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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-04

ent of full loaf. or perhaps two. il is
pretty fair indication that he is the
unfortunate father of "a family of little
ones. or that his home is not only the
abiding place of poverty. but of sick
ness as well.
And in this crowd may be found
philosophers and thinkers. Hunger
makes men think. and their thoughts
are sometimes revolutionary. At times
they gather i'm little knots and discuss
the future and wonder what ii has i'm
store for them.
They know and understand politics
as well as many a man who earns his
living by talking il from the stump
and some of their predictions are of
dark and direful times ahead, If the
rich continue To grow richer and the
poor poorer. IL is not the tramps who
talk So but the honest men who are
willing 10 work IL work they can find.
And while they stand there figuring
out events that are TO come a well
dressed man who probably never knew
what IL was to want for n meal i'm his
life has the same trend of thought as
he turns 10 mis- companion on the car
and carelessly says:
It's only a question of time until
that line reaches to Harleml" +. c.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-04
A Family Of Vegetarians.

At Woodcliff, N. j., a vegetarian
family which calls itself Society of
Rosy Checked Freaks" has lived for
two years past on a diet of fruit and
milk. For breakfast the family eats
baked apples, oranges, peaches or
grapes and fresh, rich milk as a drink.
Luncheon consists of fruits and milk,
and the dinner is like the usual meal,
consisting of soup. fish. meats, vegetas
bles and dessert. AS a result Of this
peculiar plan of eating the head OF the
house. who was a rheumatic cripple
weighing more than 200 pounds. has
been cured of his rheumatism. weighs
now $50 pounds and rides "A wheel. The
mother is as rosy checked as girl and
says she has no more trouble from
nervousness or dyspepsia. The boys are
fine. healthy fellows and say they are
better athletes than they were before
taking the fruit diet.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-04
New York city a
Paupers' Paradise,
Mendicants From All Over the Country,
Difficulties of Administering Charity
to the Deserving Poor-OutIook
For the Winter Season,

door TO door. AT 730 they begin u
work the theater crowds, confining their
efforts almost wholly To men who are
accompanied by women. After ths
theaters they work the home going
crowd, and before l o'clock they are
back i'm their dens. where they spend
the remainder of the night drinking
and gambling.
Through the winter the arrests OF
professional beggars in New York av-
erage 200 a month. For the first Of
sense the beggar gets five days impris-
onment. and for the second third and so
on he should receive 40, so, 100 days and
finally six months. But as he comes
up under a different name each time
five days is his usual sentence. At the
end of that short period he is preying
on the community again
New York has the most perfect sys-
tenn in America for the care OF homeless
men. The police station lodging house,
which still exists in other cities, was
abolished two years ago. and i'm its
place a free lodging house was opened
Here any homeless man can obtain
bread and coffee and bed The only
condition is that he shall take a bath
before he goes uD stairs and leave his
nightshirt is provided for him, and he
sleeps on a spring led equipped with
blankets and a pillow. But If a man
applies more than twice for lodging. his
case is investigated. and If he be found
TO be vagrant. ne is sent TO the work.
house.
The tickets for these free lodging
houses are given out almost entirely
by the Charity Organization society.
This society is the parent OF about 100
organizations i'm the United States,
formed for the protection of the char
liable against imposition and for the
distribution of aims To the deserving
poor. There are organizations in Chi
cago. Washington, Baltimore, New
Haven, Buffalo, Albany Denver Oma-
ha. Richmond. New Orleans, Philadel-
phia, Portland, San Francisco. Roches-
ter, Worcester, Louisville. Boston, In
dianapolis, Minneapolis. Milwaukee.
Los Angeles. Grand Rapids, Brooklyn.
Cambridge, Scranton, st. Paul and
many other cities. and societies some
what similar In st. Louis, Kansas City
and Toledos
There are also societies i'm Great Brit
ain, France. Austro- Hungary. Belgium.
Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Italy.
Germany. Denmark, Greece Holland,
Turkey. Egypt, Spain and India.
All OF these societies are in corre-
spondence. and through their efforts il
is possible now TO test appeals for char
ity not only locally but all over the
world. II an appeal for aid came to a
man in Chicago from some one in Paris,
he would be able to investigate the case
and learn whether the applicant was
worthy or undeserving by sending an
inquiry TO the bureau of charities, Chi
cago. ~
This combination of the chief cities
of the world is extending to the smaller
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-04
A Night Scene
On Broadway.

