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CHINDREN OF THE
TENEMENT HOMES
Mara Than Two and • Half Par Cant
of Now Yark'a Nast Qeneratlen
Now In Charge of Civic Guardian*.
One Yeungatar'a Love for the "Tha
aytrt" Lad Him Astray, Another
Simply Stayed Out Lata—The Eaay
Tranaitlon to the Pavement*—Fam
ily God* That Sold for Sixty-nine
Cent*.
NEW YORK. .lan. 2ft (Special )
It la estimated that of New York *
575,000 children —a number which
doc* not Include the swarming popn
latlon of Infanta 14.000 boy* itnd
girl* between the age* of two an*'
alsteen are In the city'* haul* a*
destitutes, aa Improperly guarrtlaned,
or aa criminal*, petty or great. In
other word*, more than two and a
half per rent, of the next genera
tion of New. Yorker* are today In thn
*helter of aayhUM, reformatorle*.
and charitable aubatltute* for home*
In general
Only a few year* ago the effort of
philanthropy would have been to ra*t
the*e thousand* In one mould, llk«
no many button*, aubjectlng them all
to the »ame treatment regardle** <>f
their Individual characteristic* The
wlaer policy of today give* the per
anna! equation first conalderatlon. It
begin* by making acquaintance- the
Intimate acquaintance, auch a* can be
gained only by peraonal contract—
with the aurroundlng* that have pro
duced the young unfortunate* and the
people who have been r**pon»lblo
for their care. The New York Juve
nile Aaylum. for ln*tance—the Pro
teatant inetltutlon to which, with th«
rathollc. and Hebrew protectorle*.
the city aulhorltle* con*lgn moat of
the waif* who come directly under
their notice- employ* a vlaltor to cul
tivate thl* peraonal acquaintance In
the light of which *o much of It*
work la done.
There ha* been at the .levenllc Aay.
lum for a month now a well grown
German lad of twelve whoae peculiar
Indifference and hardne** alway* at
tact* attention Hl* mother, at
home In three room* of a tenement
on the upper Ka*t Hide, crle* about
him every day, calling him "my
Philip "
"He va* not a had boy, my Philip."
ahe aay* to the viator, "only he ha*
curaed an hart und va* alway* mtt
de bad hoy* Night* he vould atay
oud, tint den. because he la afraid
of getting a vlpplng off hi* papa, he
don't da*t conic hack Honiedltnet
he cotne* back tint *lcep» In der hall
nutalte; but he vouldn't never come
In
"Dan. <»ne morning, ven he had
Veen awav t'ree night*, he come* In
tint aaya, 'Mama.' he aaya, 'von't you
glf ntc a cup of coffee?' Unt I tell
hint I mual take hlme to der Judge
to put him avay because I va* not
able to keep him from der bad boy*.
But h. ha* broke my heart." wept
the patient, atolld looking German wo
man
Yet In thla home there appear* to
be nothing to drive a boy away. The,
room* arc hare, but they are clean
and whn|r*ntpp; there la even an at
tractlvencsa about them The mother.
dlatre**fnll> thin and and. ha* a
touching tenderness of manner to
ward her children: the father la a
aoher* hard worker who use* hi* au
thority with hla family Justly and
kindly It attorns to have been th«
"curse of the pgv< iwgtit*" that made
Philip unmanageable.
Only two door* away there la
another German mother whoae boy
was aent to the Aaylum from the
childrens court for ateallng a gold
watch. Here. too. there are many
thlnga that might help a youngster
to he good; certainly there I* noth
ing that need estrange him from the
home Influence Rut Hermann sue
eumbed to temptation one day, when,
taking a bundle of waahlng to one of
hla mother'* customer*, he found
the watch lying upon a table.
"Hermann will do anyt'lng to get
money- always muat he has money."
hi* mother told the visitor. "He will
come by me first, und w en he get* all
1 have, he will go out und atolr aome
Once he took a wash which gave u
bill of seven dollar* und sold It for
•In dollar. Hat boy was craiy mtt
de theaytre. Dare ain't no night
what he ain't went dere since a long
long time."
Buch raae* ate exceptional.
