The morning times., 1896-10-11
H0UsE-HUNT|NG TROUBLES
Things That Confront People
Of Small Means.
NO PLACE FOR CHILDREN
Little Ones Are Debarred, and
Landlords Rule Like
Caesars.
NO PLACE FOR CHILDREN
These are the conditions:

small salary and wanted-a house.
Eight OF every ten young married men
have faced them-nipe out of every ten
| single men will have it to do sooner or
later.
There are plenty OF houses for rent.
Papers are full of them and real estate men
| ca show you as many more, but the ques-
ton is to get one to suit.
In hunting for house in which to live
the young ngmarried man who perhaps re ceives
but $12 or SIS u week finds 1t extremely
difficult to secure place that wilLbe just
what lie wants and for price that he can
afford to pay. The house must needs be in
a locality at least respectable, within n
| reasonable distance OF his place OF business
and have near 1t a school which Ii is children
can attend.
| II the locality is all right the house
itself will be found to have imperfect
| sanitary arrangements, and { the house and
| locality and school and church is all that
| could be desired, it's sixteen to one the
| rent Will be raised on the tenant at the end
| OF the first year.
Another thing which young married men
have to include in their category OF re-
| quirements when they rent or lease
house is that the locality must possess a
| good class OF inhabitants. Pleasant COM
panionable neghbors are worth as much
J as perfect house itself and in the end
Will be equally as profitable as any other
requirement could possibly be. Pleasant
and satisfactory environments is u valuable
adjunct to the comfort and cony cnience OF
| a family.
| HIS INCOME LIMITED.
In nine cases out OF ten the young mar
| ried man OF today receives but u small
| salary, and there are many who receive
but Sl2 and SIS week. With rents
| high, commodities scarce and consequently
inclined To be high in price, the young man
must Of necessity be extremely careful II he
lives within his income and provides prop
erly- The selection OF house in which
to live and to rear his children is most
important consideration.
| II the young man is clerk. a salesman,
! or If he holds position in n store or
| office, or il fact is engaged in any work
other than that of street laborer he
Is naturally supposed TO have those quail
ties which go 10 make up the better ele-
! ment of society. He is supposed to he edu-
Gated and to comply with the common rules
and requirements Which respectable society
| demands. The young man 60 situated is
in duty bound 10 do It's share toward the
| advancement OF society and he makes every
effort to do that which conditions demand
| of him.
| He accordingly finds himself oftcntmes
placed in IA discouraging position. For rea-
| sons best known TO himself he finds it
| necessary or perhaps more convenient to
move. Then lis real troubles begin. His
financial condition may not te as prCmis-
| ing as he would like to have ii. and his
| ready cash may be at that particular
| moment extremely low. All this may have
been brought about 10y circumstances which
| he could not possibly have prevented but
| which fall upon him and which he is by
force of existing conditions compelled to
| stand. The heremCdy for him is not pleasant
one, but he must accept it and do the best
| he can.
| HUNTING FOR A HOUSE.
House-huntiDg at best is not thing 10
make one desire it continually. The first
and most important consideration in rent
| ing house which the man has TO look
after is the amount OF rent II the house.
hunter finds house suitable in nearly
every way for his occupancy, and the rent
|
week, it is too much for him and he is
compelled to look elsewhere. IL the
| young man himself depends solely upon
his weekly wages for the maintenance uf
his home, he should certainly no pay more
than weeks salary for months rent.
He can't afford it.
When the time arrives for househuuting
| the first thing to be done is to look over the
lists of available houses for rent. Several
In the list are picked out and a personal
inspection Is made. The first house meets
the requirements SO far as location. price
and conveniences are concerned, but he
is told that the owner, who has been
| away for nearly two or three years, is
expected home six, eight or ten months
hence, and at that time the house must be
ready for the owners occupancy. The
| young man finds that lie will be unable
to secure at least years option on the
house and lie goes to the next on his list.
Here he finds the required number OF
rooms, the location desirable and the school
and church nearby. The price, too, is
within his means, but the ucghbors inform
hin that for two or three years the plumb
ing has been defective, and in warm weather
the sewer gases are noticeable to marked
degree. Mrs Househunter is not enjoying
the best OF health and as a result of the
landlords refusal Ito spend any more
money on the house this season, - the next
place is looked at.
ANOTHER CoNTINGENCY
This house is owned by an individual who,
perhaps, lives next door Mr.. House
hunter modestly inquiries about the vacant
premises and is given the required infor-
nation, during which the following con-
versation takes place:
Landlord-How many have you in your
| family?
Mr.. Househunter Myself and wife and
two children.
Landlord-How old are the children?
| Mr.. Househunter-w Well, let's see; Harry
is eight, and Mabel is five.
Landlord 'er well; the fact is,
the last family who lived here had couple
of boys and they did SO much damage
about the place that declared I'd never
allow another family with children to
occupy the place, but don't know that
your children would make it q point to
wantonly injure the premises.
The young househunter sees right then
and there that il he moved into the house
he and the children would be watched by
the landlord like hawk watches chicken.
and with some casual remark about talk.
ing to his wife, or coming again, he gets
out, knowing that that house is Tot the
one he wants.
The next house he looks at with a view
| of renting, il it suits him and the conditions
are up to his demands, is found to be all
right in every way. Mr.. Househunter finds
D, .
| well arranged, that the rental per month
| ic within hic rpoopo nfbor