Telegram-herald., 1888-04-15

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The eoamaa ioigi3g house q today .
clean aid fairy comfortable kacn house .
laensed - receive certain usins1er cay,
every ulan Hlust hsys a bSd 10 hlulself. snd
s4cn BED Enast h4ss saach sFaes given %
II The dlnsFsnce ia tbs respect may %
judged from TIE fast lat Ia one common
lodging sosl-s via which I al acquainted a
room aeS lioeus<a Ter eleven beds formerly
ee,ntained t~snt3 eight Moreover. the law
ecmpes frsqusnt scrabbiags q doors aad
whiteNashtng q walls, and the slightest cese
o. illness mast - a. 0nos reported 70 tbs
nearest po.iee station Sseing Tie class q
customers ths proprietor has 10 accommo-
date yoa laay imagine that the hoors u The
dormitories 81 = terrific amount Of scruO-
bIag. vita tie result that taey are lar
cleaner s.ad more wholesome than the car
peted ROOFS 81 many more pretentious estab'
iishments, where an Oyerworsed housemald
fic4s the furniture with buster, tickies the
carpet with a brown AID sweeps the duff
under the I'D
There Is very keen composition in the
trade. aLd some ho1ses are naturally much
better than others. As a consequence ths
elass II lodgers differs also. One proprietor,
by keeping his houss As dirty as ne dsres, ses-
cures the patronage OF one class while am
ether, BY making ais house as comfortable as
possible, attracts men Of superior grade.
Bot 70 thoroughly understand what the
common lodging houses are you must see
one. Come down thls narrow unswept and
under the weather locking street You SEQ
that house which looks as though IL were a
double fronted shop with the shutters still
up. That IS a common lodging house. Tho
door IN the center is swing door. Outside
it gentleman in the unpicturesqus tatters
Of our national costume Is smoking clay
pipe, and with his bands thrust ia his trol-
sers pockets is looking fixedly at nothing.
Over tEe doorway at which the gentleman
stands Is the inscription in white letters on
black beard, Registered Lodging House.
Beds. SD. and Al Night"
Let Us push the swing door open and walk
in. 1t Is broad daylight outside. but directly
We have passed the swing door we find our
selves almost in darkness. The room we are
I'm is tho Kitchen" or common room, in
which all the guests sit and take their meals,
aud amuss themselves until it is time TO go
up stairs 20 bed | cannot say how one Of
these kitchens would look in the glare Of day.
There is nothing To show sunbe&ms that they
would he Hospitality received, and SO they re-
main outside. And even there they are
snubbed. for, lest they should be inQulsitiye
and try and peep IL at the lodging house
windows, the said windows airs kept as griIny
as possible outside, and inside they are COW
cred with g coat OF some dirty looking prep
aration-
The light in these kitchens, then, is gener-
ally of the dim, religious order. 1t suits the
scene. The people who are sitting ON the long
forms at the table, or crouching together
before the duh red fire. would, some of them,
look hideous in the full light OF day. In the
red glow that toe fire throws on them, as
they sit in the dsrkened room, they look al
most picturesque.
The workmen who live in these lodging
houses are not home yet. They VIII come in
about G o'clock There will not be many il
this house because it is low house-that is
TO say, it is a house frequented by traups
and loafeTs and shady customers, and more
over il is q family house. and that means
women and children 70 disturb the harmony
of the evening in the common kitchen. The
fact that these common lodging houses,
where beds are let out al fourpence q night
are largely patronized by workm-n in regu-
lar employment may astonish people who are
not behind the scenes But know in some
of these houses worl1ingrnen who have lived
there for twelve and sixteen years.
These men are single men and widowers,
! end the houses which are for ''men only"
suit them much better than private lodgings
would First OF a the house is open night
and day; all day and all night the red FIRE
| CLOVIS and is ready for man 70 cook his late
supper or his early breakfast at. Then there
is the society Of the other men, pipes and
/ conversation, and always a pal 10 take a
/ hand at cribbsge, which is the fashionable
common lodging house game. Moreover,
/ each man has q bed 70 himself. which in pri-
vate lodgings for workingTen is not always
! obtainEble And there * always some ono
TO call him early in the morning, in order
that he may get up and 60 70 his work, with
out having to pay the policeman On duty TO
| throw stones at bis window and yell out that
| it is "half-past T."
The common lodging house is TO these men
home and club combined, and the proprietor
who gets this class Of men-nnen in steady
employment - tries TO please them, ard
gradually they FL his house, and then he ex-
cludss chance customers and ''rougbs," and
his house becomes a regular workingmal's
F, hoIn,.
Orr great advantage that a man with regii-
| lar wages fnds in these places is that he is
i
thess common lodging houses there are men
| who FOR a copper or SO a week, valet for
| the eTistocrats For twopeEce = week paid
! 70 poorer fellow lodger the sristocrat has
/ his boots BACKED and his supper cooked. In
addition 70 this. ths valet runs his masters
| errands and keeps his favorite seat by the
/ FRI til ne wants Il. and when there Is a dis
/ cussiau on any matter the faithful valet
chimes in with ms master and Is always
ready % back him IN anY assertion he mar
/ choose n ke.-GsorEe r. Sims IN PhLs-
deiphia Times
Ho~ TO Handle DyRssaIfe Safely.
Dvcamite. when handed with ordinary
care. = not nearly - dangerous 81 explosive
A. ordinary gunpowder. la fact dynamite
does not explode easily. but requires a shsrp
/ dstonstisn to cause Il - exhibits is immense
/ strength. To sre dynsnit. a illuminate car,
Is employed. Which y itsei sxpIodei BY an
electric current from what = known A. a
ratchet rschine. The electric current IN ia
T psssaxe through sT8sl portion ~ plstsnp-u
wire III tse csp raises the temperature q he
/ platinum ~ = white beat THIS isaites H.
! fsimisate. Which dstoaste.. striking tbs
I dynamite cartridges vita 8 blow Of about
20 peuuds, snd exploding ts-rn An ordi-
nary bio~ with pick IT Iron drill vii rot sr-
plesis dynamite Cartridge. but vii sxgisssa
the cap
The whole sosi-cs q danger les in re fses
that she H1en usinr the sxplosivs 10 nct m
derstsnd fhst IS "a re cap snd Erinz machine
they nllsst handle 18th cars properly
prepared AID slectrieaiiy oeureo7es charge