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Porter's Letter
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her husband. Erysipelas, month later,
laid the wife low and on her recovery
she hated her husband and left him.
His congregation dwindled, he lost his
job through no fault of his. He was a
success as pastor but the bishop would
not ordsin. He comes to Canada be-
hind a bunch of testimonials ara friends
hoping to be ordained here. But he is
faint hearted. His fathers old friend
gave him so pounds to go with and he
spent ten of them in celebrating his
last week in London. Then there are
a lot of English women going out to
their husbands in Canada. They have
from two to seven children each. They
are lovely bare-legged children and
enough to I'll big school. 1t is inter
esting to talk with these women regard
ing the starvation wages paid in Eng
land 81 have worked for SO cents a
day in the root field and boarded my
self" one mother tells me. II can get
as q dressmaker only half a crown a
day, go cents. and my dinner, going
out into families, says neat woman
who declares she can do good work. A
poor christian mother with five children
from the poorer part of London tells
how the men pawn their best shoes on
Monday to redeem them on. Saturday
night; and how sober women often
pawn their chemise for a six-pence or
two 20 buy bread for hungry children.
/, One sees women on their knees scrub
bling entry ways and floors. Their
wage is from so to 81 cents a day of
eight hours without board. Men with
families often receive less than four
dollars for a weeks work. A quiet,
gentlemanly old man Of sixty-nine often
talks with me. He goes to his daugh
ter in Toronto, who has laundry. Il
have been in the workhouse for year,
be tells me. my sons could not sup
port me" A dock cooper, he was dis
charged because of age after years of
faithful service. He says the work
houses everywhere are well filed. But
London has improved in society much
in three years. The people claim it,
statistics show it and | could see a
Change for the better. This may help
to empty the warehouses;.
But there is another side to this third
cabin life that is more pleasant TO con-
template. At my right Al table sits a
young Austrian, from Prague. a tall,
quiet, polite young giant well educated
in civil engineering and military mat
tiers. going to Ann Arbor to study. He
has worked in England as waiter at
two dollars a week and is willing to work
at anything he can get to do. He can
pitch bundles, wait on table in stu
dents club. coach in German, or trigo-
nometry, and he will succeed because
success IL stamped upon his brow. IL
he has a titled father he does not boaet
of it. There is another bright young
man, Russian who last night presided
at the concert and spoke in English,
Russian aud Yiddish. ard said if any
other leUguage was wanted he would
explln ~ that Tor he spoke Fix He
join tbs Russian army; his superlors
,cOuepifed against the car. He,
innoc, ~. was doomed to Siberia He
fled and 90 she frontier bribed senti.
mel With d rouble aud escaped He has
twice returned. once with English and
again with French passports and as
sumed name, crossing the line to as
sumo in the interior a Russian pass
port. Ones blood boils to hear him
tell Of the bellish atrocities practiced
by the despota IN Russia. He says two
great warships we're paid for by the
Russian GOVERNMENT ctficered, and the
admirals regularly paid FOR by the gov
eminent and the ships were built on
paper and never existed. A bright
young English girl is going out to be
married. She believer God will care
for her on the journey. A pretty &C.
trees who has been employed in Great
ing scenes for picture films in London
gocs Co Montreal. A London gentle
man, a fine singer. goes to Toronto,
with bis wife. He is a hair dresser and
sings in TIE thaaters as well; has q
clean, high-grade repertoire and will
do ~esi because all will like him. He
gaze some killing songs last night ir
the concert. II is wonderful how nice
. third class crowd can dress at one oil
these concerts. There is a trained
nurse aboard witn husband and she
casperoaes two pretty girls, sweetheart'
OF boys gone before. Two cergymer
are aboard and DIR Wright of Londor
College, Ontario. anxious to have the
young Austrian attend his college
How aeon sharp man can pick out OF
a crowd young man who Is bound t.
succeed There are three bright Dan.
ish girls going to the west, The Danes
are among our best citizens. A bright
young Norwegian tailor from Ashland,
Wisconsin. is aboard. | remind hin
that Jim Davidson. our only Norwegian