New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-28


thirty nine liquor saloons in the ordinary sense
there are between eight hundred and nine hun
Gren gardens and shops where beer and wine
can be bought. and the popularity of these
places dminishes the business OF the licensing
! Company's cheap eating houses and bakeries
and nuiliiics to a large extent the temperance In
iiuences Of the system. II the Alexandra Trust
is to he conducted on the basis of tea. coffee
and mineral water it will be at a commercial
disadvantage in comparison with the ordinary
eating places frequented by the poor
1t cannot b. doubted. however that the Alex
/ andra Trust is striking at OF the greatest
I evils of the East End. This is physical degen-
/ eracy. caused by inadequate and unwhOlcSome
I food. Darkest London is not area Of social
/ discomfort. but it is ill-fed and is weakening
physically from low diet and badly cooked food
This is the testimony of all religious and philan-
thrOplc workers in the East End Whenever a
keen observer explores that quarter he Is APP
pallcd by the evidence OF lack Of physical vigor
/ in its swarming millions Men and women are
enfecb!ed by lack of wholesome food. and their
children are growing up prematurely old and
shaI p featured inferior 20 their parents physi-
cally and with less muscular energy and vital
force. An Improvement in diet would change
the face Of the East End It would bring back
color to the wan faces Of children and impart
yigor and energy to enfeebcd men and women
Canon Barnett is expert all social ques
/ tons relating 20 East London. He says in ref
! ercnce to applicants for relief for the unem-
ploycd in Whitechapel: There were few who
seemed healthy IT were strongly grown. The
majority had not the Stamina TO make even
good scavengcr."
Canon EIDE Is ono VI the most intelligent
writer's IN the English Church the evils OF
poverty. and ms verdict Is. The permanent
raising up Of those that are fallen requires
adequate food for those whose physique has
been lowered by long continued ,ein!-staryI-
ton
Mr. Charles Booths statistics are even more
eloquent He computes that the earnings %!
nearly one fourth of the population II he me
.ropos of The world 10 not average more than
A guinea L week. that haif a million iurin;
the worst season are without any means ~
subsistence ana that another million arr .i.eg-
ularly employed IN wretcheIly paid york. To
these statements from The most eprprt"n' .n-
rcstisator D: III questions r"lltus % "'i-inf
{ London may D. aided 40 estimates 60 'u
Official sources. About one-i.:th % tac p)pr-4-
ton Of Glasgow lives in sinsle rooms. ana do,It
II per cent of the population II Great Britain
Is housed pvercrOwied trnement5 consisting
IF one or two rooms FOR L family. Figures 80
appalling as these disclose the magnitude ot
| poverty IN the cOngestci districts II England
and the importanc" or chrlpen.ng and imprp'-
ing the food supply FOR the masses AL these
are the chief functions If The busincssi1k' -hIr-
ity in which the Princess OF Wales - now AK
ing the deepest personal interest.
There are rnurmurs Of discomfort with Sir
Thomas LiptOn's scheme in the small eating
places Of the East End. where the competition
of the new cheap restaurants is naturally
dreaded. but the introduction If penny two
penny and fourpenny meals IN large scale
| cannot be anything Jess than a great blessing
/ for Darkest London. Ii VIII raise the standard
! of living in a dcnsely populated quarter "h"r"
the frugal Frenchwonans talent for making A
palatabie meal at the lowest possible cost Is un-
! known IL will bring wholesome wcll-cooked
| food within the reach Of tens II thousands VINO
are now without 1t. although they are paying
double or triple the cost IN eating places when
are neither decent nor comfortable. The SAM
| tary engineer and the social refOrmcr. with the
/ Iondon ratepayer behind them. have don" much
/ =, ,,uriCv the sloushs Of disease and despair IN
t.,.t rondon and Il may be reserved for the
.5onen-s If the Alexandra Trust - improve the
/ daily bread and meat Of millions who noN
living in sauaiid lodgings aud are accustomed
IN the lowest standards Of life and comfort
Sir Thomas Upton is one Of the most practical
Of men and he has extraordinary skill iS an
,rganizer He Will begin by creating com
rnercial enterprise on sound business principles.
and he may end by doing great work FOR III"
| eoci.l regrneratiOn Of East LONDON l. y +