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>V;> i-V-'j • .. * • v • jbabl^* . HERE are pro few contrasts to be found in any city greater than exist in the eastttnd tb« *wt of London.. So pi­ king are they thatlt is difficult to believe th# same city, the same nation, the same govern- veat can hold both. To mary the word East ]<ondon appears only as a vast'tract of crime and misery and is looked upon much as we see the vords marked on the map, "Sahara desert," an unknown wilderness which comfortable beings, who give themselves to the practical work of daily life, are not expected to traverse. But to vis who know East London it is ..®o longer a wil­ derness of woe, but a place which is crossed by the lights and shadows, by the sadness and joy fi.f» go to make up the sum of every existence, and above all, perhaps, the place where, side T>y Ude with depths of human degradation and mis- wry, can be found an inspired unselfishness and a strength of rectitude which make ^ • ' U realize how the best in humanity t dominate circumstance. Never­ theless, it would be useless to deny the shadows predominate and ft were well that ail who are called to rale this nation should elect to walk the dark and untrodden ways tif those streets of misery, as well •s the stately ways of Westminster, fa order to realize that the same ctty ought not to hold such terrible eontr&sts. It la nearly 12 o'clock at night when we leave the settlement house, situated at the extreme east of the long thoroughfare, whioh is the ar­ tery of the east end. The wind sweeps across the broad road and Whistles wildly by, driving the dust toward the marsh land that lies be­ yond. The streets in East London are never still; the tramp of the multitude goes on in unbroken trhythm when the stars are over- A VIVIf* PICTURE IN THE CAST r o7nea>d€ifĉ :: the street, and drunk­ en shouts and drunken yells and ribald songs and the shuffling feet of squalid, miserable women disturb tt^> peace of the still night air. Another law h&a also been enacted to the legislature during the past year and that is that a list shall he furnished to all the sa­ loon keepejrs, with por­ t r a i t s p f h a b i t u a l u t Jgjjjgg they brought l»er back a g a i n , t h e s e w o m e n whom the world calls bad, they warmed and clothed her and now she sits there .huddled by the Are. She is no longer able to work; the hacking cough and the fevered cheek tell only too plainly that life is ebbing very fast from her. and yet who is it that supports her? These girls In their degraded life are giving half their food, any money they can spare, part of every cup of tea and every wretched meal to keep her from the workhouse, which she dreads as only the poor know how. We sat and talked a while and then passed on, realizing that the sisters of char­ ity in this world are not only to be found amongst the pure and holy who have taken vows to devote their lives 7.. , - |4 v ^ "\v r * A ̂ s • ^ . 'v'-^*l|ead almost as unceasingly as when the sun ll' * shines or the fog wraps us round. Men and wo- If - men wearily walking, sometimes because they fetjV'V;-y^; Save nowhere to go, sometimes because their pp:'-'^,;:,^;irork keeps them late at night and sends them. " Ibrth early tn the n, morning, sometimes because & " " ' Chey are returning from that long quest in search «K.V f •' labor, the story of which is written in their ' ' dejected countenances and their despondent, bent tyt ihoulders; but the stream drives on and the ; $rams roll by till one, o'clock in the morning, and If* - * ' frhile some in East London sleep, as many wake. K:hS But we are bound foi some of the lodging |p: Pf.# 'houses In one of the. very worst streets in that £ * f , densely populated quarter; streets that have the % »nsavory reputation of being the scene of some ||tr, 1ff Jack the Ripper's murders; streets that have f>een the plague spot of the police, the puzzle of „V, ; Sbhilanthropists, the death of the city missionaries. • we turn away from the main thoroughfare, down tome of the dark side alleys, and then by the f>pen doors and the lights we. can see that we ;!,• Ihave come to'the (and ofr the doss houses, as they |tre called, where a cheap bed can be had for a tew pence. Night seems hardly to have begun, hough it is late The downstair rooms are still < Ifull of men and women whose occupation seems ' §' ".