New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-24

ising endeavor They rose en- masse and
hurried to charitable organizations in all
parts Of the country.
Pale-fdced and lean individuals. espe-
cialIv cigarette smokers and drug dcnds,
emerge from low saloons and opium joints
every time there is a new discussion 20
prevent or a new movement concerning the
spread Of tuberculosis They cough and
ask for "a few cents. mister TO help
them on their way 20 Arizona or New
Mexico. There are also many victims Of
mine and mill accidents-more. perhaps.
than there were men employed in the first
place They require artificial legs, they
plead, but never buy them. and even sell
or pawn those that are given them by in
dlviduas or charity societies. Taking their
own word FOR 1t, Mrs. Solenberger found
that 50 per cent Of the crippled beggars
she talked with were not injured while at
work
Always after a panic in business men
become insane because Of their losses or
through worry and the want OF food.
Some Of them escape from their relatives
and friends. others have no relatives or
friends. They go along with the ever eX-
listing army Of homeless creatures until
officers Of the law and charity workers
learn OF their condition and have them
sent 10 infrmaries and asylums. When
small business men in middle life fail 10 is
almost impossible for them 70 start again.
one man, by the records Of the Founda-
ton. broke his hip. Inside Of month he
lost $4,000 which he had deposited in an
unsafe bank A cripple for life, penniless,
ard dsheartened. he sought help AZ a
charitable institution. Another man failed
during the panic Of 1893. Immediately
afterward he went blind. He had 10 beg
his bread
There were l32 homeless old men among
Mrs. solenberger's thousand Half Of them
she saws. had such entries as these on the
records, made by herself or her assistants
Little work this winter. Have almost
STAYED 20 death. Cannot bear the thought
/ Of going 10 the poorhouse. Penniless
| friendless. discouraged" Most Of the mer
were Americans: a few Of them had beer
graduated from colleges. In thirty-nln'
cases liquor. vice, or improvidence was th'
cause Of their heIplessness and impoverish
ment Eighty-fve Of the men, however
were Of good character. They had Away
supported themselves. but their work an'
wages had been irregular, or they ha'
reared large families, or they had beel
poor managers, or ill-health or accident
had cut down their earning ability. Ate
a man reaches the age Of sixty, mills an
factories do not want him. Work. for III
rest Of his days. when he getg u, is onl
temporary. Even strong, healthy men o
fifty find It almost impossible to obtaii
employment
The lives Of a number Of the old ne
show that restlessness and mental in
stability are responsible for a good man
human failures a farmers son learne
TO be a harnessmaker. After getting re
ngion. ne preached for SIX years. The
he studied law and was a successful lawyer
Next he went into politics. Finally h
became a drunkard and a beggar Anothe
beggar had been banker and still anOthe
a teacher Of Greek and Latin. Summe
Up the studies OF the Russell Sage Founda
ton demonstrate. f any demonstration
necessary. that right living, with econom
and good management. almost invariabl
brings peace and independence in old age
Seasonal labor, so necessary on tn
Great Lakes in the Western grain fields
at the Northern lumber camps. and in ia
construction Of railways, has demoralize
thousands OF men. because IL breaks u
the steady habit of work. Sailors, lumber
Jacks and harvest hands return TO IN
cities after their seasons are over and idl
their time away in lodging houses an
saloons Many OF them drink up the wage
they have saved. MAY he they are robbed
II they are sailors or harvest hands, the