The evening world., 1891-06-30


A baby dressed IN mans overcoat poor
ignorant woman bending over a cradle, pray
ing for the recovery OF her dying child; little
boys and girls running about actually naked I;
scores of others wearing but a single gar
ment; poor cloakmnkers in single-room tene-
menus without food or provisions and dwellers
in Easements who have been supported for
months by begging, are few of the harrow
ing things chronicleG by the physicians who
began their ROUNDS Of mercy and compassion
yesterday.
Here is a copy OF the first report from the
corps OF 1891. No word OF introduction or
comment Is needed, for there is nothing so
comprehensive or so eloquent as facts:
THE FIRST REPORT.
At % Cherry street 1 found poor woman
who had been suddenly stricken by rheuma-
tlsm and was unable to move from one side OF
the bed 10 the other. Around her were hve
small, hungry children. The father had gone
out to look iOT work, and as just 10 cents had
been left to cover family expenses 1t can be
Imagined with what anxiety the sick woman
The next patient was little two-year-old
girl, on whose aged face could be traced lines
OF suffering that long struggle with scarlet
FEVER had made unduly prominent. Beneath
one ear also was large abscess Just ready for
the surgeons knife. In addition to all this
the dread disease Of warm weather had be-
Nourishing food and careful treatment may
bring back rosy tint TO her pale cheek, but
she Will need all the help that charity can
bestow.
Al . o'clock / called where woman had
Just returned from her days work. She had
been washing since O'Clock, and brought
home 60 cents rs the proceeds or her labor.
In the room was her daughter, with two sick
children. The young mother, only twenty
Two years OF age, was suffering from chronic
disease, which her innocent babes had both
Inherited. Tears fled her once beautiful
eyes as she learned Tor the first time about
the nature OF her trouble and the time II
would take 20 cure her.
Further along on the same street a little
White comm IN the middle OF the room an
nounced that "A doctors services had been Of
Tered too late.
In one room where happily there were no
children, every piece OF furniture had dlsap-
peared and only thin mattress had been
LETT in Wnat was Still Il nome. few potatoes
were standing IN the corner, but there We're
absolutely no dishes and no means of making
ire. i' was evident at glance that every
thing hid bCeH sold Tor liquor. The woman
was har t1aning her condition and her nus
band VAS sleeping OF Il drunken stupor
IN thGse and all cases names are withheld {;
but IL any interested reader has the inclna-
tion'to o0er personal assistance in any of the
above c.u1gs, luil addresses win be sent
through thc mail
fcIAsoN FOR COETRIBUTING.
Just lead this the second report filed, and
say VII st her or not you can make contribu-
tion 10 tue sick Babies Fund:
In Alan .Sreet. IN Il back basement OF two
rooms, I found poor mother with seven
small Iln1ren. The youngest, one year old,
has bann III three months; inther has had
Work tJIly occasionally since Christmas. For
nearly NO months they have been begging
food ald aiothiag ON the street and from
naighhoH IN the mouse, who are very poor.
They lCy been told 70 leave the house sew
eral Tim 5, but the order was not enforced
unlil to-o ny, when they were compelled 10
p0cS up Mgir miserable assets.
Nhrh i reached the house the husband
wah oui looking Tor new shelter and the
wife wig' alternately weeping bitterly ana
dren, Wllme grief hers provoked wrote a
note @ le United ieOrew Charities ana ap-
peaied o Dl6 nelghDors n the 'front.' Oasemeht
70 nla6 = sure that Tie llItlc children would
be pro, ded with supper, as the poor woman
qua not lavc ali atom OF food In the house. ]
learned IN Investigation mat the woman
dIdGtadP GaP wt 9PReafa iao amiy ISr every ESt day day
Tor he las, month even the medicine pre-
serlhed ior her own children. she not only
proIai. si - iyivc her reighbors hare Of her
supper hut 10 rusn they were unable 90 OBJ
ihlu N'r lodgings Kindly CHcrcd 10 let them
seD pm .lr home.
THE EUG7lH FOR LIFE.
The acyt report viii show how hard The
other HaH" struggle i0 Keep alive:
Ine lrt thing on ,--lly was TO walk
arulH ny GiVri tI0 Hm where the greater
part ~ H. lyerE uruJrd 10 b. dlHe. Mis,F
th' al"teV went 'A'Ngu a house on itud,
son htrou Lt Hrr 500 gea.h street, hHd
louna nli ne tpnUuW wall ~, hut further
along ug each irr, ( lOaud enough TO do
~ 40 rL le g|rns, o weak, DIanciated ctlu
~ Ncaf a., Sruefl9B NJ l,h severe WaftiFtd)
ma Y 90 7 iWn her mu h1 wllh a cara VI
Ap 40 8 hcf5 weis orlya fcG families
henry ~ tine Apetmpnta were vacant pc
ssise, as was iold, they could not pay the
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