The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-24

NEW YO
% servant or girl. or both. But a the feet
OF this girl. within four months OF her arrival
in Canada, . prosperous brewer nung his
wealth. only to be spurnsd. and finally she set
tied down with . carpenter. who. to Judge
from Capt Grstton's report, occupied him.
self chiefly in "drivine her about in .
buggy in summer and slsiehing In the win.
ter months" To every British workman. II
strong. industrious, and sober. the report held
out . sure prospect Of securing In Canada
position equal to that Of the blighted brewer
or the happy carpenter. while the women
might confidently rely upon obtaining hus-
bands at sight Only very few possessing the
qualifications enumerated failed to succeed In
Canada and even they went to the United
States and got rich.
Loud cheers punctuatsd the report as Mr.
Price read It and there was much elappins Of
hands and stamping Of feet whom the assist
ant Secretary resumed his seat Special COM
missioners were too often expensive luxu.
ries. but In the society's case the members evil
IDENTITY thought the money had been well spent
Thon Mr.. Gardiner arose. and. after express
ing regret at hearing Of Capt Gretton's Illness
announced that "hs WAS going to talk
straight" and say what he would have said
had that gallant of1eer been present Mr..
Gardiner squared his shoulders and looked
fierce. and the charity organizers seemed
panied and surprised. They soon had cause
Capt. Gretton's whitewash with thick. black
paint laid ON with . brush OF generous pro-
portions.
Don't you run away" said he. with the
idea that Canada is . land Of milk and honey.
It's nothing Of the kind. found many Of our
smigrants living in miserable mud huts, not
In nrst-class villa residences, 40 you would
think from the report you have Just heard"
Mr. Gardiner proceeded to refer to numerous
cases Of poverty due. among other things.
tothe failure Of successive wheat hsrvests, and
his most optimistic admission WAS that people
who emigrnted to Canada could only hope to
live In fair comfort II they were capable Of en-
during excessive hardships and able to do any
kind Of work. however hard 1t might be. Mr..
GARDENERS remarks about child emigration
were more valuable. and are likely to attract
far larger share Of public attention than his
views in regard to the failure or success OF tho
Charity Organizations emigrants. He declared
that the system Of sending out children
TO Canada was abominable and disgrace
full Thousands OF girls wore sent to homes
about which the distributing agents know
practically nothing.And so-called inspections
carried out BY the best agencies were delu-
sive. For instance. children sent out BY Miss
Macpherson's institution were supposed to be
visited once every year. But there were 1000
children registered in the books as being out
| at homes and only three inspectors to visit
them all. Mr.. Gardiner advised people in
| England to set their faces against this girl
| emigration business. and concluded his PES
simistic speech with the dismal remark that
his investigations had been thoroughly dis
heartening.
| Tho Charity Organization Society has not
yet decided what to do with tho two reports.
tits NOT likely. however. that the emigration
business will be abandoned. the general idea
being that the poor creatures sent out to the
colonies cannot we'll be worse OF there than at
home. But there Is growing feeling. which
existed before Mr.. Gage Gardiner started on
his mission. that the system OF the emigration
Of girls sent out By charitable societies IL ct
tended BY fearful evils. and 1t 10 not improhs-
bio that Parliament may be asked to order .
special inquiry into the subject
| It is understood that Mr.. Joseph Chamber
lain II very much annoyed~ Win M. Arthur
JAMES Baifour. MD hamberlain II Just now
riding . hobby known % Old Age Pensions
and Mr.. Balfour 10 unable to admire either the
horsemanship or the horse. It Is presumed
therefore. that Mr.. Balfour. as First Lord Of
the Treasury and leader Of the House Of Com
mons. will oppose or at any rate refrain from
supporting Mr.. Chamberlain's pet scheme. and
his example will be followed BY majority Of
the Tory party As the scheme will also be
opposed BY q number Of members acting or
behalf Of the great friendly societies. it seems
foredoomed to failure. and Mr.. Chamberlain
irritation Is therefore perfectly understands.
bic. It seems strange that SO clever mar
should have failed to see that the State pension
system must necessarily injuriously affect the
voluntarily friendly societies. and stranger still
that politician so astute should forget thai
those societies can send about 2.0OO. 900 par
nsmentary voters to tho polls.
Murat Halstead sailed on Wednesday on tn,
Majestic, after brief visit to Europe to lool
after his younger children. who arc at schoo
In Paris and Berlin.
Tho combined effects of the death Of Duk,
Clarence and the influenza epidemic threaten
to land three fourths OF the London theatrica
managers in the bankruptcy court. At mos
houses the stalls and boxes are nearly empt!
every night. and the managers cannot live OF
the pit and gallery alone. It Is probable tina
Sir Augustus Harris's pantomime at Drur.
Lane will result In loss. and at several well
known houses the balance is said to be night
~ ON the wrong side. Imre Kiralfy Is amonl
the few lucky ones, but his show. Venice II
London" at Olympia, is patronized chiefly b!
the masses. who are mourning neither Of
fcislly nor genuinely. and who are too nu
merous to be appreciably affected by the innu
enza or anything Of tho kind short Of gen
eral plague.
Henry Arthur Jones. who has barely paid hi
expenses at tho Avenue with his new comedy
he Crusader" Is vain enough to believ
that he can make money even in these melan
| cholv tjmea nv a revival of "Judah" and n
put that play in tho evening bill tonight will
VANDERBILT, formerly Of the Modjeska Langtry
and Fortescus companies. as Judah Lle,oellu
the lugubrious hero.
D'Oyly Carte has wisely postponed unit
next week the production OF 1.-THE Vicar Q
Bray" at the Savoy. and he would do wise
thing still by closing his theatre for month.
Beerbohm Trees Hamlet Is generally com
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