New York, Dec. Its only a cues
ton of time until that line reaches TO
Harlem."
The remark was carelessly dropped
the other night by n well dressed man
TO his companion as they passed Tenth
street on n Broadway car shortly after
the midnight hour. AS he spoke he
nodded his head in the direction of
half n thousand men formed in line in
front of a well known bakery. the line
extending up the city's most cosmo-
politan thoroughfare as far as Thir-
teenth street.
1t was strange looking gathering
and one well calculated To arouse pity
in the breast OF the most hard hearted.
There were men whose faces. pinched
though they were from a badly fought
battle with life, still retained traces of
early refinement.
And there were men who bore every
earmark OF the professional tramp.
Some appeared ashamed of their err
rand. while others laughed and chatted
as though they knew not single care
in the world. Poverty to them was but
the failure Of their fellow men to pay
the living they deemed was due them.
They were only anxious that o'clock
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-04
THE BAKERY DOLE ON BROAD
WAY

you get down TO Bleecker street. where
you belong" he said, and the blind beg
gar suddenly found his sight and start
ed down the avenue OH "a dog trot. Pos
sibly some Of the women who witnessed
the incident took IL To heart. but no
doubt most OF them will open their
purses To the next beggar who whines
at their heels.
A case which came up before a New
York police magistrate recently illus
trates the fact that indiscriminate char
ity not only supports beggars, but
makes them. a man arrested for beg
ping told the officers that he could
make SO day at his trade. but as he
could make 81 a day begging. and spend
only three hours out OF the % at that
occupation. he preferred To beg. \ beg
gar woman named Mary Lyons. arrest
ed for asking for "a nickel To ride m
town WITH" was found to have pocl-
stful of nickels. given To her by charit-
able persons.
The average earnings OF the success
fW professional beggar are s. To- 81 n
day. The young beggars spend their
days asleep in BoWery lodging houses
At o. O'Clock they come Out to WORK
mon who are going home from their
Offices. Al O'Clock they beg food from
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-04
PROVIDENCE. II. L.. SATURDAY DECEMBER t. 1897

cities and Tivoli. y. Y. with only 1862
Inhabitants. now has it's charity organ
iZatlon society and follows the methods
of investigation adopted in New York.
This system is going to break up the
business of the begging letter writer
a few days ago one of New York's mill
lionaires received "a very touching let
ter from Baltimore requesting loan.
lie referred the letter to Secretary De
vine of the Charity Organization So
cicty. Mr.. Devine wrote 90 the Charity
ORGANIZATION society of Baltimore.
which replied promptly that the man
WAS a fraud. He was accustomed. sad
the report. To write to rich men in every
part of the country, telling of his large
family pleading poverty and asking a
loan OF $35 for a few months. The man
really has a large family-siN children.
all grown, OF whom three are married
and doing well He receives pension
of $50 a month from the government,
and he. never pays less than $50
month rent
Not long ago a man went about New
York collecting contributions for col
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-04

ored home in Little Rock The Charity
Organization society heard OF him
through one of its imembers. wrote to
leading citizens OF Little Rock and
learned that he was a fraud. Then.
hearing that the man had gone TO Bos-
ton. the secretary Nrote to the Boston
society letter OF warning.
At intervals mentor women apply for
relief in New Yorlo with stories about
the good homes theS have left in Phila-
delphia or st. Louis or Denver. A let
ter OF inquiry is written at once and
sent to the corresponding society in the
other city. 1t veiifles the story or
proves the applicaht a cheat, Similar
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-04

applicants numbered more than 100.
So IL was that the heads OF many poor
but deserving families were given one.
two and sometimes three loayes night.
But matters have Seen going badly
since then. and this year things have
been worse than ever. Work has been
very scarce. and hence the line has
been increasing night after night.
4 short time ago the proprietor of
the bakery announced that they would
only be able To give a half loaf instead
of a whole loaf To the ones who called
However, the big good hearted Ger
man who has chars of the work of
distribution discriminates now and
again.
He is a pretty fair judge of human
nature, and when a man Is the recipi-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-04
lcopyrlght. 1917

