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Show V fsr' 1CIUFVIVID A HERE few errs PEN . ;,.-- w PICTURE OPUft; IN THE EAST are probably contrasts to be found In any city greater than exist In the east and the west of London So striking are they that It Is difficult to believe the same city, the same nation, the same government can hold both To many the word East London appears only as a mat tract of crime and miset-and is looked upon much as we see the words marked on the map, Sahara desert, an unknown wilderness which comfortable beings, who give themselves to the practical work of But to dally life, are not expected to traverse us who know East London It is no longer-- a 'wilderness of woe, but a placfc which Is crossed by the lights and shadows, by the sadness and Joy that go to make up the sum of every existence, and above all, perhaps, the place where, side by side with. depths of human degradation and misery, can be found an Inspired unselfishness and a strength of rectitude which make us realize how the best in humanity can dominate circumstance. Nevertheless, It would be useless to deny that the shadows predominate and It were well that all who are called to rule this nation should elect to walk the dark and untrodden ways of those streets of misery, as well as the stately ways of Westminster, In order to realize that the ' same city ought not to hold such terrible contrasts. It Is nearly 12 o'clock at night when we leave the settlement house, situated at the extreme east of the long thoroughfare, which is the artery of the east end The w lnd sweeps across the broad road and whistles wildly by. driving the dust toward the marsh land that lies beyond. The streets In East London are never still; the tramp of the multitude goes on in unbroken rhythm when the stars are over , j!? ,' isvrib - Phil mav 4, - ' ' Li. v Tor Infant4 find Children. The Kind You Hava -- 0omarcV ' v' AVegtl.iMe Preparation for As the Food and Regulathe and Bowels of Stomachs ting ilNFA VTStfCfl ILD RtNl Promotes Digestion, Cheerfulness and Rest Contains neither Opium .Morphine nor Mineral Aiyii faiftrmtmi - hfm Sctd WMfkrffttm A perfect We stand for a moment at the corner of th The clocll' is striking half-pas- t twelve," w the closing hour of the saloon. A watch and law has been enacted in England which makes drunkenness now a crime and men and women can be arrested for this without Its being neces- ary, as formerly, that they should be disorderly aa well; but when the customers of the' drink shops sre turned upon the street at closing time it does not seem' as though' the khh Of thff lew had reached the offenders, for girls and women. young aud old men, stagger blindly out into eVreeL ftmvw USQ forConslipa-lio- n Remedy Sour Stomach. Diarrhoea Worms .Convulsions .Fever i sh ness and LOSS OF SLEEP, Jj For Oyer Thirty Years - Facsimile Signature of C&xpfZh ZJT Tht Centaur Company. NEW YORK. they brought her back women these again, whom the world call bad, they warmed and clothed her and now she sit there huddled by tjje fire. She la no longer able to work; the hacking cough and he feiered cheek tell only too plainly YOU-FRthat IBe ebbing very fast from her. and ytt who Is it that support berT to tfo follow) tbe best 4400 00 8KG KRMTROM PIANO If To tend Them girls in their degraded life are This value nse to advertii oof tooury bimI IM nbua. AltoluiuOWilBothPfCiaiih ttoo inaofiwmrtD LniWd in but! bom Btoa, follow giving half their food, any nsoney they tsotest growiag piano tea of of can iptre, part every cup and fiery wretched meal to keep her from lie workhouse, which she dread U only the poor know how. We at and talked a while and then passed on, rail zing that the sisters of chap tty la this world are not only to be found amongst the pure and holy who have taken vowa to devote their live FREE-T- 1 O EE nlin to writ. Thaaa BiSsase rs a) to lfJ 06 toward th. panshoioof oof oow ptooolooor Moro. eonteat will he llWtbto to former oor IS o of swarded bora any 1 MPORTAXT Noon, who hot priae On)7onmnwerwlUhorooolvoilf root 007 uAO 101 j , uirw la. too 000 Of lO Is lull conu-st- . curaprl. Iroe and ope to 07000 1 D too L ill tod BMW. tho BRORRSTROlt PTANO direct flow tA adrertlriac Be are tpMMlln fort boo eh lx-.- l adreruaouieal aad B. lowod U 00001 pUk lava of UkBdcuMoniarwhlrh.fti-rtMlhvi-i-- 7 Uken Bfi7 roar wuM other manufacturer hare Unto 1 pant million Collar I o adrertiklDf Cba pniduclsof blsamaafaetsre. wlae soy pmooBOorj him lunula. Today balk heralded by tbaemwoad hereof Kurupe. proelalaied lb Klo wrebaot, I wbao rour food are right. Weselt more plunoa wbolal. and mail tbaa aoy outer part to adrertlae aooo.ro u th thinking bureraon aecutuitof oaf to fha country and onr p.ia anp-a- lk manufacturing .llmloataa all anddlamao a pronto. aiatato of selling pianoa direct from factory U home total, b suro and aocluaeaMif adduMeednarniopetn ha anawarad by mall, but b. Krcry contestant will oaauro that yoor award will not uct-i- i rvnt or loot In tba Ball. 0) will b dlil.rUln amounufrow nalUi.atMMHDuch 000.7 koil 7rto penh'qrt wretched environment and reclaimed? The dull eyes, the heavy faces, the