Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1894-01-31
The Generosity Of The Poor.
From the Harper's Weekly.

Go often enough into any humble quar-
ter of any city in the relpublc and you see
acts that will stir you admiration for the
masses who are so~completely unknown.
You might suppose that 10 their narrow
diugy abod IS Ill fed aud Ill clad, ever 6gh-
ting the hard fsrcs battle of life, they
would be rs savsges. Why or how should
they have minds to think of souls to feel
for, the woes of thu uufortuuates about
themi They could not be blamed If they
were as unyielding IS the mountains, SIS
the cruel as the ssa. Are theyi Let us look.
In this tenement consist ng of three
little rooms, is family of eix-four small
children. The parents are Ill, caused by
bad air and insufficient food, and may die.
The neighbors have given of Ii cir slend-
or store to buy few comforts. Two wo-
men across the dirty hall have left their
washing, and are taking care of tho little
folks. When that is done they will pre-
pare the simple meal, will administer the
medicine prescribed, will put the tenement
to right so far as 1t may be rightsd. In
these plain Offices they will occupy four
earning their daily stipend, and never
think how good they are. Other women
will then come in and watch by turns with
the sick couple. So these invaluable kind
nesses will continue until death or reoov-
cry make their service for the time super
fuous.
In q dark basement, through whose RAFT
ling windows the MONDAY light soaroely
struggles, a baby has just been born. It
lies waiting on q soiled. ragged quilt as II
to protest against entering 90 grim . oor-
per of relentless world. The mother,
young and not uncomely, appears happy,
at . wrinkled female, who, having volun-
tesred for the occasion, has hobbled down
from the top story to render, uurscomp-
ensed, such assistance as shs may. Other
elderly females, hearing OF the new birth,
are brDughs thithsr by sympathy with the
event, and are eager to pre- fer their AISLE
lance The father, ordained like his order
to repeated paternity, was called away at
sunrise to hts task-clesninR the streets-
and know yet what his fsllow-soaveugers,
unconcious of ssrcssm, term his good-luck.
He uill be only less happy than his wife
when he IL told Of what has occurred in
his absence
Happyi Can he be happy. born TO In
digence, cesseless labor, and ever frown-
ing destinyi The msjority Of the prosp-
erous would be in the depths Of despair,
would hardly care to live. were their lot
his or hers Surely happiness IL relative.
the very poor, Invariably wretchsd as
they must appear to the rich, have their
compensation, after all. Ono Of these
10 Will, without bordering or eslf fslieita-
ton, to do good where good IL most needed
and fortune most malignant.
The poor, in order to resigned to the
world. must be op,imist. May 1t not be
that thay who have iesst cause for eout-
eminent possess the largest share. May
not the poor DO too engrossed In austsre
bread winning to reflect on what const-
flutes contentmenti L. not their fofnlsss
faith generated by lack Of lsisurs. by grind
ing, consuming toili Dan this be another
disguised compsnsationi