The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-02

cost her she-must DO even more than
that "She'-the case OF the woman
workers is the most rresstng-nust 80
as q passenger BY the ''worknsn's train"
a device almost diabolically contrived 70
insure arrival On the scene long before
the business hour. Few more pathetic
spectacIes ara 70 be witnessed in Lon
don than that CT crows OF girls. many
young children, shivering il the early
morning at the various railroad terminal
Of listlessly dragging along muddy streets
waiting for the workshops 10 open The
Alternative is 20 travel into town By a
later train az much enhanced fare and
at the risk OF being too late in conse-
Quence OF railroad delays.
Certain great residential colonies have
sprung up all around the outskirts OF
London One OF the most remarkable IS
Tottenham. first remember Tottenham
as a seui-ruraI suburb from which one
could stroll along green lanes to Edmon-
ton. where stood the Bell Inn the OBJ
Jective OF John Gilpin's famous rids. Now
Tottenham. Il may coin q phrase. IS a
sylvan slum" This Is one OF the most
discomforting features OF the problem.
The authorities" denoiish an area n
central London-say in Clare Market or
the Seven Diais The law compeis them
IN 50 doing TO make provision for rehcus-
ing. But IN the practice what happens
Is this A portion OF the area is devoted
TO the erection OF model buildings"
which are Immediately snepped Up b.
artisans OF the better class. who can az
ford 20 Fay for the privilege OF being
near their work. The original tenants
are thrust out ard have 70 find a refuge
somewhere-anywhere away form the
center. True, they have the first claim
on these model buildings; but being OF
the day-iaborer hand-to-nouth class they
might Just as wei be told 70 betake
themselves 10 Grosvenor Square or Pic
cadfly. Hence, as I have said. ths mel
ancholv spectacle OF new ''rookeries''
springins up Ike loathsoms fungi al
round the outer fringes OF the metsap0liS-
And these are the people who are told
that the increased distance from their
work IS conterbaIanced by lower rents
and-"fresh air" Why the fresh air.
OF the sylvan sluEn" equals anything
that the Mint and the Jago could show
in their most malodOrous days.
Il IS easy to enlarge on the evil either
satiricaily or sardonically: but glib crit
icism leaves the problem as naked and
Sauut as ever. Il is no pessimism unfor-
tunateiY to say that IL IS almost the de-
spair OF the social reforner The more
easy-goinS onl0okers as well as those
who have interests OF their own to serve
are either passive or they adopt the pass
-itOn" policy. Performers OF the Henry
George school viii tel you that the land
tenure laws are not a. the root OF the
mischief Enthusiasts on traction assert
that the substitution OF electric cars Tor
the present horse trans VIII 20 Ear 20
ease the situation Another class looks
for salvation in the DEVELOPMENT OF the
'sTwo-penry Tube IN course q devei-
opuent ~ Mr. Terkes ard his rivals.
Others await the deus ex rlachina- the
County Council. with wider powers q
appropriation and borrowing FOR "iu-
provements" on mora favorable terms.
And 50 on The topic I. one upon which
il would b IDLE 70 doguatize BIT a
welcome ray OF light does appear II one
direction = number OF great Industrial
concerns have moved their workshops
and factories and with them their hands
I into districts adjacent % London. round
which have clustered various villages and
Small towns where conditions somewhat
| approaching the decent and wholesome IN
3 life are possible Others are following
I their example. London. suppose. VII
always b. as Il has ben for centuries.
Z the great wen" But its very unzieidI-
7 -ess now nay - The means q helping
I towards SIS salvation P. A. Il