Indifference, the stupor. Is your answer narcotized by drink. It Is strange that such a quarter of our city should be infinitely more reChinese' street, where, pulsive than the It Is true, you see men smoking opium, pale, ema- elated; but that vice seems as nothing In th clean though bare surroundings of th oriental Sd j4tuM fiw ne . of Ahpr SOU DrSAHlUffTOtE luod V Signature Not Narcotic Til . Bears tho similating w bead almost as unceasingly as when the sun ahlnes or the fog wraps us round. Men and women wearily walking, sometimes because they have nowhere to go, sometimes because their work keeps them late at night and sends them forth early in the morning, sometimes because they are returning from that long quest In search of laboiv-th- e atory of which is written In their dejected countenances and thetr despondent, bent shoulders; but the stream drives on and the tram roll-b- y till one oclock In the morning, and while some in East London sleep, as many wake But we are bound for some of the lodging houses In one of the very worst streets in that densely populated quarter; streets that have the unsavory reputation of being the scene of some of Sack the Ripper murders; streets that have been the plague spot of the police, the puzzle of philanthropists, the death of the city missionaries. We turn away from the main thoroughfare, down some of the dark side alleys, and then by the open doors and the lights we can see that we have come to the land of the doss houses, as they are called, where a cheap bed can be bad for a few pence. Night seems hardly to have begun, though It Is late The downstair rooms are still full of men and women whose occupation seems to be one constant passing in and out of the dirty kitchen to shuffle across the street through the open doors of the saloon, and here you find the secret of Londons degradation. There are among that wretched crowd, herded in these lodging houses, men and women-- who have TtnowiT day 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 refined surroundings, but Lhe gaping doors of the drink shop could tell the story of their ruin. And as. you breathe the loaded atmosphere of those horrible deris you ask yourself why It is Impos- - Always' Bought per cent ALCOHOL-- 3 the street, and drunk en shouts and drunken yells and ribald songs and the shuffling feet ' ol squalid, miserable women disturb the peace of the still night air Another law has also been enacted by the legislature during the past year and that is that a list shall ha furnished to all the saloon keepers, with portraits of habitual SEGERSTROM 804 NICOLLET AVENUE to whom drink ia no longer to be served. I know no 'more ghastly album. It would be possible to write a volume on the faces thus portrayed Toung girls, some not more than five or aix and twenty, with still the Indelible traces of youth and beauty upon their faces, but ..with the ball mark of crime and degradation; old drunkards, PIANO MFG. CO. MINNESOTA MINNEAPOLIS, Irresistible Petition. May Make Convente Into Sanatoria. Lawd-uh,- " a bit ominousEfforts are being made In Bulgaria Brother to abolish the numerous monasteries ly proceeded square-heade- d Tarr, In bis supplies tlon, ,Tn de con- snd convents of the Greek CatholLr volution dat am gwlne to take place church and to' use tbelr butldings and soons I meet up nil Brudder DIngford revenues for the establishment and maintenance of tuberculosis sanatoria. stieeky scounrel wld dats been King Ferdinand has given 100,000 round muh yallfr wife be nootral, francs for the erection of a national Lawd; dats all I axes IU do de rest! sanatorium. The death rate from tuI has been, aa you kin see for yo-sberculosis in' Bulgaria Is very high, by de church books, a plllah In being 31 for every 10.000 living. good an efficient stanln for lo dese Desperste Remedy. many yeahs, an de tudder genleman "Yes." said the myslclan in s remiam a puhsldln eldah; ao I hasn't de to ax yo to niscent mood, Mmy wife fell in 1oy to Cod, but that sometimes that divine charity brazen statuary, Lawd, in muh side de battle. But if yo' with me and married me when I was lurks In hearts which have grown dim and dusty take learning to play the cornet." off an be noodess kaln't hang help, by a life of sin, but still can reflect back the light "Are you sure," asked bis friend, In a comfable Git tral. place yo'sef that falls for an instant upon that facet which God that she married you because she an' sed an shade down, de somers, cut himself has to make you stop pracyoU see one o' de peartest fights yo loved you, or cornet?" on the ticing o wltnessln. de ever had pleasure LONDON WAITERS "HAT." Amen!" x r.izn a q js mhrm tborouirbir nibbed la relieves imiaa tad Few men who have come to New York from tb ia kiloti of BEBflctes from Bny mum All Iftaibs Prove It at Our Expense. bIbm. Large bottles the etieapMfc other side to live and to make money have come Housewives who hare used the old irgtiU,,.AUe into their own in quite the same fashion as the fashioned dyes only have the idea that The crow Is a rational bird. H m ait re dhote) of one of the big -- uptown hotels each fabric requires a separate dye. doesn't