The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1883-07-06

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LONDON, June ~. 1889.
How the poor live IN large towns. ans
IparticuIarIy in London, Is not SO invit
ling . snhject 10 persons or means anf
fastidIous taste. Rags and enualor. 4,
ilhi- country n least, are essentially lack
ling IN the elements OF the picturesque
The Charity Organizations are lust no
taking up this subject IN Z practica
spirit, and BY endeavoring 10 effect ,
|lreform IN matter Of minor det tail. may
Ipcrchance, cnIighten the public On ID,
main facts Of crying evil. They com
plain o. growing practice IN houses le
out IN tenements 70 the very poor O.
leaving the front door. abutting upol
the street, open al night. Finding tliei
,ingress unbarred, homeless wretche
walk In uninvitcd, and. hinging them
selves down in dark corners or the com
mon staircase. fall asleep until the morn
ling. Sometimes they are content 10 risl
before the rest Of the inmates are awake z
land skulk away unseen. OCCASIONAL,
|lthey venture 10 knock at the ncares
'room-door and beg the use OF 4 morse
of soap and painful Of water. in case.
where these waits and strays or humani
ny discover any of the cellars or vaults Il
be unIet they take temporary possession
Iof these eheerless lairs, aud there lie hid.
lden all day and night until driven forth
Iby the pangs OF hunger. Not long ago
u n0n-rent-paying lodger. q woman cold
land hungry, was found crouching iii 4
back cellar Of house in Dudley street.
'St. Giles. in pitiable state. There, 10
doubt, this lost creature would have
given up the ghost. unseen except by
The rats, her sole companions. had moi
1.-The wife OF shop keeper been disturbed
|by her distressfuI coughing. According
10 the statement Of the health officer 81
ihc district. ''she had no right 10 be there
she had no lodge III the house, but wac 4
tramp and an Outcast.' That, be Il un-
|derstood, IL no uncommon experience.
Cases Of the kind constantly occur.
Only last year the corpse or another
such outcast was found ID rubbish hole.
for no other description properly applies
10 those damp underground lodgings
We are told that the sanitary auth0ri
ties not only find difficulty in remedy
Ing the evil, but are often powerless by
reason Of the state OF the law. The
legal hours fixed for the inspection Of
dwelling houses are between nine ID the
morning and six in The afternoon. The
tramps know exactly how for they may
venture, and generally timc their en-
frances and exits 50 q 70 defy the in
spectors. No sooner src the public
h0nses closed than the passages and
siairways leading TO their Nving-rooms
become crowded with the vilcst characf-
ere. whose language and conversation
forbid repetition. Fathers Of families !.
their ears tingling with shame, have
been known % get out Of bel half 81
dozen times during single night and
endeavor 20 disperse the intruders. A.
often - not they find themselves over
By numbers. and are glad tol
beat hasty retreat. Girls and lads
stepped 10 the lips il vice. men who live
BY petty thicvery and trucuIent beggary.
and the lowest classes Of Lost wrctches|
snch . intest the poorest ncighborhoods,
after dark. encouraged By immunity
from police interference, jostle and ell
bow the more quiet starving. houselesr|
poor, in the PASSAGE Of these tenement
houses, which, BY legal iiction. are as-l
'umcd % be open 10 the inspection and
control or local authority. That theI
andlords lin ninety-nine cases out OF 81
hundred non-resideDt-are cuIpably toI
blame does not and cannot alter the fact 4
The rents paid By the legitimate occu y
piers arc out Of III proportion 20 tho &C.
furnished /; and 90 long asI
property or this kind rcmains an Inn
ncnsely profitable inves tment 90 long,
will petty capitalists disregard everyI
ceiling Of charity and dcccncy at thcl
dictate OF greed. The question OF ther
OF tenement houses and thes
wills arising from open street doors,
which occupied the attention Of the rel
,ent meeting Of the Charity Organixa-|,
ion, although important, i notas drop|I
u water il the ocean compared 70 thc,l
'cal and larger issues involved. 6ome-'I
hing more Il wanted 70 ensure the bct-,,
er housing or the poor than can bel
'ound ii existing Sanitary Improve-|I
nents or Artisans Dwelling Acts. Lon-|I
Ion, moro than any other city or town,
q the world, soreIy needs : larger, well-I
and comprehensive measured
lealing with tho habitations Of the work.
% classes in just, generous, and states-
nanlike spirit.
The recent purchase By the Germanl
~ - rof1ux - for oE0 000 y.