The New York Herald Newspaper, February 26, 1874, Page 5

KINDLINESS. [22% Ten Thousand Hungry People Fed by Charity. EJECTMENT AND DEATH. Visitors’ Views of Tenement House Destitution. ee WHAT SUPERINTENDENT PEASE SAYS. Citizen Contributions for Refiet of the Needy. Yesterduy’s wintry storm emphasized the Poverty which pinches so many thousands in our midst. Cold men and snow-chilled women felt sharper hunger than in the milder weather of pre- ceding days, and many brave hearts which had Ritherto borne in proud silence their load of want, made known to the dispensers of charitable aid their woe, their despair. Thanks to kind hearts, Which had placed large stores of bread and other supplies at their command, many whose hearts Were sad before disclosing thetr necessities, wore sunnier countenances from the response of mercy, thongh the air was dark with wintry storm. Sym- Pathy was the lesson ol the day, aud it had many @oble exempiitications, THE SOUP KITCHENS. peansil ts ‘There are now eleven soup kitchens in full opera- tion, under the charge of Mr. Delmonico and his able corps of assistants, in this city, and yesterday about 1,400 gallons of soup were delivered to the oor from these different kitchens, A twelfth soup kitchen will be opened this morning in Tenth ave- ‘Bue, between Sixty-second and Sixty-third streets; and there being a very large number of poor fam- les living in this district, who fill the tenement houses itke herrings in a barrel, it is very eertain that there will be a great demand for soup, ‘The numper of people who were furnished with geod hot beef soup to-day in the different kitchens a8 follows:— Seventh war Bighth ward Eleventh wa: ‘Thirteenth ward Eighteenth ward wentieth ward (white and colored) ‘Twenty-first war. ar) ‘The rush atthe Sixth precinct soup house was the greatest yet, Eight or nine hundred little | children called, many—in fact, the majority— of whom were ftalians, their itttle aces pinched and drawn by the cold and their teet scantily nod, stockings ragged and full of holes, whue their shivering shoulders were wrapped torn shawig and miserable remnants of cloaks and jackets. ‘hese little children carried all sorts of pails, pots, tin kettics and vessels to bring away soup to their desolate homes, where wretched mothers were anxiously waiting for relief. Tickets are issued on one slip of paper Jor four, five, six or seven in a family, and | there is no stint in measurement. In the Fourth ward, at No. 327 Water street, one of the most mis- erable districts of the city, the spectacles pre- sented were most deplorable to behold. Some of the women who came for soup actually nad their clothes hanging in shreds and tatters from their shoulders, and the angles and lines in their faces betokened the want which Shey had enaured. At Delancey street ‘those who called were to a great extent, or nearly al, Germans, and very poor, widows of shoe- Sen, tailors and cigarmakera who are out of work. These people live in small, confined rooms, without any ventilation. and im most cases are in arrears for rent to thelr land- ds. Some idea may be formed of the Manner in which these people live when we can state, on the authority of Captain Edward Walsh, of the Seventeenth precinct, an old and experienced police officer, that the Square block bounded by Fourth and Futh streeta end First aveaue and avenue A—all tenoment houses—contains 6,700 human bei! and is said tobe the most thickly populated square in an: city in the world. The peopie of the Sixteenti ward assert that a soup house is absolutely neces- sary in the western and upper part of the ward, and @ weil known citizen of the werd, Mr. Philip McDowell, has generously offered a whole floor for that purpose up to the Ist day of . Beef soup of an excellent quality, with rice end vegetabies, will be furnished to-day at all the diferent soup houses. Captain Tynan, of the Eigh- teenth precinct, finds the number of applicants F tickets to the soup house in avenue A increas: every day. PICTURES OF POVERTY. Its safe to say that there is not in the city of New York a block of tenement houses in which there are not many cases of destitution, Not alone is there no food for little children, but there is often Bo food, medicines or fire for the sick. Children are dally born here in quarters so wretched and oold that they would not be fit shelters for brutes. Old people, whose memories steal back to happy days and happy homes, turn tremblingly on their pallets of straw to answer the summons of the landlord’s agent for rent; glance with long and painful scratiny about the garret, longing for the Giscovery of some forgotten articie that could be sed to obtain the price of a single meal from the pawn office, and finally die with their strained eyes staring at the bare walls or the fireless hearth. Such scenes the volunteer visitors of St. John’s Guild daily encounter. Let any one who denies or @erides the fact that the BXISTING DESTITUTION 18 APPALLING, go to St. John’s chapel and take any one of 100 vinittig lists formed from the addresses of appli- cants daily, and go to these people’s homes. One Mey will be warranted to cure the most super- cious or Dippant doubter. This is the order of work:—& person applying at or who accosts one in the street, solicit- directing ing ims, is miven a card him or Her to the Guild oMce in Varick street. There the name and address is taken. Une of the volunteers at once visits tne place named, and if this report is satisfactory the applicants are given ries which will make them comfortable for several days, Clothing is also provided when there is anything in the bureau ‘9, jurpish. Two thousand three hundred fam ea have been visited m this way, and hundreds of laces are dally Visited and found to false numbers given for the purpose of swindling the charitable. There are applicants who have no home, save the street or the station house. One, who came last night for “a little tea end sugar, sir,” is named Mary Gafuey. She had wo place to cook anything, and, she explained con- Gdentially to the writer, that she helped with the scrubbing every morning ae the Beckman street | station—which she liked better than any other on account of its cleanliness—and that they gave her the little priviloge of making teaim a cup on the basement stove. ASAD CASE | is that of Mrs. James Kyann, 51 Mulberry stree:. | There are nine