^vfo be one constant passing in and out of the dirty S,u Jdtchen to shuffle across the street through the ,- iM i 1PPCO doors of the saloon, and here yo». find the V Secret of London's degradation. There.are amopjg - that wretched crowd, herded in these lodging; houses, men and women who have known days far different from their present surroundings. Some of these men have been In the army, some even have been ministers of religion. Some of these women have known- good homes and rfc ""'!&* .•'"fined surroundings, but tlie gaping doors of the : IS 'drink shop c^uld tell the story of tbeir ruin. And Fit as you breathe the loaded atmosphere of those ' horrible dens you ask yourself why it is impos­ sible to rouse these people to a sense of their wretched envmmment why cannot they be up-., ' jE-*. lifteS and reclaim^d^/ The dull eyes, the heavy f#-v'faces. the indifference, the stupor, is your answer * * --narcotized by drink. It is strange that such a , quarter of our city Bhould be infinitely more re- Pulslve *han the so-called Chinese street, where, It is true, you see men smoking opium, pale, ema- Kf t elated; but that vice seems as nothing in the a.; - ' clean though bare surroundings df the oriental if. In comparison with the horrible Abator of the English doss house. \ h !, 1 We stand for a moment at the corner of t^e i&T; street. The clock is striking half-past twelve, '$1'^. and we watch the closing hour of the saloon. A law has been enacted in England which makes jp^.' , drunkenness now a crime and men and women ft- ' can be arrested for this without its' being ueces< . aary, ae formerly, that they should be disorderly . as well; but when the customers of the drink " • shops are turned ' upon the streets at closing j # s < time it does not seem as though the arm of the law had reached the offenders, for girls and wo- , meu, young-and old men, stagger bliodly>.out Into. drunkards, to whom ditnk is no longer to be served. 1 know no more ghastly album. It would be possible to write a. volume on the faces thus portrayed.. Young girls, some not tAore than five or six and tweftty, with still- the'Indelible traces of youth and beauty upon their faces, but with the tail mark of crime and degradation; old w o m e n , w h o h a v e d r a g g e d o u t w e a r y lives, passing from' the swinging door J & b> I i jr of one . drink shop to another, till all that Is left upon the face is a besotted leer, and it seems aa though the spark of divinity which is in every one had surely been extinguished; men of the worst criminal type, low, brutalized, terrible. , And we sajr t® ourselves, as we turn these pages,y * When shall we realize that to deal scientifically with such abject misery aB this we must not alone deny to these the freedom of the drink shop, but we should, for the good of humanity, count them as irresponsible lunatics and keep them safely segregated for the rest of their lives. ' But there is another side of East London even more heartrending, for as we walk those bleak streets In the cold March wind we meet again and again tbe honest man seeking work and find­ ing none. Never, probably, was labor shorter tbah at present. On all hands families are on the verge of starvation and men driven to despera­ tion, men who walk alT day and return wearied and wan with the same terrible sentence on their Hps, "No job for me;" women crying for bread- not because they would not work or could not, but just because the bread winner can find nP "employment. , . % " .v And yet there are g)$ams of brightness in thls\ life in East London which help jus and cheer us and make us realize that possibly by and by we shall solve tbe great problem of sorrow by under­ standing how it is the crucible of God in which he can produce that which is llkest to himself in human pouls. We walk onward through those dark and dirty streets and by and bx welcome to : a lodging bouse for women. ' No lower or mor$ degraded place can be found, yet as we enter -there is* a woman sitting near the fire drinking a cup of tea, surrounded by a group whose history is written only too plainly upon their faces, and as we enter we are recognized and they tell us how this poor soul has been nigh to the verge of death. She is expecting to go down into the great Gethsemane of suffering which shall bring her perhaps another load of sorrow, which, wej*£, , to God, but that sometimes that divine charity lurks in hearts which have grown dim and dusty by a life of sin, but still can reflect back the light that falls for an instant upon that facet which God himself ha# cut. LONDON WAITERS* "HAT." GOVERNOR NAMES £ NEW TAX Scope of "Their Work Is Far Reaching. ̂ : f A M DUTIES OF ' "l;. COMMISSION Codification and Study of Laws and Conditions Expected to Prevent Waste of Revenues-- M^jr. ^ Abolish 8everai Boards. „ , ppringfield.