, 1886-11-24
"G0OSETOWN'S" POLAKS.
THE HEBREW CITY WHICH LIES
WITHIN THE METROPOLIS.

A Home Lifo That Borders on the Ifor-
rlblc-Living Upon the Cheapest and
Poorest Food In the Market-Thc Po-
lnk'- characteristics.
Home life among the Polaks Is n hor-
ror. \ family will occupy an apartment
OF three rooms, and in the largest Will
board and lodge from five TO ten guests.
These ARE supplied with n heavy padded
coverlct for II mattress and n wooden
footrest for n bolster. The pillow is the
guest coat and vest rolled up, In the
morning he receives n bow of coffee
made from coffee refuse II Il chunk of
coarse rye bread. For these accommodate
tons he pays 81 II week. If he desires
milk, sugar and butter he pays extra ur
supplies himself. The latter course IS
pursued by tailors and cobblers, who
keep these God accessories in battered
tin cans or cracked jars, beneath their
bolster and coverlet.
An aristocratic boarding mouse in
Gousctown consists Of II Hat of four
rooms. In one the landlords family
sleep: n second Is kitchen. dining room
and sitting room combined, the third and
fourth are guests rooms, and
date from ten to twenty bonrdcrs. The
rates are 81 n week. For this sum the
guest has II p~rincely bed, consisting Of n
thin straw mattress, n covcrlet and n
f~ootrost pillow. His breakfast is coffee
and either bread or n roll. His dinner,
soup, boiled beef md potatoes, bread and
stcwed dried apples or stewed spoiled
fruit. When the Polaks are new Corners
the rooms are generally filthy AID foul
smelling. When they have been here a
number Of years they generally learn the
beauty Of cleanliness and keep their
apartments as neat and clean as the
average tenement householder.
OTHER NODES or LIVING.
Another mode of living might he STYLED
club life. A number Of Polaks hire a
room from n householder, who acts n4
landlord, ianitOr and Waterman. They
supply their own sleeping convenicncos,
II secondhand stove and n few kitchen
utensils, When night comes each mem
Der OF the club cooks his meal in his own
pan. The odors that arise from the mix
ture OF fish, chicken fat, beef, goose
grease. onion, garlic and Limburgcr
cheese may he imagined but can not he
described.
In their eating the Mosaic law is obeyed
TO the very letter. The eel, clam, oyster,
scallop. crab and lobster are anathcma.
So is the hog in every shape. The taboo
extends to any food fried in lard, to fish
chowdcr in which bacon is used us "A
flavor, and even TO pies and pastry where
lard has been used to Tighten the dough.
As IA substitute for lard they use chicken
fat, goose grease, beef %drippings and
ol-comhrgarine. The last named article
had grown unpopular since the best but
ter substitutes contained neutral lard y
The foods are the cheapest and poorest
that can be bought in the market. The
shank and neck Of the animal are favor
ites. These are boiled till the bones are
ready to drop out The latter are re
moved, cracked and thrown back into
the pot. The meat is removed, pat under
n heavy stone to Ice compressed and al
lowed to cooI. When cold it becomes
solid and is cut aud served in long slices.
Freshness Is "A matter of little account,
cheapness is everything. Spoiled mea;
ana putrid FISH find multitudcs of buyers
in Goosetown when offered for sale at
less than 3 cents n pound. The board Of
health makes seizures of these foods
oyery week, but the supply continues
nevertheless.