Homes Of The Poor

fassing mío r iret arentie, inow Nork, we flnd that ncarly every buildiiti is a tenetncut house, and a large niajority of them ara six stories high. Evcry building lias tsrow.of stores t'acillg on the s: reet, and then its Ihreu foiif, flve layers oí fauiil.es - families berniise tliey consist of párenla and childron, but not families ui ihe sen-e that we are used to, whero botli parenis and all the childn'ii sirive to naako home happy. Kuch lloerisdlvided in: o maiiy suites of rouUiS, eaeh suite oitcupied bv lï'om two to six or more persous. Tlie door ot' onc of these teiieinnnt liouse-i stands invitingly open - ifanything in tliis clieerlcss neigliborhood can be said to be invitiug. No one will have any objnction8 to onr going Up, foi' nothing is very prívalo hereaboul. The peoplc we are going" to see are as likely to ie h olies t as we are, and thcy work andcarn thuir owu living, 'i'i.ey are independent, and beg of hO mail. As l'or vice, they have linie chanca lor it; thoy are too busy siruggling i'or HtV. The iiead of ncarly evury oim of these familici in thi.s great building is a laboriug man. They havo braad ahoul(Ilm-s, and brtiwuy anus, Huil slroug musclcs, and tliey work all day, except. iu a few cases where gin and the head of the house go uil" on a picnic together. líy their hard labor, taking a lew holidays, tliey can bare! y gera, e enough together to keep thtniselves and their faniilies alivc. Tiie city's prlce tor thoe raeüi8$1.6U per day, and this may be taken as in average. This gives iheni S'J.üO a week, ouL ot which Lhey iiave to pay sixty ceuts car tare. The family then have $i) a week to pay their rent, keep their table, and buy their dollies. These people caimot alFord tlie tinco tbiugi we are fuolish enough to believoheaven has iurnished alike to the rich and the poor - air, liglit, and watrr. Even water ia cosily in New York, but aii and liülit must be reokoned aniuiiir the extensivo luxurles.-