Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-03
T. w. HARVEY.

Newark, ,23. .000, and various smaller cities numbers quite as startling in their pro- portion to the totality of residents.
 Naturally enough, it is i'll Chicago, but recently the scene of international gayeties and extravagant festivities. that penury is most severe and poverty presses hardest upon the people. The condition is natural consequence of the suspension of such gigantic enterprise as the Columbian exposition. There is always an aftermath of misery attend ant upon such affairs, and it is increased in the case of Chicago by the unusual number of men out of work because of the depression in business. To these must be added the men whose occupa- tions are such that they cannot be fol- lowed i'll the winter season. Some pro- portion of these always require assist ance when work suspends, and there are more of them this winter than ever before. Then there is also the omni- present tramp.
 Chicago is making heroic efforts to cope with the condition that confronts her, however, and has gone to work in her usual businesslike way to minimize the suffering so far as possible. Some of her best citizens have organized themselves into a body known as the Central Relief association, which has taken general charge of all charitable work in the city, and is endeavoring to systematize it so that adequate relief may be given to the greatest possible number through the mediumship of the regular charitable so- cieties. The Central association does not itself dispense charity to individuals or families, but gathers information and collects funds, clothing and provisions for distribution through the ordinary channels.
 The keynote of its methods may be found in the following paragraph from one of its circulars:
 In dispensing food and lodging through any agencies now existing or that may hereafter be created, the money furnished by the central bureau will not be used except under the con- dition that ablebodied men receiving food and lodging shall render the equivalent for it in work, and with that end in view work for those who willing and able to perform it will be provided by the street cleaning bureaus in cleaning the streets and other agencies indi- eating a desire to furnish employment through this bureau.
 T. w. Harvey, the chairman of the association. is one of Chicago's sturdiest champions. He believes the Lake City is destined to become the metropolis of the world and is fond of producing facts and figures to sustain his theory. The facts and figures with which he is deal ing just now in connection with the as- sociation's work would discourage most men, but Mir. Harvey has the optimistic idea that they are, after all, another evi- dence of Chicagos greatness. He issone of the oldest lumber merchants in the city, and tho town of Harvey, one of Chi cago's suburbs, was named after him.
 Other cities are also making extraor- dinary efforts to relieve their poor. The New York Association For Improving the Condition of the Poor is trying to collect $50, ,000, which sum it considers will be needed in addition to its ordinary revenues, and all the other metropolitan charities are making similar endeavorss
 If the matter were not so serious, there would be something humorous ill tine scheme of a saloon keeper in Milwaukee who proposes that all barkeepers in the city agree to abolish free lunches and contribute 9 per cent of the amount thereby saved to the relief fund. H0 thinks $1 ,50O a day could be raised in this manner.
 Hardly less unique was the method adopted by the congregation of Boston's famous Fremont Temple, some of the members Of which went without their dinner on recent Friday and thereby raised nearly $500 for the benefit of peo- pie who had no dinners to abstain from.
 Evolution of Football.
 Father-How did your football game result today2
 Boy-The Bungtowners beat us.
 "You have always beaten them before, haven't you"
 -"Yes, but today they had g trained billvgoat in their team. ."--Good News.
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 Conditional.
 The Old Gentleman-And you really think you must have my daughters hand, my boy?
 He (devotedly)-I do, sir.
 The Old Gentleman-Well, remember it includes a 16 button glove. Take her; be happy.- Truth.