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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. 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
eight or ten loads of manure; or "one room 13 x 12 with five families living in it, com- prising twenty persona of botli sexes and all ages, witli only two beds, without partition, screen, chair, or tabic," The rate of rent has been successfully maintained to the piesent day, though the hog at least has been eliminated. Lest anybody flatter himself with the notion t!iat these were evils of a day that is happily past and may safely be forgotten, let me mention here three very recent instances of tenement-house life that came under 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.  OR QUOTE ONE ROOM TWELVE BY TWELVE WITH FIVE FAMILIES LIVING IN IT COMPRISING TWENTY PERSONS OF BOTH SEXES AND ALL AGES WITH ONLY TWO BEDS WITHOUT PARTITION SCREEN CHAIR OR TABLE AND QUOTE THE RATE OF RENT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY MAINTAINED TO THE PRESENT DAY THOUGH THE HOG AT LEAST HAS BEEN ELIMINATED LEST ANYBODY FLATTER HIMSELF WITH THE NOTION THAT THESE WERE EVILS OF A DAY THAT IS HAPPILY PASSED AND MAY SAFELY BE FORGOTTEN LET ME MENTION HERE THREE VERY RECENT INSTANCES OF TENEMENT HOUSE LIFE THAT CAME UNDER MY NOTICE ONE WAS THE BURNING 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
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