The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-26


-Four ragged, diity.iaoed ohildren came
out OF q rrsle urant situated in the business
part OF the city about eight o'Gl ok on the
coolest mOruiug of the season, Ga TIE ann
OF cach wag O cheap basket, the contents
covered with towel, which evidently
needed a beral dose Of soap and w.ior as
much as the faces, hands. anu, witnout
doRb., the bodies OF the bearers. The iiite,
thinly clad gSmins went 20 the nearest
alley aud engaged IN COMPENSATION among
Themselves which was uninteiliPihls ID the
| steiner. Each ono gave q claw - II, how
ever, by fling up tae dirty iowel-coyeriug
and critically examining what WAC lneide.
Deposiing their baskets on the frozen
| ground, they looked up. Peepingover the
shoulders OF toe woe-begnne little ones. the
observer saw that the baskets contained ar
nsreri ment OF what 10 known as broken
yietusls--scraps Ct bread and all kinds OF
meat, half picked bones; legs, wings
aud breasts Of turkey, chicken.
duck and soose we're heaped up IN feck'
less profession susge'tivs OF LA hat intsres,.
ohins seemed pleased with what they saw.
and With . comich sort Of epicursaDism
proceeded 10 pick cut litils chunks and bite
Of tho mess, which they ate rsvenously, and
then the quartet started away.
A visit was paid TO tho re .taursnt from
which they had emerged, and, In answer 10
h
There 10 nothing surprising TO me In the
occurrence. for # happens every day.
Those four and sometimes two others come
svsrv morning tn nae for food"
"What do you & We tbemf'
"Iustead OF throwing evei ytbing Into the
svl pail, our cook has orders to save the
clean scrsps, both OF meat end Bread those
scraps which have not been mauied over by
customers, bnt such as the latter leave,
which, though they may be broken, are yet
6t t. eGt.'
"Do YOU give them away indiscrlmlna,e-
| II TO whatever children GOMEZ"
mo, for ~ that cas-, We woult nave
whole horde every day. Theos are oil child
ron OF the very poorest classes Ia the city,
end IL IL . common habit Tor tho psren. or
psrents - send tue children out on tour
| OF this kind every dav. The youngsters
take certain restAurants as their own Gpo-
ciAl property, 30 TO speak. and only 90 ~
.hoac. E4ch seng ~ them hess certr'u
territory snd slicks to It."
MY idea 10 that clean scraps might ~
we'll DO given to the poor pB To DO pltched
lnto barrel aud oartcc oR by tho az III
WAGON TO be fed TO hogs and COVE"
A coll was made st several rsttaursnt9
and & was found that basket after basket oil
Geld vctuss WAS given away 10 suca chl.-
dran and to old women who came regu.
lsly every day. And another iact vas
riumt led upon st q number Of fashlonsble
downtown Restaurants. Each morning 3
wagon htl1uging 10 a certain souih'sioe
Oh sritat 10 insiii u,ion makes y tour among
the better class OF ratinF-houses and hotels
for he purpose OF collecting scraps Tor the
heushI Of the isms,es who 1--we oo the
chsriiy OF the institution. But tire iu-
nstes get higher grade ofleavings. They
are given tho remains from tho carver's
tabls--iood that the customers OF the res.
taurnut or hotel never see. Habituss OF
this better class OF hostel-ies require GER
tain cuts, and they have to be .sccommn-
dated 40 that, IN carving roast or FOWL
mere 10 always necessarily u certain
amount OF Wssts. lis this which Ia given
TO the institution referred to, and Ia ther9
made ln,o good, wholesome soup, stow or
hash. True i; is thst "one-hsli the world
does not know how lhe other half lives. "
(Chicsgo News.