--Announcement of the membership of the Illinois tax com­ mission, authorized by the regular ses­ sion of the general assembly in 1909, has been made by Gov. Deneen. The commissioners named by .U9 governor are as follows: John P. Wilson * . .Chicago Charles E. Merrlam.. . v.*. Chicago Alfred M. Craig .Galesburg Ben F. Caldwell.... i.T.-.i .Springfield Prof. David Felmley. Urban A. P. Grout . .Winchester B. L. Winchell Chicago .The scope of the work before the commission is far reaching, and if the results are such aa were anticipated by the civic federation and other strong organizations which urged the passage of the enabling alt radical changes lathe revenue system of the state are possible. Tbe duties of the commission, ad- enumerated in the statute providing for the appointment of the commis­ sion. are: 1. To make a careful compilation of all state laws relating to taxation and supreme court decisions thereon. 2. To classify and tabulate statis­ tics relating to the totals raised by taxation In state, counties, and mu­ nicipalities. J. To Investigate all complaints which may be made to them of Illegal, unjust, or excessive taxation. 4. To secure information as to tax­ ing methods in other states. 6. To formulate a report "which shall be as plain, concise, and compre­ hensive as possible," to be presented to Gov. Deneen on or before January 15, 1911, and by him transmitted to the Forty-seventh general assembly. The act carries authority to the commission to employ counsel,, ex­ perts, stenographers, and clerks for t?ie purpose of going to the bottom of the many alleged tax' difficulties in Chicago and the state at large. Among the arguments which were made at Springfield in urging the pas­ sage of the enabling act was the prop­ osition' that an expert codification agd Deneen Signs Primary Bills. Gov. Deneen signed the two direct plurality bills, and Illinois* fourth ef­ fort at an enactment giving a direct vote on party nominations now goea upon the statute booka, to go Into force July 1. The full list of bills signed by the governor is as follows: The Hamilton-Staymates primary bill applying to state, congressional, judicial, county and city offices. The Gibson "little" primary bill, ap­ plying to legislative officers. The commission form of govern­ ment bill, enabling Illinois municipal­ ities outside of Chicago to adopt on a referendum the commission system now in vogue in Iowa and Tekaa cities. The bill establtshlng'three fire fight' ing stations in the coal mine regions of the state. The island site bill, for the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. The outlet sewer bill. Although the commission form Of government bill now becomes a law, revision: of the revenue laws might re--" -to ̂ become effective July 1, its friends Few men who have come to New York from the other side to live and to make money have come Into their own In quite the same fashion as the maitre d'hotel of one of the big uptown hotels. Four yeara ago he was a waiter In the restaurant of a London hotel, earning at most $20 a week, tips Included. Now he is in charge of the whole res­ taurant service at one of the busiest New York hotels and his income this year, Including gratui­ ties, should be at least $1*0,000, and at that he has been in New York only a few months. There Is nobody who is better qualified to make comparisons between restaurant conditions in Lon­ don and here than this maitre d'hotel and the wealthy but little traveled citizen of this country who does not know Europe may well be surprised to be told that the lavish tips he bestows upon his Waiter in the expensive restaurant In London ben­ efit that person little more than would a moderate gratuity. What the waiter gets In the average big restaurant In London when he Is told to keep the change does not go into his own pocket. Instead it is put in the "hat." The reason for the hat is that it is believe^ to injure a uniformity of good service. It is the rule of the big London restaurant that every tip li< the rdlnlng room shall go to the hat and at the <*nd of the week the contents are divided. v "Walters in London are paid in wages only $1.25 a week," said the maitre d'hotel. "When a man first enters the service of a restaurant he gets only one-half of one part of the drawings; from the hat, so that he will receive altogether during a busy season from $9 to $1% a week. After six months he will be entitled to a full part of a draw­ ing and will get on the average about $15 a week suit in the abolition of the state board of equalization, among "ftther items- Under the clause of the governing