“Why haven’t they?”

“Ach, begorra, I dunno except for the same raisin that a fish hasn’t no horns!”

We retraced our steps to the drugstore and the tailor-shop and the hardware store, and paid our bills and I handed over what was left to Tim.

This experiment taught me more than it taught Tim.  It made a better student of me.  I had investigated the cases of a hundred men in that same bunk-house—­their nationality, age and occupation—­and I had tried to find out the cause of their failure.  And my superficial inquiry led me to the conclusion that the use of intoxicating liquor was the chief cause.

The following table shows the trade, nationality and age of one of our Sunday audiences in the B——­ bunk-house.  The audience numbered 108, and were all well-known individually to the Lodging House Missionary.

Trade

Engineer                                 1
Waiter                                   1
Watchman                                 1
Labourers                               17
’Longshoremen                            7
Junkmen                                  3
Mechanics                                3
Coal Heavers                            18
Street Peddlers                          4
Beer Helpers                             2
Knife Grinders                           4
Tailors                                  4
Cooks                                    2
Cigar Makers                             2
Upholsterer                              1
Painter                                  1
Butcher                                  1
Shoemakers                               6
Gardeners                                3
Gilder                                   1
Jeweler                                  1
Oysterman                                1
Bronzer                                  1
Truckman                                 1
Firemen                                  2
Last Maker                               1
Farmer                                   1
Thieves and Bums of various grades      18
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Total                                  108

Nationality

Germans                                52
Americans                              19
Irish                                  22
English                                 4
Swedish                                 2
Austrians                               2
Scotch                                  2
Welsh                                   1
French                                  2
Greek                                   1
Cuban                                   1
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Total                                 108

Age

Between 20 and 30 21
" 30 and 40 30
" 40 and 50 29
" 50 and 60 20
" 60 and 70 8
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Total 108
Average age, 41 years