•ver. Most often squalor, misery
Sid hunger can be traced In deep
line* through the stories of the Aay
lum rhftrge*. Pour tot* were before
the children's court not long ago for
lack of proper guardianship The
SCROFULA INHERITANCE
While it is true that Scrofula may lie acquired under certain conditions,
it is usually inherited. Parents who are related by the tics of bUxxi. or who
have a consumptive tendency, or family blood taint of any character, are sure
to transmit it to their children in the form of Scrofula. Swollen glands.
brittle bones, poor digestion, weak
eyes, Catarrh, emaciated bodies and
general weak constitutions are the
principal ways in which the dis
ease is manifested. The blood has
been diseased Irom birth, and being in
this condition cannot properly nour
ish the body and Scrofula is the re
sult. A hereditary disease like this
cau only be reached, by a constitu
tional remedy and nothing equals
g. S. S. as a cure for it. It cleanses and strengthens the deteriorated blood,
drives out all scrofulous and tubercular deposits, and there is a gradual but
S.S.S.
PURELY VEGETABLE.
enter into the circulation and replace wax like, bloodless faces with vigorous
Strength glowing with health. Book with information about Scrofula and
medical advice free. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC COATLAMTA, CA.
(home from which they came would
seenia to Juatlfy would certainly ex
pllan--any length of absence on any
Imy'a part
! When the vlaltor knocked at the
door the father was away, and the
mother was seriously 111 In a hospl
tal. The kitchen store had been
cold for b month A table and a
sink, above which hung a cracked
mirror, alone kept It company. In
the other room, a gorgeous, new. pink ,
wall paper was the background for
a table, one shaky chair and a sew
ing machine— nothing else, except a
dirty, upholatcred aofn. spread over
with a cheap, red quilt which was
half thrown hark. Just a* the father
of the family had l»ft It In the morn
in*
The spectres of drink and sickness
stalked through thla "home." The
man spent hla money In the neigh
borhlng saloons, and could never he
depended upon to furnish regularly
the nine dollar* demanded for the
privilege* of dwelling for a month
In the kitchen not cluttered with de
quarter*. Th.> woman, like many of
her slater* of the tenement*, had
'been slowly crushed by the striiß
| gle to exist In the fare of thl* added
difficulty. Ho only the sheltering
arm* of the Aaylum were left for the
children.
In the Aaylum motley company a*
flohha Ferry there la a picturesque
little Italian. Romolllo, who lately
abandoned his home and mother.
Through Romillo I* fluent In certain
branches of English. hi* mother a
tiny woman whoae bright eyea are
the one lively feature of an expres-
face can Hi 111 speak no
language hut that of her peasant
home She wanted to hear*about
her hoy, though and hla new life In
the Children's Village. *o she called
In as Interpreter a neighbor, another
tiny daughter of Italy on whom the
Impress of the East. Ride had been
deeply Axed.
The two women, with their broods
of little Giovannis and Francescas
.clinging about their aklrta, stood tall;
Ing with the visitor In the only spot
In the kitchen not cluttered with dr- !
lapidated furniture, unwashed ket
j ties, pan* and dishes, refuse rags and
patters or dirt, pure and simple. And
In the riot of disheveled uncleanll
, ness, the children were the most dis
heveled anil uncleanly object*. When
the visitor asked what Romt'* father
was doing for a living, the group of
matted heads chorused. "Father's
i drunk" - which gratuitous hit of In
formation was rewarded with n ape
dally Imperative call for silence and
a particularly pointed menace of i
llatlcuff Mild curiosity, a dull, per
verted senae of Importance- these
seemed to he the only feelings excit
ed by Roml’s predicament; and the
eight besmirched, neglected young
later* evidently had all the Induce
ments In the world to follow hint ns
fast as their wobbly legs would car
ry them when their opportunity ar
rived.
From homes such as these the
transition to the street |s bo easy as
to be scarcely perceptible In aome
eases the lad Is actually driven out,
and In many he has no apparent ro
of one little fellow now In the asylum,
preferring whiskey to work, began by
sending him out to beg for the food
they were unwilling to earn Reg
glng for money followed naturally.