statute tbe new commission is dis­ tinctly empowered to investigate com­ plaints of taxpayers over alleged un­ just taxation. The plans of the con miasion as to active beginning of work have not been announced and will not be until the commission Is formally organized, but its composition is such as to give intimation that there will be interest­ ing developments while the investiga­ tion Is being made. Mr. Wilson is one of the. leading figures among Chicago attorneys. Prof. Merrlam Is a member of the faculty of the University of Chicago, a member of the Chicago city coun­ cil, and head at tbe commission now Investigating municipal expenditures. Mr. Craig was for three terms, or 27 years, one of the supreme justices of Illinois. Mr. Caldwell was for three terms a member of congress from the Spring- Held district David Felmley is dean of the University of Illinois. Mr. Grout Is president of the Illinois Farmers' Institute and a factor in agricultural conferences. Mr. Winchell is presi­ dent of the Frisco railroad system. Appointment of the commission has been delayed. It is understood, because of the desire of Gov. Deneen to bring to the investigation the highest grade representatives of the varied interests of the ,at»ta who would accapt tj>e task. 'Head waiters in London, which correspond to it not for the circumstances, ought to be a wo- ^ captains b$re, get $5 a week wages and about $18 man's greatest Joy. They found .her on the ^ week cut of the hat. Here a captain will get bridge, leaning over the parapet, putting out from $75 to $100 a month In wages, while his tips feeble hands td clasp' the cold hand of death; will bring that amount up |o $150 to $250." Mi-. oeuvres ft iilghtly R#v.--, . , ,t *%*wi#w*-~Yes, Ay new notel W called "Annie o' the Aeroplane." / # Frtead--Same old chestnut, I sup­ pose /The hero loves the ground she f^'-walk/on? / " * Tanner--No; In this case he lovef the iS* she Dumped. "As I understand it, they have lost their money, but all of the daughters are able to earn their own living, save one, who is most idle and Incompetent. What will become of her?" "She'll have to get married."--The Housekeeper. 4 morns A Reconciler. . : ^ "That near-discoverer of fh« north pole did a great thing for science."' . "Why, he was unanimously de­ nounced as a fake." "Yes, he provided about "the only topic on record on which scientists *«re abhr to completely agre*."^'ic' Burroughs Heads Institute. E. W. Burroughs of Edwardsviile, a member of the Farmers' Institute board of directors from the Twenty- second congressional district, was elected president of the state Institute at the annual meeting of the board of directors. H. A. McKeene was' re­ elected secretary. Other officers were re-elected as follows: Vice-President, A. N. Abbott, Mor­ rison; superintendent. Frank H. Hail. Aurora; treasurer, A. P. .Grout. Win­ chester; auditor. Frank 1. Mann. Gill- man. Ottawa was selected as the place of meeting of the Institute In its winter session In 1911. The meeting will be held in February of that year. A summer meeting will be held at Ur- bana in July, 1910. Full financial re­ ports will not be made to the board until the close of the fiscal year. Praises Illinois Naval fcfllliUu The highest kjpd of praise Is paid to the Illinois naval militia in the an­ nual report made to Secretary Meyer of the navy by Commander C. C. Marsh, in charge of the bureau tit naval militia, who accompanied! the naval militia of the great lakea on their summer cruise in 1909. The gunboat Nashville, bearing the Illinois militia, was the flagship of the cruise, and the following Is the comment made by Commander Marsh on the officers and men of that ship: "It is no exaggeration to say that, manned and officered as she was, she was ready to go to the front and give an excellent accounting of herself in war. The condition of the ship was excellent froni keel to truck. The or­ ganization was most admirable. The executive officer had everything well in hand. "The men were well uniformed, sta­ tioned, and the drills^ were incessant. Every drill call was 1 responded to with alacrity and cheerfulness. To say that the drills were frequent is not to give the right Impression. It was not a repetitlmi of simple drills, but the most Important were inter­ spersed with the mese, lire quarters with collision drill, and the gun train­ ing, loading and Morris tube practice were practicai'y always in progress. "The commanding officer, the execu­ tive, navigator, chief engineer and certain of the watch officers were par­ ticularly conspicuous for their., effi­ ciency. The ship was gotten under way, maneuvered, anchored, etc., with quiet confidence. As for the crew it deserves great praise. Always ready, well disciplined, with ^ respect for their officers, and attention to the mat­ ters of ceremonial and with the entire absence of rough conduct or language that Is a certain mark df undisciplined men." hold that it is so loaded-down with unconstitutionalities that It will be an easy mark for attack In the courts, and that, even if It is upheld by the courts, Its recall feature Is so broad and lax that no Illinois municipality would risk adopting tha scheme Of government It offers. 