Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-18
Poor" Men Who Ride in Brough.
ans, Play Bridge and Live
In High Luxury.
SOME AMAZING EXHIBITIONS,
Vpemnloycd Fed on Chickens That
Cost Dollar Each and Given Bet
Ter Tea Than British Lords,
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
I oNDoN. Aug 104"Splendid
paupers" is term that has ac-
quired a new significance IN this
country OF late. Heretofore II
ns been used TO describe certain
ilanciers who, though nominally
ankrupt, still manage to reside in
umptuous mansions, maintain coun-
~ seats and keep motor cars. At
resent, however the designation Of
splendid paupars" applies most d.
Getty to the inmates Of various Lon
on poorhouses which. as an Official
T,stlgaton has just proved. are run
a scale Of magnidcence which
ould not disgrace the new Ritz hotel.
be Carlton, or any other Of the sWag-
rr obstetrics Of which tho metropolis
! Justly proud.
As a matter Of fact. were the ccnu-
ie hotels conducted on the scale of
Expenditure and waste that has char
ttorized many London warehouses
tey would have gone into bankruptcy
Ing ago, for. instead Of accepting the
Mest tenders for supplies. the mani
GERS OF the Poplar, West Ham and
ther homes Of tho destitute seem 20
i've paid the highest prices possible
ma supplied only the best Of every
ning' 20 the tramps and wastrcls who
.auonized these poor mans paradises
I americans familiar with the works of
Iharles Dickens generally imagine the
lngllSh poOrhouse as one ~ those
rindlng institutions which the poor
ould almost rather starve than en-
% ln reality. there Is keen compe-
uon for admission 10 some Of the
ror1ouses OF London. and the alleged
lhfnployed' have been known 20
einst wei paying Jobs rather than
l,' their opportunity of experiencing
ne rest and good cheer afforded them
81 certain Of The London castles Of
tHie1Ce.
WEST HAM QUARTERS.
ono Of the poorest quarters of the
'u"poiis Is West Ham. and here the
OF me unemployed has been loud
Yet % Vas IN the West Ham
'oIfouse that during last year i.65S
poo fowls costing over 81 each were
pl.ied 10 the Inmates. who IN their
'n homes would never taste chicken
'm one years end % another When
government inspector recently dis
''r,d This fact De surcharge1 the
liam poor guardians with one
llllng or % cents Of the cost Of
ca FOWL ON the ground that mo- more
ln Us cents al the outside should
'e been paid. with the result that
se worthies viii have % go into
lr own pockets Ca the extent ~
100. IL was 10 this poorhouse also
~ sili-cdged notepaper ~ the fin
quality was supplied. and even
oiled sheets employed Tor copying
,respondenca cost s. per dozen.
lhe Naudsw1fth workhouse
oge has Tor some time been popular
cong the inmates though. 10 be
re-. certain llmii seems 10 have
SCI upon The stakes. Just where
naupefs got the money to play
'al' and how II happens that gam
As is permitted. Is one Of the mys-
les That are an present taxing the
tuiaiiye acumen OF the local gov
mont board. al theshead 81 which.
me way. Is the Right Hon John
rms
ASHAMED TO SEE THEM
w. Burns has always been outspok-
ln his dealings with the laboring
se~ Last Christmas he attended
inner in the Battcrses workhOuse.
a little speech 10 the inmates he
ne was ashamed 10 see so many
eoodicd men sitting down before
az the public e1pcpfe. and re-
'ached them With lack ~ indcpen-
zee. IL has been 70 the instlgailon
Mr. Burns--Who. having been
nfing man himself knows the
rhing class like a book-that vari-
Inquiries have been commenced
oihereni parts Of london. startling
ults have invariably attended the
estgations conducted by inspectors
feteniirg the local government
"a. and, as stronger light Il thrown
N the doings Of certain warehouses