Then Jimmy, realising that he was the
renl support of the household, began
'to stay away when he felt like It,
spending the proceed* of his Indus
try for himself. When the homo
•broke up entirely, ss It evidently did.
lof course, the household goods thnl
i had represented the comforfs of life
for throe persons were sold at public
auction for 69 cents, and the hoy was
reluctantly rompelled to learn how to
earn an honest living In the Indus
trlsl shop* of the Juvenile Asylum.
There Is no greater contrast he
tween the wretched hovel with Its 69
cents worth of furnishing ami the tidy
little room* of Philip'* mother than
between the boys that represent the
two home* In the Instutlon at Oobh’s
Kerry. The philanthropist, the crlml
nologlst. the Intelligent reformer have
come to realise the full meaning of
thl*. and the youngster guilty of tio
greater crime than Improper guardian
ahlp I* no longer treated as If he were
au Incorrigible ruffian, predoatlned
to state's prison.
The old-fashioned barracks that j
served as Institutional dormitories a
few years ago have made waj for at
tractive, homelike cottages. Hroad j
lawns and blue skies, fresh air. pure
food and henlthP.il exercise are de
pended on a* a subtle, permanent ton
lie for mind* and bodies that have
grown unwholesome In the poisonous
atmosphere of the brick and mortar
.wilderness The New York Juvenile
I Inherited Scrofula, and about aeyen
years aao suffered intensely from
it. Tried every doctor available at
r reat e* rente. nut mew rapidly worse;
ufaet, had mvett up all hope ot being
cured, and aaa dying man will grasp at
a sti«w, I was persuaded by my
brother, much against my will, to try
S.S. 8. After taluntr si* bottles, I felt a
wonderful change for the better. I con
tinued to take ft for about ala months,
taking in all about fifteen bottles,
which entirely cured me.
Montgomery, Vs. W. H. STOCKTON.
sure return to health. S. S. S. supplies to the
anaemic, lifeless blood the properties necessary
to build back to strong, robust health, and does
this gently and so thoroughly that no signs of
the disease are ever seen in after life. Being
purely vegetable S. S. S. is the best remedy for
Scrofula; its harmless but healing ingredient*
DRY DOCK IK MIDOCEAN
1 WEI
F«nPaa pr /i4«r/ • L^TT^7/n*
THE '<3LACmr<? stEOMZIZIE
At Kea, Jan. 4, 1906. |
On Board Supply Bhip Glacier.
The flotilla whlrh started from Sol
omon's (aland. In the Patuxe.pt River,
Maryland, for the Philippines tfrlth
the monster naval dry dock Dewey In
tow haa been on Its way one week
today, and If the experiences of the
voyage so far may- be taken aa a
eilterlon the undertaking, which haa
been a source of comment and discus
sion In naval and maritime circles the
world oyer, will prove much leas dif
ficult and hazardous than was expect
ed.
The towing fleet, consisting of the
supply ship Glacier, flagship of the
flotilla; the colliers Brutus an<t|
Caesar and the ocean going tug Poto
mac. left. Holnmon'a Island on the af
ternoon of December 28, and with
out Incident passed out of the Capes
of the Chesapeake about half-pant ten
o'clock on the night of December 29.
The flotilla lost sight of the lights
of Cape* Henry and Charles at half
paat one o’clock on the morning of
December lift.
It was eaall.v determined by this
time that the average speed of the
tow with the Potomac, the Brutus and
the Caesar towing In line In the or
der named, would average four knots
tinder favorable weather conditions.
This speed has been maintained up
to this writing with the exception of
the night of December SI, when a
moderate gale from the southwest,
accompanied by heavy rain nnd
causing rough, choppy seas, cut down
.the speed to about 2.5 knots while
the gale lasted.
Commander Hosier, of the Glacier,
who la In command of the entire ex
pedition, decided on December 31st
to send a towline from the Glacier to
the starboard forward corner of the
dock, the Glacier not having been one
of the towing vessels up to thla time.
Her compass had not been adjusted
since being commissioned, and the
ship was kept out of the towing line
for that purpose.