make a poise wlthoutcawa. Four years ago he was a waiter In the restaurant Thousands of women who have used will give of a London hotel, PII.FR CURED UfSTOli DATS. earning at most 120- a week, tip Dyola Dyes know that Dyola OiNTW!6NTiSdnsritted to eere mny cm included. Now he is In charge of the whole res- a fast brilliant .cotyr to either cotton,' PAZO or FUa hi luhlnc. Blind Bleed if or mixed To fcfe goods.! prove It, ItoMteiiorasAtj rcfBodcd. Pmtnidlag taurant service at one of the busiest New York wool, silk 10c package, any color, hotels and bis Income this year, including gratui- we will send a man Second thoughts prevents card and book of directions, ties, should be at least 110,000, and at that he baa with color absolutely free, to any woman who from having lots of fun. been in New York only a few months. will send her name and dealer's namdt There is nobody who is better qualified to make to Dyola, Burlington, Vt Mrs. W tallow ftoottitof Syrap, forebitdrea teethini. eoftenetbegnroe. redBeaela comparisons between restaurant conditions in Lonftcaboufo SaanBauoaAliajipauifCaFMWladoottB. don and here than this maltre dhotel and the The difference between slender and 4 was nursed Time Father of dollars a is matter probably women wealthy but little traveled citizen of this country skinny In the lapse of ages. rather than sense. Art And now, side-whiske- -- . ef women, who have dragged out weary lives, passing from the swinging door of one drink shop to another, till all that la left upon the face Is a besotted leer, and It seems as though the? spark of divinity which la In every one had surely been extinguished; men of the worst criminal type, low, brutalized, terrible And we say to ourselves, as we turn these pages. When shall we realize that to deal scientifically with such abject misery as 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 andkeep them safely segregated for the rest of their Hr 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 the honest man seeking work and findNever, probably, waa labor-short- er ing none. than at present On all hands families are on the verge of starvation and men driven to desperation, men who walk all day and return wearied and watr with the same terrible sentence on their -- t employment. And yet there are gleams of brightnet. In this,, life in East London which help us and cheer ua and make us realize that possibly by and by we shall solve the great problem of sorrow by .under- atandlng bow it Is the crucible of God In Which can produce that which le llkest jto himself in, human souls. We walk onward through those dark and dirty streets and by and by we come lo a lodging house for women. No lower or more 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 bow this poor soul has been nigh to the verge of death. She is expecting to great Gethsemane of suffering which shall bring her perhaps another load of sorrow,' which, were It not for the circumstances, ought to be a wo- h Exis Joy.- - They- - foundbridge, leaning over tbe parapet, putting out feeble bends to clasp tbe cold bend of death; - ii - - waiterinthe expensive restaurantlnLondon benort than would modera .Jatltt'v Vhal restaurant - the waiter gets In the average big In London when he Is told to keep the change does not go Into his cwn pocket Instead It is put In the "hat" The reason for the hat Is" that it la believed to Insure a uniformity of good service. It it the rule of the big London restaurant that every tip In the dining room shall go to the hat and at the end of the week th contents are divided. "Walters la London are paid In wages only 11.26 a week, said the When a maltre dTiotel. man first enters th service of a restaurant he get of one part of the only one-hal- f drawing from the hat, ao that he will receive altogether during season from busy to fll a week. After six m tb b will tag and will get On the' week u "hmA waiter London, which correspond to captains . here, get 5 a week wages end about 111 th hatTierym t from 76 to HOO a month In wagea,Mtu while will bring that amount up to 1 160 to 250. m-- f cut-- ei Womans Power Over Man Womans most glorious endowment is die power ol a to ewakou and hold tb pure and booest love love on, still and lose it aba When man. worthy the heart agony so oo. in tb wide world oan know he endure. Tbe woman who suffer from sis end derangement ot bar special womanly or soon kwe tbe power to sway the heart of Her general health suffers end she loses 1 her good looks, her attreotiveness, her amiability and her power end prestige as a woman. Dr. R.V. Pierce, ol Buffalo, N.Y ., with has prescribed for and eared many th assistance of hi staff ol eblo physicians, successful of women. He has devised a remedy for womens ail them. msnts. It is known U Dr. Pierces Favorite Prescription. It b a positive specific tot tbe weaknesses end disorders peculiar to women. It purifies, regw Medicine dealers sell it. No bsif dealer will btes, strengthen and heals. advise yoe to eoeept substitute in order to make a little larger profit. IT MARES weak women wIM-g- sA hie tip Dr. fWi strong, SICKjyQmWELL, PShts rafts and ttnagmom Aware, .bar omT i |