Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-08-12

ct,art 49, st ~ y. ouli blood. A ragged
suaid ioais about the door ana signals vour
coming to tho inhabitants Of me castia
ihtlt are men IN there whom the noli..
want FOR crime and pauporlsfn are never
lr apart. But you have no disturbln, fear
~ .ue iea-ouilies at the door. The man al
your sue Is n. Justin Chesasse. the de-
tective. He Is eiight llttlo man vim
gentle blue eyes, lady-iike hands and a
SOY lisp. But with him you shall walk un-
harmed through worse places than the
REQ Castle which ls painted the color of
Dulrs blood. The apartment which Won
enter hrst does not differ much from any
one OF the "stala beer dIyeef in NuIherr,
street or the "panhandlcrs' resorts, in ,bs
bowery OF New York; A little zlne-eovered
par hish and narrow, 10 at one side, about
tne room arc wooden benches and tables
Mhen your eyes became accustomed 10 the
hali- gloom you see that the floor Is Uttered
WIN men and women and children. half
--an indlstlngulshahle woltrr OF humanity,
Foul, foul beyond words. You tramplc on
them as you make your way to the atari
case which leads to the cellar. The mass
erowls, head Is thrust up and bites AZ
your ankles. The men aud women huddled
about the tables pay no heed to you They
are sullon. half asleep, savage with hun
ger.
Look down" says NJ. chevasse.
The foor Of .he cellar ornwls with hu-
man vermln--men aud women. lean bodies
IN hlthy rags. bodies deformrd and pesti-
lent with sores Tho stencil that rises is
as from the pit.
Is It a libel of the Socialists that all mon
are brothers--or is 1t a humillating TRUTH
over 900 dodgers register from the Cha
teau Rouge.
Pere-Lnncttes is In the Ruo Anglals. 1t
takes It's maine from the huge pair Of spec
tacles painted above the door This too
ln "a tai lt.,fsf La,
Rue st. Denis, is another OF equal fame aud
iniany. II opens at midnight. and from
that hour until noon Il Is crowded through
out its six stories and cellar and Ruh-cellar
With the vagabondngo Of Paris. You ontor
a bare, little room. To the right Is the
kitchen. where huge pots OF soup steam
on the range. IN one corner ch0pplng
machine cuts up luoyes Of coarse bread
pere Fiadln feeds his iodgors. as well as
letting thom sleep on the floors or stairs
for four cents Many Of the inhabitants
Of these dens an1 the scores like them arc
not paupers; they arc employed along
shore oftn the vagrant employnents at tho
Halle aux Wins; they toll on without future
or hope for a sonBuu until stronger ones
elbow them out OF place; In the end they
sink into pauperlsm,
There Is certain note Of similarity in
tho pauporism which abides In the streets
Of this 0rrandlsscment on another occa-
and made acquaintance with the diverse
misery Of the outskirts. We followed tho
Avenue de9 GobollnB. which Is only con-
tnuatlon Of the old Rue Mounetard; on the
right was tho famous mandatory Of tapes
tries, and cur way lay through a thnglo Of
dye housoa and tannerles. until We came
to the Place dItalie, Here was formerly
the barrier and the FIRST stage ON the post
road to Lyon or Marseiles. now 1t is the
center Of the new thirteenth arrondisse-
mont. which includes The quarters Of the
salpotriero, OF tie Care. OF the Marson-
Blanche and OF Cruulsbarbo. Parts Of It
still preserve a rural aspect The streets,
with their rustlc -Moulln-dos- Pres.
Fontaino- Mulard, rue 90 Ia Dutte-auX- Call
lOs-recall a past that dates back only
fow years, Here aud there arc llttlo villas.
nesting among bowers Of lilacs and pinks.
But everywhere the great barracks OF the
city OF tho Damned shoulder down on
them atiront them with the naked lnsolenoo
Of blank walls.
Beyond the station OF the Orleans Rail-
way, between tho houloyards Of the station
and he hospital Is a hugo waste OF land
oycrrun with lettering novels and SHAM
tlea"-shacks bulldod out Of few boards
and mortised with rags The namo OF this
lard is the Cite Dore
AM the rare irony OF 1.-THE Golden city
Of the Evangels vision. This little, golden
City OF the Damned Is tho homo OF the
chlifoniers-the rag-plckers, the scayengers,
who nlch an unclean livelihood from the
CUTTERS Of the other city OF Paris In each
hoyel two families lye--mon. women and
children among fCrmentlng rags and bones
and the hitter-swect reck Of decaying food
cannot tell You Of the degradation |
saw there. would not whisper II oven to
my coniessor, H. like Paul Verlainc, l had
ono. 1t Is a subject to be discussed with
physlclans and scientists. who are curious
In studying out tho degree to which tho
human race can embruto itself. Almost
everything family. speech. vanity, even
ayarce--is lost In this wcter OF Misery
there remains only the great bruie horror
OF sex. 1t Is the reduction OF all TO the
common denominat0r
IL does not make much difference where
YOU 20 Turn out OF Paris In any direction,
you are In the Black City, Go to the other
extremity OF Paris. Wander in tho region
which lies between Pere-Lachalse and the
basin OF La Villette. between the outer
bouloyards and the Qualifications Charonno,
Menllmontant. Bellevllle, La Vlllette are
the annexed villages. which make up tho
Nineteenth Ind the Twentieth Arrondlsso-
ment or precinct" to use tho New York
equivalent. II Is spotted with Golden
Cities" It is honeycombed with alleys
and blind alleys, where paupers Turk. a
room in one Of these novels Of a Golden
CITY costs 2 francs so centlmes week lS2s
A YEAR,. II consists OF few boards. stand
ing on the ground, inclosing n cube OF foul
aIr. Yand city. Philippe City. tho City
OF the Tarn, they are one and the same
clusters Of novels hullt among the ash heaps
what sort OF people live hereH"
asked once.
"Half OF US are ragplckers. the rest Of
us are beggars and thieves" was the
To live in a house. II II consists merely
NJ a cube OF foul air inolosed demands a
certain amount Of this worlds goods.
The two families Of eight or a dozen peo-
ple must at least he worth the two francs
a week IN advance. This requires work
OF some sort. for begging is hard work,
Even In this tho competition ia so keen
that there are thousands OF unemployed.
An ''unemployed" beggar Ia indeed In des-
nefate STRATA II Is from this class that
me 30. 900 nomads, male and female. are
drawn. Bedouina Of the streets and alleys,
thew sleep where God pleases and the gfn-
darme permits; on this benches along the
avenues. under the shelter 81 the forthca-
lions. They are the llneal descendants OF
the warrants Of the Middle Ages and the
street Of the c-Vagahondage, near
the Hailes. IA still their fayorite inn. But
they have keys TO all the streets. In the
winter they sleep among the charcoal pits
along the Seine. In the summer they Turk
m the noia de Boulogne. A yagrant CITY
of the Damned.
II is the old iron law Of the world-every
wear a certain number OF men ana women
ara disinherlted from happiness hope aud
tsat,b rhv5IraiIy intellectually morally