The Dillon tribune., 1886-05-01
The POOR OF BERLIN
FR'eHTFuL cRowDlNc A,,ouo
GERMAN WORKING psoe, ''s

surface OF Seeming pro.peri.,~nNA'
'"Ss OF the Poor of Berlin-r. ."eh'
Tenants and I.an,,,or,s ''lssu
Since the bitter cry of ou+o.a
NIUE SO much stir in 1sss-lss4 and i .a1
ming" became a pastime Of s sha stun.
youth OF the West End. the idea ny =, sael
pretty generally accepted that tha aa S oeea
OK London We're unequaled in +h n' aorrot
world Yet Dr. Miguel n las slvll'1ed
:ilcister, of Frankfort-on- the.,I. ssoafse.
land quotes authorities enoryh a n,' assFrs
;'nve) that the housing Of ,hs "nlplva
worse in Germany than in rn ns poor
u si's: such holes as the so-calle,l cl,,S sa
= !'erlin and its night lodgings ara .s.a.
:" re found i'll England to-day and ,l !, :;
''ritct harmony with this that wo 49, q ~. y
london lower average Of hons, @
ard IL death rate of ~ per LOCO vna asAs
the death rate in Berlin is Is NOR ..e aS
Fancy $50 patients i'll with sportei ', s'a
in one house! Yet such a cas-. ,o,, a
occurred in Berlin in No. 81 AIi},ar ,%'
SIX years before my sangu;np ,na
pointed out the advantages OF tho P s..s
poor in the dwelling question, ''s''l
Moreovel, i'll 1857, when the first <vs,
matic survey Of the housing Of the ro csi
Berlin was scientifically carried ont FIN th.s
lived 100000 human beings in ,ye,ln.
with but one room each that cnla1 s'
heated, and besides these there vera ,S.s
others in dwellings with no opportuni,,
for heating whatsoever. In the nins, n.
years that have interviewed the popnlat;0a
OF Berlin has increased enor;,o,,sly and !.
is probably safe to assume that tod,r
these numbers are too small rather fl ~
too large, while in 1873 10. Der cent If ss
whole population lived in dwellings
ground, in cellars!
! STRIKING CU>TRA>TS OF LIFE
In proportion to the crying nature 4
these evils is the activity with which th
dwelling question has bee. studied "A.
nearly Il generation. Since the year I'M
there have been minute regsr es Of ,l.pr,
lngs ard their relation to populst ion ever
| time the census has been taken. and IN,
results have been deliberately worked IN
by Neuma,,n. Schwab and nhrkh down f,
lc'O. As-olN"NNA. tilS t.Nllilt jiC Has Ictn
lowed by other cities, and Hamburg, Ep~
den, 1.eipsic. Breslau, koni@sler:, have all
followed Berlin in tie publication Of eap
crate statistics Uf dwellings in relation 4.
population.
In Frankfort on the-.nni,l the coHtaS
nf life present themselves Ia the A,v,ea
traveller almo>, as stri.iingl; as n l.onla
IKE superb beauty OF lii" Opera >ianlA;
alone in it's splenlor. the long avenue 4
villas where every third ON" seems 10 "a
the home Of Il member Of til" Eo,ASh.l
family, the splendid >nnp>; Il; ta>sefN! as&
Paris. all tell the traveller the story Of Ills
nest q. llilluMaires. l'rr IN Thu, ;;,Ic city
the number OF families livin. upolh
fourth an, still higher ;lo"ls Limos
doubled from $50 to 1880 ri:,..::.,::. !niB
years from Go to 1901, and this t:recas.
deterioration IN the dwelling ;srs;;;::::.
of the poor is said To !r int ole Of MAD
forms of deterioration which: ,,rs Hiaaites1
ing themselves in the present arcatec's
raj development Of Frankfort -a,.,-Ac NAN
, Thus 23. ! per cent. OF I'll tn" dwellings
Frankfort have either one room "hTi Gu
be heated or none at ali, and Hiore iAa
5000 Lave no kitchen.
LANDLORDS AND TENANTS, TROUBLE
Oddly enough, the poorest "'d most I'D
wholesome quarter III trlaK'ort' III
butchers quarter and the now isolate
Judelgasse, were formerly the seat OF IN
most prosperous and long-!iycd c!asso
! the whole population. the Jewish me!
!, chants, the butchers Of the guild etc. Ill
of late years the standard or conltoH A'
SO risen, the requirements, modern COL
vencnces, flowing water, lMrquetry aoa
high ceilings. etc. have grown 50 lar" =
, yontl the substantial simplicity OF fFan'
!; fort Old Town that the prosperous alhlM Il,
OF the middle class have moved OIL VNa
into the more nc,.ern. less c!osei! oa'
portions and their abandoned a"rluAs
-, wholly unfit for work n..ne'S Ao'a'
. swarm with the poorest N me poor va VA
Ea,y rents for their single rooms Qua ' -.
). proportion to the accommodates ''
:, lisheG. :.a
Moreover, if the tenant tat!sa >'N''
!. time, perhaps for want of WORK, ~ r r
the rent on the specified day the la''0"
) may take possession OF every'hlns ~,
:, the clothing actually worn by tl'e :,u.,
:, and may drive man and wlIe ana cn''a' ,,
. out into the street. But the p'S''s's -
which he has appropriated ne may n' ~
sell. Now, Il man whose tools nav y. \
:. taken away from him natulaI'! ,a' h. +
:, readily find work. and Il woman W." ap1 = ,
81 no money with which to b'lE looa t 'D1 (,
y stove upon which to cook can no. ,. 'e, ,hor
= children. So the whole party '@'aA' 1l,,
" selves to the guardians OF the poor "a
officials naturally find it cheaper rsr i
lease the tools of the tather"'ld fee" 4ss.
:, Door little possessions OF the h'" -" ,n
u paying the rent than To >uppor' I '.ndh
:. bodied family outright. 30 tlle -. .s .sua
). who may himself he some tel'a .,a ' ovus
), and have nothing to do with t'N his i.
u ship of the property, rec'se rs nop,l
. rent. but the whole portion OF '' ',tr r
= ton which is subject to such ..'n 9TH
J. hardship becomes in the long nl "a
). demoralized or embittered'-i'e
- Cor. Philadelphia Times
A Coloretl temperance" "'N'' .,.n,
Alexander &. Drake. i coicl.I ~ his tel
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