The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-06-07

10 ner' but nave never heard or one
single instance when Frances Cleveland,
the idol Of shouting democracy, used her
splendid position for the betterment OF
any human being. therefore refuse my
reverence to her, and bestow 1T upon my
wRsherwomRn in the slum.
All Washington went daft over the
sweet ways of the Infants. But how do
/ know that her face would have been so
sWeetly wreathed in smiles had she been
tried as has my WasherWoman. So l
withhold from her, too, my highest word
of praise, and give it to the one who has
been tested and remained tender and
true. Newspaper writer's went into
ecstacies over Infants Eulslie, who
would have been too ssrcasticslly funny
to live about her had she come to this
country as philsnthropist, instead Of a
butterfly Of fashion. While the Infanta
was preparing to attend the ball given in
her honor at New York, she received
word that her little child was very ill.
The sympathies Of all New York we're
with the Infants, who attended the ball
Just the same.
II my brave wssherwomsn's little child
were to have died the same hour, died
for lack of proper nourishment, would
the sympsthies of all Washington have
gone out for the noble motherP Yet, if
it were not for labor performed, such as
robbed the poor woman of her support,
and her children OF the comforts Of life,
the gold Of the wealthy would avail
them naught. 1t is labor, not money,
which creates the comforts of modern
life, and the men who create the convent
ences are not the ones who enjoy them.
Is it rightP
Lest it may be thought that my sym
pathy colors my report Of the Washing.
ton slums, let me quote from a recent
editorial in the Washington Star:
"The section inspected is bounded by
Third and Four r-and-a-half and M and N
streets southwest, and within it's limits
about $50 human beings have what they call
their home. OF these tenants, nearly one
half are white, fact that only makes more
horrible the fact that there is but one water
hydrant and one sewer connection in all the
square, and those exceptions belong not toa
dwelling house, but to a recently erected
stable. The stsgnation, the filth, the stencil
may not be described. During the year end
ing June 30, 1891, there were tWenty-seven
deaths in that tsquare-eleven of the deceased
being white and sixteen negrOes-but that
excessive mortality can easily be under
stood and accounted for by any one who
and give his nostrils a fair chance al the
odors which naturally prevail"
From a recent communication to the
same paper, quote the following:
"At the intersection of New York avenue
and Twenty third street is the dog pound,
and right in front of it, where you see the
remnants of ash heaps, wire springs, etc., is
the place where all the infected and soiled
bedding upon which patients in the hospitals
have died is burned. A little below the dog
pound is the place where these hapless crea-
lures are slaughtered, and the blood is al
lowed to run down little ditch, serving as
drainage until it reaches place where it is
covered up with quioklime.
"Within fifty feet of this dangerous, dis
ease breeding spot you will find spring.
That spring is the only water supply this
8 Darkest Washington has, for you must
know there is no more water furnished this
truly forsaken portion Of the beautiful ma
tional capital than there is gas, or sidewalk,
or pavement, or shade trees, or police pro-
tection, or anything. That spring, there
ing water used by about fifty families, the