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There was just one ex  cuse for the early tene  ment house builders, and their successors may plead it with nearly as good right for what it is worth. THERE WAS JUST ONE EXCUSE FOR THE EARLY TENEMENT HOUSE BUILDERS AND THEIR SUCCESSORS MAY PLEAD IT WITH NEARLY AS GOOD RIGHT FOR WHAT IT IS WORTH
ok 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. 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. Three short steps across either way would have measured its full extent. ND 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 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 THREE SHORT STEPS ACROSS EITHER WAY WOULD HAVE MEASURED ITS FULL EXTENT
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