The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-28

! was pinched and drawn, and the eyes
looked large and hungry. Under the
/ shawl l could see there was baby, and
| pushed on the counter was bundle for
/ which she asked if she mightn't have
fifty cents. What do you think was in
| that bundle2 You women who go up to
4 warm curseries, lean over and kiss YOUR
l babies, straighten out the little white
| gown, and pat the soft cheek as if it were
/ a rose leaf, you can't guess. Neither can
: you who are sitting in the sunshine sing
/ ing merry, little song, and sewing such
/ fine stitches in the tiny garment for the
/ baby who is coming, and for whom
/ so loyal greeting is waiting. In that
| bundle there were two or three little pet
/ ticoats, a much worn wrapper and a
/ couple of little nighUgowns The baby
under the shawl was Rugged the closer,
/ and the eyes looked more wiStful as the
woman said: ''Oh, do let me have it For
| Gods sake. don't say nol'' And for Gods
/ sake, and because he has a baby of his
owt, the pawnbroker pushed the poor
| little clothes back to her and turned to
| get the silver piece to hand to her. Thank
| heaven, miracles do happen even nova
days, and before that silver piece reached
the woman it became gold, and only two
women know that.
GAY BURLEsQUER.
The next applicant came in humming
a music hall song. Her hair was a bril-
| liant yellow, her costume was gay and
pretty, and she threw on the wooden
counter lot of rings and bracelets, and
| a couple ofbrooches, and laughingly asked
| to have as much as possible given on
them. For" she added, I'm giving a
! supper tonight; 1 have run short of
money, nobody will trust me, and L want
| this TO buy the champagne with" She
/ got IL and after che had OnOp I aslyp1
my host, "Win she ever come for them"
| "Oh, yes" he answered, "she will get
| her salary Friday night, for, of course,
| you know she is in some burlesque COM
! pany, and she will send her maid down
here after these things on Saturday morn
| ing. They come and go with such rapid
| ily that really don't know whether they
belong to her or to me-"
After this, 1t seemed to me as if every
thing were offered on which a little money
| could be gotten-wedding rings, fine
| frocks, bundles of books, on which, bye the
bye, there was only few pennies given,
violin, wedding gown, and queerest of
all, watch in the case of which was en-
| graved the name of its owner: and the
fact that it was given to him ''by his
loving mother on his twenty-frst birth
day"
| PADLoCKED BRACELET GOES.
Then there came in a man who walked
up and down, who looked as if he wanted
to come in one of the queer little boxes,
| and yet as If he were afraid. At last, he
gained courage, and he offered in ex-
! change for some money the sort of brace
let that used to be sold few years ago as
an engagement one you know the kind
| mean, with paddock that clicked, and
once fastened could not be undone. 1t
had evidently been broken of the arm,
and the owner demanded the loan
of dollar He got it, and
in a few minutes the bracelet was
in my hand. On the little paddock was
carved Leah, 1875" Could l help won
dering who and where Leah was !
| Whether she was wandering in the will
derness of unhappiness and poverty, or if
| she had long ago closed her eyes to every
thing that was earthly and now rested.
Yet the bracelet had been broken. A
man would scarcely wrench it off the arm
OF dead woman. No, it was probably
| the last thing that Leah had that linked
her to the happy days when the world
was bright and full of pleasure, and hard
times were unknown. Possibly every
thing had gone and with one last good-by
she had broken the golden circlet and
handed it willingly to the man she had
loved. Well, God knows who she is and
where she is, but he will take care of her.
LITTLE CHILDREN ENTER, TOO.
The people had been crowding in. people
! of all sorts. People who looked bad and
| suggested thievery; people who looked
unhappy and limited at the want Of few
| dollars; people who looked sick, and peo-
pie who looked hungry; but the strangest
OF all to me was to see the little children.
Your girl, 10 years old, never heard of
such place, but the old, very old, 10-year
girl on the other side has known what
the three bright balls have meant ever
since she has known anything. She has
| the ShrewdneSS OF the great financiers
and her odd, aged little face grows very
determined as she demands a few pennies
more than the broker is willing to give her
She has brought perhaps a shawl per-
haps few dishes, perhaps tea kettle {;
she knows that the money she receives is
going to sbring what she considers COM
fort, so she is eager to get more than
even those she has left at home dared
hope for. l asked: "How is it that you
see girl children come in here, and not
bOys9" And was told that it was be-
cause the girls seemed to understand the
greatness of the necessity, that they
were smarter, and that if they managed
to get a little money that might mean
tea for mother and something to eat for
the children, that they were less likely to
tell father about it when he came home
drunk. That they would endure being
beating rather than tell, where the in
| cllnatlon OF the boy would be to get out of
all as comfortably as he could and not to
think of the others. And all
THIS GOES ON DAY IN AND DAY OUT
in a city that is giving thousands upon
thousands of dollars to clothe and feed
the poor. OF course, some are benefited
by this generosity, but there are others
who will stay at home and starve rather
! than go Ito the soup house or to where
a good hot supper would be given them.
The pride of the poor is a most marvellous
emotion. For it is that. 1t seems to
take the place of love and of all other
feminine attributes. Many of these peo-
pie will refuse to accept anything from
others who would be glad to help them,
and yet, they, themselves, if they have
anything, will gladly divide it with a
neighbor. 1 once had the pleasure of an
acquaintance with a dog whose early
life had been among extremely
poor people. Indeed, he was given
to me because they thought
him the finest thing they could
offer me, and because they felt that in
giving him they were wiping out all obli-
cations. l could not refuse him; that
would have hurt them too much 1t was
! months before he would eat mouthful