The Wichita daily eagle., 1892-12-14

conscientiousness and with common
sense Judgment each quarter intrusted
to their charge.
l can confidently assert that out of
$3.50 handed to the heads of our ''Slum"
and shelter" brigades not above $40,
possibly not more than IS, would be ap-
propriated to the individual support of
those who carry forward this merciful
mission
Read the following, which have just
received, from the representatives in
their own language, of the above-named
branches of work. will. without alter
ing, let them speak for themselves:
A young girl scarcely in her teens
was found crying near our Shelter one
day and when questioned by one of our
workers as to what was the matter said
that she was unable to go to work for
food as her mother and father both lay
at home sick and her three little broth
ers were all crying for something to eat.
She was sent home for basket and
pitcher, both of which were filed, one
with food and the other with soup Some
time later in the day our Shelter officer
visited the house to see if the story
were true.
On entering the rooms that were
called ''home" the scene that met our
officers gaze was heartrending. The
poor father-in the last stages of con-
sumption-lay on broken down bed in
one corner, and the mother, exhausted
by starvation and overwork, lay on the
other side of the room. The young
girl who had been earning nearly SO a
week, had been obliged to stay at home
to wait on her sick parents, and thus
all means of keeping soul and body to-
gether seemed shut off.
Hearing the little ones cry for bread
so often had wrought upon the fathers
feelings until he had repeatedly risen
from his couch and made attempts to go
out to work, but had failed; and now
they were in danger of being turned out
of the rooms because the rent was due
and there was no money with which to
pay it.
Although little out Of the ordinary,
our shelter officer paid the rent and
daily saw that they were provided with
food. AS the father grew worse he was
finally moved to the hospital, where we
still continued 10 visit him, he pro-
Tossing conversion until he died. When
diving he made mention of the kind
words of prayer that had helped make
him better man and told his little girl
thew were such sweet words Of
prayer"
The mother recovered and all are now
in fair circumstances.
Visiting one afternoon in a dark.
noisone alley, it was rather hard 70 get
up a fight of narrow, winding stairs
When we got up we knocked and went
into a little room. whose walls had once
been white. but now Were almost
black. and whose dirty windows were
broken and stuffed witn paper and
rags. Facing Us as we entered was an
old table and on it a dry crust Turn
ing to our left we saw, sitting on an
old bench. poor man in the last stages
Of consumption trying 70 get as close IS
he could u a little stove, 50 broken
tina. he could only use 3 Fttie wood n
l. Looking into his pincked iaee !!
tried 20 say a few words Of kindness,
but il was hard TO keep back the tears
while | spoke 70 him. for ny heart
took in 50 much at 4 glance Of what be
must be suffering. In few minutes I
said. looking around: Where 90 Won
sleep at niEat?'- for there was no. -
much as bed lie answered. ''On
that. pointing 20 an old broken mat
tress doubled up in the corner. and
some one else shares It - night
We sang Of Jesus' love and prayed
which he enjoyed ve-v much. as a smile
I came over his poor white fare- We vis-
+ tied him continually. brought him becf
+ tea and milk Cruel regularly and a.
tended n his room each eFe=S u-e dag
he told the S.um ofT3rer Of the only p 2 /.
he had of getting th= rent f-verT sat
urd2v rr bought ease - bottled i'eer
and Sold IL 10 his uciglaa1rs >unls4y
4. morning ne profS on which PAID Ia