltimore city were born and
raised in the country. They do not come
here 20 pursue life Of shame. Such a
thought did not tarnish their minds when
they left the home roof; but they did
not know the snares which beset the
pathway Of young girls in large city,
and what they deem the smiles Of friend.
ship and the hand to guide TO success
are often the means to lure them to de.
struction.
IL is well enough to have large pop.
ulation about which to boast, and to say
to the world, behold how rapidly We in.
crease but il is not altogether popula-
tion that forms the greatness and wealth
Of a city. There are thousands whose
absence would decrease the population,
but Baltimore would be wealthier and
greater without them. But still they
linger, and the thousands who do moi
labor are content TO eat the bread ol
charity or subsist upon the fruits Of vice.
Ii is nodisresPect to the country regions
Of the State to say that very large pro.
portion Of the extreme cases of deseitu.
tion are from the country. The habits
Of their life have not been Of that prac.
teal and observant character TO fit them