The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-04-01
SOME HUMAN NATURE.
AS Seen at an Institution
for Paupers.
A YOUTHFUL FEMALE sHYLOCK.
A Mothers Love-Instances o
Depravity and Specimins OF
Actual Want-Etc.

outdoor poor, works from a. m. until
8 p. m. every week day, and while he
talks he is listening 10 complaints, ap-
peals, arguments and inquiries, and bis
hands are busy signing papers, making
memoranda, handing out bottles OF
cough mixture. putting his name to
vouchers, opening letters and various
other occupations. By dint of doing
three or four things at once when he is
most rushed, he manages to get the
average down to about nine things per
minute that he gets through with all
day long.
While the reporter sat watching him
and waiting to hear about his observa-
tons upon human nature, the dull
brown tatter-festooned chain OF misery
That moved its human links along the
front of his desk was suddenly broken
by very charming variation upon its
monotony. An exceedingly pretty
young woman with poutins red lips,
sparkling eyes and rose leaf COMP lex
ion; young woman prettilv gloved,
| wearing rich furS and costly jeWelry,
and a marveIOusly handsome hat-alto-
| gether quite a pair.C.anesQue young
woman-stopped before Mr.. Blake anu
said:
We have tenant; widow with a
child, VINO cannot pay her rent. We
nsve dispossessed her, or ut least served
| her with notice OF dlspOssessIOn, but
| we can't put her out b. cause her child
IL very sick. 80 want you to senu an
| ambulance ana take the child away TO
some hospital
You want us to take the lex and
perhaps dying child away from It's
mother, so that you can throw the
mother into the street and let your
room 10 better paying tenant"
Yes sir, - replied the young woman,
s:id1y, but with a little flush on her
cheeks. as If she was just b, ginning TO
realiz that her attitude might not be
admired by people weak enough 70 be
humane.
Mr.. BIske's eyes projected themsel-
YES, and he seemed making an effort TO
swallow some words that would not
have sounded pretuly. After briet
but impressive silence he answered
sternly:
No, shall do nothing of the sort.
If the poor mother prlngs her sick child
and asks US TO care for it, we will do the
best We can, but we have no right to DO
what you ask. We never interfere
between landlord and tenant"
The handsome young woman red
dened angrlly, aud exclaimed argu-
mentatively:
but she cant pay her rentlr
81 haVo fnii van that | flN moth
ing for you" replied Mr.. Blake. in a
tone of disgust; I'VE 40 Lot interfere
between landlord and tenant"
The pretty female Shylock gave her
head an indignant toss, flashed u look
OF scorn upon the poor wretChes sur
rounding her-who were listening and
Viewing her with expressions of lOath-
ing and surpri>e d-and quickly went out.
A pale, thin, weary looking young
woman, still bearing traces OF beauty,
came up to the desk, and said, with
evident effort:
My little boy is deaf and damb. and
paralJ Zed. l Can No longer keep him.
[ have come to see II you will put him
in some Institution where he will be
warm and taken care Of"
Are you widow ("
mo, sir. have a husband, but he
can get little work to do. We are very
poor. and have another child, which is
all we can take care of.
Il will send your child to Randall's
island, where he will be We'll cared for,
ii you desire it. When will YOU be
ready to have the ambulance take him
awsy?"
She seemed to hesitate, but nerying
herself, replied:
"Any time, sir"
Very we'll, the ambulance will call
for him tomorrow morning"
She turned very pale, her lips quiz
cred, and her EYES filled with tears as
she exclaimed lmpulsively:
"Ohl sir, make 1t FRIDAY. Let me
have him one more day.
Mr.. Blake kindly told her how well
her little afflicted boy would be cared
| for, which was the best con citation she
could have had. and when she went
away, remarked to the reporter:
There's more human nature for you.
l wonder if that young Shylock who
was here while ago will ever have in
her breast a mother heart as tender
as that of the woman who just went
out"
The clanking of the human chain that
drags itself before superintendent
Blake 8 QeSk Is dlmOSL WHOLLY In
minor key. Now and then, however,
there is little relief to its monotony.
A young German stood confidently
up, and in response to the question,
asked in German, How long have
you been in this country?" replied
placldly: Il arrived yesterday"
my God !" calculated Blake. And
you've found this place already! VIII
I've known of their being pretty soon
before, but this is the freshest thing
I've seen yet
The recent arrival was sent back to
Castle Garden. The state board OF
charities and our municipal commits
sioners of charities and correction have
plenty of business In shlpp ng off pau
pers, the burden of whose support
properly belongs upon other communi-
ties aud even in other countries.
1.-The Swiss Cantons." said DR.. Hovt,
"openly and boldly ship us their pau
pers, even claiming a right to do so
and complacently invite US to recipro
cate by sending our paupers to them, if
we can. BIT we cannot. Catch our
paupers going 10 sutherland! Not
much. They know whrn they are well