ICOpyTlSHt, loJfJ
New York is beggars' paradise. Be-
tween 5000 and 5000 professional men
dicants make that city their home and
fatten at the expense OF the charitable.
The money on which they live in idle
ness would relieve more than "a million
cases OF distress. The beggar's best
season is just beginning. So is the sea-
son of greatest distress for the deserv-
ing poor.
Every other city in the United States
suffers from the professional beggar.
but not to the same extent as New
York. Addison G.. Jerome. the outdoor
officer of the Charity Organization So
ciety, says that mendicants from all
parts OF the country flock to New York
because the indiscriminate giving there
is so common. especially among visitors
TO the city. When man meets with an
accident i'm the mining regions of Penn
sylvania which incapacitates him for
work, he hurries To New York and joins
the .beggars colony. When q man in
Ohio gets tired of working for a living
he goes east and begins 60 parade
Broadway with his hand outstretched.
Cities and states ship their beggar pop
ulation to New York. In fact, It is a
veritable dumping ground for the en-
tire country.
About 10 per cent OF these beggars are
women of the most abandoned kind.
The others are men, with here and
there clever woman who lives by de-
frauding the charitable.
A few days ago. when Agent Jerome
was on Sixth avenue i'm New York, he
noticed a stout, well fed tramp going up
the avenue. a pipe in his mouth look
ing around as If searching for some
thing. III proved afterward that he was
looking for a good location. for Mr. Je-
rome found him later on Fourteenth
street wearing on his breast a placard
with the familiar inscription 'I Am
Blind" Mr.. Jerome began to question
him, and a crowd of sympathetic wo-
men gathered and listened to his tale.
He had been blind for six months. he
said. He was a decorator. and some
paint dropped in his eye. He was very
hungry, and so the story unrolled until
the women began to go into their pock-
cts for coin. Then Mr.. Jerome took the
placard from the mans breast and
amid a storm of Kisses tore 1t up. "Now
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-04

until the societies investigate his case.
This is not the fact however The
truth is that I'm AN emergency the man
is helped first and investigated after
ward. But the ready sympathy Of the
thoughtless always goes out blndly to
the applicant fol aims.
The society does not investigate ev-
eiy applicant Many are referred 10
other societies which look after special
cases Thus Germans may be sent To
German societies and Scotchmen 10 81.
Andrews society But OF the cases
which have been Investigated since it's
organization - years ago II has on
hand more than Boa oco records. These
records are kept on cards which are arr
ranged alphabetically in boxes. and the
information they contain Is confidential
except 10 recognized charitable institu-
tions which are investigating Individual
cases. Any person belonging TO the So
ciety can have case investigated: and
this, in fact. is one of the societys chief
occupations. The wealthiest people OF
New York as a rule are the most char
liable They receive an enormous num-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-04
The Oldest Furniture.

This belonged TO the late Queen Hat
shepsu. who lived probably a few years
before Moses and about 1900 B. c. and
is now I'm the British museum.
Her chair Is very curious one. II IL
made of the hardest wood probably
then procurable. Round the legs there
Is a quantity of gold braiding. and from
these spring out two cobras cNquisItcTy
modelled i'm silver liut the funniest
part Is that the legs end In clcveriy
designed h"ofs.
The back b. inlaid with silver. and
there are more cobras crawling up the
arms which are VI siit gold. The q.
feet is very striking. but q doesnt look
comfortable to sit in
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-04

should come. for they were hungry
and they wanted bread.
Yes. IL was for half a loaf OF bread
each that these 500 odd creatures. who
were following "a will-o'- the wisp exist
encc. were waiting and had been wait
ing ever since 10 o'clock
For twenty years the owners or the
bakery havc-1ndulged i'm a substantial
kind 90 charity. u was in the winter
of 1876 that they announced Co the poor
OF the city that all who called before 2
n W.. when the output IL baked aud
made ready for the early delivery wag.
ons. should not be sent away empty
handed
Times were not 50 hard then as now.
and 10 was rare occasion when the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-04

