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There were four such oy Google 12 HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVI rooms in tliat attic, and together they brought in as mucli as many a handsome little cottage in a pleasant part of Brooklyn. The third in  stance was that of a colored family of husband, wifo, and baby in a wretehed rearrookery in West Thii tl Street. Their rent was eight dollars and a half for a single room on the top stoiy, so small that I was nnable to get a plioto  grapli of it even by plac  ing the camera outside tJie open door. THERE WERE FOUR SUCH ROOMS IN THAT ATTIC AND TOGETHER THEY BROUGHT IN AS MUCH AS MANY A HANDSOME LITTLE COTTAGE IN A PLEASANT PART OF BROOKLYN THE THIRD INSTANCE WAS THAT OF A COLOURED FAMILY OF HUSBAND WIFE AND BABY IN A WRETCHED REAR ROOKERY IN WEST THIRD STREET THEIR RENT WAS EIGHT DOLLARS AND A HALF FOR A SINGLE ROOM ON THE TOP STORY SO SMALL THAT I WAS UNABLE TO GET A PHOTOGRAPH OF IT EVEN BY PLACING THE CAMERA OUTSIDE THE OPEN DOOR
 my notice. One was the burning of a rear house in Mott Street, from ap- pearances one of the original tenant-houses tliat made their owners I'ich, The fire made lionieless ten families, who had paid an average of $5 a month for their mean little cubby-holes, Tlie owner himself told me that it was fully insured for $800, though it brought him in $600 a year rent. He evidently considered himself especially entitled to be pitied for losing such valuable property. Another was the case of a hard-working family of man and wife, young people from the old countiy, who took poison together in a Crosby Street tenement because they were "tired." There was no other explanation, and none was needed when I stood in the room in which they had lived. It was in the attic with sloping ceiling and a sin- gle window so far out on the roof that it seemed not to belong to the place at all. With scarcely room enough to turn around in they had been compelled to pay five dollars and a half a month in advance. RNING OF A REAR HOUSE IN MOTT STREET FROM APPEARANCES ONE OF THE ORIGINAL TENANT HOUSES THAT MADE THEIR OWNERS RICH THE FIRE MADE HOMELESS TEN FAMILIES WHO HAD PAID AN AVERAGE OF FIVE DOLLARS A MONTH FOR THEIR MEAN LITTLE CUBBY HOLES THE OWNER HIMSELF TOLD ME THAT IT WAS FULLY INSURED FOR EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS THOUGH IT BROUGHT HIM IN SIX HUNDRED A YEAR RENT HE EVIDENTLY CONSIDERED HIMSELF ESPECIALLY ENTITLED TO BE PITIED FOR LOSING SUCH VALUABLE PROPERTY ANOTHER WAS THE CASE OF A HARD WORKING FAMILY OF MAN AND WIFE YOUNG PEOPLE FROM THE OLD COUNTRY WHO TOOK POISON TOGETHER IN A CROSBIE STREET TENEMENT BECAUSE THEY WERE QUOTE TIRED AND QUOTE THERE WAS NO OTHER EXPLANATION AND NONE WAS NEEDED WHEN I STOOD IN THE ROOM IN WHICH THEY HAD LIVED IT WAS IN THE ATTIC WITH SLOPING CEILING AND A SINGLE WINDOW SO FAR OUT ON THE ROOF THAT IT SEEMED NOT TO BELONG TO THE PLACE AT ALL WITH SCARCELY ROOM ENOUGH TO TURN AROUND IN THEY HAD BEEN COMPELLED TO PAY FIVE DOLLARS AND A HALF A MONTH IN ADVANCE
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