The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-06-17

Don't 30 here. sell i,: throw 60.
away faint Ia style here
evidently Harvard square aai
WaitechapeI dij not agree on fashions
But don; worry" resumed his
friend. kindly. Two blocks up ,hry-s
another hotel: you'll So; q bed there.
tgt shy that hat
The Young man shumeJ ust doors
again. feeling very sore and t.rsd. and
/ found tLc "d5ss-h1usc- 90 which h.
had been directed. Hc paid siNpcncs
I for q COZ. and was shown up Eve
flights % dismal stairs tu dark room
containing four empty beds. When h..
pulled OF the Cuycvl!d. he saw ~ the
light of a feeble candle that be could
/ never lie dowa ON sheets 80 dirty. tie
lung himself ON the outer cover aud
fell asleep.
! When ne awokc DO was nearly uubu.
he made meagsr breakfast. sold h.s
hat to a plastcrcT for q na'pcuuy. and
bought cap for siXpcncc. Thus al
tered he was admitted into Victoria
Home. and remained there during his
stay in London. lie found his seven
shtIIinRs going fast. Half q crown
paid his lodging for week. and his
foud did not cost him more than three
shillings for the same period. lie soon
learned to adapt himself tu the Gus
toms of the place. when he CraWlcd
UT stairs tn his cot ON u noor where
there were a hundred others. he .X-
pcctCd tor hear drunken men Cursing
for hours. aud other men Cursiug them
in turn. He understood that there was
NO such thing rs privacy: that he
must wash In the common Mushroom
and use the common towels. He knew
that 10 he did not put his clothes uu-
der tia" sheets and his shoes near his
Ipillow. he would wake without them.
But the time came when he looked
back and wished for even that much
comfort.
|, Every morning the want columns
Of the Daily Telegraph are posted ON
the street walls OF Victoria Home. and
, TIE inmates stand about and read
them. And many time when the air
was cold and the street Was muddy Ia
deprived himself OF his sCanty break
fast in order to pay for the stamp with
which to- answer one of them. He
sides this IL bcsicgcd tn person dry
goods stores. bakeries. groceries. and
haberdashers' shops. asking always for
something to do ut any price they
chose to- give him: then after tTampinE
, all day from the Old Kent Road tu
Regent street. he dragged himself back
to his bed. to- wonder why they said:
What. no credentials? From Amer
lea. ELI: Well. you'd better - back
there
The American Consul. n man by the
name OF Collins. stared at him in
, amazemcnt when nc begged for an In
PRODUCTION to- some firm where hc
| could get work.
Are YOU a shipwrccEcd sailor h.
= asked.
No. sir"
Well. all we look out for Is the
= sailor. No. can do nothing for
4 you
: His $40 suit was worn threadbaTc
}. His shoes showed glimpscs uf stock
= inglcss feet. and dirty red handker'
r chief did duty for a collar and craVat
e in one: he knew he was not a conf
y dence-inspirins object. and when thu
: man who had advertised for n facto
. tum to- go to- Matabelc Land r.iectet
!. his application. he was forced To th'
Z siCkening conclusion that he must joir
the army OF street vendors or siaTve
i He invested his last shilling In n scor'
OF knick-knacks and trudged out Sitl
a heavy heart into busy Cheapside
where he stood crying his wares q
the passers-by.
That first day vas an unlucky one
perhaps he was not offiCious enough
a. any rate he found himself at night
fall with n single penny To- pay for hi
trouble.
I lie walked to- London Bridge an'
looked moodily over the parapet int
= the Thames: Il was no longer n mys
: terry to- him why people sought pesc'
IN the waters below.
5 He remembered that there was
S chapel on n little street leading from
a Commercial Road. where 100 men wer
:. housed every Saturday night. and h
4 started slowly along toward it. Earl.
e as & was. when he arrived long lin
OF starved creatures stood before IN
IS door: the night was damp and chilly
2. aud most OF the men were staTnpini
< their feet to keep warm. Finally tn
y door opened. and a yellow ticket va