The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-21
FROM WANT.
Elizabeth StudLey
is Dead.
She Was Left Destitute
by Her Husband.
Tried to Live in a Cellar With
Her Six Children.
Lack Of Food and the Dampness
Caused Her Daalh.
Lack Of Food and the Dampness
Caused Her D,alh.
Ov;rseer Cummings Allowed the Family
Only On- Dol ar WEEK.

A woman died Thursday at the charity
building of the city of Providence Of
pleurisy contracted by being obliged TO
live in damp cellar at Is Danforth
street. Her name was Mrs Elizabeth
Studley and she was buried from tho
home of relatives on Senter street this
morning The two youngest of her six
children played at the charity building
some children's games while the meager
funeral cortege of their mother was wend-
ing its way TO St Francis cemetery.
This woman and her six children were
receiving from Oyerseer of the Poor
Cummings 81 a week. Today he told
representative of The News that he
knew nothing of the woman's sad con-
diton until she was brought TO the
charity building Yet Notwithstanding MIR.
Cummings statement the following ac-
count was published in The News OF Aug.
3D.
A very sad case of mother and six
destitute children, the youngest of whom
is three years and the eldest IL, exists
at Is Danforth street on Capitol Hill.
Tbs woman's name is Mrs. Elizabeth
Studley. She had no wlrk and very
little food for her children.
Neither of tho children is able to help
her. the Oldest boy having "A crippled
hand that greatly lessons the small chance
he would have of getting employment
The child next in years has been re-
fused employment and girl of IL years
finds the getting of work hard when all
the livliness is crushed out OF her by
misery and poverty.
The main reason for the utter dcstitu-
ton of this family, whose few articles
4 asNa ss.l
lar, is the abandonment of Mrs. Studley by
her husband. He left steady work. his
wife claims, at Nicholsun's File Works.
to travel around the country
This leaving of his wife and children to
their own unfruitful resources is said TO
be an old trick of Studley. Once OF twice
n wear. his wife's friends claim, he has
been in the habit after payday of going
to visit friends in Scituate or Connecti-
cut. and after spending his money To re-
turn home broke. He had the knack OF
keeping his work. however,
1t was on the 2st of last month that he
lsft his family and did not tell them when
he would return. NO money was left TO
proyide for their wants. Since that time
Mrs. Studley has been sberiifed out of two
tenements. One of these was on Barry
street and the other in South Providence.
bIhc health OF the mother of the children
is not good and the little ones have very
old ana poor clothing Her only relative
is a brother who is making small pay as
n Iaborer and no gives Mrs. Studley and
her six children shelter in bis narrow
tenement The brothers wife looks after
tho children when Mrs. Studley is look
ing for work but the sister-in-law has
numt ter of children of her own 10 look
out FOR.
Tho case is one that calls for felp from
the vharitably disposed. There is scarcely
more than enough bread in the brothers 9
house for his own little flock.
The present whereabouts of Studley arc
unknown but il is stated that he went
from here to Scituate and from that place
To Connecticut
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