Cnfortunately, the weather had
been changing rapidly while the tow
line was being sent to the dock from
the Glacier, the wind increasing, with
asylum, one of the oldest and most
fnr reaching philanthropies In the
country, hns succeeded In shaking off
the dust of the city, but only the most
nooessar> buildings have yet been
erected The completion of Its chil
drens village is still fnr off In the
future, it will irUc slow and patient
work, but It hns shown Itself so Im
portant to the great city 2ft miles down
the Hudson, and. Indeed, to the vast
country of which the metropolis is the
chief gateway, that It Is hoped Its pos
slhtlitlea may be expanded fast enough
to keep pneo. In some degree, with
the.grave problems It does so much to
aolve.
PRINCIPALS IN THE STANDARD OIL INQUIRY
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a rapidly falling barometer, to a stiff
breeze from the southwest, raising a
lumpy, rough sea, and making most
unfavorable weather for towing In
the position the Glacier was placed.
As the wind and sea Increased with
the fall of night, it was found the
Glacier steered badly, at at half-past
five o’clock Commander Hosley de
cided to let go the tow line. This was
done, and the Glacier once more re
sumed her position on the port beam
of the-towing line.
The weather so fnr, with the excep
tlons mentioned, has been most propi
tlous. After crossing the Gulf Stqam
the temperature became considerably
milder, with bright, sunny days,
smooth seas and glorious moonlight
nights, yesterday being like a day in
June.
The Potomac, under command of
Lit ut. Proctor, the smallest of the
towing fleet, but engined with horse
power exceeding the others, with the
exception of the Glacier, has been
doing grand service and has demon
New Track* for Railroads in 1905.
(From }he New York Times. )
Steam railroads in the United
States built, approximately. 4,388
mile* of new main track in 1905, ac
cording to figures compiled by the
ruilroad Gaxette.
This figure does not include se
cond track, siding* nor electric lines.
The sum total is 556 miles larger
than last year's figure— 3,B32 miles —
which was the smallest reported
since 1898.
These figure* of course do not In
clude such new projects as the Chlc
i Milwaukee and St. Paul's Pa
ciflc exension, form 1,50 ft to 3.500
strated her value as a towing vessel
In all weathers. On account of her
limited coal capacity, she will leave
the flotilla today for Bermuda to coal
and carry in mail, but will rejoin the
tow as soon as she has coaled.
The Glacier will send a tow line
to the Caesar and take the Potomac's
place in the towing line. Upon the re
turn of the Potomac she will probably
send her tow line to the Glacier. All
ships then being attached, with the
Potomac in the lead, a material in
crease in the speed of the tow is con
fidently expected.
The health of the entire flotilla con
tinues good, and, with reasonable good
fortune in the matter of weather, all
hands feel sanguine that the expedi
tion will be brought, to a successful
fruition.
After passing the Bermudas thp flo
tilla will steer a more easterly course
for Gibraltar, having taken the south
ern route across the Atlantic to avoid
the wintry weather nnd storms of the
more northern route.
miles of line; the Western Pacific
from Salt Lake City to San Francisro
nearly 1,000 miles, and the Kansas
City, Mexico and Orient, which has
1,000 miles yet to build.
Ten railroads have gone into th?
hands of receivers In the year now
ending. according to the Gazette, a re
markngle record for the most pros
perous year in American railroad his
tory. This is the largest number of
railroad receiverships in four years.
The annual value of thp minera;
products of Germany is about J 250,
000,000. Coal and iron are the most
important.
A CHURCH ON STILTS
Tower of Beaton's Historic Old South
Propped and Braced While a Sub
way Station la Built Beneath It.
How Modern Enterpr *e Respects
the Storied Paat—The Famous
Meeting House Now Used aa a Mu
seum—The Subway Station Part of
an Addition to an Up-to-Date Street
Railway System.
BOSTON. Jan. 20. 1 MM.-The dig
ging and delving nnd propping nnd
huttrenslng that Is uow going on
around Boston's historic Obk South
Meeting House in order that right un
der It an entrance to the Washington
street subway, now in process of con
struction. may be built, nnd still leave
the venerable structure uninjured,
exemplifies the new spirit, of the
makers of commercial Improvements
toward famous buildings.
