Show RICA um PAUPERS HAVE f t fl FINE t TIME Poor Men Who Ride in Brough Broughams ams arcs Play Bridge and Live In High Luxury SOME AMAZING EXHIBITIONS red Fed on Oil Chicken That f ft dt int ii n Dollar nuh and hen G n irr m Tea rca hunt I nU nUrr rr Fr III tor Eor O ONDON DO Aug 10 L paupers a r In Ia n a term tnt that has mil nc Re ncr i r c a It new heir I In th la country f ot of f late Heretofore It ItI ii n I hen Ijen used u d to d certain 1 11 1 I CI cl rs rI who though i irrupt r still manage to rodo In mansions n rr ty mats reals and keep motor earn car At rH ul however the m of o t paup PI UI rs r mow most dl ch rh 1 to h the Ihl Inmate Inmates of ot U Ion Inn Ionn n ni i r 8 s which aa u an n Tt tta t tin n luu te just proved I roved are run runK H K Hale tIt of ot magnificent which 1 11 Id tint hot the new iota hotel Im lit n or nr any other of ot the swag ag r h a i of f r which Iho i u t 1 proud A a of f fact Ct ct were the th jenu AInu ln I hotels hII conducted on the Ihl scale of ot tj turf and Ruts lUIt that dual has hu char many n lev ty i uld 1 have h gone BOH n Into bankruptcy y log ago HIJO RI fer In instead of the t t n for tor supplies supplier the Ihl man manfer fer f r nt f the th Ih Poplar 1011 West Ham Him and lId lIdI hr I homec himes hmo of amt the destitute seem to her laud the highest prices r e ne vl tt t only the t of every 1111 i Ir in the Ih tramps and nd wastrels who ho I tr riz 1 t Door loor Mx r mans mn paradise I in familiar with frith the works work of f bade generally If Imagine th the Ibe I h a lea one fine nf thou which the Ih poor lid alt moat rather starve utano lan than en fn enl enIn I l In I there Is b I keen compe e I r to came of nf the theof ii of ot I n Ion and the allege doyed haw tuve been known to toe welt e 11 paying Jobs Jolt rather than i t i ir opportunity of experiencing i r and end good cheer afforded 1 them oho Hit of nt the UI London conks of oft e tt KT t is r HAY HAM r f the t quarters of nt the UI 1 I Hn his Jl in IR West Wt Ham and here her h the UI h he ie unemployed M has 11 ha been iken loud t t i It A an as III ht the III la Ve t Ham 1 ne nr that hll during lat laM I year UiS f w l ha costing over oTer 0 tl I 1 each were wera I to the h Inmate who in their M h mif 1 a would never tante tete chicken i t i x w ara end Int to 10 another lihen T 1 r recently dl 1 d i flit 1 hi fact lie he h the theil th 1 il II in ni poor with one on Ml I j f is or nr S 6 cent cents of f the Ih coil of nf h I t ui n the th ground that no more mor moren n 11 T c me at nt the th should in to I I MI n paid with the Ih result that north II tin will ha hAte to ao Into ir it nn x II n II poke to In th extent of 01 I H It Mai waa a tn to this thu also elo eloi it il i notepaper of f he the tin nn i wan we supplied aup anti ami even I employed for forIn copying rr coW Rt IS 5 per dozen In Ii t II vi id Mith workhouse dg It h hl for iu mom me time Peen Iteen wn ne Ih h mutate Inmate tough though lt to o 11 lie 1 lier r It a limit to In hare n art et upon Upton the s Just where II luter UI t tau w I t lit money mOHO to tn play Ir all 1 nisi 11 how It II ha fI that gam nr hr l I Ia permitted h la one Ott of 01 the my m mJ I J es tint thit art aro ar at It 1 taxing the jul P acumen n of the th local loral gov 10 Im hoard m lit ih hI head of 01 which the Ih xa a in is JUhl lion Hon John Jhn rn s ASH MEU TO 10 SEK THEM I If dr Ii f has h I always be been n k I In III hi hia ith the h laboring UK I tiff he hI attended r in h the Ih a 1 a Mild ep p vh to tn the Ih he helie 1 1 lie hr 11 nan eau ashamed to oe m an many man i J men sitting filling flit ling down do n Wore Woren tOrl n 11 at 1 the Ii public t en and nt re them with lack luk of 01 hula pen 1 tp P It H hn has It bran been at t the th Mi I Hum having l loAf Ian en a ar rK r g nun himself knows know the th I dill ki K g isa like ilkI n a 1 book hok that nil varl An Anh I hire hiie h been licen l 1 parts of London Startling alt have