The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-08-11
WIGHT ON TIE HOUSEHOLDS.
.orp HorRs ON THE ROOFS or Our
wv" oRoVDED TENEMENTS.

49,.
Nav Thousands of People fass Tue s"n,
k,shts scenes ana inc'"'"'s ~ 80" ",,,,s
uumnn hiNes 49,, .,,,,,na siecn
Of oil ,,,.,,,
.,xuui ven come out o. that We Viilalh'
an Irish tenant on Ninth avenue
e" a,,v ,eporter, the hour was midnight ana
49, n, nv Intrusion was the sixth story OF
'ne So ,o,ement house a few doors above
.,,o,h street.
1','bad at her hlandly and said, my good
am from THE Sun, and wish to take
Nv" ~, ,ns ne,ple on the roof. May 60 upT
spuA e,.s ia IN Yez may and the Howly
a. ,,avc"
y 49,. ,ncouroeed, Of course went.
Iu". ,,S see2 what didn't sce7
sn-,ssses fiction. The cunning imagi-
f' .,,a hy the cheerful Ore aId strains
pe' ro.cl Intellect for Incident, light well
bis poWe''. =, "a. humh,e renortcr, who hay-
take lesson oi tne n''''o'' ~" .,.',
=, cheerful Preside, pushes his way through
NJ ,,,,,a Of sufrrrinx humanity, and reach
the o'iu'" r,,, n,,ds h,s monorv stored with
hs the very van unus Tvs 'i'0.'o'' .,'.,, .'.,
t,c,s more interesting, pictures more ViViu' ana
e, m. 70 startling than all the weird writer's
nn'.s w aooda ,,o,,o axe toeether.
We are all heated from circumference to core.
Every 'nch q, V"uV'' - , ,.Ns hs,r ho-
bot and olistering. hVerVoouy od.N W
tween the shoulders is like sun heated ooWl'
=. - r.d ,,tth hont foreheads drip with
sweat no ordinary collar stands an hour .no
nor ~" Of sysrys"dy sues the watery testimony
pore Oh e'er'oou'
Of he t, heat, heat. ..-
Some Of Va sleep In brown stone 'front.' houses
,ca,ed hike the house 10 the Bible on hill. We
,oss anon, on spr,ns mattresses, with windows
open from front to rear, and the clink' clink OF
One melting ice gently breaking the quiet OF tho
'"e "'','n- wv
suluS hi&h'.
-, wcdnesdav niebt-heayeus and earth
h's' 49, :, =, =, co., a.. So,
what night II was-l went 10 sec ,ne mem
xopep and children OF the METROPOLIS 81,
,. To-, hut--,ass the,r nights nj the roofs
nv '0' - NJ. -. :, , 81, =
.o,ner ~ Ninth avenue and Twentieth street,
,n,ered. without knocking, at the door Of an
su'e'eu' =. - 49,. ,..,,, -
immense structure. IL was DARK coulu see
oothiuc | smelled a great deal. Cropping by
an wall Of the hall I iound the stairs. They
tet, ataep So was the smell.
~e'l I went on and up, and on and up, a. every
andine encountering the curious glance Of the
moon, as she peered through the window IT the
Sead Of The staircase. Al the sixth story was
met and CHALLENGED by the old woman afore-
pspied in me. '''A' '""' '''A' '"' ''''"
"H How many families are there In this house,
she looked with satisfaction at a silver quar-
Ger la her hand, and said, Counting tnim US is
on the celleur, sir, there's twintv, SIR"
nd about how IN any people ali told?"
All which is itf''
About how many folks are there In the
e. niver counted, cir, but think there's
good nunderd, sir"
Pretty hot here at night. isn't itf'
Hot, Is III ats olisterin', sure, an that's
dawn ontil set. It's hard on the old 'uns bu
NJ death TO the childer.
We reached the roof. The moon shone brish
- silver and round and full. The stars pierced
she sky with clean face, like that of well-cu
diamond.
Everything was sun:
lie door. saw groups OF men, OF women, and
Of children. Here and there pair lay together
Families, as rule, MANAGED TO have kind Of
bound, In which they Kept. One man lay dan
eerously near tue gutter Another had a pale,
Faced ooN In his arms both sound asleep, and
the father snoring loud. bS hleh coltnney sal
hwoman rocking TO and fro. she mad little
Ssoy IN heI arms ana every moment OF TWO she
pnt DER ear close 10 lts nttle NOUN.
aSh s,s aee you -. soo,orw
On siI. are you ooctotf
n,hS s;c my gear "o"an' out "na'' the matter
Uapy sick
WIS a. s'. ne nas tne o{senIety very oao;
"ei' T., : 80 nappeugu ,nat mao oS'ue Oh
stt,D ~ psoin she =, ~ " ~. enu " =,
va,oe ~ nhdia a.s,Ssshi o , aetaun 1i
AM ss,v wasS "N '0' 'e''e'' '"OusN
sun very Meak' 49,. MAJ, .. -,
.sus, oesop r .ps i.ts'e k XII siep1 s.ea.
,u r, n nc W." 49,, LIZ e 81 'h ! IlI
snSstnS as. Ne snorsd H. s". $500, w. sd,
esan PIPE, ou. ms ass, we; enveioped - VIVA,
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u us 'unrnur wtse 90, st onv SUN oe,s OF
~ " bi,n WV '"' '"NA 'e"'"s' '"e '"'u
VIZ "a IN : ola ,rouan,p
"Ch' ,hsT the e'u ridav Ferour.on. and that's
49, on liz H., w br,cnir.r 80 80 s h .s
$780, = ,rnD.al Ibis q. montb Dtvii - fnp la
bsput on l.ouer III all that time
49, Isit Tim7 Has n lad from tho sole
q his ia' to his crown. Hut wors he to DO
r. b no. No. y" - ""'" '"'' "'"N N"' ~ N'u'
~ all N" ,rouns IN that ,ong vida root non,
peemed Ia trouble save the gentle mother auC