The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-11-10
MAY REFORM EAST END.
Clergyman Proposes to Relieve District
of All Vices.

Free a prominent clergyman of this
city. in book ON the east end of
London. suggests a new remedy to
..,ra the east enders of the vices with
which they are cursed.
Il should like to appeal to his ma
iesty, King Edward, to come down and
spend part of every year in the east
md 1t would be a great encourage
n-nt to the people. The palace of
greenwich is just across the river.
If the king would live there for a
while every year and come and walk
about the streets of Millwall now and
then | am certain it would have a
sniendid effect upon the east end peo-
pie.
Instead of sending missions here 1
want people to come and live in the
east end Then we could get things
done. They would insist on improve
ments and they would carry the people
along with them.
Years ago men who owned WORKS
of town The manufacturers in the
Isle of Dogs live across the river on
the hill at Bleackheath.
z Everybody who can lives away from
the east end. Even the school teachers
live away, with the result that they
do not know the children they have 10
teach. The east ender has become a
pariah and this has put it's stamp on
his whole character.
He is reckless of the welfare Of
f ngland. He cares nothing for Lon
don. He has no civic interest of any
description.
He will not move a finger to i'm
prove his surroundings. He does not
care who rules him so long as he is
left alone.
He does not care who looks after
his children so long as he is not
bothered about them.
He is not merely Indifferent to re-
ligon, as some suppose, indeed, it
would be hard to say, always with no.
bic exceptions, what he is interested in
apart from beer.
But we must remember before judg-
ing him, the fault lies not so much
with him as with society and society
must redeem him.
Hall Game has joined in the chorus
of people who have publicly con-
demned George Merediths surprising
suggestion of ten-year marriages.
In a speech which the famous nov
elist made at Douglas the other day he
said:
If did not know that Meredith had
3 for many years l should be tempted
to conclude that he had spent his whole
life, not in the world, but in bandbox
of cotton WOOL
The very idea of this kind of linn
tied marriages seems outrageous to me.
am inclined to think that we are in
need of reform in this direction and
think that marriage, as it is now is
entered into too thoughtlessly Mere
dith's suggestion would make matters
even worse.
Personally. 1 believe that it is the
of no of 10 nj trio on
the marriage of those classes that
might not be able to provide properly
5'for their children
The trustees of the Shakespeare
birthplace have decided to spend $1,000
to renovate the famous cottages al
Strathforj- Avon
1t will be remembered that Marie
Corelli last year vigorously opposed a
proposal to tear down one of these cot
brary.
The trustees did not reach the de-
clsion to spend money until after g
very heated debate during which the
opponents. led by Sir Theodore Martin
declared the cottages had no more con-
hection with Shakespeare than an or
dlnary house in StratfOrd and said thai
he considered it absurd to spend any
money on these horribly plain cottages
10Y the sake of a few rotten beams full
u microbes and insects. $50.
deadly Snake Makes Iona Journey.
PORTLAND, Ore, Nov. 10.-In car
rElng bunch of bananas from trucl
INTO the store of Bell & Co., commits