hIte invariably attended the II Conducted d by b inspectors r the government ft Id and M III stronger light Is II i thrown lit In n lh dungs of In III the poorest Lan Ion Landon I n don de 18 t dally daily growing more and more hed HORN OK OF t Ol Instance It U was seas fount found that thai In Inthe inthe the th Poplar workhouse beer and other taunt uch oe xIn brandy bra d have hl been tn to Inmate who ho wire nut on the sick list The wine dint dial of nf thus workhouse C ha h has been n bj h the tit Inmates the Ihl horn Hom of Plenty It wax WI hero here that Hint member of nt f the boatel board of 01 guard the Ihl director of the Ih p e were 11 Wont vont to 10 and Anti resale regale at al the public expense Ac AI According According cording lo to government regulations regulation rl are arc In to be lie h given Riven only to persons In the Ih workhouse who may ma be b III and who have hat the lh Ih doctors thea of waiting for far tin the orders ordem many tunny Inmate received a daily allow 1101 anco nel nf of handy brandy ranft while guardian holh male main and female femal attended 1 regularly the tho Horn of or Plent Plenty for Cor the of oC absorbing it II certain amount of ot moist good paid Jill for by the public According ding to 10 official figures the money Ifft on nn hear beer for paup ca In London year r l I h 2 ne 0 while the tobacco and ami null muff bill hili runs rune Into Inlo an un almost equal amount MUCH lUCli LUXURY Nut Not t only Poplar and ant ani West It sit Hum but bUI amt many other sections A till 1111 of London show how aho remarkable example of pauper luxury lea ies La Lest year Mr there tins erected at i l t pauper r Palace coating This building which Is II of oC the mom moat modern compare favorably with many class clans hotel on both bolh alike I a a of ot the At lantic The ground OH on which the tho building stands III lids Was wan wa acquired at s S ono onoan an a 1 acre having co coat cOI t i OO nicking making the 1114 total aunt um Paid more morl than Own U ino The Th furniture lurt of f this really go OO t As Ac 1 the in I was built t to contain only pauper fla u I ih the su sum m expended e x r r d tar on Oil each h man mn averaged avenged for shelter shelter alone alon Jl Si 1 f llO 0 which to 10 official I 11 urea url La U Ju jutt t l I Id l lim the tilt capital per head hf d which Is III I spent by h builders builder In sheltering the chats from which these paupers pauper come All these f vast expenditures expenditure have he lo to t some come from turn the Ihl of the Ihl very t poor toor In the Ih mint of poor rate nil taxa lua taxation tion tlona a certain sum Curti levied 1 each ye war fIU r nn on every householder In Ix In n poor jf t the Ihl metropolis ouch auch I as r West Ve lit t Ham llam and Poplar Jo lar where only the Ihl t order ordem of 01 the U working classes rl dwell poor rote 1111 fall tall most moat heavily Ins IMS rou 1 the Ih Indic Indie nation of or all III of the U community ity It more moie thin than anything else ale Is le the Ih fact that the Ihl 1004 the tha th workhouses wor h ha have v been liNIn better bettiT housed and more mor fed tet than tho iho people Mho ahll ho have hae l been een them The Th fact fame revealed In the poplar in III putt have hair been of a II truly character Tir Por Instance the th aver average averS ape age S poor pernon In the P dis district tract who pay paya about U 2 7 a week for lor rent and liven Ih in a fur cr cot i tag tage never ta I toes III butte bUll even of ot Infer ilor quality but ha boa hili to 10 put 1 up with margarine or nr H x substitute for It eaRP callei dripping o evi of the th mid cold gravy Irn of cheep dl meat mem bough at about af ul nr or orten ortell ten tell rents rent a 3 pound In the Ih Poplar Jollar work workhouse house h however Inmates Inmate were r tI with 1111 the be bet i hitter butter costing K II a cent l per Ir er Very r good god hitter butter In M bought an anywhere where In I n for M 4 tents