Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-05-07

ion as excursions are conducted
through Chinatown in Frisco. and how
some OF the delicately nurtured ladies'
In the party do drink In every detaii
of Jack the Ripper's crimes as they
are recited by the guide in the identical
spots and rooms. Faugh.
OF course in Poverty Row ms else
where there are different degrees of
society. Leaving the aristocratic burg
lar and the def pickpocket out Of the
question, the unique. sharp and ever
ready witted coster is the aristocrat OF
the slums. for is he not n merchant?
Even If he does leave his barrow out in
the court and takes the wheels to bed
with him SO that the barrow may not
vanish in the night; that IL not all he
takes to bed with him either, for he
sleeps ON his stock in trade that In
variably consists OF vegetables or food
stuffs and in n good many, cases brings
In his faithful "moke" Uackass) to
share the shelter OF his single room
with his wife and all too numerous
family. To see the coster in all his
glory. 70 any Saturday night down
Chapel street Islngton, on the Mile
End rond Coster barrows and stalls
line the curb the proprietors OF these
miniature open air shops are mostly
hatless. and dirty men and women who
yell in stentorian tones, utterly I'M
ineligible to the unsophistcated
American. the virtues and qualities OF
their respective wares. Each stall Is
lighted 10y q couple or more of flarlng
naptha lamps that throw a lurid glare
over the scene. One cannot describe
everything that is for sale and bought
tafter much lingering and haggling)
by hor'rid hloated faced women and
prematuraly old, dirty faced. matted
haired children. Things that we throw
away in Utah are displayed for sale.
Each merchant" seems to Indulge in
an exclusive line Of business, such rs
COWS hoofs. sheep heads. liver and
lights and other cpicurcan hainties.
The coster girls enterlm thrust under
ones nose hnlfponny q cent? lots of
vegetables, consisting Of say half an
onion. n potatoe and two carrots. with
ere yer are me dlmpled darling.
h'only a 'apcnny." Think Of being
compelled to buy onca Sunday dinner
under such circumstances! And IL
you want 1t wrapped In paper, bring
your own material along. 4 great
many OF the small shops of tho Mile
End Road dcal almost exclusively In
etc. and II any one wants strap"
tcrediD, he can only get It providing
he has been good customer. and is
charged exactly 100 per cent Until the
next day.
A visit to a thieves kitchen. a penny
gaff tsinr sonr) IN East End theater,
where they like their drama hot ana
strong, and. strange to say. cheer
virtue to the echo. The hospitals and
various -hilanthropic institutions
makes the most callous momentartly
sober and thoughtful. Imagine little
children, young boys and girls, and
even mature men and women, who
have never slept between even dirty
sheets. and to whom a tree bearine
fruit. a green fld or one hundred and
one daily sights that We pass without
comment in Utah, would he as a
glimpse Of heaven. What wonder that
annrchy and inhdelity is rampant in
novertyopolls. Since I have boon
over here. l have often wondered whn-
could be done to 7llf viate the condition
OF these poor wretcheH with whom we
IRE brought, into daily contact md can
come only to the same conclusion tilt
men who have made the subject n
lies study arrived at years ago, via.
amongst the young and rising genera.
tion must the reforms be made. tho
cases of the adults are past redemp-
tion. Surely we in new and flourish
ing countries can learn something from
such a terrible object lesson.
GEO. Il. CARPENTER.