Word: poore
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...hear his most interesting and instructive address, After being introduced by Professor F. G. Peabody, Mr. White said that he deemed it important that in a country like ours people of intelligence and influence should know what problems are coming up in regard to the management of the poor. It is just as easy for philanthropic men of wealth to work judiciously as to work carelessly...
...well founded complaint has come to us from many quarters relative to the poor condition of the bath accommodations of the gymnasium. It has happened not merely once, but many times, of late that the supply of hot water was entirely exhausted so that men were left the choice of waiting half an hour for a warm water bath, or of bathing at the time in cold water. Now all this would be pardonable if the gymnasium were poorly or insufficiently equipped; but when such excellent facilities are at hand as those we have the case is decidedly different...
...rest of your editorial seems to me fully justified, as regards both details and the general management. The stock of books and stationery is poorer now than for several years; and in the former department I can certainly add my voice to the general complaint of poor service. There was no attempt to make extra provision for the holiday season just past. The Society will no longer take orders for wood of good enough quality to be worth burning. The old discount on coal, and on the laundry also, is gone. The work done by the latter is disgraceful...
...larger and better stock; and the net surplus for the year was to be distributed in dividends. There is no reason why this should not be a better plan than the old one. As the result of its actual working under the present management, we have this year a poor stock, high prices, and no dividends after...
...Violet and Orange Blossoms" is a pathetic story which ought to arouse our sympathy, but we cannot weep for we cannot find any reason for the poor poet's despair. Such tragic events are interesting when written about, but they do not happen nowadays. The picture of the poor poet burning his opera act by act, to keep himself from freezing while writing his poem is well written...