HIs per pr poled When It I III ii that het C x 1 CT T el l f of 0 the Ih mol best bull costing nit tar per year Ir were sere rl used In the Ih Poplar the Iho Item I II Ic significant rapt cant cantOn On the line with the butter bUli wee was s th the tea IN Ml to 10 thi thia particular work ork bouts hou It II was wan a of a II far fu letter better ifill fir wilt than than lat furnished tn to the Ih house ve ef of r and a hit vied by ly member of ot par PI r The house of commons hei bum been said laW lo to be the Ihl nest club in Europe and yet 1 It way R In Inmany Inmany many nah rop r is by b the work home haute lotus of common toe tea II only tune to 10 16 36 cents per peer pound polln l while hll that hll contracted for in I large Ia iu tone lobe 10 t tn to the I Poplar e HH xa M MC i C rent n per pound a nv nt double dIbie An And l nearly J pounds of rake cake Ak were 11 also areo consumed at et the Poplar lam lut lamear lutr year ear r DIARIES I Another of 01 lilt lice rather klame llama It of notebook for fr Poplar guardian nUll M Those Thee diaries weer fIt bought at al the th rate of tie t for lor book keuka or U tt apiece pl It U came cam out QuI In n evidence that a tender for tt M or of f these boo bonk at al tit Sit had been teen de f rejected though the books book offered flared hI ar arthe r the lower Sow wet of 0 jjr MS as go gad l I quality as a the Ih gilt Aged f fj one on 1 table napkins and art 1 for draping were Iff ionic eom of the th j I Items Item d by the In III Inspector Inspector while imbue 1111 the writing paper peper ap eup applied plied lo to the Poplar wisp was rf rt to 10 be Urn best owl artl i parchment double disable d thick ream cream wove ove The nil bill fur lor or the Poplar t u or house d out OUI at t for far IW tl the year rear Till Thi c gate ve each h 11 Irn H I ai Ita allot mc of 01 f fan an II ounce ou wt a wr wei ee Of nr f the Ute lo toro wit II tike like the other thing hinge u used ed d In Pop lop lar tar only on I of the Ih best ben quality Certain of the Ihl Inmate of thi Metre of 01 pauper luxury preferred anuff to tobacco t 1 To meet their rc the guardians expended MM per Ir year which t gave gue each NeI Continued on page pact fourteen y mew CN P Pf Hsu t fl N t TI E Continued from page 13 old lady lad in the workhouse e more than un all ounce of rat snuff pet per r week fek Hoek One of oC the most inoa remarkable Items mentioned nil n the tho Inspectors IlI charge sheet was ate that of ot per ler annum for newspapers All 11 London dallies most of or the de weekly wl kl such as Ill Sketch Tatter Taller and 1111 other so 50 clety let journals not excepting the tho Court Circular tre on the workhouse lists lis tIC Toe The principal monthly magazines i were wre also available for those of the workhouse residents who ho cared to ro reed d Attached to each workhouse Is IR a Ii library and reading room where Inmates may obtain books TO WORK IN 1 S Carriages wore were hired by II the Poplar workhouse In order to send men who WIlD lisp had found round jobs to 10 their places of bust bURl business bustness ness Broughams were Hrc supplied for tor this purpose by b a 1 contractor who Uio testified that he hud hod sued the poorhouse master I for IMO f for the hire of carriages on Ills Ids own This had nothing to do with the Item of or tending sending laborers to work The Tho men It was waR alleged could have easily rul gone Iono to their work by bus at an expense of about 5 S cents contu for the return journey Instead of or being sent to London Bridge station illAtion en route to ld In hired broughams In Investigating the th carriage e bill an was uns made to bring to light the th fact tact that the former Conner master of or the workhouse used these the conveyances for taking come feme of or his lady lad friends out for airings and to arlous various London theaters and other places of or amusement te of tho the subject t was looted JOell upon however how however ever liver In the Uie