Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1894-09-01
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the rooms into which thev omen.
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i hnbblinu plsssIui and usher Won 40.
a 1
+ NC cod of "a hahIes In one teue
nent In two foul elIevs OF New
York the death rate OF chiIdrer
nnder Ave wears of age had reached
: tha enornoons figure of seventy thre,
! nor cent In 1890 New York bas
/, over ~ 600 tenement houses II
n which more than two thirds of tn
Z nonnIation of the r:ity live. A dis
n triet IN Nav York Containing NOR
4 than 11s 600 persons. has res lly n,
= Protestant church. In q ward Il
r Roston are % 600 persone with ~
:. protestsnt church. In a ward i
chiea,~ there ara ahont 1000 NOR
IL chiIdren than school sittinrs. Tho
ne sands Of children in other cities as
e orow;ny mn In ionorance and immo1
tn sl,tv
: clarovman found that In one
tho largest New England factor
8. cities that not more than onr
ATTAIN of fine operators ever a.
'E church A Pennsvlvania town
sno 1sO0 church members on
ng ursh sf,,I suromar Sabbath or
an were found "a church. A mi
Nsw YORK st.ate reportcd a
AN that NOT one half OF its children
ca gahboth SCHOOL privileges aod
nd stretches of country are withov
Ilcsoua privileges. activities OF al
len Kind.
Dol Another minister declared: sThe
TOR are az least 20 towns In Maine
,Is which no relipious service is held.
ted is said there are more villages In L
the nois Without the gospel than. in q
ted other state In the Union. "W
lives In those villages, white or cs
ored persons9
ch, Aleading New York paper gave
account last month OF tenems
houses in the slums of the scity.
the saws: "The same poverty and SOU
the or every place. 1t is filth, povei
ION, and apparent Indifference on ev'
All aide. Mortals In the midst of d
ZEN vermIn, vice and crime. The se
nra mass OF packed humanity piled
and six stories high, In dark, cro'
fan ed fIthv rooms where there are
Sirst conveniences. comforts or accoml
here dotioos that make existence m
aret than endurable. No evidence
Sub n-osnaritv and less of ambition.
"Bi, Observation-Disclosures In be
nooi eIlowed TO live. INQUIRY showe
house to contain 800 persons, I'll
,aa he,ng AZ families. with 2 rooms [
". family. and an average of more {
fonr nersons to a room. If
there was q place that needed
ge OF sionarles to preach the gospe
ID TO cIeanlIness. It Is IN the tenen
: Z WIN district in the east side of New J
iand cItv -
re- in Yes its eoual ia found no wher
the South Such slums. tener
...s housas deCradation and depra
= rnhn I untold exists In the midst of cht
ns in 90 missIonarv and benevolent
after etIes institutions of les rning. Il
nond. GOV science and art culture. re
ment. cIyiIizatfon and enlightenl
'rlde's in f,he sunerIative degree. Their.
SUs., muItinlied thousands of person
10 the North living In the lowest
Of decradation aud depravity
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