in the family, seven children ing—one dead. One was sent to the hospital yes- terday and one was born on Monday night. ‘The mother lies on a straw pallet, now without any change of linen. No food—no fire—no furniture, Everything gone and two months’ rent due to a landlord who threatens to turn them out daily, Mrs. Skelly, living on the top floor of the tene- Ment No. 196 Mott street, has a husband who fs an engineer, and after two months’ waiting had just ‘succeeded in securing aa place when he has be- ome insane, aud was yesterday sent to the asy- {um on Biackweil's Island. ‘the mother has three Small childrer, who are nearly naked, She has no Gre or food and owes three months’ rent. POVERTY, EJECTMENT AND DEATH. oe fwo Lives Sacrificed—a Sad Caso of Des. titution, Acase sadly illustrating the truth of the wise saying that “man’s inhumanity to man makes | countless thousands mourn” was yesterday after- | noon brought to the attention of Coroner Kickhom. | It appears that Joseph Roser, am honest and | inaustrious tailor, bat unfortunately Parually dis- abled and out of employment, has livea at No. 7 Rivington © street, in which house yr, | Ryert, the iandlord, also resides, Owing to the hard times Mr. Roser was unable to pay his rent or even to provide his littie family with the necessaries of ie. To add to his owner i troubles the wife of the poor French tailor was on | the verge of confinement, and while in that condi. | one’s door tion the unfeeling landlord, on Monday last, by virtue of a merit af ciantment end witb the aid af NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBROARY 26, 1874.—TRIPLE SHEET. OMeers of the law, turned Roser and his wife into the street, they Lae ee place of shelter or friends assist «them to one. This, was done in the ace of a yeal certificate, held by Roser, which set forth that nis wife could not be removed wivh- out incurring great risk. At such cruel treatment Mrs, Koser became much excited and alarmed for Der own saiety, Whereupon Mr, Ryert, the land- Jord, offered to send her to the hospital im a car- riage, which proposiuon, however, was indig- nantly rejected by the husband, who hoped to find more comfortable quarters lor his sick wile, and at last secured apartmepis at No, 21 Mott street. Here his wie yesterday was taken worse, and s00n became the mother of two ptiliporn children, and she believes that their being born dead was due to cold aud exposure and the shock she res ed by being ejected from ner home while in such a critical condition, Yesterday afternoon Mr, Koser requested Coroner Eickhoil vo hold ap ingest over the re- mains of his dead babes, This distressed family, without home, friends or means of support, are proper subjects of charity, THE RELIEF FUND. FEE PEPE S Donations for the poor received by the HERALD and not previously acknowledge St. John’s Guild amd the Downtown Poor, The following additional contributions were re- ceived yesterday by Rev. Alvah Wiswall for the poor of the Fifth and Eighth wards, and handed to the Almoner of the Guild, Mr. Heary ©. De Witt:— {Those desiring to Visit the office of the Guild ‘will remember that it 18 in the achool builaings ‘at tached to St. John’s ehapel, Varick street, between Laight and Beach streets.) ‘Through Mayor Havemeyer— ror the hi . M. By di bn Af 100 00 0 0 200 10) 800 10 Watson 8. Hildret 20 Cash eerce a 5 200 Bent to Kev. Alvah Wiswail, Guiid otitee 2 C0 : 1 09 500 OOF little one rion Marvarel 138 Total... 3 201 00 Previously acknowledg shin 3 Grand total. $5,880 45 Contributions to this fund may be gent to the = ERALD office; Mayor Havemoyer, City Hall; C. V. B, Ostrander, President of the Mercnants’ Fire In- surance Company, No. 149 Broadway; Andrew W, Leggat, Collector of Assessments, New Court House; George Wilkes, M. D., No. 16 North Wash- ington square;G, K. Lansing, Earle’s Hotel; G. J. N, Zabriskie, Cashier of People’s Bank, corner of Canal and Thompson streets; J, L. Davis, Sheldon & Co., No, 677 Broadway, and Rev. 5. H. Weston, D. D., No. 8 East Forty-tith street, or to the Rev. Aivah Wiswall, Master of St. John’s Guild, St. Joun’s chapel, Varick street. Packages of clothing, groceries, &c., should be sent to St. John’s chapel, Varick street, between. Laight and Beach streets, or if an order be sent a messenger will call for any packages, udge Brady, No. 19 West Thirty-thira Joseph Delafield, No. 475 Flith avenue. and Mrs. F. P. karle, No. 34 West Fity-second Eres have Kindly consented to receive subscrip- ous, A Concert for the Poor. One hundred singers of the Sunday schoo: con, nected with the New York Port Society’s Mariners’ chureh, corner of Catharine and Madison streets, will give a concert in the chureh this evening, un- der the direction of Professor G. W. Petit. The proceeds are to be used in relief of the poor of the Sunday school, GRATITUDE. Je AN Tin A Card trom Mrs. McAuley. . New York, Feb, 25, 1874, To Ti EniroR OF THE HERALD: I wish to return thanks to the ladies and gentle. tlemen who have so kindly assisted me out of my poverty. I wish to say that I have received sufficient. clothing, provisions and beds and bedding to supply me for months to come. The donations of money have been very Javish, indeed, and as many persons are sudering at present as 1did suffer 1 recommend the benevolent to assist those who need more than lana my family ao now. Andmay God bless those who have been my friends. Mrs. MCAULEY, No, 432 East Eleventh street. CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. ae “Western Homeopathic sary." This dispensary was established in the spring of 1868 1t 1s located at Nos, 411 and 413 West Forty- second street, between Nintn and Tenth avenues, 1m the midst of a thiekly populated tenement dis- trict. It gives advice, treatment and medicines free to the poor. From its organization to Janu- | ary 1, 1874, its medical staff have treated a total of | 66,987 patients, and its visiting physicians have treatea at their homes a total of 8,468 patients, Its report for the year ending December 31, 1873, shows that there were treated in the house de- partment 12,290 patients, and 26,815 prescriptions | dispensed, and in the visiting department 1,794 patients attended at their homes and 4,686 visits made on same. The entire “medical and Spr star” now give their services sp aiionsly. ‘he surgical depart- ment is presided over by eminent surgeons, and as