light of a n side Issue le it I was wall passed over by tho Zhu Government re lr Attention was 01 also alJo concentrated on thu Iho lavish expenditure made by b the guardians guardIan who ho In till nil their purchases favored 1 local contractors It was brought to light In this connection that during the last year ear prices of certain Implements used u ed td In III the time workhouse have haVo In a mysterious my way ay alto altogether gether disproportionate te to the price paid for the same articles in an the previous your year flor For or Instance In III ISIS IKS H 5 copper pans were Vere purchased at tl US 25 per dozen arf III In 1596 1496 the Ih tattle Mille pans flan were vs frt ere bought hought by b tho guardians nt It 15 35 per pcr dozen lI carving knives at SUO per dozen doten In IS ISM were In mG bought at Rt SUO per dozen w while coffee toffee pots were bought at nt 15 per Iler dozen though the lowest tenders tender of contractors outside of or Poplar were only fl 50 per dozen for tho the qualIty quality ity II of at coffee IO IC pot Ilot The lowest tender fur for carving knives was waa MW SUO per dozen doz n but the guardians favored u tL bid for tor 10 per dozen COLONY COrONi GRAFT Out One of the mot most Interesting revelations tiring In III connection with the Poplar Inquiry came to light when the tho Farm Colony run to n ra conjunction with the workhouse was IU considered This colony colon had been lIeen started for tor the purpose of or supplying profitable work to the surplus sur surplus surplus plus unemployed who could not nut got gt Into Inlo the workhouse e proper On a t farm of seventy acres which had previously If been en worked by b six eb men melt there here were er drafted draft H paupers pau under the lime manage rent aunt of 1 11 officials According to tea Ire testimony supplied by b the local police In Inthe Inthe the tho neighborhood of the colony all these men had u II high old time and few Cow of oC them failed to be convicted of misdemeanors misdemeanors On Saturday afternoons It Il was wall usual for these thello farm colonists to visit the nearest saloons Many an of or them were supplied with railway fares and hours leave leve for the pur put purpose pose po e of looking for work wor It U was wat pointed t out that they could scarcely find work work on Saturday after ter 4 p rm m and that ns as the principal part of or their leave leae Included Sunday Sunda the main object of or the tho time allowance was to afford them n R chance of or going home to their wives we and families lit at public expense HILT GILT EDGE LUXURY These ThIP farm colonists were tre supplied with 1300 pounds Iaun of or beit b t poultry po alt ry su sup P by b good English h ox beef beet freshly killed good English wether mutton freshly killed and other les Gorgonzola Stilton and c Cheddar h cheese Neese c best Lea R Pern Perin I sauce best nest crackers I linest roasted mocha t cof cor coffeo correa coffee fee feo and the best ham also found round their way Ill to the tho poorhouse guests That the superhuman efforts on the part pmt of or the Poorhouse e authorities tomake to tomake tomake make their Inmates happy hopp were f fully full appreciated by tho the pauper population of Poplar Is demonstrated demon by b some Inter Interesting eating esting statistics relating to the o n not of ot called the Here Is 18 the of oC expenditure procured by one ono of the au ILU authorities who helped to bring about the tile Investigation ns spent on Poplar poor 0 1885 Amount spent on Poplar poor spent on Poplar poor Amount spent on Poplar poor It thus appears that every oel one onn in Pop liu lac who could afford lIfford Is hi whose did not prevent got some sort of or government relief during last year oar Besides the ordinary support given II n to thousands thousand of people within the workhouse use proper thero there were ere largo large funds runds spent on what hat Is II known In III Lon Vm London london don as Outdoor Relief |