106ET 16 BEHEfHMEFFKTS AUIVWS BOVIBtSOWNE rv 0 - J ] MANUFACTURCO W THE SOLO ALL XEADfNd ORU061STS OWE Size only, oO^a Bottle LowOne-Way California In effect daily to Food Inspectors Seize Sugar. Sixteen barrels of "candy" sugar, said to consist principally of sweep­ ings from the floor of pulverizing mills, were seized by inspectors for the Illinois state pure food commis­ sion in Chicago. The Inspectors say they have evidence that sugar of this kind has been sold to candy manu­ facturers of Chicago. Examination and analysis of the samples show 25 tyer cent, of dust and foreign matter. Tuberculosis bacilli also were found. The shipment was seized at tbe Per­ fection Pulverizing mills. William Hlrsch is manager of the concern. One of the barrels was taken to the commission's laboratories And the others ordered held pending the In­ vestigation. All, it Is said, will be de­ stroyed. "This sugar is the worst I have seen," said Commissioner A. H. Jones. "We will condemn all of it and will proaecute the sellers under the pure food law. We had suspected for some tlmS that such sugar was being used in some of the candy factories and the Investigation indicates that it was." April 15 Good on ,the comfortable tourist sleepers of the Union Pacific Southern Pacific "Th* Soft Road to, Travl" Dustiest, perfect track--electric block signal pro­ tection--dining car meals and service "Best in the World' i » > . For further information cdil oil at sddreit ElL.LOMAX.tt. P. A; Test Your Cera New Railroad Incorporated. Articles of incorporation were filed with Secretary of State Rose by the Eastern Illinois Railway Company, to be constructed from a point in Cook county, at or near the town of West Hammond via the town or vil­ lage of Harvey to a point at or near the town of Riverdale in said county." The principal office is to be located at Chicago, and the capital stock is to be $1,000,000. The incor­ porators were Wilbur E. Snyder, War­ ner H. Robinson, Edgar P. Pank, Sam J. Blumenthal and John Cox of Jolfet. Defends Low-Fare Law. In an answer filed in the United States court In the suit brought by the Chicago, Peoria A St. Louis rail­ road to test the validity of the two- cent rate law. Attorney General Stead askB for an accounting to show how the railroad supports the claims that its passenger traffic Is carried at a loss. The attorney general's answer charges misrepresentation In the com­ pany's statement that it has lost $10.- 000 on Its passenger business in two years. He says the road's income ex­ ceeds the expense of operation and makes the claim that the deficit is obtained by improper, unfair and il­ legal apportionment of expenses be­ tween the freight and passenger traffic. The state's attorneys of the coun­ ties through which the road operates join the, attorney general in the an­ swer. '/ t'f Tip to Klptlng. We hereby call Rudyard KlvfHng't attention to the fact that "The Vam­ pire" should be revised upward. "A hank of hair" is most misleading, as applied to the modern woman, either bale or stack being more expressive t*i* "hanki"--Atchison Town Makes Complaint. Tbe railroad and warehouse commis­ sion heard the complaints of citizens ef Bridgeport against the Baltimore ft Ohio railroad It is fharged the road has not been giving adequate train service. Several crossing cases, including those of the Taylorvllls Railway. Light & Heat Company against the Baltimore & Ohio and Wabash rosds, and the Oil Belt Traction Company against the Southern railway, rela­ tive to a proposed crossing at Oblong Illinois Wins Debate. With students of the University of Ohio as their adversarlea. University of Illinois debators upheld the prop­ osition that a graduated federal in­ come tax would be a desirable addi­ tion to the system of taxation. Illinois was represented by F. H. Railsback. U K. Ellsbery and F H. Nlemeyer. while the Buckeye speak­ ers were I,. H. Miller. L. H. Kirk- patrick and O. W. Holman. 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