The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-10-26
AWFUL POVERTY IN NiPLEs
TAe Misery ana Dissscss. "a which the nor.
vsrs Of EpideBr,c CAsIera are Added.

NAPLES Sept. 2o--The great problem with
tho Government now is how to disembowel
Naples. or TO spread around tho shoros and tho
ncighborng hills the surplus population which
overrrowds tho basoments Of tho city. Tho
basement Is u dirty institution Of Naples. In
single rooms on the ground floors or IN the cel-
lars whole families 1.-Two together with donkeys.
goats chickens. and pgs. They are 80 poor
they cannot pay for better quarters. II is not
depravcd taste which makes thom crowd In
those dark and dirty holes and keep their little
oncs in the gutter 1t Is only need. The Noa-
politans arc not brutos. They like music.
bright colors. and light How can they pay
high rents when tho best wages arc scarcely
one franc q day. There ~ no city in Italy
where wages are so low as In Naples. The best
skilled workmon tho tailora. shoemakors. type
settlers Job printers. masons and carpenters
even in the busiest seasons scarcely got thirty
cents n day. whilo the secondr ratio worKingmen
must get along with ten cents day or less.
1t Is therefore impossible for Noapolitan to
pay moro than ono dollar u month for his rent.
Tho condition OF tho women Is simply dread
ful. A poor mother is Obliged to get work out
side OF her home for her bread and for that
OF tho children. Hat makers. drossm nkors.
and flower girls mako only 81 or 81 u month.
Tho great majority of tho women are obliged
to 90 out 20 service rs domcstics A servant
girl gets ten francs month without any din
ner. Some have two or throe houses in which
to do homework for one dollar at each house
every month. They are constantly running
from ono house to another, and scolded and
threatened In each place they go. Many OF
the.e miserable creatures have chiidcen to
nurse when they go home n night. baby.
the arm, of u little sistcr. Tho poor mother. go
ing lone without suNiccn, food aud hall OK,
haustcl, has to nurse the little one. and at 30
n a looks ia old a ~ IL shp "a pliffsrAd
many them have fallen victims OF tho cholorni
burden or hndrancc. Whom a boss takes a boy
to work merely to pay him 81. daily bread. .
five cents a Week by hard daily work. tho work
ofnrc-ular servant girl tho mother il equally
taking NJ for serious consideration tho Iues-
ton how, To lodge littlc botter this immense
be e H ap roos fs ma Nan IN
poitan bascments.
rhe financial condition cf the city is terrible;
from the city. and tho prohibition stops the
work Of many thousands OF persons.
improved u little. yet the figures OF deaths
reach greater rTopo,tions in cHcmra9ris son
beginning OF tho epidemic, The generous
Israeli,e Sgnor Schili2l who accompanied
so generously contributed for tho ehoisra fund.
has been attacked by the plague The sym
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| adopted 10y tho Government in regard to pro-
sessions is YER, unnopular; They have been
pitched battles have taken place between the
! police and the people. Some Of the 5torek0ep
ers have been ordered to close their stores. ap-
| parcntly for no other reason han that they dis
| played religious pictures. The people are in
! dignapt, and in their Ignorance actually be-
| lieye that the authorities want them to die.
| These insinnations find their way among the
customers of the cellars Of Piedgrotta Posilipo.
resort to drink wine and cat melons. We arc
too many here" say the tipsy Nscnnpolitans.
| Bile suggestion is caught up MS quickly as news
by telegraph. arousing, sentiments which can
easily find vent in a rebellion. Such has been
the case ut Spezia where people think that
their being isolntsd contributes to increase the
| plague. and have fought with the soldiers and
the carabiniers. leaving. some wounded and
| some dead on the ground.
| penny subscription has been opened to
orrer King Hnmbert and Amadeo. his brother
| golden medal COMMUNICATING their visit to
Naples. In the mean time the Bourbon porty
has, through the MARQUIS De Felico, ,opened .
| dinal san Felice. Archbishop of Naples.