The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-18
London Now Trying to Solve
Charity Problem Without
Yearly Subscriptions.
CHRISTMAS CHEER
FOR THE IMPOVERISHED.
Following the Sovereign's Lead,
Other Distinguished Persons
Rival Each Other Immitat-
inc His Example. and the
Fund Is Now $4,000.

sPECTAI. BT Gable. To T1I-- s. -nr-i= RI
PUBLIC AND TEf, NFsW YORK IIEEAI.I,.
London. Dec. l7.-tCory.rght.- lsolh-
Thanks largely 10 the lell given Iy tho
King and Queen and 0f the Prince and
Princess OF Ws!es. tEo Irr.siou House
fund for giving effa-t 30 lIr. Walter IL
Longs well tnouEhg-out s-nsrno for help
Ing the deserving poor this --.ra-. has
made al excellent start. Z. Is La;,G t..at
Instead 81 being raised from gear &, var.
rs necessities arise. rL.z fund started h.
the King may become "a permanent ono.
II the amount Il distress il The Iu.jrop7-
lis may be sapgrd by thu roo:-ia7y relief
statistics. the fund, 20 met all cases.
would have to he OF immense proportions
London now supports over 2,Qyy more
paupers than the rates had to provide for
th-ee years ago.
Following the Kings donation or 81
si2S2 other Distinguish peup.. !iave
rivaled one another IN Initiating his ~
ssInple. Lord lv.agh has given S2-,'l,;
Mess!s. Rothsch.ld. Si5.o.. DuIs. Of West
minister. H.5.r. and the Peabody trustees
s-9,"p The fEnd now stands 1T SI."..s.t
and grows daily
CHRISTMAS FOR POOR
London is not alone in having proved
the necessity Of relief for the uu hpioyed
this thristmastiIe. All large rouisrs of
population are faced by the problem Of
relieving the distress of local our OF works
and in most of tho big provincial cities
subscriptions are being collected for tn.
purpose. All so:ts Of remedies IRE being
prescribed as a panancaa for this state Of
things. Two instances may. 30 cited.
Lady Warwick. at a meeting the other
evening IN the East Lud OF London took
weIl-to-dp people to task for neglect ~
the problem. The Countess described pres
ent state of labor as chaos. which those
In authority were incapable Of settling.
and called for collective production and n
cooperative commonwealth az tins. rIrst
step toward settling the problem.
The Bishop of Manchester addressing a
meeting said that while uracr the present
distress some kind OF RELIEF must De found
FOR genuine out-of-worFs, ne felt thar in
providing relief not oven palliative WAS
being applied and that distress WAS TO
como extent being increased. Two reforms
were necessary towaTi solving the prob
lem. One was the general reform of edu-
cational methods so that promising boys
might be drafted straight from school
to the work they We're fitted :0r
Another great social reform. which WAS
necessary, was the sweeping reform OF the
TT will be necessary in the future he
said, for every man "a have TWO strings
80 good as a patch "f ground on which he
could work 70 produce vegetable food.
with pig Sty and run foc u few uOul-
fry.''
IN this connection it is To- De noted that
fhe Committee of the Labor Department
Of the Board of Trade has bee: discussing
this latter aspect Of the question. and
beginning is being made by the purchase
of 80 acres Of ground. on which 80 men
are to be employed ~ market gardening
NEWSPAPERS' WORK.
Several newspapers have sponsored
schemes designed 10 brighten the lot Of
tho poor at Christmas tine. The most r.
markable of these schemes are those
which deal with children. The Standard
under the management OF AIr = Arthur
Pearson. initiated a christmas guest
guild" by means Of which poor children