Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1891-08-22
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That's Sn age Of great cities. Through
out the globe city building has been "a
marked feature ~ mOdetn civilization.
/ Aud smong all cities, London easily
commands the foremost place. with its
population (inciudng suburbs, census ~
1901 ~ 5,GnOuO. The streets ~ the
city exceed. 10y u thousand miles, the III
amcter % the earth. One fifth ~ the IN
habltants of England aud Wales live IN
tue mettopols
THIS enormous aggregation u people,
packed into 81 email hn area, ~ the cause
OF much which s,attlcs an American IN
hls walks aud talks IN London. Social
| questions are everywhere the leading
problems ~ the hour, tut here they are
/ paramount, and pressing for ,mmcdi.
/ ate answer
/ The poor are becoming poorer the
rich are growing richer. The utter
wrctchedneee oi the lower GLASSES Ia Eat
London ~ appalling. They ave without
hope. Human lic has little value The
churches and the public charitable ,ustl
tutlous Hre taxed to the utmost, yet the
want IN not relieved At present, one
person IN every five IN London, dice IN u
work house, u hospital or All insane Hsy
lum. The pubhc institutions to HllHy
suffering aud punish CRIME number TWEEN.
~ thousand And the small army ~ iii.
teen thousand policemen IL required 10
preserve order
lntemperaucc ~ seen N ,ts worst forms.
The drunken host- = London ouiuun
Der the soldiers Who fought ~ any one
battle IA our cvil war Everywhere, the
drvll puts h,a seal on ,hceaouu, or pub
| lac house, ~ they are called here Not
only are bar maids employed ~ u"driy
all these houses, bat women frequent
I them IA common with mcu. One even
lug this week, IN company with nm officer,
! visited twenty two ~ these places In
oil but three, ! saw women drinking
tn" iuY"r the type ~ place, TIA" more I"
malrs some - them ~ ueastly state
q intuN,catlon.
To provide shelter Tor TIE homeless.
food Tor the starving and work for the
unemployed is IL" pfe.cnt necessity.
The abnormal growth oithe city II shuau
IN the face ~ thcs" fac't. aheu Il ~
clearly proved that labor l. more p'cut,
tul, wages higher, food ard clothlrg
CHEAPER than IA pnrt grrrtHt,"us. Rents
alone have Increased Wages have risen
here, but are s',il loH ~ comparison with
United States. The day lNborer receives
scarcely more than three shillmgs -,
crn,sl day Ordinary clerks, five TO
seven pounds month. Household srr.
wants, four to ak dollars month. Sailed
mechanics but five shil,ngs day, loco
motive eng neers, or us they are called
here. engine drivers, sl.,j per day \
cab within four mile circuit costs but u
"quartcf." One has h,r hair cut for
eight cents and his boots BACKED ior
! two.
That there should he 81 great unrest
il not strange when Nc remember now
poorly labor IL paid. and witness IN the
Old World the enormous Accommodations
~ wealth IN the hands of few, the Wild
pursuit ~ riches and the wastefuI luxury
~ the fortunate IL the throne Of In.
gland IL overturned, It IL not 30 likely 10
be 10y some distant empire IA il IL 10y the
rising OF potent forces within It's Own
realm. We ute reminded again ~ the
famous saying Of the old Roman poet,
who said, "Ayarice and .xury have been
the ruiz ~ every great state"
One day, seeiug a large crowd gather
ing, We learned n royal procession was
soon to pass. by feeling shop keeper,
obtained good seat on n terrace within
twenty feet u the passing carriages,
which conveyed the guests to dine with
the prime minister. Presently, the
! Prince Of Wales, his wife, oldest son aud
two unmarried daughters passed. The
Prince looks older than his familiar pic.
lures aud not in good health, but Oluat.
I'd, stuffed, oyerfed. Should the queen
1--we several years, | doubt II he ever
reigns. The Princess has q lovely face,
and ia universally praised Tor her woman
/ ly, generous qualities, The two daughters
are quite indifferent creatures, and the
oldest son, who may bit on the throne
some day, is very Disappointing in ap.
pearance. \ few minutes later came
carriages With the Young emperor Of Ger
many, his wife and his imperial suite.
lie appeared TO bc every inch n sol Tier,
and hls martial yet courtly air aroused
the greatest g. thusiasn among the spec
ta,urs. lilo asplres to De the Napoleon
81 Germany and time alone will reveal
the result Of his dashing temperament.
Parliament being now in session. yes.
terday spent several hours in the House
Of Commons, Unfortunately Gladstone,
the greRtest man Of our time, was not
present, The interest 10 debate seemed
to center in the querrulous manner ot
Sir Michael Hicks Beach and the tine
bearing and spirit ~ Baiiour. The lat
ter IL one ot the coming statesmen OF
Europe. The question before them Was
the Irish oonstabulary and the irish
members were enjoying 10 the utmost
their old tricks sticking pms in Her
Maiesty's ministers