The herald., 1895-07-26

remarkable thoroughfare known as Lyon
street, which runs northeast from Aiiso
to Macy. On all OF these from Main
east to and in some cases llttie oeyoho
Alameda the tenement is in full plast'
Tho most miserable and detected LOOK
ing frame buildings, two or three stories
high, with such high-sounding titles as
pension so and so, hotel de such and
such, harboring ON the first floor small
shops of various kinds and drinking
joints that can hardly be dignifed with
the name of saloon. Above are one OF
two stories of lodging rooms, which are
advertised Tor the moderate rate of 10, ID
and 25 cents q day, and for what they arc
used and by whom, the Ministerial union
or the city officials. or the Social Purity
league, OF all together, might find worthy
their attention at almost any time. In
one OF these hostelries yesterday, in q
room opening on the sidewalk. the door
of which stood wide open. sat three
women and man, at III O'Clock in the
morning, bowling gleefully over game
of cards. 1t was a bed room, not q parlor,
and it was on Also street, street that
is of necessity a thoroughfare, yet ne vino
ran might see, and hear far enough away
to have his attention attracted to the
merry little game and the innocent glee
OF the players.
One of the most attractive spots on Al
iso street land they are few and far be-
tween) is the dispensary, the university
medical college. 1t is in the m DIST of
cool. green lawns and sbrubbery. and ex.
cept for the forbidding aspect of the
house Itself. would really be what it is
supposed to De. q haven OF refuge in tim .
Of need.
But yesterday morning every door was
ham mered on and thumped in vain. No
moated grange could have been more des-
olate, and the only thing open about tn Q
plars W q thp tpnrpinu Olpripc hat xra ro
clam bering all over the porch up to the
second story.
Upon ven turing into the hack yard,
upon rear door entirely out of sight ex-
cept to a most persistent visitor.a printt d
notice was discovered, reading "Patien .
can only be treated during clinic hours
| to = p. M" What is to become of n
possible natient who is SO unfortunate l.
to meet with an sccident ut $50 any day
or how people are to prevent needing as
sistance except during one hour out { I
the twenly-four is not explained; n, r
why. AS long as the dispensary is the O
its doors are opened for only one houi.
and judging from the cobwebs over the
front of the building it is only the back
door that is opened then.
Well, such Is life such is the life of the
Eighth ward. so far as it can be shown
in hasty sketch. and while it is very
deplorabe, very sinful, very wicked very
vicious in some localities, yet there is
large district that is quite apart from the
sinfulness, and it is in that part that
families and the most OF the little, chill.
dren live.
in Sonoratown on IT,. contrary :the
wckedness and sin are just as vicious,
there is little restraining or uplifting IN
fuence there, and tho whole thing is
packed so closely together that it is al
most impossible for girl or boy, young
man or maiden. or for even the little tots
hardly able to navigate them selves. to
escape seeing. hearing. almost breathing
the horrors that blight their lives, warp
their understanding. stunt their physical
development and make OF them the
kind of material with which peni-
tentIarics, reform schools, and jails are
fed.- -. MARIAN D'CREQEY.