skilful surgical treatment and attention is fg) its poor patients as can be jound in the city. “eye and ear department,” which was made @ special feature in the dispensary avout two years ago, has done great good, having given treatment’ to a very large number of patients. There was previougly no eye and ear infirmary on the west side, and one was very mucn needed. The visiting physicians attend at their homes, free of cl re, all such as are unabdie to attend in person af the yg for treatment. The dis- penta is open daily from ten A. M. to jour P. M. ‘ne officers and managers for the present year are— Charles Watrous, President; N. &, Mountiort, Vice President; Dr. Egbert Guernsey, Treasurer}; Dr. J. Titus Deyo, Secretary; Dr. H. Rickaby, Su- peri sem dene: Trustees—Charles Watrous, ex- fudge N. B. Mountiord, Fletoher Harper, Jr.; J. W. Goddard, James Benedtct, Julian Allien, Wm. H. Davis, Adolph Rusch, Chas. Judson, George W. Nelson, James Wilson, Dr. E. Guernsey, Wm. Arm- strong, Dr. H. Reker J. TITUS DEYO, The Dispen- . D., House Physician, A Soctety Not Afraid to Exhibit Its Books. The New Yor« CarHouic Prorecrory, No. 29 READS STREBT, New York, Feb, 24, 1874. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD :— At a meeting of the Exeeutive Committee of the New York Catuolic Protectory, held at No, 29 Reade’ street, New York, on the 24th day of Feb- ruary, 1874, the following resolution was adopted :— Whereas certain inquiries have been made in the | ‘Times and Hxwa.y concerning the relative amounts dis- bursed for salaries by the New York Cuthol! as compared with the amounts paid tor th Pose in other similar institutions, and whereas the pres- ent isthe first meeting which has been held since such ee have appeared, solved, That notice be given to the editors of the above-named papers that the intormation desired, so far asthe saiue can be obtained from ihe books. of this s0- nual Feports of simitar institutions Hitec, OF which may be submitted the oiice, No, 29 dead strech bv" the Treatdent of the Protectory to any authorized ri 4 ve of 4 Eth eet thy ‘epresentative of the pa: Lam, very respectfully, HENRY ours, HOGUET, President. Free Employment Bureau of the Young Men’s Christian Association, The Free Employment Bureau, No, 134 Bowery, New York city, offers its services “gratis” to par. tes wishing to employ male heip. Contractors, mill and mine owners would do well to avail them- selves of the privilege thus offered. Parties wisn- ing to employ men in large numbers can be sup- plied on one day's notice. Im all cages it is ex- pected that the employer shail pay all transporta- tion to the place of work, and where sev. are ordered it 18 udvisable that the. cuiployer should come to the city in order to ensure safe delivery of men, The Bureau is under the auspices of the Young Men’s Christian Association, and is designed to suruish employers with male help of all Kinds “free of charge.” In 1873 734 situations | were furnished, Correspondence on tue subject promptly answered, Rey, JOHN DOOLY, General Secretary. SIXTH WARD, Citizens’ Contribations for the Hungry, New York, Feb. 25, 1874. ‘YO THE Epitor OF TRE HERALD :— Mr. Prank Lesile gave mo this day $26, and Messrs, Lidridge aud Dunham, dry goods mare ch ints, No, 340 Broadway, gave me $10 te purchase brevd for the suffering poor of the Sixth wara. The bread has already been bought and delivered at the soup hous» located at No. 110 Centre street. Yours, respectfully, THOMAS J, KENNEDY, Captain Sixth precinct police. FIFTEENTH WARD. Olothes and Shoes Needed. Firreenta Warp sour Hoves, New YORK, Feb, 25, 1874. ‘To THE Eprror op THE HERALD:— Will you please say to the public that a great Many of the poor people who call at our soup house for food are in many instances almost naked and barefoot ? Our committee have resolved that, inas- much as they require clothing and shoes, they are compelled to solicit conations of this kind to be sent in, apd that we wil give the same out to the most needy, All donations o! the above character will be thankfully received at No. 219 Mercer street, next door to the police precinct station (clothing for male and female), JAMES M, HEATHERTON, Chairman. SIXTEENTH WARD. oceentencer Sates Offer of « Store for a Soup House. New York, Feb, 24, 1874, To THE EDITOR OP THB HERALD:— I notice in the issue of to-day’s paper your re- porter says a soup kitchen !s required in the neighborhood of Twenty-iourth street and Tenth avenue, He is right, ag I know, from a long resi- dence in that vicinity, the amount of poverty and distress which exist there. Thinking to further this charity, I omer the premises now leased by me at No. 230 Ninth avenue till the 1st of May, frea of charge, a8 @ depot for @ soup kitchen,’ The store is iilty feet deep, and there 18 a commodtous basement underneath, wilich can also be used if Tequired., Yours respectfully, PHILIP McDOWELL, 214 Ninth avenue. TWENTY-FIRST WARD. Feeding the Hungry—Proposal to Estab- lish a Woman’s Lodging House. The Reform Association for the Relief of the Aged and Destitute Poor, which has a seup house in the Twenty-first ward, stili continues it efforts to relieve the wants of the large number of appli- cants, Which are daily increasing. Soup, bread, coffee, meat and vegetables are prepared daily. A great many take their food to their homes. The siek are supplied with tea, coffee, sugar, bread, rice, dried fruit, &¢., as they may necd it. A vast amount of good has been done. Some have been provided with work. We can furnish sleeping room for twenty-five respectable, homeless women if some one will donate us mattresses and coal. Will not the benevolent come forward at once and aid us in our efforts to assist the worthy poor especially in reference to the lodging room? No time snould be lost. The weather is cold, and many worthy women are homeless and have to seek shelter at the station house, which 18 too full to accommodate all that apply for lodgings, We thank the following gentlemen for their dona- tions :— Henry Kreidervolf, No. 322 East Thirty-first street, 200 loaves of bread. E. F, Bruce, No, 625 third avenue, 25 loaves of bread. P. J. Hicky, No. 44 Washington Market, meat and poultry. e A. A. Boyd, No, 219 Fulton strect, box of crack- ers, F, H. Bowne, No. 164 West street, 50 pounds of fish, Brower Brothers, No. 99 Park place, 1 barrel of itatoes. Povoung. & Frederick, No. 