The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-04
not OF THE FOUR HUNDRED
The Cold ksather Makes tao Nesry
MaResrer hrstlc.
THEIR HAspiuCS SIOslfS HEARD,
TIE --crsr-' Has . flease. Aessraisg to
one - the rssrssts--Ch~sr Lsdg-
izg N~Sse.--Al&.NksAs kesarts-

izg H~Sse.--Ai4.NAsas kessrts
Tse-e x-s srsss u.Any aoats~s In the
city AZ s-Nseas. TAsy corle and tAsy 50,
1irrles<ty aud ,sc1sstsssis. ard 1EetV names
newer ATrsA- IL the personal columns VI
1<<sg4Apx-S TIE CcSl srAp made the
-Sate<s .Gsstk hast EiEh:- On the lsasilng
sfe-casrhsAres, essws~u the hours y. aad
"a sclc.k tAey vxre numerous. soliciting
times zr1 rkcxsss trccl pedestrians. w'1osA
ae&-cs ehdy Sought 70 scfsfn BY hard luck
tales 81 70 Aazss aaa 10 wo-x AID sick
cess azl disaster \ Fest reporter WAS
ac-cstsa- ~ three knights C the ro41 on
Main screst- The seekers 70. s gcsd
Samaritan were yeGrs men. under =.
ara Reasonably well drresse-i Taey lacked
/ 81 viii SHANNON a.; the breezy tnSol-
s-s>e CT to Professional one said he was
en- rnssse 70 Sew Orleans frona California;
. another came f-ora Wfehl.N. kan. and
Vas Al irvn zsS1s1s-: the third was from
psue Rssts and vzs making his way 10
Sc'sStse'1-cs Az vhere h. has = e-other.
wno Sjll ssssss Ei71- The latter said.
Give re Is cents I can secure a bed
~ tsEs SUN
Nc. IN Hous.o7: there are no cheSp
ia.5xtrs eos-ses here. was TIE answer OF
sas scribe
on su, there IS found place where
good t-teass 8-e dfsned up for Is cents and
l Reasonably Soct bed FOR the same price.
Z 51n't like 70 carry ihn banner a night
Like shLs II Is too blankety- blank cola
How many parties hare you asked for
aid tonight
Wei three. counting yourself. The frs;
sass - wan IN the same tx. The second
to!4 ne 10 tel NY troubles % police
r-lars-,hag ought 20 - ashamed 10 beg.
NIX i-S,y looslnz fellow like me"
II yoy fan to get the Is cents. thea
what
Go oGt In the country piece. in the
timber. and bald campfire That not
40 had. 5sl; you roast on one side and
freeze GA IRE other
way re; tn ths police station"
Not IN yer life Police stations are
,-u-any. Od hurss sleep in police sta
'>icrs ard ain; q bum You can't keep
,-,esf. L ye sl-.-p u the cells in the police
stations IN cities I, i close rub to
keep clean on the road, and sleep In box
ca-s ard by camp ares Mary cell In
nine
II MIS-, tire one TO walk a great dis
taucs7~
.'stas,z,s 50. bu, I don't walk. The
h-a kles are pretty hard or SINE OF the
roads and on others dead easy-ktnder
human Ike Some % en- know how 1t
/ gs themselves. / guess. When I get TO
New Orleans III auit ;his business. IT'S
TOO tough. Any sort OF biz is better than
Z nodctre"
Are there many Idle persons on the
wen. should say. In two weeks I've
! nat a oUsauG-soTTls coming ard some
going There are good many Grips
4 am X Them. who corre South on account
! < the cold weather. A Grip has a
dad easy time. The brakes are kinder
soft on Grips and they never go hungry.
\ woman bates 10 refuse q Grip when
( he asks for susnthin' 10 eat. l was with
a Grip for week and 5e got feed enough
I for both OF US. II was On the Iron
J Mountain and guess I would have been
q good ways from Easy street bad been
alone. a GRIP is nutty. though. and
I hard to get along with. The guy with
/ ne got tIred-like and shook me. Now.
mister. help poor fellow to Is cents.
| Ne overcozt IS in me trunk. and 1t Is
/ bsccTrliD' cold
The song the warderrr sang was very
! Effective ard the nickle ana the dime
/ were placed in his outstretched paw
| Thank. yer mister" said tho boy. I'm
DO As much for YOU some day. meooe. -"
Ard then hs, made = Decline In the dirsc-
I ton u the market square. police off,
car. rnufaei IN 4 great-crat, was in the
vicinity watching the stars. and no doubt
! looking for a new comet in the heavens.
! The reporter greeted him thusly;
"'Tnere are many persons in the city
houseless and penulless, are there not?''
YES lots Il hobos and s1aks. Too many
ot ne city"
Where 10 iAey rest their weary limbs
a; nishtT'
'you mean who're DO they bunk3 Wen.
on warm nights in stables. box cars and
other places where the feathers are no;
numerous. Cold nights they break FOR
certain aIl-nish; saloons. n they arr
;he owners OF few nicke,s taey arr
welcome. II rot, they are permitted tc
ro1asn anyhow. the proprietor hoplna
that ;he nert time they show up they
VII hive lIt;le stuG I've seen as many
as forty eunked on the floor about one
stove"
Later. on his rounds, the scribe met
DR. George Larerdon, the city health
officer. and asked that official II he was
bothered ny patients who desired TO bs
trsa,ed a, the EXPENSE OF the city. II,
, answered:
Come to my office some day and re
main a couple OF hours and you'll b,
surprised. That's not all. Plenty o.
material for q good story. There hav'
been days this winter when my callers
murdered as many thirty. Afflicte'
With all Sorts 81 diseases from the chill
and levers to St Vitus dance All wcr'
broke. or claimed to b. broke. Many wer,
honest-!ockirr and intelligent fellow
who had seen better days. others wer
a. tough looking citizens you'll fin
: In q days walk. The great bulk OF then
, We're passing through the city clalnin
! 70 he hunting work or relatives. Poo
G devils now and then one cScites m,
deepest sympathy. But come aroun
some day ard see for yourself"
PERSONAL MENTION.
4 Thomas Ward White. a well know