Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-05-24
TIRE IN HESTER STREET.


The student of human nature who
wishes to see what emigration Is doing
for New York city should stroll into that
CANYON of brick and mortar called Hester
street, east Of the Bowery, some sunny
afternoon. The problem Of how little o
human being can eat and exist there finds
its solution. The population OF this lo-
cality has been largely increased of lase
by the immigration of prosecuted Jews
from Russia. And most forlorn lot
they are. Hungry, unkempt and be-
whiskered, they clutter up the sidewalks,
obstructing travel, and evidently waiting
for mamma to fall down from the skies
into Hester street. The effect of crowd
ing SO many human beings into 80 small
an area was shown by an incident which
occurred on the corner Of Orchard street
the other afternoon.
A woman who had almost reached the
limit of her earthly existence fell on the
corner and lay upon her back on the
sidewalk. 1t was instantly assumed by
the crowd which gathered around, like
foul birds around a carcass, that the
woman was drunk. There was nothing,
however, in the woman's appearance to
sustain this suspicion. The sun shone
down into her faded eyes and she scarce
had strength enough to close them. She
crashed at the sidewalk in O feeble eff
fort to sit up, and the crowd stood around
and jeered at her futile struggles. No
one offered to help her, although there
were 200 able bodied men and women
standing around. A creature who wore
trousers made the timely suggestion that
the woman should be rolled into the gut
4 TO-.
carried out had not German woman
who sells groceries near by came up with
broomstick and scattered the mob.
The first city official who arrived on the
scene was connected in some way with
the health department. He looked at
the PROSTATE woman, shrugged his
shoulders and lifted his hands depre-
catingly, and said he could do nothing
a police officer must be sent for. So
| common are these scenes of suffering in
| this locality that even the little children
squeezed themselves into the cracks in
the crowd and laughed at the misery Of
| the old woman as though it was sort
| of Punch and Judy show. After half an
| hour of very patient waiting on the pert
| of the woman, and when she was almost
ready for coach with black plumes a
police officer came. At his bidding a
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