The evening world., 1889-08-22
THE WORLD: tn RsDAY EVENING, AUGUST %, 1899.

cap that has been through fire and water and
served ~ bird cage, rat trap and pistol tar
get, completes his attire.
DR.. Mason hands Tom into the carriage,
and while he goes IN see "A convnlescing child
in Seventeenth street we drive to q cloth NO
store in Second avenue and order a full dress
suit.
Tom thinks he would like blue; the tailor
prefers ON English check, but as Tom is
going to wear the raiments, his opinion pre-
wills. AMI the nobbiest blue flannel suit III
stock is fitted to his fragile little figure.
The Jacket is q iaunty English blouse, with
plal's s. jacket and belt. and when it is but
toned all needs of n shirt are under cover.
But the little knee-breeches won't stay up
and there is nothing to do but take them in
hand and walk down street to n dry-goods
shop. where we try a shiIt.waist overgrown
with horseshoes Of magnificent design and
color. and a captivating blue hat warranted
to turn up and down ut the will Of the man
under it.
Less than 81 paws the bill and Tom isanew
boy. bright as a sun dial, straight Us a plumb
and delightfully."- entertaining.
On the way home he takes shy ndmiring
peeps ut himself in the carriage mirror, AMI
tells me between the glances all about his in
nocent eScapades. One Of his incisors is
missing and l inquire about II.
ION Kelly did that wild his fist, We was
playin' ball III the yard and l was batter, nd
] hit him in the stomach. l didn't mean to,
but he punched me in the mouth and / eat
my tooth. He's moved away now"
BY this time we are back again in East
Fifteenth street. and a drove of children
receive us with clamor and shout, and the
most deafening please, mIssus, take and
dress me-"
wish 1 could, for in all the two hundred
is not one child who knows the luxury OF
nice clothes every day.
The next family that good Mr.. Wall
Street" puts undor obligation includes a sick
man. an angel mother AID a group of eight
children, ranging in years from one to ff
teen. The babe has cholera morbus, the
nine-year-old boy is subject to st. Vitus't
dance and his eldest sister has heart trouble.
The doctor takes o basket. and with IS fill
It to the handle. There 10 bluefsh aud fresh
eggs, -four, tea, coffee, butter, sugar ant
rice. q fve-pound package of hominy, the
same quantity of maccsroni and q peck Of
tomatoes to be used for a delicious and really
nourishing spagghati, for the preparation Of
which the doctor writes out the recipe
a italian.
There is a neck Of mutton. too. for a broth
to feed the baby. some graham crackers, tive
cantelopesa and eight bright green tickets
good for Just that many quarts of sweet milk
and on top of everything is a compound Of
rhubarb and soda. or some such clements, K
cure the hives.
With another SO we complete the rem
money, and the happiness that fills the little
kitchen is worth treble the sum invested.
On the way downstairs a young boy slip
up to the doctor, and with his soul in his BIZ
brown eyes and the Desdemona-under-the
pillow-sadness in his voice, begs for a nickel
What for!
Some papers,"
Poor ZOO has been sick with the fever AM
he's pale and thin and ragged. His fathe
has gone to the eternal realms and his mothe
earns 1915 in a book bindery, pasting backs
with which ste fights the wolf, not only a
her door, but clutching at her children
throats.
We give Joe so cents for a start, 30 cents t.
pay for a tonic to tone up his system and .
cents for u dinner. In his simple "thanl
you " there is a world Of gratitude.
The next roof tree about which the bount.
of Wall street" showers its ~gladness Is up il
ill East Fifteenth street, where a younl
mother is slowly b%roiling herself and he
children before a red.hot cookinR-stove.
She is attired in q muslin waist and a re,
tablecloth pinned about and around he
waist and limbs. Fortune married her to
widower, and there is o babe of two months
another of eleven months and run-abouts O
two, four, five and a half and seven years.
The doctor prescribes o sail via the NeN
York Juvenile Guardian boat. One dolla
packs a lunch-basket with goodies and al
other dollar pays for four straw hats and
pair of brown stockings.
Black-eyed May is only fifteen. but she ha
been a bread winner ever since she wa
eleven. She is a good child, brave as III
girl that civilized Ingomar, and beautiful d
o Roman cameo. May has been maxim
safety pins, but there is nc work now. an
how do you suppose she is spending her We
cation?
Washing for a family of eight.
It's a pretty big burden to put upon &
slight a pair of shoulders. and the disciple
of Col. Ingersoll, who believe that the obligI
tions Of parent to child are beyond cancell
ton, would consider the task crucial.
May wants q place. Cant you help me
Please do. am SO tired walking from or
shop TO another, and | have no car fare.
gave all my money to my mother for IL
rent"
A dollar bill makes her eyes dance and h
, face bright, and If with the car fares it wi
, provide q place Is not secured May is
send me a letter and we will try some 9th,
5 scheme to entrap capital.
At another house on East Fifteenth sire,
we visit a young pantaloon fnisher who h,
been laid of for the dull season. The moth,
, and babies have gone on the excursion al
4 Mary is on her knees scrubbinG the floor.
takes her n long time to get up, for she is