National Republican., 1883-02-26

cruelcst form. Ono by one arti-
1 of furniture and of clothing
appeared to provide for the necessities of
babies. Dark as the days were to her she
tup brave heart, and showed to others
4 saue sunny tempered, cheerful disposi-
\ n that had always characterized her But
length, under the crucial test of maternity,
h her little ones shivering with cold and
Y ing with hunger, the poor child's spirits
Y ed and she sank under the terrible burdens.
4 revelation of her condition was great
prise to those of her acquaintance that
4 nd it out. " Great God ~ said n gentle
Y n when he became cognizant of the fact,
as poor Clara become so reduced ~ And
NJ ers wondered why family pride had not
uccd her wealthy relatives to shield the
4 # girl from this extremity, so humiliating
Il her sensitive nature.
4 The Associated Charities. somo members of
4 ich were her personal friends, Immediately
eyed her from the material necessities of
II condition. This isa case interesting both
the philanthropist and the economist.
Il re Is q proud, sensitive, refined girl left n
low, with three little children-for the
\ " will dic-brcd to uillucncc well taken
1 . of by her husband, suddenly reduced to
4 last extremity of distress. Well educated
Il intelligent she shrinks from charity,
i Sever kindly meant and by whomsOevor
] towcd Is thcrc not place in the labor
| d where her abilities may be utilized and
4 dclicacy and self respect preserved? A
y rd case was that Of n colorcd woman
DYING OF CONSUMPTION.
j 'hc had one child, boy of thirteen. deli
II and small for his age, bright, modest,
NJ handsome. The shanty where they lived
4 uld have ruined tho health of u Russian
o ". They had no fire, no food no money,
II friends. Said the woman fccbly, while
li air whistled through her lungs in II shrill
VI | piercing chord, at oven seemed as if
II Il had forgotten mel" mo-" said Mrs.
or, the visitor whose sympathetic heart
n d at the dcspairing tone and the woftil
Il mt around her. God never forgets His
hl drcn. He has sent you help and friends.
y | will provide for you, and see that your
NJ Id is taken care Of" Arrangements were
Il tantly made to send her to the hospital /;
erc possibly a week more of life may await
II exhausted system, and Mrs. Hyer sent
NJ boy to her house, where she clothed
n shOd and fed him. and made arrange
y 'nts that he be taken caro- Of at least tempo
II lily.
4 from this case of sorrOwful dcstitution the
y itors went to house ON Delaware avenue
lOuse? Rather Il pig pen, fit only for Il
1 ung and robust hog. Picking their way
NJ sugh the mud to the door or closed OPEN
n (, they raped. A cloud of smoke burst out
'1 cn the door was opened, causing them to
~ 'lllN lHCe DdCk. ~ nUll minute more tnpY
a9 lied and went in The interior was worse
nj IN the outside; no windows, no furniture
uI q cracked and worn ont stove. On the
"a ve hearth was a little pile of green wood
III ps, suffering and twisting in vain effort
Q lDurn, throwing out no heat, but tilling the
lII le room with dense clouds of bad smelling
M Okc. The old colorcd man inside, an old
ul feeble being, who had
FOUGHT POVERTY ALL HIS LIFE,
M | had fallen at last utterly and hopolessly,
IL the unequal strife explained that he
nq ought the chips, If burned ON the hearth of
hdi stove would give out moro heat than if
N tied inside. In ono corner lay bundle
e9lring some resemblance to bunch of rags,
Ell with an indoscribable something about it
h1 { doesn't belong TO rags,
l. What is thH 2" asked the reporter. A
ogigh as hollow as the grave, of which it was
u once the warning and the precursor, came
r1 m the bundle, answering the question
Oa ncr and better than could the old man.
l That's the ole oman sir; Lucinda. She's
] What's the matter" asked the reporter
nc chamically, growing sick at heart us the
op lgh rang out its metallic knells.
- Dunno, sir; 'cept its cough an cold.
ole 'oman's pretty bad sometimes"
! How do you feel p asked the visitor Of
hq sick woman.
u Ie one making a vast effort to staud erect un-
le1 some huge, weighty burden, ''but 'spects
be better putty soon. I'll be well in the
p5ung."
Well in the springw The grass that very
IaJi was beginning to grow on the turf they
I,,lh cut for her grave long ere the spring
ll1ics blow.
was tho same old tale thoy told-want,
uHering, sickness. The old man was too
to work if he could have got it to do.
l9 was sober, religious man, with no vices,
10 oHfaults, but an inability to continue the
lrlIigglc.s He couldn't keep up with the pro-
cslion and consequently was knocked down
h9l trampled under foot.
nbown near the river was found n case that
tutacted sympathy and indignation. On NJ
irilet, near the eastern boundary of the sub
ll1EisOn, n man and wife were found
LIVING IN A CELLAR.
AlIIe was old and broken down. She was
rilbple, her lower limbs swollen and ulcerated,
'otIh of them unable to work fora living. They
Nebtc both white, both utterly destitute, both
'lTlndless and forsaken of all but God. They
iafn bedstead and stove The water filed
~ cellar to point within four inches of the
"a tom ofthe bed and ehbed and flowed rs if
ihme through some subterranean channel
ro1 the river near by, the swash Of whose
Natler on the pebbly beach could be distinctly
loalrd in dull and sullen roar. Piles of brick
NeNe placed between the bed and the stove,
y, lwhich the man could get from one to the
thl1r without wading to his knees. And the
rlNple wife lay upon the saturated mattress
yum the water swa5hinga and swirling around
hou bed posts. The man had the morning
IFeEious taken sixty buckets of water out Of
c1cellar without sensibly diminishing the
'ol lime of the flood. Thore was slime on the
ching and walls, and the sickeniug fresh
lanly smell Of the water was horrible to in
lai Yet the man
PAID RENT ALL THE SAME.
liT landlord was prompt in his calls every
en day. An empty cellar was better than u
'ad paying tenant, was the landlords motto.
lh the man paid How he did il God knows.
le HcOuld not tell himself All God himself
nj can tell how the honest poor live who
re too sensitive to beg and are denied tho
raNilege of work.
i Ihis case was also taken care of by the AS.
Ocih hlted Charities.
III ut into the dull, raw atmosphere came tho
epHrtcr with q sense of glad relief. The dull
.FaV sky hung over head, the white river
mo- tned and swirled and surfed, the purple
MI across the white waves took on browner
lue and the snOwilukes cold and large and
ial like, began to fall in q spiteful fashion.
hi air was chilly and raw, the white steam
rol the locomotives piled up in masses
i hilk like yapor against the slsy-it was
us the day for warm rooms and glowing
,ra les, whore naught of the outside could en-
er Save its reflection through curtained
'm lows And buttoning his coat up under
us ars the reporter strobe home, having seen
noN lgh of misery and Yretchedness for one
The Rink.
rder again reigns at the rink and skating