The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-24

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able. more unSidy, until the top Ia reached.
Then out on the roof. There ars no palm
trees there; there are no gay lanterns; no
comfortable chairs, no cooling drinks in
! pitchers, but there are poopls and people
| and people. Tired men stretched out full
length, weary women leaning up against
/ the chimneys; little children, without any
clothes on sleeping as peacefully as If they
rested ON downy beds instead OF hard tin
| roofs The stars looked down on these
people Just as they do on Nine. Giltedge
and the happy home uptown, but they don't
seem to dance quite as merrily. Thsy are
| trying TO solve the problem OF the CITY and
to wonder why poverty, filth, crime and
| providing always seem combined.
woMAN's INGENUITY NEVER FAILS.
| You can walk the entire length Of the
| block on the roofs. and every now and then
you come across a group of men talking III
an undertone, and from their looks you
feel sure that they are talking of nothing
good. There is a hurry and scurrY OF a
sudden, and the cry goes up that The
| cops comm after DAM And the cop does
come. With a frightened look you have
caught the arm Of young man standing
near you, who, as the cop passes us, turns
his head aud speaks to you, speaks pleas
antly, says something about 1t being much
| cooler on the roof than on the street. You
answer him, and few minutes later you
see lerge, Disguised policeman going
| down the souttle-hole, announcing that
the next time he hears Of Dan being in the
| neighborhood he will get him IL he dies for
him. An excitable little Irish woman
rushes up TO you and saws, Thank you,
/ miss, for keepiu' me Danny out ov trouble.
| And you Just realize that the bright-faced
| boy you have besn talking to, whom the
| policeman believed to be in your party, Is
| the veritable Danny for whom the cop was
| n k,f., md
| ne sized up exactly what he could do when
| he knew ne was in danger, and he felt per-
| fectly certain that you would forgive him.
/ His trouble il that he got Into Kilkenny
| row at che Dali about some girl he hit the
| policeman, who has sworn vengeance
| against him; but he probably will never be
able TO find him as long as Danny retains
| his popularity among the women and chill
dren, who viii hide him Whenever the
| policeman appears.
LOYALTY OF THE LOWER CLASSES.
They do stand by each other wonderfully,
the people on this roof garden. They share
a bit of ice, they give some of the good milk
| TO baby who has none, though il some-
body from the COUNTRY saw this oluish huld
| they would be tempted TO wonder whether
1t came direct from a pump or a COW.
STILL, it is good for them, for it the best
they can get. IL there is death or sorrow
| they will lend the helping hand, and none OF
them are too poor TO be able to give penny
| or two TO help bury the dead.
How long do they stay theres Why, all
night, to be sure. IL is only the sunshine
that makes them leave. When it comes up,
the women rush downstairs, and, with that
awful ignorance existing among the poor,
they fry some greasy meat for the mon to
eat: they have the windows wide open TO
let in the heat aud the flies. and they scold
and worry and fix up the unLidy room in
some sort of way, and whip or caress the
children, ss ths fancy takes them, without
rhyme or reason. These are the kind of
roof gardens to be found ia New York, aud
while they are as different as possible, each
absolutely exists. Sometimes the crowds OF
THE DOWNTOWN ROOF GARDENS
make money enough and gain notoriety
enough to appear at the ones uptown.
| These are usually the women, for among
them will be found beautiful girls, who for
get the people from whom they sprang, and
IN grasping for something better make hor-
rible mistake s, and Join the hosts OF the Gilt
edges The Sums have pearls in them, IL is
true, but it is seldom that any are dis
covered The perverted taste OF the mines
teenth century, which admires off-colored
diamonds, finds only these, aud it Ia only
the very shrewd diver who discovers the
pure white gem, which retains its brightness
although it is imbedded 10 mud and alime.
| THEY LIVE AND DIE T HE SAME
It is looking on this other side that makes
people think and think until there seems
nothing equal 30 the giving Of happiness to
these people; they soof at all charity; they
refuse to be educated. The sons toll in low
hot shops, when they toll at all. and the
daughters, scorning household service, work
In close factories, and are old women before
they have time to be young ones. And the
children, the little ones who are sleeping on
q IL -. b.
races an off-colored horse will win, when
bred of unknown parents, but this is rare
occurrence. The horse that wins Is usually
a thoroughbred. So In the race OF life the
child bred in dirty squalor, reared to hear
vulgar words, to see dreadful sights COCA
sionally turns from 1t all and seeks to
achieve somsthing better, but not very
| often.
WHAT IS FAITH WITHOUT WORKS
Is there going to he any success when
there is no desire for itf
Is there going to be an honest man when
boy sees successful thievery approved
from the time he Is born!
| Is there going to be virtuous woman
when girl hears virtue made of no &C
count, and reads Of the gowns and the
beauty Of Nile. Giltedgel
Is there going TO be pleasant homs when
a woman's only idea Of comfort consists OF
cooking hot meals in summer time, In
letting in hot air, so that the sun may look
on the dirty bedding, on children that need
washing. and on the untidy, unkempt
| womenl
Is there going to be good citizen when
this is the only place man has to go
except the barroom. where anarchy and So
ciallsm are discussed, and rebellion against
the employers Is the continual cPy2
Is there going to be anything but dull,
stupid living along from day TO day, with
nothing pleasant in the past and nothing to
look forward to in the future, when room
or two in a tenement house means home. and
after his work is done a mao finds heavy
miserable sleep on the roof gardenl
The stars look down and seem TO say that
the same God in whom you and believe
made US all, but didn't he, when he created
us, give TO some a power TO lessen the woes
and misery of the others, and are you doing
it, my friendi You may have all the beau
tiful faith In the world, but who am OF To-
day ask, as we asked 30 many hundred years
ago, "What Is faith without works."
Bah.
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