New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-11

pretty poor. Little Mamie and Katie lookei
the worst of the lot, but they brough
their little gifts, one cake and the other a.
orange, unbroken, and turned them in wit
their chins we'll up as home instructed. Be-
you could not keep those children quiet dur
ing the entertainment, and finally one Of the
Guild went to them and said to Mamie "Whal
is your sister whispering about?"
'sShe wants to see the poor children" sail
Mamie. Sinful pride, of course, but know
the family.
The children who come to the Hudson GuA
summer school are delicate children who haVt
been recommended for care by the dstne
nurses or doctors. There are two teachers in
charge and a diet kitchen where they get
proper meal prescribed for their condition and
milk twice a day. The children are supposed to
bring 10 cents a day, which covers a part Of
the expense of their food, but when work
falls off the dimes fall off, too But the chill
dren rarely say why the 10 cents is not forth.
coming; they have generally ''lost it." A lie
is a peccadi1lo compared to damage to tie
family pride.
"Are things better since prohbtion% Isl
question the town crier aften hears from thcs
who come to see us. Like most of the sleigh
borhood, am not too fond Of any one telling
me what l shall or shall not eat and drink
how / shall be clothed But have to say
Thank God for prohibition!" Some OF om
people believe in ghosts and evil spirits, ana
one of the places supposed to be haunted
q basement over which lived for some years
This place was, indeed, haunted, and by en
spirits. / used to hear their voices up ths
airshaft, but when / have finished my story
you will agee with me that the evil spirits
were of mans creating.
1t was in nlidwinter when huge woman
with two little boys and an intermittent nus.
band moved in. They had not been there long
before all the pipes in the house froze, anu
the woman took this opportunity to borrow
can of water daily. Every day size came !"
make her "borry," and we used to wonder VIE
she did with the water. There were no
dications that either she or the intermltten
husband were water drinkers, and the appear
ance of the children did not indicate 1n1
any other use was made of it. Often Wv
woman was in no condition to take the pau
home and we used to help her. SUDDEN
she ceased coming and went to call. -,
woman was sick in bed in the dirtless Os'
and in the dirtiest room have ever seen
The burst water pipes had flooded the NV,
and over this cesspool coating OF ice h' ~
formed. Rats scuttled and bugs crawsea o
about 1t was too late to help the molns'
although she was removed to the hosplta' :. :,
mediately and the case reported to the D0a's
Of Health and Tenement House Depar.n'a.s
We were looking for some place in winch -.
put the children when the intermittent isN: =.
turned up, dressed the children in grano o.,
of clothes bought from the insurance m0.': /,
and took them away. "The basement sh' :
evil spirits were "To Lee"
The next occupants were poor little sn.' -
woman with two small children, an OLD a. ~ !.
who sometimes had job waiting a. 1sI "a
one of the French restaurants, and nus 80.
who. she said, chad seen better days -
ter days" might well be believed, for tnes