The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1888-01-22
IN THE CLEARER AIR.
ENJOYING III SKI PARKS OF eoTHAx.
what the Room OF The Tat Tenements are
to the jewellers within.

what the Room OF The TAFT Tenements are
to the jewellers within.
Prom the Providence Journal
NEW YORK, Jan. 14.-The baby seemed 10
be making for the edge OF the roof as fast %
very rapid 9t9im0.,o on It's hands and knees
No, mo-, Come. here, pet. said the mother
calmly. and tho infant halted and then turned
What a place for q baby that was-on tho
siSss o. he { s ssllss3 bo oSnsm is th so nsisb II gSatsr
with a view somewhat recalling a scene. on the
Rhode Island coast. with here, and there .
and there a pun Of steam 70 suggest the clouds
OF spray made by tho conflict Of the waves and
e eSgss; an Of Il The s nppsr air. air. "n''' anu pa'0 0i0'
xren,t vow afraid 10 10, your baby play
there, and / not only feeling tho polite, neces-
sity Of SAYING something, but asd y, really , curl,
o. Wi WIZ "s Should i i e AFRAID she INQUIRED Ct u u
t Hfs e as fG and G no o harm " Came e' to me- Of IT,. "''' 'H
the n Tish.s s sSs eon mt a%s p Sesip Mn The look q IN:
SSo1ryi m .h %s b 'ess; "A and y when saSYH was : little y vs.
thing my mother. God rest her soul. used to
and the cool .breoae in the summer. WhenI
was u. little girl twas here that l came after
a ssapG an % pilii iIl. at p isSrs ses h %ssn ard i s w5sh S Ry
i y q to II, s y ' anS Ssss so, t. III III IT,, ' Cane + : , NY, T.
sss sns iaas dancing %an 'G %nd sqsiT * ' aanntdf
flirting and singing and entertaining one an.
ths cap A oi a az boy so or siri TO + Be- w ssre 8 a ,ss'h g y n
for the matter Of that, for younl never find the
wsy|Ear ID 9 fSs sh hIe VIA " iS up st hsrs ene And ths When nave
really to work to help my widowed mother;
came for most of my play and good company.
All. that maj seem strange or very dull to you,
t PM tl'a nd 10 ih th Ss't ever o, my e reeS' to- tse me, e;a ,e : aSer q
money and the comforts of the Church, came
to me here, on this seIf;same roof =, ~.
music Of the accordion that him who is now
my husband, could play better than any boy in
weather, John would come up here md play for
the girls Of the house and our friends OF the
asoi,sh WS Soul a"d dance wes With 'h siaem. T "nd w SSys
and be partners. Ifis Just the same noTsi
s s%a k sS%e and p' tho s" CD ioiEs s Hshsins aeo Sna
they pretend not to see ut all, though for
TINT matter; when YOU have children they are
think. maybe. they'd be atrnid. dancing on tho
edge of The sky like this. Not a bit; never
gave 2 thought t. the bo aan GER and nnar ! don't mt, s sIS
there who're you're sitting. we thought to have
so we did, but really the best party OF the two
was when we. were making the arrangements
best d" tims Of ali, With inV dancing and beer: and
Mike Cronan and his fiddle. and some OF the
best SINGERS nnsar from re- nth the church happ snet ! IN ion.-
yard we have. and It's divided up so that It
lies-each day in the week, excepting Sunday.
for them to hang up their wash. Well, some
9 thas ali ihe ney Sas %sS ,he y c son h han sH fn the ase epsn
windows Of the kitchen. Some use IT only about
once a month and some hanG the whole y 81 . ar dfr Tall
ent floor every different day. and no ono would
t think ooh Of u xi,;o it for ssk clothes nsr9 on Any DAY E6 ens
family puts up, and takes away, their OWE
cIothesllnes each day, and. mind you, even
then the tSat s9 fSst q hat she shs sity must sp be- %i FsthG Seio pa
you sec those boxes OF earth around the edge
tenants, and in the summer one vies with the
other to see who'll keep theirs the greenest.
and. tho best OF. the boxes don't amount to
tie tin below drying up the little earth there is
.enement Child $ sees $50 o. the country the III frst
few years; H., ! Yrs e., IL L y }en 1, Ss old before sd9 ~ ! eyer saw
Park, and then. when / went up into Vest
chester county to my uncle. who has q farm. !!
to know what the country was really like;
Then here's where many Of tho men In tho
5 Ses' Il Is ts s,se SFce eei t ana I'M t bsst bet bsd Tsa1h H ";
w. - 80 Wv ~ hA'h'A kso IVA w. W.
have when the swsltering heat comes. and the
women would be- glad to make use OF it for the
same purpose II it was considered right for them
to do 50. On such nights the windows are thrown
omen back and front. and the women, and chil-
dren that are too young to be trusted make tho
best OF what draught there is, while the men
with a pillow, and a blanket, or sometimes with
nothing at all but their regular clothes and an
old coat rolled up under their heads, turn In on
the roof until it's that thick with, men that an
old soldier once told mo it reminded him of the
dead In the trenches on a battlefi cid where he
was in tho war. But before there's any goes to
bed at all: evory one In the house sits up there
Ito cool of, and l really think in all the year
those arc the happiest hours We poor people
ever spend.
They even had a death on tho roof a few
doors below. last summer. 1t WAS n poor old
sinking. when they brought him up. thinking
It would revive him. which 1t did poor man,
but it was In the other world he felt 1t. Moth
ing bad like that ever came TO this roof. and I
am glad OF 1t, for some would always be think
ing Of it, and the place would not be tho same
after; But we've had n little of everything else.
Pm thinking, and TO me It's the best place there
is and the one where / have lived the best
hours OF my life. child, girl. and woman"