119 West street, bag of four, McDowell & Dickinson, No. 287 Washagton street, macaroni. W. J. & 8. H. Davenport, No. 94 Park place, 1 bar- rel of potatoes. ©, F. Mattlage, No. 276 Greenwich street, case of fish. Burkhalter, Masten & Co., Nos. 188 and 190 Chambers strect, 1 box of corn starca. J. H. Bahrenburg & Brother, No. 171 West street, 1 barrel turnips. Titus Brothers, No. 154 West street, 50 pounds of yultry. Poterder, Hall & Co., No. 99 Murray street, box of rasins. Cochran, Nix & Co., No, 96 Park place, 1 barrel of potatoes. rtman, Barker & Co., No. 105 Park place, 1 keg ofapple butter. J. 5. Laird, No, 258 Washington street, 1 basket of turnips. Baker & Co., No. 66 Dey street, 1 barre! peaches and 1 box peaches. Romaine, Westerveit & Co., No. 109 Murray Street, potatoes. Gennerich, Hilsman & Co., No. 264 Washington street, 1 bag flour. Grandeman & Lashe, No. 66 Dey street, beans, Kemp, Day & Co,, Nos. 100 and 102 Murray street, 12 cans bee! stock. James 8. Bearns, No. 251 Washington street, 1 bag barley. "Foseph Bearns & Co., No. 251 Washington street, 12 pounds tea. Fisher & Van Campen, No. 110 Murray street, 1 ag. 5 Bo'Raymona, No. 125 Warren street, 1 bag bar- ley. Parker & Perrine, No, 266 Washington street, 1 box herrings. Ladehoff & Bacharach, No. 102 Warren street, peas and beans, ©. Stegman & Sons, No. 246 Washington street, 1 bag split apes : Pustkuchen, No. 262 Washington street, 1 bag barley. Kowie & Stemmerman, No. 258 Washington street, 1 box macaroni. Nos. 166 and 167 West Doscher & Metsterlin, street, 1 bag flour. Mayor & Lane, Nos. 42 and 44 Mott street, through the New YORK HERALD, 260 loaves bread. Thomas R. Harris, Nos, 110 and 112 Beekman street, 6 barrels crackers. an Talmage’s Sons, No. 108 Water street, 1 par- rel rice, 1 barrel rizin: Packages of clothing, groceries, &c., should be sent to the Association building, No. 323 East Thirty-third street: money to the Treasurer, Dr. M,N. Baker, No. 303 hast Eighteenth street, THE CHARITY EXHIBIT. The following are additional reports from char- itable institutions received since the Jast list pub- lshea in the HERALD:— SRAMEN'S FUND AND RETREAT, ST. Received from various sources. Expenied for care ot hospital patients fot Expended jor Mariner's Family Asylum. Total nded, exclusive of salaries. Paid f0F BA ATHCD, 1578, anso sneer EN ISLAND, FOR 1873. $44,050 20 eid $37,669 34 + 6836 83 Total expenditures... $44,006 17 Number itted during 1,412 Total number treated du 1,512 Recovered during the ye: 1202 Died during year.. Mure ‘s RASTERN DISPENSARY, FOR 1872. Received from city... 1,00 00 Received trom State appro) 4,000 00 Received trom other sonres 5,396 64 Total receipts. 7.396 Oa Paid for medicines, rent, ance and conting 1,587 67 Paid for salaries... 3,560 00 ‘Total disbursements. 087 67 at at the! OME, aes Numper. oy ceuaniptions jispensed. 47,480 ‘Westenn HOM@OPATiIC BISPENSARY, NOR 411 anv 413 wie? 70) COND STREET, FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER, 1878. Received trom city.. $750 00 Received trom trusie ‘600 00 Total receipts. * Paid salary of house and visiting phyeicia Tanuary {to October ly 1873 -scces. Paid janitress, $75; rent, Paid for medicines, fue c.. Total disbursements Treated in house depa Prescriptions disbursed....... Number of persons attended at Number of visits made ro houses, * The entire medical and surgical staf now give their time and services gratuitously to the insii- tution. SOCIETY FOR EMPLOYMENT AND RELIEF OF POOR WOMEN, No. 6 IRVING PLACE, FOR 1873, Nothin; szan ‘$690 supniies, instruments, Received from city. Received trom sale o! Received trom other sources Total receipts... Paid tor merchandise....... Paid for saluries, servants & Actual amount expended {n relief. ...°: Received trom private sot Value of articies donated. ces Total receipts Expended in salari expended in relief, St, VINCENT’ MOsFITAL ror 1973, Received from patie: d private rooms. $15,297 11 Received trom subscribers and interest. 4,163 03 Received from bequests and donatior ” ortionmel Received irom Received from ai Received trom ft Total receipts. Paid tor wages..... Paid for other expen: Paid for lots on 9ih avenue and 63th stree Total disbursements. eseeeeeeeeenens ST JOSEPA’S ASYLUM, IN THE CITY OF NEW TORK, FoR 1873. ived from the city.. B27 Received from other source 62 Total receipts. S81 62 Paid for teachers’ 1,186 80 ages, Actual amount in Pellet, & WHAT SUPERINTENDENT PEASE SAYS. Superintendent Pease, in an interview with o HKRALD reporter, on being asked his opinion ef r Heving the present necessities of the poor through the medium of soup kitchens, spoke as follows: — “1 have very definite and very decided ideas Upon this question which the present discussion on the matter can in no wise alter. Iam of the belief that, with proper accommodations, there is no more popular and beneficial mode of helping the poor and the starving than this one, } have practical knowledge of the workings of auch an | IMstitution ; for in 1855 I established the frst soup | kitchen that ever was thonght of in this city. Well, at that time it was only a quasi success, as I opened it toward the end of the season, Still 1 fed some 200 or 300 persons daily, and, a8 far as ww went, it did a great deal of good to many very deserving people, It was in 1850 that I first went down into the Five Points and established the Ladies’ Mission, which merged tnto the Five ¥oints House of In- dustry ata later period. In 1867, at the end of a disastrous season, the year of the panic, I opened | @ larger soup kitchen also in the Five Pointe. 