successful operation In nearly all the
leading cities of the United States.
The object of the society Is To bring
men and women into closer relations
with the laboring classes by establish
ing and maintaining In the tenement
house districts places where all classes
may meet on a common ground where
the people pf the ncighhorhood may
come together for social ana cduea-
tiunnl purposes. and where college men
and others engaged in the work may
have u residence. The central aim is
to- organize the. people of the neighbor-
hood men. women and children. ire.
speetive of political belief. into a set or
clubs 10 carry out ca To induce others
90 carry out. all the local reforms
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-04

of employment will reach the limit OF
their savings. This was the cause of
increased destitutio:. last year.
The men who are identified with the
work of charity i'm New York are
known all over the country. The treas
urer is j. Pierpont Morgan. the million
aire banker and railroad owner. The
president Is Robert w de Forest The
first vice president is Charles s Fair
child once secretary of the treasury
Among the vice presidents are Abram
S. Hewitt. r H. Leggett Oswald OF
tendorfer j. Hampden Robb. Seth Low.
Jacob Schiff and Nicholas Fish Equal
ly conspicuous men are identified with
the management OF charities in other
cities. and the wealthiest people i'm New
York. Philadelphia, Chicago and other
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PAGES
9 to IL.

moral industrial and educational
which the social exigencies demand.
The principles thus put into practice
are those of self help and cooperation.
The plan is an expansion of the family
idea, persons of both sexes and all ages
pursuing together various aims and
helping each other In ths attainment OF
them. In accordance with these fun
damental ideas. clubs have been organ
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The new work mapped out contem-
plates the establishment OF small parks.
baths and laundries. labor intelligence
bureaus. sick benefit societies based on
sound insurance principles and other
well tested devices for elevating the
character and promoting the health
and happiness of dwellers in the thick
ly populated districts OF crowded cities.
Briefly epitomized. the University Set
tlement society has four principal OBJ
jects which are perfectly distinct, al
though they merge into each other and
any one of which justifies the existence
of such society as those at Toynbee
hall London; Hull House. in Chicago,
and Andover House. i'm Boston.
The New York society will soon erect
a five-story building on the southeast
corner of Rivington and Eldridge
streets. Directly opposite is the new
model grammar school. and block
away from Eldridge street is one of ID.
O. Mills improved tenement houses.
This will make n group of notable
buildings in one of the most thickly
populated districts OF the city. Many
ramshackle tenements have been torn
down to make room for them.
The building will be 20 by so feet.
with a basement and roof garden. The
basement will be utilized for gynna-
sum- mems baths. women's baths,
storage room for the provident loan
society and other departments of the
settlement house.
on the first floor, besides the en-
trance hall and vestibule. there will be
hall for kindergarten purposes and
lodgeroom.
The large lecture hall takes UP 30 by
81 feet OF the second floor Adjoining
il is a retiring room. There is a head
workers office and anteroom separat-
ing the lecture hall from the reading
room and library Adjoining are IL
brarians room and a large study.
Seth Low is president of the settle.
ment and James r. Reynolds secre-
tary. Through their efforts last year
the S5S.000 necessary to pay for the
ground on which the building is to
stand was raised. The new structure
will cost $4,000 and ground for 1t will
soon be broken.
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The University
Settlement,

one of the greatest charitable organ
izations i'm New York is the now famous
University settlement society. branches
OF which are now maintained and in
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-04

