The sun., 1883-12-23

daash!sr making paliiassss at iaI each;
Hero is ,,, 4 woman S,m who has ga SIX & husband Us
ploycd Mt shirt finishing at Sd. dozen. and by
r. Utmost effort can n only earn 81 & a Day. out
other with crippled hand maintains herself
and n blind husband 10y match-box max ing,
"r sas Il abos nS out on OF
gross, she has to pay girl penny gross to
help her. Others obtain AZ govent& & &Gnrden In
or Cd. q, basket for walnuts, and they do well II
their labor brings them l0d. or shilling day.
S1ss resan, wriep in Tho For'niSHy % Eers's gets
that for n pnir Of fishing boots which will be
cSives cSiu 5s % 3d. thsy are are made to order or
As. Cd. II made for stock. An old tailor and his
wife are ps N MAKING nr
put on tho buttons, and llnd their own thread,
and for Tn al =, 5his they receive 2s iod for each
morning nns o az nrn and
them Ihmr can iast manage to make coat in two
her isfef oF s sGaqs shs ShSa f sa
thSm. tho not for drink. but Tor ooais and food, 4
| shilling Is all she can procure. and with this
o f s"s NIGHT HI alter Apa
with these drenry details but they would be-
come sadly m"notonous FOR 1t is the same
II by any chance a reluctant landlord cnn be
induced to execute or pay for some long
Wo We" eS%s p one one q Which ! hole As biT as :
how K piece OF board from an old soap box
has been fixed over the opening by one nail. and
Win "s WHICH to SSer ana or ns
expenditnre-p Al. at the outside-three,,,
must be thought of the following? The two
old people Just mentioned have lived in mo- one I,
landlord has undertaken that 1t shall be done
taking sixpence week extra for ront for what
he Is thus going to do. ,-
th1ir G" work ofE0 sv0sfr at al s'a' msrsel Viz
San San even, even imagine, the suffering whicl.
woman in an advanced stage Of consumriion.
reduced almost to a skeleton. lives in Il single
room with drunken husband and live chill
| dren. When visited she was eating few green
reas. The children were gone to gather some
sticks wherewith a fire might, be made to boil
and which would constitute the family dinner
for the day. Or Ske anHihsE case Reows re-
At the top Of an otherwise empty house lived q
family; the husband had gone to try and find
age. was sitting on the only chair in the place.
in front OF CRATE destitute OF any fire. She
sT oi
Tue mother had nothing but gown on. and
,haf dropping 70 reSss it was a. she had
thirteen years OF age. They were barefooted
and the few rags on them scarcely covered
their nakedness. In this room. where WAS an
uneiothed infant. the ceiling was in holes An
old bedstesd was in the place and M SO Yen yen s seep
In another miserable room are eight destitute
children. Their father died short time ago,
missionary. tho mother was lying In her
colin" Here is a filthy attic, containing only
On dirty sack in T"4fs" q hs
room sits IL neglected. ragged. bare legged little
baby girl Of four Her father is mIitlaman mi tin IA
COMES home late at night more or less drunk
and this child is left in charge Of the the
% s,rs,:hHhnnS!y. thirsty tlrsd, but Rsyor dsr.
Kid Of sight which may be .ecn in a Christian
land where 1t is criminal to ill-treat horse or
an Ass.
The child misery that ono beholds is the
most heartrending and appalling element IN
these discoveries: and OF this not the least Il
and dissolute parents. and manifest in the
stnnted. misshapen, and often loathsome OBJ
local iscaties "' From '0s the beginning Of tnsi,
lives they are utterly negssted .hs
&sy ara nn' are to se
green heId, and do not know what !, ls TO e,
ass os hs IS oSs T1 Of a%s ytaq
1 ns them % We 20 oi in al % the doorway whsre It /
stan ling and find LITTLE giri twelve years oli
Sss esSP sr !ns5S
match bosss repes oak % after m
, liIs brothers and sisters as as we'll as as !, can q
is ne IL work bn bo
. gone to a Job Of two days this morning"
Another house a. visited . contains on. 81 nine Inc mother
t by Witnessing one Of her children being rnI
!. over. The eldest Is only fourteen years old
t for five.
mGthsr whose fhilases osne, Are the eea1ss
n sile had children OF her own. she had taken i
r little girl whose father E had gone OF tramp
"i chair al looking M tsrrbly R but IN ron, Of ks
!; in another chair. was the washtnb: and tn
. and wiring ont some OF the children's thing
n She was dying from dropsy. scarcely able 7
. very last striving to keep her little ones clea
y 1t is notorious that the Artisans Dwelling
s. act has. in some respects made matters wors
n for these onieasts. Large spaces have bee
n way for the building OF decent hab tations. bl
- the rents Of these are far beyond the means
sbGt 2SHs IsS Ia hs o.
1t left to them; and so Dives makes richer ha
" d their ary
y ing it into gold line because the poor mus
re have shnlter somewhere. even though 1t be til
t sS des" @ Lts .ss' sunss a1s
Of days work for Jesus" II only mother was
chs,ap I'll We should all nsS bS haHGGy said on
I'd want and pain. poor blind man dies with Il
10 prayer upon his lips Jesus. lover OF my sou
1 Hnother ns a WY wrios: o have filed my hea
in with JOY aud my little room with suns hine.
IN A second. who now regularly attends p!a,
IN Of worship. says. speaking Of the visits OF Il
nj missionary: Before he came TO visit mo
r. used 10 sit and make match boxes on Sunda
M but II word now and then has enabled me
o. look NJ, to tho Lord. don't feel like the san
IN person"
~ The district known ms Golfers Rents stant
II. in a short street. leading out Of Long lane. BE
- mondsey. ths locality in which were recent
st found the bodies Of nine infants. which hi
l. been deposited in n large box at the foot
some stairs in an undertaker's shop. The
to are around tina hall some $50 fanilirs. or 80
Is Iropir. living in 123 houses. The houses a
re largely occupied by cos,e mongers. bird cate
.d ers, stree, singers. liberated c0nvicts. thieve
oi and prostitutes. There are, many low lodgii
cr holses in the neghborhood of the worst W
N some If them Ara trnanted chiefly by thicv.
III and Ons WAS pointed OUT which is kept by r
IL ouiysr nf stnlpu goods. In Come cuSeS two