The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-03-30
MISERY UNsPEAKAsLE.
a Glimpse at the Squalcr and Want na
Tenement House Inmates

Tenement House Inmates
Ou-haIf the world does not know
how the other half lives 1t isa
saw and pi fully true. P-rh& p r. the
fortunate half in ttfsE comfortable
homes. could know of the discomfort
and misery endured by the other half
their own petty inconvenienees would
grow in their hearts. bearing fruit in
eff,rts to help the less fortunate.
Through the poorer quarters of New
York last summer. during the heated
term that we all thought 80 hard 10
bear. thousands OF people walked the
streets or laid upon the door-steps. be-
cause of the foul and suffocating air in
the crowded tenement houses And in
those sitting tenement-hoHses the
cries of sick children. perishing for
pure air and Strengthening food. were
heard all through the day and night.
Poor. tired women, the papers said.
who worked hard all day. paced the
streets nightly. carrying their babes
to give them a breath of fresh air. In
one house. where lived seventy-s;x
families. fifty-six children died IN =
very short time from disease. poor
anu the tEGGk~ Ol meat OA0&E
the terrible conditions of Life in large.
crowded tenements. it can only be the
strongest children who survive. and
the sufferings undergone last summer
By alI the inmates have been beyond
description
likeness. vice of all kinds. ignorancs
and drunkenness help TO make stats
of squalor and wreichedness that no
one without seeing could believe ex-
listed.
Better no homes than horles like
these. some will say. but what does Il
mean to have no home? It means. as
hundreds know. haunting docks and
markets tn buy a few cents worth of
stale food or begging unstable refuse.
when even the few cents can not be
spared. and stealing room TO sleep be-
hind boxes and under benches. remote
from the drea e | policemen whose
business il is to tell such vagrants to
move on. When cold and stormy
weather comes and these refugees are
unavailable. there are dirty. foui-
smelling rooms whose sides are lined
with "bunks'' or shelves. and by the
pay i've v MS AAAaAAAa IN w 0AAkHN&Me
can occupy one for night After food
for the day has been bought va
grant, pocket seldom holds i've cents.
but two cents will purchase the Tr.vi-
lege of laying the weary. homeless
body on the hare floor with often az
many others as the floor can accom-
modate. And If even the two cents
are not forthcoming? Then. no matter
how low the mercury falls. there ara
the streets to pace TO keep from freez-
ing. till the tired feet can bear il no
longer, and the wearied frame Is forced
TO hide itself in The most sheltered
corner. with The winter wind for .
lullaby and perhaps the snow for =
blanket
There is no pleasure in dwelling
upon the details of wretched lives and
squalid homes. but we who live in COM
fort should know of the miseries Of
others. not only By way of learning 70
be thankful for our own greater bsess-
| ings. but that we may feel inspired 20
give from the store that has been given
Us for the relief of the destitute who
are as much children of God as We ara
Several of the French railway
companies and other public bodies
have resolved on having their prir--
Home en- green instead of white pap
The reason for the alteration il ih
they believe the combination or WI
tpaper with black characters endangeAs
Eshe eyesight of their work people.
Black ON green has always been recos1
sized as . good combinaf