the Poor in Bavaria. 3 1 1 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Of the Means used for the Relief of those poor Persons 

 who were not Beggars. Of the large Sums of 

 Money distributed to the Poor in Alms. Of the 

 Means used for rendering those who received Alms 

 industrious. Of the general Utility of the House 

 of Industry to the Poor and the Distressed of all 

 Denominations. Of Public Kitchens for feeding 

 the Poor, united with Establishments for giving 

 them Employment ; and of the great Advantages 

 which would be derived from forming them in every 

 Parish. Of the Manner in which the Poor of 

 Munich are lodged. 



IN giving an account of the poor of Munich, I have 

 hitherto confined myself chiefly to one class of them, 

 the beggars ; but I shall now proceed to mention briefly 

 the measures which were adopted to relieve others who 

 never were beggars from those distresses and difficulties 

 in which poverty and the inability to provide the neces- 

 saries of life had involved them. 



An establishment for the poor should not only pro- 

 vide for the relief and support of those who are most 

 forward and clamorous in calling out for assistance ; 

 humanity and justice require that peculiar attention 

 should be paid to those who are bashful and silent, to 

 those who, in addition to all the distresses arising from 

 poverty and want, feel what is still more insupportable, 

 the shame and mortifying degradation attached to their 

 unfortunate and hopeless situation. 



All those who stood in need of assistance were in- 



