Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-29


places.
There I found some wonderful apart
ments that for completeness excellence
and distinction go the limit" There
was a cellar. for instance. which serves
as an ice-cream factory and eating
house by day and a gambling he'll and
"dosshousc" by night.
The tables and forms were there, and
/! five dirty paiilasscs were piled In A
corner, but bedsieads were mon est"
The windows were nailed up. and the
air deadly. And yet that was only one
OF scores OF such cellars in Rodentia-
and perhaps not the least delectable
one at that. Eedsteads? who needs
bedsteads among the rats?
looked into a garrett. size 12x1o
feet. where four Of the rats sleep by
night or day on dirty dilapidated
Chinese mattinE-and pay sevenpencc
each for that blessed privilege.
Tho bedding provided is one blanket
per man, furnish your own springs.
etc. And these are white men. tailors
and their landlord is the master
tailor!
The sweatshop is on floor below.
The fact that many master tailore
board and lodge their sweatcd fellow
countrymen proves that they arc en-
tirely denudcd OF flies.
In tho governors" room adjoining
ere OF these sweatshors there is 4
large picture. THE Pyramid Of
Tyranny" rampantly anarchists.
This wac i valuable find. inasmuch
that discussion on the picture opened
UP little mine of information on the
proclivities OF the rats"
Anarchy is rife among them.
Bakunn, the state-hater is their tin
god. and all forms OF socialism are
sncercd at.
was seeking information at a
taiior's swcatshop when we'll
dressed man entered. on whose behalf
the proprietor took up a collection
There were eight hands engaged six
men OF military age and two young
women. a nd each put something in the
hat"
1t transpircd that this smart-lookins
individual Is one OF the soap-box
orntors OF anarchy. a rabble rouser of
rats" feed him and clothe him, and
:
DANGEROUS ALIENS
POSING AS RUSSIANS
Many OF these dangerous aliens pass
| themselves off as Russian subjects. but
little confidential talk diypcis all
AL illusions.
In this regard there is the good
story OF the Irish charwoman who gave
me the address Of Russian" clothing
! contractor who has adorned his walls
win large oil paintings and steel en-
cravings OF the Kaiser, Kaiserin and
crown prince.
la sweeping the wall the cnarladv
;'ccide n;aily knocked one of these mic.
lures down. thereby upsettinc the
cauanimity OF the household and yet d.
ting herself fired"
/ 1t is not Russian or English nm.
hears. but German and Magyar sibb.r.
| ish.
| There is the profound conviction
among these rats" that John Bull has
! been specially created 10 have his leg
/ pulled Their contempt for him Is
! Illusions
and their. aim is to bleed him to the
| last drop.
! great many are at work on sol.
diers' clothing. hut the 'it-hurts- to.
WORK brigade is n fairly strong one
and the gambling hells provide a liv-
! ing for hundreds OF the most unde.
sirabc sort.
a few make living by selling an
archist literature and thriving from
! their comrades" Give them plenty
or license and scope for larceny and
! they arc happy
| Southwark Board OF Guardians are
protesting 90 the government agains,
inc scandal of releasing Germans from
| intcrnmcnt to do the work OF men
lighting at the front.
the chairman says it Is becoming
more than EnGlisi,mcn can stand w,
nave aliens all round us taking up the
businesses OF their CONS who had zone
out to fight.
Cninicrncd hustrians arc CARRYING
! on nourishinG buYIncEses in t,,s,
street. whilst EnSlishmen in the sam,
trade bad to close their shops.