4 had possession of some four or five frame houses, which were knocked into one and here were set up four immense cauldrons, and | fed from 1,400 to 1,600 persons and famtiles daily in this manner. Single people would come and take their soup in the place, familics would send some one to take the soup home in tins, where they could eat it in their Own circles. There is no doubt in my mind that this system worked an immense amount of good, and the only wonder in my mind is that it did so, for the accommodations were very imper- fect, and I was surprised at seeing some of the | people who, in spite of the trials to whicn their self Tespect was put, came to get the food which wo offered them. They had to come in at one door md huddle up all in a heap near the cauldrons in @ manner which would cause a person of delicate feeliug to surink from such accommodation and such companionship.” “But with fair aecommodations you have no Goubt of the success of souy kitchens?” “As it was the Five Points soup kitchen was a suecess, but not what it ought to have been, Witn good accommodations—that is to say means given by which poor families mignt send one of their number to get the soup in a tin kettle or some- thing of the kind, 80 that the soup might be eaten in their own home circle—there is no doubt of the suceess of the system. If I had room here to erect anything hike the kitchen accommodations neces- sary I would deul out 400 or 500 gallons of soup per day, for I should consider it a great improvement on our present system of giving out to families pro- vistons which they cook themselves, How much better we could cook these than they, when in Many instances they have pawned to the last arti- cle they have and can by no means prepare the Provisions we furnish them with as they should be preparea.” “What class of people do you find asking for help? “Generally speaking, a most respectable though Very poor class of people, very iew bummers or professional beggars, but mainly persons who have been accustomed to do some work which has fatled them, and who are thus left totally desti- tute. but these are not the only ones. During the present season many people who are actualiy gentiemen have applied to ine for relief for a Ineal—men who are well dressed, evidently edu- cated and are evidently driven to this by some sudden revulsion brougbt on by the late state of aifairs in financial and commercial circles. Here is the point I make, that when such people as these come it isa proof of the utter necessity of the greatest possible increase of charities, 1318 not an ordinary year. New York needs all the charity it can get, and 1 consider the establish- ment Of a limited number of soup kitchens an ab- solute necessity. of that class will resort to them; but that is no argument agaiust their usefulness, or even bum- mers had better have bread than die of starvation.”? “You unconditionally, then, approve of the es- tablishment of these kitchens?” “No, not unconditionally. They should, I think, be run ona plano that would as much as possibile | save the self ct of those wishing for help. If you wish, as 18 perfectly possibile, to help deserving and respectable pecple you must so exercise your charity that 1t shall not be offensive. ‘There are some people who when they accord a favor do it im such a manner that all the merit 1s taken from the act by the gruff, offensive manper mn which — deal it out, They seem to throw it at you, and by this line of conduct they wound the seli- respect. ‘his should be.avoided. ‘There should be @ compassionate sympathy 1n all that 18 done, and ‘the wind should be tempered tothe shorn lamb.’ When accomplished this way charity loses its humiliation, When @ shipwrecked crew is picked up and cared for, nobody looks upon it a8 a humiliation, ‘This is the sent. ment that snould govern the giving out of charity. I don’t see why there should be any more Lumiliation in going to a soup house, Where the treatment is that which would naturally ve accorded to the upiortunate ard not to criminals, than there 18 in going to @ store or a butcher's with a ticket for so much of this and that. The whole auccess or failure of the project of soup houses depends upon the accommodatiun ‘and the treatment accorded to those who apply tor relief. Let those who do not wish to take their soup in the soup house carry 1t home in their tin pails, Have a system of missionary work which Shall consist of sending Visitors around to those who apply to see that the relief 1s properly ex- pended. Then you will have a charity more suc- cessiul than any other that could be established at the present moment. As to the system being abused, I believe that only those who genuinely need it will apply to @ soup house for relief, [ don’t think human nature is so bad that others but those really in need would apply for provision at such an establishment.” “Your institution, 1 believe, affords help to out- door poor a8 weil as to children?” “on, yes. Every morning at eight o’clock the doors are opened, and irom that tiie until late at night anyone may apply jor food, and it is given them witnout cavil. addition we dispense iood and clothing to the children o1 the families, as also to the families themselves. ‘The ovjects of our in- sition are three-fold. First, relie!; second, ed! tioual; third, religion. ‘The last named item comes 0 perhaps $100 a year, the other items are important, the relief, of course, being the most so. But the educational costs @ good deal of money, ——— and though some peuple may say that we shoul leave that to the public schoois, our answer is that this is the only way of having @ medium between those needing relief and ourselves. in all we do there is no question of sectarianism, We make no difference as to any religion anu in no manner could tne most bigoted of any particular denomina- tion object to Our Mode of instruction, You must rememoer then that in our account of expenses it would be unjust to put down all our expenditures ioe rete though, of course, the main object is t st. ‘The following is a list of expenditures and re- ceipts of the Howard Mission, {rom May 1, 1874, until January 3, 1874: nucuirrs, Voluntary contribations. Board of Apportionme: NeW YORK. ....0.... 3 =. 1,000 00 For board of Superintendent and others in mis- sion. SPRY : + 895 82 Bales of “Littie Wanderers” Friend’ XPRNDITORES. For eihcenen dent and Bookkeepe! 727 oemntreds janitor, de 18 93 sent hy Lt : Books, nia ery, repairs and warming. 1,194 77, Provisions... 5713 Clothing. 206 24 Miscellaneous Accout Croton water tax, gas light, special post de wich. Tepaits Postages, extra help, lunbe hardware, repairing sidewatk and curb... 985 17 Express and freight on donations of suppiies.. 179 6L ‘Travelling for collections, visiting and locatng dren, soliciting donations and supplies... 430 25 1, outdoor. ‘Slse 42 3. cc., beol 14 8 Publication a 69) 93. Visiting poor and missionary w: 623 WW Salary of Of, ‘eachers in day school 2008 WO salary of offe general and one local agen, *- ci nations and supplies, visiting an locating children in homes, &¢ ob 1,746 95 Interest on property. 1,872 60 Insarance ........ 