/ letters OF inquiry come to New York
from other cities.
I'm time there VIII bc complete net
work OF these agencies FOR invcstiga
ton covering the whole country. They
reach every city Of Importance now. eX-
ccpt some In the south.
There has been good deal of senti-
ment against the "red tape method Or
the societies. IL .is the popular belief
that starving man is left t0 sterve
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-04

cities contribute to the funds of private
charities. Millions of dollars are dis
tributed every year and work is found
for thousands OF men who are i'm need.
GEORGE GRANTHAM BAIN.
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lied under the auspices OF universities
and colleges in st. Louis. Philadelphia,
Boston. Jersey City. Pittsburg. Chicago.
Cincinnati, San Francisco. New York
and elsewhere. These clubs are for men
and women-for young men. young wo-
men. youths and for girls. respectively.
Each club is governed by it's commits
tee. and as a whole they are governed
by central committee. elected from
the club members. which. with repre-
sentatives Of the university settlement,
constitute the neighborhood guild.
The practical work which has thus
far been successfully accomplished is
the. establishment in each city OF q
kindergarten. a reading room, billiard
room. lectures, classes. debates. con-
certs. dances. gymnasium. art exhibi-
tions. flower SHOWS, country excursions.
sanitary inspections the establishments
of a cooperative dairy and the closing
OF some of the sweating shops. The
winters work has been opened with
Indications of fresh enthusiasm among
the college men and with opportunities
for more effective work than ever be-
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1897-08-07
LEADERS IN CONTROL
STRIKERS HOLD A MONSTER MEET
ING WITH NO DISORDER.
Binds of Music Served to STIR Up
the Enthusiasm to the High
est Pitch.

Pittsburg, Aug. 3.-'The striking min
ers have broken all records, both as TO
numbers attending mass meetings ana
the excellent law and order and law
abiding intentions they have exhibited.
The mass meeting of miners at the
McCrea schoolhouse yesterday was the
greatest during the strike and probably
The largest gathering of the kind ever
seen in Alleghny county. More than
5000 mining strikers were gathered Tor
all-day session and labor leaders ha-
rangued them in various tongues, while
bands of music served to stir up the en-
thusiasm to the highest pitch. From
early morning miners of every nation
alitv were gathering at the school
house. They came in big bands ana
small ones, but the one that set the
camp wild with enthusiasm arrived from
Turtle Creek. 1t consisted of 1000 miners
from the camp, and when they came IN
sipht there was such cheering as had
not been heard since the strike started
They came down to the camp at the
schoolhouse with bands playing stirring
airs and banners waving III the breeze
Cheer after cheer went up from the
camp, and the marchers returned them
with a will. When the miners or the
two parties met there were some wild
scenes. Men rushed around shaking
hands, shouting and even embracing eacl
other. The crowd that had gathered was
so much larger than the men had an
ticipated that they were wild with joy.
A few minutes after the arrival o
the Turtle Creek division the speaker
arrived in carriages. They were NJ. Z
Cairick, president of the Painters an'
Decorators union; w. a. Carney, Vie
president of the amalgamated association
Mrs. Mary G. Jones, the female labor agi
tator of Chicago, and NJ. j. COuan OF tn
Painters and Decorators union. In ad
dition to these the leaders of the miner
were lined up to speak as the occasion dc
manded.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1897-08-07
CRlTIClsEs JOAQUIN MILLER.
Only Three Boats VIII Go to kIOn-
dixie This Winter.

New York, Aug. 3.-Joseph Ladu, the
owner of Dawson City, on the Yukon,
writes to the New York World from
Schuyler Falls, n Y:
81 read in the World an article writ
ten by Joaquin Miller saying that there
would be no starvation in the Yukon
valley this season and that the steamer
Alice and Bell would make five trips
up the Yukon, taking $50 tons each
trip. Mr.. Miller does not know what he
is talking about. 1t is a positive fact
that the steamer Alice and Bell will not
make more than three trips up the XII
kon and will not take more than $50
tons on each trip, and out of that 450
tons the food will not average over $50
tons.
81 am positive that the people will
starve like rats if this is allowed to 90
on. l beg of you to contradict that
statement and warn all against going
this season.
"Any and all statements made in re
gard to the amount of supplies which
will 90 into the Yukon this season
can vouch for nearly as clearly as though
/ was there. 1t is true that the Ameri
can Transportation Company has tive
steamers which will distribute at differ
ent posts on the river about 1900 tons o
grub. With all of this there will b
great shortage. Boys, take a good out
fit with you if you go this fall or mex
spring. There is one thing which yol
must remember-gold you can not eat.