Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-02
HOW PARIS HELPS ITS POOR,
THANKSGIVING currs wrrnotr
rnE roni on THANKSGIVING.
striking Features OF the Parts rnp-
lie Chnri,ics-,nmarrica Mothers
Assisted iis the uo,ernment-an
Appalling Record.

gicd want aud pride. The daily jour
nails, with one voice. cried. .Shame on |
the muificlpaltyr' And yet the suicides
had made no application Tor assistance.
Where then could lie the fault OF the
Assistance Publiqueg
The Assistance Publique ought 10
have looked these poor, proud people
up fetched coal and bread TO them
and paid their rcnt
That Ia secours Domicile. At our
THANKSGIVING time. when hoiy-minded
private parties carry turkeys to the
c,anberry-less. the Paris Common
Council. as a city corporation, trlea to
do the same thing. while disccurnglng
uikc tho true atheist It lsO the Trunks
to God. whose place as an an.helpins
providence It seeks TO take, 1t ~ u
very socialiatic feature, the sccoura u
Domicile. How far It works, how far
It possibly can work. is something
doubtful In looking at the late coin
cidence OF suicides. the l'lgaro--thc
organ of good senae--felt called upon
to praise old-fashloned private charity.
AiAt Ahlf7A ANAnAAe AHNAAHh hAA'H'
dramas which are not the fault OF any
one. but ot thing, that blind mute
deaf ensemble OF laws, usagcs, fnulls
errors and even good works, which
/ constitute Our social state"
! According TO the common talk Of
l Paris. "a the Assistance Publiaue is, az
/ a whole. accused OF being, not
inefficient but insufficient. % The de-
I partment OF Seeoura Domicile Is fur.
thermore HceuHed of being (n) eNpen-
slVc With iui many salarcd functiona-
ries, ana (b) degpdlng IN It's influence,
I with tendency to tempt tho able
bodied. seml-prosperouH worker to
palm-on himself az u poor. needy per-
son, In order that he TOO may get his
little whack out Of the public money.
What has TRANSFERRED OF late at Lyons,
Ia this particular. is nourishing In The
eNtrcmc to economic curiosity.
On all sides it " admitted that TO
tax q poor mans bread with city GUS
toms duties and then 10 help him
chArltnbly even at his domicle ~, IN the
end, not 10 advance the poor man much
And 10. before Americans have too
mJ admiration for the Paris chart
ties they should consider one other
continental city feature, IN It's fullest
bloom at Paris. the octrpl OF tho muni-
cipality city tariff taxing every
pound ef eatables. comhuatlbles and
drinkablea before they may be brought
inside the city gates. Thnt counter
balances free SOUP for children In the
schools, dear friends for instance, Aud
the Secoura a pomlclle II doubtless
snowy But the causea which produce
IL make It only decent that It should
exist
More thHn hair OF all babies born III
Paris annually come travelling, no q
say, on n free pass, by means OF the
Assistance Publilue. The wives Of
decent worklngmen. with money IN
their pockets, do not heHltntc 20 nAl,
the city to stand treat on an event Va
Interesting, "Flcsh FOR rannonR. flesh
for pleasure" say the poor folk Lat
the government do something too"
II In not only TO the hospitals that
PHrlalnns run, as 10 their childhood
homes, whenever they have any littlt
ailment. There an accouehmcnt dnat
in ulne days. only costs the city some
six dollars. But there are husbnndi
who prefer 10 have the thing come on
nc home. And that comes dearcr to tn,
city Tho husband notifies tho mny0i
Of the ward. The mayor asks, "Wlth Of
withOutY' DO You want money help M
the same time. or do you only want IN,
services OF ono OF our municipal mid
! wlyeaf The latter style Of birth, wher,
: the municipality gives help ut home
not IN "A hospital, costs the Asriathnc'
Publique some fourteen dollars II
excludes the "layette" (Which has AL
/ most the same meaning a. "iiy-jur'
; which the city also glyeH--a linen wrap
, q cotton wrap, four little Sheets iw,
baby caps, two baby gow1l, two nclni
and two leadlng-atrlnss. In oolors. ant
one cap also In coiors
Whether the young mother be a wifi,
or not makes not the slightest dlner
cnce, except that abe may even nat
more help. The question or the nile
more" or unmarried mother" ~
very trying one IN France with hei
begins the true work Of all these Bu
reaux ~ Bienfaiaance. or the charity
commission, which has cot the ugh
{ word of "and correction" tng,ad TO ii
Grl-mothera In particular are treat
ed az the central office Of the Aycnu,
Victoria, whose work Fl 10 attend I,
= mothers. Of both CLASSES. In distress
! For otherwise. these poor glrlH. cas-
! aside and Isolated. Mt tho end ~ ihei
reaourcog would have no choice but 4
, give their babies up 70 institutions
Not only do they rive the nurse nri
, baby-ilnen M her own home. II she ask
It. but they fix her UP financially
This charity n called preventive.
A fiile-mere. or even d married woman
In necessity. may be assistod even fur
Their. and IN three wayA, at her choice
o. The child may be cnnnisd to
governmcnt-appo gallried wet
nurse ia tho country. watched an
tested mE 10 health and faithfuIneas
by tho administration. ,2) The .10thc
, may have given her a fixed lump sun
/. amounting TO about si2. n Is snoug
!, 10 nay the flrst months board an
pocket money for the infant " lis moti
er chooses 90 put II out 70 b0as.
: more privately.
The second ana succeeding month
: she must pay out herself In that cnsl
! IN France 10 be a wet-nnrse n n rti
!, career g. NE. Strong country girls. !
= village and IA plain. stand eyar willu
= 10 give board and lodging 70 the liftl
: enuailcrj (g3The last plan, very mot
= ai. very hygienlc. and favored FAR BE-
+ yond the others has the name Of ~
J. coufa d'ailHitenent" More 'hHn %
. mothers yearly claim ~ aid IN ~
accomplishment Of their maternal dntl
They come monthly 70 the bureai
With their babies IN their arms and I
ihsir hands n stamped certificate
y r,rnve the baby ~ alive. that a 10 "a
p IL prove Il ~ no tubsufuie haby ~
% allowance, which IS always gwen y
n the weaving. and may be conpn5e
ID AZ discretion. averages W 1npnti,
nm iatly delegates of the assisted y
70 fants a very inherent 'siaolslivii
n ! ror unnamed o. abandoned vspit
n ! au,shf 70 assure themselves " p@tsonl
4 | lnvaafigauon At he domiclie q y
.a | faef fiat. this saccuiS -a-dom;ctie-d
y. 's..a dhild ia IoiQt well AZ al iot