207 OS Paid on loaw. 0) 00 ve amount of expenses $1, were fA M account of bilis contracted rior to May 1, 1878, and not properiy belong- ig tO the past ming monihs’ accounts Amount of floating one otras. on January C Provisian, ing, and fuel. 5 Value of supplies collected and distributed to ‘the’ poor, not tuclud iM the abev Clothing Shoes. Provisions—Flour, meal molasses, vegetables, tea and sugar Loaves Preoot number of fawilies resent number of fam: for retiet Present daily attendance of children in schoo! FATAL HOISTWAY CASUALTY, About dusk on Monday evening Charics Wil- liams, thirty-two years of age, empioyed as porter at tne Grand Central Hotel, Broadway, accident- ally fell through the hoistway from the fourth floor to the cellar, and was almost instantly killed. Having no triends, as far as known, the pody of deceased was removed to the Morgue to await the Fopult of ak inVesiaioN Delos (arouLr Vevkel, ‘To be gure, bummers and otners | 6 | orders when I had THE POOR IN LYNN. Poverty and the Work of Charity in the Great Shoe Shop of the East, The Direful Suffering of December and January. ——— Missionary and Overseers. Lynn, Mass,, Feb. 21, 1874. ‘The boot and shoe manufactories of New Englana there are many other important factories devoted to that branch of business scattered through New Hampshire and Maine. The latter are nearly all new enterprises, and, for the most part, were started with capital farnished by Lynn and Haver- hill manufacturers, Last year the Lynn factories turned out about $30,000,000 worth of boots and shoes, and they expect to increase their business this year nearly twenty per cent. During the war time the profits in this special branch of tradg were enormous, and the manufacturers were able to Pay liberal wages to their workmen, many of whom were tn the habit of driving down to the shop tm the morning with their own horge and | Wagon, Asaruile the operatives in the boot and shoe busitess are of AN IMPROVIDENT CLASS, and live “from hand to mouth,” spenaing their week’s earnings as they come. After the war busi- ness fell quite flat, but has been steadily increas- ing ever since. During the last three months ot 1873 there was comparatively little doing, and the factory owners feund it necessary to reduce the Wages of the operatives, Everything in this business is paid for by the Piece, and as the shoe before it 18 finished passes through about twelve different bands a general scale of prices was established, teaving some classes of work at old rates and reduc- ing others all the way from five to fifty per cent, Taking a rough estimate the wages of the operatives im the boot and shoe factories in Lynn were reduced from twenty to thirty per cent. Under the new price list men earn from $10 to $30 per week, in accordance with the excellence and quickness of the work. Ihe women make from $10 to $20 per week. ‘The above prices, however, are only earned during about nine months in the year, as for three months the facto- ries are comparatively idle, It is during this dull season that many of the operatives suffer—that Is to say, those who apent thelr earnings as they came in, THE LYNN MANUPACTURERS, as aruie, did not suffer very much by the panic, but they indirectly feel the effects of it, as at pres- ent the profits on their goods is 40 small that they can afford to take no risks im the way of trade, and, notwithstanding the easy state of the money market, there is a general iceling of distrust, and great caution is exercised as to credit. There has been a great change during the past eight or ten years in the amount of labor required to produce @ boot ready for sale in the retail store, 1874 “Hifty men can do the same amount of work, that was accomplished in 1864 by 100, This is due entirely to the intro- duction of new machinery that takes the plaee of hand work. Notwithstanding this :adical change, manulacturers state that the machinery used in their busiuess is vet far behind the age, and not at all on @ par with the improvements that nave been introduced in the manufacture of other ar- ticles of general use. During the past two years there have been several new inventions on trial, d, although used in some factories, they do not accomplish the required work with the finish that can be obtained by hand labor, There are about 100 factories in Lynn devoted to boots and shoes, and they will average from 50 to 300 operatives, THE NUMBER OF OPERATIVES EMPLUYE The following list will give some idea of the num- ber of hands employed in them during the months of January, in 1873 and 187: ——18I3.-— = 1874. Men, Men, Women. oe 200 WwW 10S NS 35 10 7 BU no Amos F. Breed 125 William Porter. o 3 Totals... M0 51s Grand totals. 1,625 Decrease, 217, or about 12 per cent, DECREASE IN LABOR EMPLOYED. As will be seen by the above there has been a slight decrease in the number o! operatives em- ployed, which can probably be accounted ior by new labor-saving machinery that has been intro- duced in the past tweive months. At present, however, ibere is a prospect of better times for the workmen, as there was hardly @ single factory that I visited that did not have @ sign out adver- tising for skilled workmen. Some only wanted one, while otuers advertised for four and five. This APPARENT BRISKNES® IN TRADE | will be of great benefit to the operatives, and, as a large mauutacturer told me, will probably bring wages back to their old figure. SUFFERING POVERTY. ‘There has been a large amount of suffering in Lynn during the past three months, and the panic was really felt in this city by the working classes with greater severity than [ have heard of during my visits to the manufacturing towns of Massa- chnsetts. It unforwinately came in their dull sea- son when there was little or no work going on, | and when seven-eighths of the factories were en- tirely closed. it has been the custom during that portion of the year for the Ts and provision -dealers tu tide their customers over, but, with the loomy prospects of November staring them in the face, many traders preferred to lose ® consider- able amount rather than to trust their customers jurther. The practice that was prevalent among manufacturers of doing @ little work had also been in cet instances discontinued, as money was hard tool in. A great deal of aid was rendered and much misery saved by the rehef afforded by the Over- seers of the Poor and the City Missionary. These two charlues, however, had tneir hands foll and ve e nearly bankrupt in their endeavors to al- levithe the sufferings of the poor, December was the worst month o1 the three, as during November many famines nad friends and relatives who lent them assistance to carry them over the crisis; but the continued dulness of the times made many of the latter either afraid or unable to do so any longer. : POOR PROPLE RELIEVED. Ihad a long conversation with the Visitor of the Overseers of the Poor, and he told me that pe never saw so much real distress in Lynn belore. People came and applied for relief who were actually starving before they would lower their pride suMiciently to contess the conditidn of their affairs. The tollowmg table will show the number of persons relieved in the last two months compared with the past year:— 1873. 