Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-17

ones were away for the time. me
youngest is in the institution Tor Une
feeble minded Tho entire place reeked
with suualor. The mother in soiled ana
half arranged clothing showed IN ner
face and language an apparent teh-
dency toward insanity, epilepsy or
some form of acute mental DIFFICULTY.
The father and husband OF this family
is cripple of about fifty. works at
nearby institution for so cents day
and his meals.
The total income of this family OF
six then is $13 month. Rent is 81.
The condition of the house Is evidence
that even this small amount Is not
made most Of. But what will you do
with your family of six, feeding, warm
ing and clothing them on 50 month.
Mrs. Blank, on the paved street? This
family should not attempt to keep up
the fight they are untitled for The old
man can earn his living where he Is.
The woman can certainly find bet
ter and easier way of earning hers;
and the children should be put In diff
ferent environment and under different
influences. But they were hungry
then. They will be hungry tomorrow.
What are you going to do about 1t
right now?
Ten Persons in Four Rooms.
Now here is another and different
case. 1t is out in the Third ward
where ten decent appearing and de-
Gently disposed people are crowded into
little three or four room house, owned
NV, Al h,s
his Little hcme to his daughter and her
husband and family. There are six
children here. the Oldest H. the young
est 5 months. The mother washes. The
father works as a teamster. When he
works every day he earns $1,000
week. But he has attacks of a painful
disease and is sometimes helpless for
days at time. Those weeks the $1,000
grows smaller and terribly less. "They
couldn't live II they had to pay rent"
said the old man. Il brought them In
here because knew it. We have
nothing but our pension of SIC a
month and while get my meals at the
home 1t keeps us two old folks mighty
busy to live" AS we talked three little
girls came in from school. bright, clean.
ladylike nnd lovable children. 1t was
pitiful to see how the mother had
worked and managed to make these lit
tie ones presentable week out of
work and this family would be in the
same condition as that Of the case Civ
en- first IN this article They need
help. Not the help that belongs ITO
paupers. but the boost that decent
people, trying to keep the children to-
gether and give them a better educa-
tion than themselves received, ought TO
get from he good people of Marshall
town. These little girls need clothes.
shoes to go to school in: the smaller
be real Christmas ait that little house
away out west in the district beyond
Twelfth street.
Widowed and Poor.
Here's another and still different
case. She is a widow in the Fifth
ward She lives in her own house, a
neat place eatly kept. fairly furnished
and homelike. She and her husband
bought the place and have paid and
improved on 1t as best they could. Last
April he died and the income OF the
Family ceased. She has three children.
the Youngest 1--WE. She does some
and had sewed until Illness
overlook her and made her unable to
run sewing machine. Relatives from
the country keep her fairly supplied
with vegetables and with the proceeds
from the little washing she can muster
strength to do she keeps body and |
soul together. Her income is less than
81 month and she is in bad health. |
Out Of this she managed to save SIS
10 pay the semi annual interest on the
s400 mortgage on her home, which she
must lose in time. She Is good, de-
serving woman. Everyone says So
She fairly faces daily starvation for
herself and children. What are we go
n gto do about this. Imagine woman
If 4S, with her children her bodily
weakness and her outlook! For AZ
,ears she has been able to help herself.
What are we going to do for case
ike this in the midst of our prosperity?
This family was practically out of food
Tuesday.
Children Need Clothes.
Take another case. 1t is down IN
he Third below the tracks. Here is
| woman with five small children pray
ng for work that she can do at home.
anything she can do. She Is
lot strong looking woman and is
;tone deaf Her husband works as a
canister She says he doesn't drink
Ind brings home what he earns, but
he family is large, the wage small,
rhe little children need clothes and the
parents can't feed them and get the
lothing they require. The older chill
lren go to school They need warm
r clothing. The tiny ones at home
laven't shoes and fit. clothing to go out
loors in. IT used to- go out working"
he said in the pathetic tone Of the
eaf but my children are so small
hat can't leave Them" Cant you
end me something can do at homer"
here was fire in the house, but little
God. However, this family can get /
long with little help. There ought
o be clothes for those children, in
ONE Of the homes Of Marshalltown,
here ought to be help for this woman
,hose burden seems greater than she
an bear. She needs sympathy, hui {
nan sympathy, as they all do, and ]
hose little children have a Christmas S
elonging to them. Will they get it?
The Trust of the Poor.
The above is part of what the T.-R.
ound when it took two afternoons to
lvestigate. 1t will give other cases ,
, succeeding article. There are s
Tiers that ought not to exist as they c