The sun., 1888-02-12
bands are at work. You'll have to get along

thsT can s;G see ss, tte it were an explosion an
There's eight, sir, countin' meself and me
tHGinSsy d the breath" s% Ky 'aodf tHioud;I How
ss Ts q: sSsss sG"s e. visitor around
A,yltRsred old cron.: 800,
May have some coal. EorT
What family have you"
..'Ssven. sor, includin' .meself."'
YoSs f. Bridget and you
Yes, sor, bless you for your good memory,
All. it's yourself that nvver forgets the poor"
esSn here ssa spes osi GG q Ss Sarae
Och, sor, it's cruel an hsrdhearted you are:
And SO the great CONGREGATION Of the city's
day day. 'f' Il was haf an hour, before there, was
breathing ,p spell IN, n which Mr.. Blake could lind
''%f 'S Soalant ike to say" he said to tn. re-
harder on the poor, than the cold Of any other
there's nothing people forget about sooner than
the weather and each cold snap seems en-, i ne ,s
hard snoush SHs 'e on % 'Se poss any winter Hsaysa
knowsi and one thing Is certain whether the the
general suffering is worse than II has eyer been
known as the. Unemployed IN the city this
winter. than i ever. knew before; They have
nsE. GG Most o thsm without
families, and they, come from all parts Of the
IS ps, G Hosi N Sew 2orf fhy
sp. isy s ss he xo2s. S ps. Il h' x. s%P WoPa
Me make State paupers Of this class of men.
cation Is made and they are sent back to what
ever place is, their legal residence. Many Of
e ssna months beoe shntns set 70 pcE
gold in tho streets here. or course there are
hundreds Of them S who belong in the city ; and
the wSrthosse. i try ali I can to Ieep them
one h
respect. and that's the end OF him. l send them
Ss az 9 s I'D lex sSeras K
Tssn ss send 90. them ,hs, the san
in this weather their only, refuge IS the station
BREAK the heart Of % man who wasn't used to It
to sit here and hear the stories OF some Of these
AT the Is T9E and hsy
send them whenever ! can, but in most cases
don't know. About a tenth of them finally land
the Island either as or as
Of he who here
now want coal. This Is not SO much because
coal Is what they need most; as It Is because
WORTHY @ hai ton and that means Ds % not a' only %
see they'd have to eet the coal ys any way and
By our giving them that they can use the money
would have c9st them to SSs osd 50 that
We have nine visitors constantly at work in
yssticatins tn. applieaMnts. up "a @ and they find that
may SEEM seem harsh % For instanes amy msmbsr
'es Tat woud e. ss
that there are 80 many families where not .
cent f. coming In II We gave to thoss who ,,a earn
have to 60 without. Those who need 1t greatest
The matter is entirely arbitrary, however.
have to use my own judgment from the ap-
nsaraGe and story OF the applicant and then
from the her report Of the visitor have a 6esn ma, at
what see here whether person is worthy or
not It's all in the !. s experience per anybody else
have and made any sort OF an effort to under
stand human nature. good many Of those
nize them and know something about them:
and as for the strangers. why 1t isn't bard TO
hnF "re IS rsay woh and
It is not of 2 sort that can give any city help
to, send the applicant to the Association for
Improving the Condition OF the Poor or to the
Home for the Frlendless or some other of the
societies. with a note asking them to invest-
there are over two Of three eases year where
the investigation falls to support my idea that
nohns sscept %hs us
they pass before me here"
The congregation was pouring in again long
before all this was said, and the priests eye
first in line. A queer jabber from tho quaint
and dirty "reminiscences OF masquerade peas
ant costume called for an exercise OF linguistic
s Wb n ,9uessa say M sysd syS na
struck it In some Italian dialect A large pro-
portion OF applicants have to be addressed in
dialect, half English and half their own lam
guage; is common Language.
Improving the Condition of the Poor, 70 Fourth
avenue. me. Mr Longworthy said
cv MISERY hs &c eGd prooEh to tie b po9r IN
who are in comfortable homes. OF tho suffer-
Ing OF the homeless poor we can say little here,
the The work. ths single fact Is that since the cold
than ever before in the history % Of en the assacia
on sh9nld 'th say that the increase was At
suffering throug ghout the city. Where i've % Vent nj
seven starving and freesins now We 1 had 800 go
GO eases s"s on our hands last week, and we spent
total is appalling.
Another thing, the poor this year are. as O
class. worthier than ever before. ! mean by
this that much larger proportion than usual
OF the applicants to US turn out, on investiga-
tion. to be deserving of aid. The cold and the
scarcity OF employment have brought thou
sand sands down to ask charity who never, had TO do
se yn1s dse w.a That hs Sddest part
pers for the first time.
We give out no relief here. but whenever
an applicant presents case that demands i'm
mediate aid q visitor, provided with food or
whatever Is necessary. goes at once and gives
whatever assistance Is needed. We do not al
low red tape to interfere with the relief OF
actual want,
As to the homeless poor the problem is very
difficult. There really seems to be no one to
look out for them, The only chance they have
is that OF getting into tho workhou or u pas
sage to some other place from the city aut hor-
tiles. They are lnborers mostly, many OF them
thrown out OF work on the ways and on new
buildings by the cold. Skilled workmen gen
orally manage to pull through bad season
somehow without asking charity"
While Mr.. Longworthy attended to string
Of applicants that had gathered us he talked,
Miss Full llerton, another officer said:
Actual starvation very rare In our expert
ence. You, see, it's very hard for any one to