1874. pry 790 Fiat save 251 881 The Visitor sald that durmg those months he ‘was entirely engaged in making a personal in- spection of cases reported to him as requiring re- lief, and that ne hardly could mention one single ‘instance Where aid was not necessary. During those Months the expenditures of the institution | were as follows:— | 1873, 1874, $1,730 8.4800 ee 1,469 4,520 More money could nave been easily spent to much } advantage; but he was perpetually afraid of ex- hausting the appropriations which came from the | city. During the months of December and January | there are in general about twenty-five per cent | more applications for relief than during the re- maining ten montas of the year; but this season the number was trebied. TMK CITY MISSTONARY ig salaried individuai who devotes his entire time to the poorer classes, relieving them when in want, counseling them when im troupie and at- tending to their r gions education, In a recent report he said:—‘In December I received 400 ap- lications for relief, Among these many were from iguly respectable families, When a inan o! the latter order, knowa to ve steady and industrious, came, as several did, witha mortification end crusnin, of pride that could not be concealed, I did not subject him to the further embarrassment of store ie money, but aided in sums of $5 to $3 ata time, never dectining in these cases with the means at hand and very rarely being de- ceived, scarcely ever when trusting to my own in- vestigations, There were in the middle of Decem- ber fifteen families of this description which the City Mission was almost supporting, and but three remained after January 1 fi year.” For some time there was a lack of fun the disposal of the City Missionary, but when he Made known the existing state of poverty eub- scriptions came in from all quarters. The ietlow- 886 | ing are the statistics of the expenses of the past two years :— —— i el ielteved. Bxpensen Relieved. Bapenoer ae a im 1 660 70 | The real trouble did not commence until Novem- | ber, as in a hg they expended only $50; in | October, $100; November, $300 and December, $800. On a rough guess it is estimated that dut- ing December about one-tweltth of Wwe poowation o) Uae City Were in heed OF bel Rehefof the Starving and Shelterless by the City | are chiefy centred in Lynn and Haverhill, although | but, as a rule, they are deficient in many respects, | —_ LAE THE LATE HENRY SMITH. The Dead Police Commissioner Lying in State at the City Hall—The Funeral Ceremonies To-Day. The morta! remains of Henry Smith, late Police Commissioner, jay in state yesterday in the Gover. nor’s room, City Hall, Notwithstanding the in- clement state of the weather @ large number of | persons, most of them heads of bureaua and poii- | ticians of low and high degree, called to look upon | the face of the man who had made and, probably, } unmade mauy of them politically during the last | tem years, The body was enclosed in an ordinary undertaker’s ice box, which, however, Was covered with @ black velvet pall, leaving only the face of the dead man visible. Upon the pall and upon tables on both sides of it the foral tributes of the friends of the deceased were strewed in wonder- | ful profusion. At the head of the bier there was @ costly monument of suberoses, which had j been contributed by the members of one ; of the departments with whicn the Jate Commissioner ad been connected during Ife, aud at the foot an immense “cross of hope,"? made up of tuberoses and other rare exotica, the gilt of a lady well known to New York society, and which was undoubtedly the most elegant and tasteful *forai decoration” tuat has ever been seen in New York. Besides this, there was a beautiful mound of flowers, contributed by the detectives attached to Police Headquarters, and numerous hearts, Wreaths avd anchors, which the hauds of affectionate friends had placed at the bier side. No portion of the body other than the face was, as has. already been mentioned, exposed to view, ‘Tne features of the dead ‘looked llielike in the extreme, and, despite @ distinct yellow dis- coloration about the checks, tere was noth- ing in the appearance of the countenance him who lay so peaceiul looking amid fower plants, that filled the room with delicious odc which reminded one that the spirit of che tae active manu had flown, save the bard-closed e the box in which the body lay, and tue gene drapery surroundings of black which betokened the presence of death, ‘The stairways leading to the Governor's room were draped in black and white muslin, as were the doorways, and at every few feet there was sta- toned a policeman in untiorm to show the visitors along the prescribed pathway to and from the chamber of death. ‘To-morrow the body of the dead Commissioner will be placed tn its coMn. The iuneral ceremonies will begin at the City Hall, probably with Masonic services, conducted by the Deputy Grand Master of Masons of this State, Ellwood k, Thorne. The Faneral Arrangements. A committee of the Common Council waited on the Police Commissioners yesterday morning to arrange for the funeral, and, when it was ascer- | tained what municipal organizations intended to take part in the procession, it was decided thaw tue escort should consist of a detachment of two batralions of the Police Department, a battalion of the Fire Uepartment and a regiment of infantry of the First division N, G 8. N.Y. These bodies will report to the Grand Marshals, Superintendent Matsell and General Shaler, at the City Hall, at half-past twelve o'clock