Less than twenty years ago. when
the same building, which because of
Its traditions had come to be regard
ed as a national Institution, was
threatened with destruction, only the
efforts of a limited number of persons
specially interested in American his
tory could save If from sharing the
fate of many other important relics
of the past. At that time James Free
man Clarke wrote regretfully of the
disappearance of famous local features
In these lines which now appear In
autograph on the walls of the Old
South:
“Dear Paddock elms, my friends
archaic.
Horse railroads brought you to your
doom.
The City Fathers, too prosaic.
Destroyed you in your summer bloom.
I heard with grief improvement sum
mon
Old Brattle Church Its square to flee.
1 look in vain across the common;
The Hancock House no more I see.”
All that Is changing in Boston to
day. landmarks with historic associ
ations are treasured, and where once
the horse railroad brought destruc
tion, the present transportation sys
tern —which, with its carefully co-ordi
nated subways, tunnels. elevated
structures and outgoing surface lines,
has aequfred a world wide reputation
for excellence —is in a measure one
of the instruments of preservation.
The station of the Elevated company
under the old Massachusetts State
House has given new security to the
fine old example of colonial architect
u*> and the giVat girders that are now
bping placed under the historic tow
er of the Old South in order that traf
ficking thousands may descend by way
of it to the subway station will es
tablish It more firmly, rendering It
less liable than formerly to subsidence
on the bed of clay which served the
original builders as a foundation.
Practically every station, in fact, at
which the visitor to Boston may get
on- or off one of the Elevated trains
has Its historical outlook, from the
Sullivan Square terminal on Charles
town Neck, the scene of the flight, of
the American troops from Bunker Hill,
to Dudley street, one of the outposts
of Washington’s encircling army.
Crowds (nr the last few weeks have
been peering through the iron fence
into the big hole constructed between
the tower and the northwest corner of
the meeting house. Never before in
the memory of man has it been pos
sible to see the well mortared sub
structure which the old time builders
laid in the spring of 1729. Nor will
the stones be visible for long because
a portion of the earth, now temporari
ly removed, is to be restored. Even
the.ancient ivy which for generations
has graced the tower and front of the
church will not have been injured. The
roots of the platits have been care
fully gathered into canvas bags with
sufficiency of earth for their support
during the winter months and they
will presently be replaced in a bed of
nourishing soil.
Perhaps nowhere on this continent
will there be a more marked contrast
some months hence than that between
the interior of the historic meeting
house and the white-tiled subway sta
tion beneath, with its thundering
trains and hurrying crowds. The un
derground platform and apparatus
constructed bj the Boston Transit
Commission in accordance with an
agreement with the Boston Elevated
company will represent the latest fea
tures of steel and concrete construc
tion. suitable for a tunnel equipped
with facilities for safe running of com
modious trains. Meantime, in the
church still reposes the historical mu
seum, filled with relics recalling the
most Important scenes and personages
of our earlier epochs.
Above all, there are everywhere in
it ins'mees of the ending of the
colonial era and the beginnings of the
American republic, for since April 20,
173 ft, when the present building, con
structed according to the best tastes
of the time nnd recalling Sir Chris
topher Wren's English efforts, was
dedicated. It has been closely associ
ated with stirring events. Here, for
example, in October, '1740, at the ru
mor of the coming of D'Anvllle's fleet.
Rev. Thomas Prince, the pastor and
a historic scholar of eminence, prayed
for the Almighty's help so effectively
that, as I-ongfelldw has related, an
answering tempest smote the hostile
ships anil wrecked them utterly.
S BEST PAINTS ;!W COSKERY’S
Also for TRUNKS, SATCHELS AND SUIT CASES.
All these bill be sacrificed and closed out to make room for other goods
Sole Agents for the BABCOCK fine Vehicles
749 and 751 Broad Street, - Augusta, Georgia.
SUNDAY, JAN. 21
Within tha high-roofed, oblong body off
the meeting house, when Faneull H*fl|
became too small for the town ineefl
ing* of the ante-revolutionary pat riot a
conventions of pith and moment werfg
held. Beneath one of the arched win
dow* James Oil* acted as moderator:
In 17GB at a meeting called to compel?
Governor Bernard to remove from the
harbor a war vessel stationed ther*.
for the purpose of enforcing th«
odious customs laws. Again an
flowing town meeting In March, 177ftJ
right after the Boston massacre, wait-1
fid from morning Into the night while!
