The evening world., 1888-07-26

whitewashed the house he purchased at 80
and 80 Cherry street and installed as manager
n thoroughly kind hearted and competent
lady to superintend affairs. collect rents,
preserve and encourage habits of ~neatness
and industry, and he SO far succeeded in his
pralseworthy en- erprise that his tenements
to-day are the model tenements of New York.
The occupants are striving to better their
condition in life, and the disease and wretch
edne:s SO common in other tenements are
strangers here.
The present manager is Mrs. Wheeler, who
seems to regard Ter charge with the care that
a conscientious teacher does her school. She
has an Office and reception room p~rettily fur
nished and very neat on the first floor.
Once or twice a week in winter she gathers
all the little girls able to hold q ne die under
her supervision and tea hes them to sew,
the phi lanthropic landlord providing all the
material made up. The children are permit
ted to retain. for their own use, all the gar
ments they make.
Piles of neat ginghams and stout muslins
FL ed the closets in the sewing-room. Some
OF The specimens OF sewing. were beautiful,
and almost al executed by girls under twelve
years o. age. What a world OF good these
lessons will be to these embryonic women!
After the sewing hour the children are enter
tanned by readings, music and retire ,hments.
A laundry is provided where Il Q tenants
wash their clothes. 1t hot water is desired
they are at Ii erty to build IA fire in the range,
but one of The rules is that the wash house"
is to be thoroughly cleaned after using.
| The halls and stairs of the tenement are
scrubbed once a week by the jani,or, who is
constantly clean M and securing.
Are your tenants willing to conform to
the rules as q usual thing ?" asked the repor-
Yes, with but very few. exceptions they
are very obedient and orderly. Atenant who
will not conform to the rules of order and
cleanliness is elected: I" repl ed Mrs. Wheeler.
But l will go with you, doctor, and show
you a sick child. l want you to see" she
continued, addressing The EVENING WORLD
physician.
On the third floor, in two small rooms. with
its parents, lived the sick baby. It's mother
had thrown herself, exhausted, on the lounge
by the sick child and was sound asleep. The
physician and reporter paused in the open
doorway. while Mrs. Wheeler aroused tho
tired woman.
Mrs Bank, come, awaken; here is the
doctor, - she said.
Excuse me, doctor, for dropping asleep.
| was awake all night" stamniered Mrs.
Blank.
Your rooms are not as neat as I hoped to
find them, Mrs. Blank" kindly said the
manager, " and you must be more careful"
oh, please ma'am, l was SO tired out. 1
After I having Is'1 prescribed Sas 'f for nt the Sleeping ,Iaiy;
little invalid, the Doctor left, promising to
return on the morrow.
When the physician was making some
other calls in the building the reporter chat
ted with the - Manager who told more of
the way things were conducted in the model
tenement. THE walls are whitewashed
twice O year, but the tenants can whitewash
their rooms as often as they choose. The
lime, pals and brushes are Free"
Some of the rooms were daintily neat and
c~lean-white curtains in the windows. flowers
TIL s tenement compared with other, visited
seemed like an oasis of freshness in the desert
of impurity. The children are clean and
some very pretty. Little girls dressed dolls
them p, WSe did d0p not 'p POSSESS nss'G bab gT bro t t OF OF
sisters to be held and amused.