to-day, and take post im the following order :— : The detachment of police in front of the City Hall and facing the centre opposite the main en- trance. The Fire Department and the Seventh regiment, | under command of Colonel Emmons Clark, to the | right and lect. On the appearance of the casket containing the corpse issuing from the building (he escort will kalute and the bands will play music suited to the oceasion, The procession will then be formed by the mounted police squad taking the head of the escort, and will move up Broadway. Alter the mounted police will foliow the band of the Seventh regiment, and then the regiment. Next the mem- bers of the Fire Department. A place ts reserved behind them for the Freemasons, but it was not known yesterday whether they would walk with the corpse or receive it at the ehurcu. Grand Marshals Superintendent Matseli and General Shaler, in carriages, wilt hold the next piace, and then the police. Immediately behind them the hearse, with the guard of honor of po- lice captains and palivearers. Next will be tho | Police Commissioners and members of the Board of Health. Then the Police Justices, to be {ol- | lowed by the Mayor, Common Council and heads of departments in carriages. A band, proviaed by Commissioner Chartick, will Jead the police, and the procession will terminate with civic societies. Commissioners Gardner and Charlick have been Tequested to act as pallbearers. Comunissioners Duryea und Russell will represent the Board im a carriage belind the hearse. ROUTE OF PROCESSION. On leaving the City Hall the route will be up Broadway to Waverley place, through that street to Fith avenue to Twelfth street, through Tweith street to Greenwich ayenue to Kighth avenue to Fourteenth street, through Fourteenth to Seventh oe where the body will be taken into the chureh. Alter the services the head of the column will form in line in Fourteenth street and continue the march along Filth avenue to, Forty-second street, across Vanderbilt avenue Forty-flith street, halting in front of the depot. Tue remains will then be taken in charge by a body of police captains, and, accompanied by the family, conveyed to Amsterdam, Montgomery county, ior interment. For this honorabie duty Inspector Walling, Captains Bennett, Mount, Speight, Copeland, Almon, Gunner, Walsh, Van Dusen, Williams, McCullogh, McDonald, Cariand and Clinchy have been chosen. Tne entire body of police will iorm in front of Police Headquarters and march to the City Hall, where bent will take ‘up position at twelve o’clock. The following reso- lutions were passed by the members. of the Buard of Health yesterday aiternoon :— ‘The Board of Health ot the City of New York, desirous toexpress its sincere regret in the death of their col- league. Mr. Henry Smith, and thelr appreciation of his bod have unanimously passed the following resoiu- ions: — Resolved, That during his connection with the presant dy, as@ member of the Hoard and in his oiticual capacity as President of the Board of Police, he has ren- dered signal and efficient services, As a member ol the ¥oard his constant interest in measures which ten led to promote the public hesith, and h tions aided and encouraged the other members, while ax President of the Police he assured @ hearty co operation in executing the orders of this Boa: Resolved, That we tender to his family, in their aMic- tion, our earnest sympathies, and that the members at- tead his funeral. Resolved, That these resolutions be entered upon the Barat published in the City Record and @ copy sent to tamily, The Detective Omce was entirely draped in mourning yesterday afternoon, and is to be con- tinued so until thirty days aiter the burial of Presi- dent Smith. The Military Eecort, In accordance with the following orders a mili- tary escort, consisting of the Seventh regiment, National Guard, will be on duty during the tuneral ceremonies. APECIAL ORDERS—HO. 7. Heapavautsrs First Drvrs: Naw Yors, 1. In. compliance with the reauest o| Committee of the Common Couneil inted to arrangements for the obseauies ot the late Henry Smith, President of the Police Perens of this city, the Sev- enth regimenvis herevy detailed to take part in the funeral ceremonies as escort, and will report 10 George ‘W. Mateell, Chiet Marshal, at the City Hall, on Thursday, the 26th any pass tweive o'clock P, M. ero BY order Of sajor General ALEXANDER SHALER. Cant Jusses, Lieut. Col. and A. A. D.C. To Colone! Emmons Cuaag, Commander Seventh Regi- ment. GERERAL ORDERS—NO. 2. Heanqoanters Savesta Reciuxwr, N. G. S. N. Y., t New Yors, Feb. 25, 1874. 1, Tn compliance with orders, this regiment Will parade tn full untiorm, with overcosts, on Thursday, the 2ith day of February, to participate in the obsequies eo me Henry Smith, late Present of the Board of ice. ‘Asseinbly at eleven o'clock A.M. Field and staff will ted, ee arade dismoun' is By order of Colonel EMMONS CLARK, Louis Fitzceratp, Brevet Lieutenant Colonel aud Ad- Jutant. Resolutio of Respect a Sympathy. Ata special meeting of the Henry Smith Club of the Third ward last night resolutions of sympathy with the widow and friends of the deceased were \ adopted. It was also resolved to drape the club room in mourning for ninety days and that its | members wesr the usual badge on their leit arm f irty days. of euvintions of @ similar character were adopted at the First Ward Henry Smith Club, SUDDEN DEATH. Not far from four o’clock on Tuesday afternoon Mrs. Snean 8, Miller, sixty years of age and a na- tive of this country, without complaining of feeling tll te any one, retired to ber room inthe nouse i No, 60 East Twenty-filth street, where, at nalf-past nine yesterday morning she was found to be dead. There seemed to be no reason to suspect that death resulted (rom other than natural causes. Coroner | pone was notified and will hold en inquest in ne cage. DEATH FROM AN OVERDOSE OF MEDICINE. Jams Stylea, a man thirty-eight years of age and anative of England, was yesterday found dead in ved in his room on the top floor of the house rear of No, 520 West Thirticth street, Mr. Styles, whe ‘was an invalid, received medical attention trom Dr. Buchanan, who ordered a bottle of medicine, witt | Instructions to take a teaspoeniul at a time; bat ic {# alleged ne took two-thirds ot what the botti« contained and went to sleep, never to awake agala » Coroler Bicklgs las the matter ib Cuarge