Samuel Adams went hack and forth ]
to the State House until he prevailed
upon Governor Hutchinson to yield and
withdraw the regiments.
It was here, too, that on November
29, 1773. S.ttftn citizens gnthered to
gether and resolved that tea should
not be landed, and on December 16,
1773, 7.0A0 citizens crowded the meet
ing hou*p until long after candle light
listening to orations by Joßlah Quincy,
Jr., and Samuel Adams, while mes
senger after messenger went to get
redress of the governor at Milton.
When the loyalist, 'dignitary Anally
refused, the warwhoop was raised
about the doors of the church and a
hand of prominent citizens, disguised
as painted snvages, led the way to
the harbor for the destruction of tha
offensive tea.
Another great town meeting that
sat in the church on June 27, 1774,
was worked upon by Tories, who
sought to sway It in the interests of
General Gage and the Boston port, bill,
thus rebuking the committee of cor
respondency and nipping In the hud
the project, for a continental congress.
The assembly lasted for two days and
ended in the triumph of the patriots
and the sustaining of the committee.
Otherwise the course of American his
tory might, have been very different.
Here, once more, the memorial ora
tions were delivered after the Boston
massacre. Three months before Gen
eral Joseph Warren was killed at
Bunker Hill he delivered his cele
brated second oration, entering
through the window at the rear of
the pulpit, because the aisles and
steps were filled with British soldiery
and officers.
The pews and pulpit now on view
In the church are later in construc
tion than 1776, for the good reason
that while thy British occupied Bos
ton. a riding school for his troojls was
established here by General Burgoyne.
the pews and pulpit being torn away
and broken up. When General Wash
ington made his triumphal entry In
March. 1776, he entered the building
and looked down from the eastern gal
lery on a scene of desolation.
Since the revolution time has
brought vicissitudes. The congrega
tion which formerly worshipped in the
Old South, meeting house has moved
to the New Old South Church in a
more fashionable district. The great
fire of 1872 spared the historic struc
ture, but for a long time funds were
lacking for its support. When in
1879 commercialism threatened to
tear it down altogether and erect an
office building in its room all that
was best in literary and artistic Bos
ton rose in protest. The Old South
Fair, held to raise money for the
preservation of the meeting house, Is
still remembered as one of the great
est social happenings of the New Eng
land metropolis in the nineteenth
century. On the walls are still seen
the autograph verses written for the
occasion by Whittier, Holmes, Long
fellow, Jean Ingelow, Aldrich and a
score of other famous poets, and il
lustrated by the best artists whom
America at that time claimed.
From further dangers the Old South
is now well protected. Indeed with
recent safeguarding the famous meet
ing house should be saved for many
generations of the sight-seers to
whom the historic associations of
Boston are its great attraction. It
has very lately been equipped with
a system of 400 sprinklers as a protec
tion againßt damage by fire. In par
ticular the spire, which being of wood
is the part most exposed to danger,
has been thoroughly attended to. Up
to within fifteen feet of the glided
vane have been installed the sprink
lers, which In case of menace from
flames, either in the structure below
or among the neighboring buildings,
will let down copious streams of an
extinguishing fluid for the protection
of all the sides of the spire and bel
fry.
Safeguarded thus above, the con
struction of the new supports be
neath the tower and the Washington
street side of the building in the in
terest of the Elevated Company’s
rapid transit, system, of which Bos
tonians are so proud, wilt give fresh
sense of security to the association
which has the building in care, and
to the millions of Americans who re
gard the Old South as one of Unci*
Sam’s most priceless treasure*.
Money For Golf.
Never has so much money been ap
plied to the propagation of any
same in one year as there has been
applied to golf in the year which Is
now drawing to a close. Twenty
thousand pounds spent by the Toot
ing Bee Club, 12,000 pounds by the
Bournemouth Corporation, scores of
cases where sums of from 2,000 to
5.000 pounds have been expended,
and now 6,000 pounds by the people
of Nqfth Berwick—these are but ft
few items in too golf expenditure of
the season.—Golf Illustrated, Lon
don.
