The evening world., 1894-10-10

became law. The amount OF good
since done by women inspectors is well
known to all who read the papers, They
had not been long In office before sew
eral reforms were proposed and car
ried out, and to-day the condition Of
the working girls in factories Is much
improved In consequence.
No. 3.-Early IN November, a wall went
up from the little folks OF the city. The
Board of Aldermen decided that street
bands and hand-organs were nuisances
children heard of II, they were discOnso-
late. No more dancing on the sidewalk
for them; no more hearing the popular
even the familiar sound OF the street
piano was to be heard no more in the
land. In the midst of their despair, THE
postulated with the Aldermen to resclnd
the resolutions. The City Fathers at
no s ss m yeeY saW
wishes, so they altered the resolution
sufficiently to permit Of the licensing Of
800 musicians, anc the poor tots as we'll
several days after that hand organ
grinders appeared before The Evening
Worlds" office on Park Row and played
tunes to show their gratitude.
No. 4.-Jeannette Park Is one of the few
breathing spots afforded by the city for
residents of the downtown sections. II
offered cool retreat on hot Summer
nights, but the people could only gaze
through the bars OF the iron fence at the
seats which were so near and yet so very
the gates were locked. y petition was
sen, to The Evening Worli' asking thai
1t take up the cause of the people In that
case and try 10 have the gates left open
until after sunset. That's what the
Evening World" was founded for, so 1t
started its machinery TO work and soon
breeze IN the fG 9, PEf n, 10 20 SfeS me
night. a feature of this victory was
parade OF the children around the park
carrying banners on which were lnscrib-
cd words in praise Of their newspaper
champion.
No; 5.-Another park victory was that
OF lighting the East River pleasure
ground. Owing to the absence of lights
the place was a resort for thieves and
ruiiians, so that ii was positively unsafe
for people to venture into the place after
nightfall. In the darkness IL was almost
an imp ssihility to recognize an assa4l-
ant, and rObberies were of frequent oC-
currcnce. The authorities were notified,
and an active agitation was begun by
minated in securing the desired lights,
and the place is now one OF the most
popular resorts OF q Summer evening.
No. 6.-Schnol children were often eX-
posed to inClcment weather for an I'M
necessary length Of time, owing To the
fact that ths doors. we're not opened
from a distance and started early 80 as
to be on time were often obliged TO
stand in "A rain or snow storm for scV-
cral minutes before the doors were
opened, thus laying the foundation for
a severe cod, IL nothing worse. The
proper authorities were appealed to 10
open the doors earlier and after some
hard lighting the desired order was given,
and children were not obliged thereafter
10 remain out in the rain.
No. 7.-SecIrinE the release OF little
Lyman Shapiro from the custody OF
the Juvenile Asylum was one of the
hardest battles and most signal victory
on behalf Of kidnapped" children ever
achieved by The Evening World" The
little chap, whose parents were well
able to support him. accompanied his
brother on a newspaper selling eNpedi-
ton one day. and was promptly cap
tured by an over Vigilant officer and
committed, despite the fearful protests
OF his parents Day after day The
Evening World" poured hot shot of
public Indignation Into the ranks OF the
Society, and at last the doors were re-