The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-10-15

Yesterday afternoon while o. writ
Steele. the apostle Of organized
charity. clothed in purple and fine
linen. sat 90 his mahogany desk in
his elegantly furnished office ln the
New York block. Mrs Lena Isaac
son and her six little children SAT
/ huddied together iu q storm beaten
howell Oh the south end tideflata and
ate their last crust Of bread.
Thiuly clad and Hhlveriug with
the cold the hoiiow.eyed mother
Fnzed into the Rnunt faces Of her
little brood and nhuddefed az the
wind sweeping over the bay shook
the little cabin aud hoWled like "a
wolf 1t the door. Dor lack ~ fuel
the little cook stove tn the corner u
the single room stood cold and USE
less and darkness settled down over
the city
At about the hour that H. Writ
Steele and his office assistants were
I leaving their comfortable quarters
ln the big New York block. serene
I in the satisfaction Of a DAYS work
well doHe. n star man CROPPED his
/ way through the mud and rain %
the feaaesou home 10 Investigate a
report turned in a. police headQuar-
tera bY I've big. kind-heaIted patrol
men. Helms end Peterson that the
1 family we're starving
Mamma. mammal Wheu'H they
Fnin' to bring ~ Numpiu "a eatg"
was the pitiful wall he heard 90 be
knocked ~ the door n the hovel.
which stands within a block ~ FIRST
avenue south and near the intcrrec-
ton - Connecticut street.
This IL She section II the city
commonly known az the "sandsuitf
Here Ia tumble down nhaehs crime
I innfa defy the law. end poverty
stricken 8 fsfchen. driven from even
| the cheapest residence districts.
make their homes. Occasionally
ynefanf reIoit % sickness and deH-
Tuition reaches headquarters
through the Kindness 81 some pa
trolman. Then "a Is that the true
conditions are brought &C. the atten-
ton Of the authorities For six long
weary months Mrs fsaseson and
her little ouea have hfaxed the ter
rorf % starvation During that time
/ bat 81 from any channel 81 charity
have found its way 10 woman who.
through force 81 circumstance. was
{ finally forced to appeal for aid.
The haErard face st the mother
and the greedy look lu ihp chill
I dgsn'a eyes uas the silent bat con-
Z yineiae testimony before the re-
porter.
Mrs laaacson save permission %
T enter. Her weary eyes told her
story 81 pFivation ard suffering bet
I Ter than she herself could tell 10 Ia
I her broken English.
Her husband De- a miner. After
I three unHuccessful trips 10 the gold
I neids ~ the north fsaaeHan decided
TO go back 20 hir old home IN Butte.
I lie vas 10 send money % his wife
after obtaining work there. shortly
after hls arrival be Vas taken ~
with rheumatism and f. nov a pub
Dc charge ia that city.
Takinr up the unequal burden
Mrs fsaarson Tor many months kept
the wolf from her door b conduct-
ing a bath house IN the fear 81 the
4 tumhle-doWn house in which she
lives Fer time che managed Ia
make a living But gradually the
dirt and Efavei removed from the
Great Northern tunnel has forced
I The line OF floating novels. % which
hers l. enc back from the channels
~ frHde and nov this suurce Of rev
cnue Is entirely cut off
With eyes filled with tears the
/ woman foid her story. appealing
again and again 90 her son Emil. 10
I years Of age. 60 interpret the qucs-
I lions asked her
"Iiaxe you anything IN the house
/ 90 eat now q queried the visitor
I with q frnrlc wavc Of her hand the
woman silently drew 4 cloth from a
/ few dishes upon small table, re-
vealiue half "a loaf ef bread and
/ some fragments n meat.
/ Seven mouths 90 feed. Where was
more to come fromf
The woman broke down and cx-
I planned re best she could how im-
I possible ii WAS for her TO leave her
I children ana search for work.
-Four or five days ago ~ Writ
/ steele. she rencfal secretary 81 the
alleged charitable society. whose
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