Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-08-18
STANLEY IN AFRICA. y
The APPEAL makes a Tour of
the COlOred Districts,
Chicago Sights and Scenes,

How people live when not at church
and not ut a social gathering can only be
found out by visiting them at their
homes. A person with an observing
eye and keen ear can con many an
amusing and instructive circumstance.
Monday, wash day, found Mrs. A..
at home, and undoubtedly she was able
to stay there alone. With her arms bare
to the elbows, she was cleansing an ar
ticle when our mani y knock resounded
on the pine door,
"Come IMP she squalled.
81 have little bill to collect for the
APPEAL"
"Say, is you de man wha' writes up
desc heah religious articles?"
"Not exactly. Aspecial religious re-
porter writes those"
"Well, you reques' dat porter to call
on me as Use got puddin' ready for
him in de shape of a bald headed
broom. Doan' SEN me dat paper no
MOI.
AAo"SSSI, NY PitalSih5 h0r DaDy which
sat squalling on the floor we left her
pleased-and minus 80 cents.
Next we dropped in on Mrs. B. She
had been rushing the growler" and
her breath was washing the clothes for
her. eyes, she liked the APPEAL and
the reporter and the collector and most
of all, the editor; but was not prepared
to pay. Please call again."
Next door we stepped in upon re-
quest, and saw a woman with skirt on
washing a naked baby in a dish pan,
presumably her bread pan.
''Coule1n't we please call that evening
when her husband came?"
Certainly"
Tuesday, ironing day, Mrs. C. was
ironing. We politely asked after her
husbands health, her mother-in-laws'
heath, and so forth, engaging in inter.
esting conversation until a smell of
burning caused her to remember that
she had left the hot iron on her hus-
bands best shirt. We pleasantly and
promptly withdrew.
Mrs. D. was in. We sent ND our card
and were ushered into the kitchen by a
young girl who had evidently just upset
pan of mush and milk on her dress.
| Our conversation was something after
this style.
YES iron-we take-iron-the AP-
! on-PEAL-iron-and like it-iron YER
iron-y we'll Jen-iron-nie get-iron-
60 cents--iron-out of y-iron-pocket
book iron = on the - iron mantle,
Johnnie-iron- pick up - iron = that
/! baby-iron- there. Bobby - iron Il
told you-iron-that knife-iron-wo
cut you. AS she grunted at every stroke
of the iron you may easily imagine how
1t sounded.
| Mrs. E's husband was sick. When
asked what was the matter he said, 81
think it is cholera morbus, as yesterday
| ate some bacon and cabbage, and po
tatoes and asparagus, and rye bread ano
roast beef, and water melon and musk
melon Yes said madam, IN,
husband has weak stomach
Wednesday. Stepped in to see Mr.
x. He didn't want the paper. Quite
sure he didn't. His wife coming il
just then and finding out our business
said, "Cal, you don't want that paper
Tell that reporter to make a gran
sneak.
We were preparing to sneak whe1
the husband braced up aud said, .sSay
young man, I'm running this house
Send me that paper one year. Here
your money.
| On the corner of two straight street
4 a shackly three story frame buildin,
!. holds about l6 families by actual count
4 At least fifty children Of all shade
crowded the collector begginng for
penny. To supply such crowd woul,
take our princely salary for on,
month.
I however, running the gauntlet, "
made quite q raise in the way Of ne,
! subscribers,