The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-23
RENT FREE 5 MONTHS
PERKINS MADE sETEN OTHER TEN.
ANTS PAR HIM SfS A MONTH.

NV ~ NMANAAI - " W.
Them Moving Ont TO Escape Duns-wby
HI was SO Anxious to Keep Them.
They had been talking about high rents IN
New York and tho difficulty for a family Of
moderate income 70 md a comfortable placs
to live. The man whose income has long been
q matter OF c~oniecture'to himself as we'll as IN
his friends. but who always lives in a hand.
some apartment, spoke IN:
II cannot repress a feeling Of pity" no said.
for people that waste time comparing this
or that feature OF metropolitan life with cor.
responding features Of life IN such low
as Chicago. Bpeonk and Yaphank. and. Of
course. mover falling to give New York the
worst OF the comparison. But when thew
grumble about high rents and bowling ALLEYS
for dwellings, my commiseratlon turns to con.
tempt."
Why" asked the newly married YOUNG
bank clerk, whose present aim In life Is 10
keep q S70-a-month landlord from the door
Isn't IL true that we are existing in deco.
rated dungeons and steam-heated chicken
coops. and denying ourselves cigars and cloves
that we may do so7''
''Of course it's true. y said the FIRST speaker.
''and that's what excites my contempt; he. .
cause the-you will pardon my candor-the
fault is your own-youil not mind my speak.
Ing plainly. old man-your own stupidity. The
COlA l1Ct " tli0 10 ttlaN vi Oht llluJ mas
an open eye and %well-keyed wits rents ara
lower in New York than in any other f~rst.class
city OF the United States"
All the company kept silence for a moment,
then some one made n remark that accom-
plished it's purpose OF setting free a secret per.
tanning to the. unconventional.ways and'means
Of the man who lives In good style and supports
q family on a conjectural income.
Let me give you the experience OF a friend
OF NINE" he began. but we all understood.
About eighteen -months ago Mr.. Perkins
we will cali him Perkins-met a builder chap
that was In q financial strait. He had soma
mortgages that were expiring and had to be
satisfied, or something OF the kind. and he
wanted to make a hurrv-up sale of a house that
he had just finished. So he told Perkins that
II he could find some nice-looklng people
families that would be a credit to the place
he would let them apartments in the new
house on exceedingly liberal terms. Perkins,
sympathy for the landlord in his plight was
kindled at once. for he knew what 1t was him
self to have mortgages foreclosed. So he not
other desirable families to do so. 1t being IN.
derstood that nothing was to be said about
PERKINS saw that he had ttumbled against
q decidedly good thing. He had moved six
s msSt N tfss ye fbey %a1Id 70 sI Slm Sim any Z mo apfTt;
rent free-and after all the wear and tear to
mind and body and furniture he had succeed
ed In obtaining only six months free rent.
tie down for three solid months. anyhow. and
an apartment as handsome as any one could
desire. Besides, he saw, a chance to remove
place It upon a rock Of certainty for three
months. at all events. He had no difficulty to
find the people that he needded'in his own circle
own,moet Of them very small families. but
niee-lookipg people and good dressers. AS
dSiS f n x mad Sood furniture but not a great
Before the Perkins colony moved in Per-
By Which ID It was to, pay him SIS a m%onth@Veryy
s sasS as seR Would GGGns sent Fr t sf.5o the a fi Sssr' we 81
the real landlord. but he did not care. and
Perkins collected his rents regularly and
Of every month. You can imagine the large
book trade that the butchers. bakers, and gro
s q house Tor e The first month snas or am SO. The
t tES nTs6n fairlys 1 fought each other to get
t Cine Oa sneoseded bg The la ssiIs Of n4 fse s IN fas
tradesmen. and things becoming unbeaTably
ttSrrid. the colony longed ioE the end Of the
made an arrangement for ali his families to
spend three months in another new build
aaThey ali began to back up. and would have
got away, two or three nights later but tho
had aap' Oino esss Closed With R0i q g cu s. Tor sorp the he
house. and that II they, all got out then In a
buIpEc ehn the e. buyer yer would = ll be frightened g te5,s ,S Of. o,,h
men. butchers and bakers are closing In r
to nay, ali the bills. iii wanted to sell the
house to that particular customer; and this he
Perkins colony. But the episode gave Per.
kins an enlarged. but, not exaggerated. no
ss% t Gt tf tSG s GSs d saiiaaI shas he sy has stT pFsssnt aa3
The great fact doomed before him that, II the
vnnH1nH1 nnOn tnnH yAVI In hA annld NOT afnFA
to pat you Sn out sS until re Po II; ps sc SS@l1 hSS sn3 fSs
purpose for which he took you in: A month
did not see any more OF the landlord that had
proyed such an angel.
with tine @hs gay ONE sR oi t asS c% ,SlHG ! called isfH 'm @an
nous verdict that this fellow was. a ! rent col;
that they would. leave The house In a body pn-
less the landlord gave them the month Of Au-
c cSHS lite q Of rome one to oo break the The news aeRsif to the
d mSa PaFEI6s gso; SST that r. fb his !b TeRo Itch to Sh s, ESii
iGaather.S But S he rail- a and ND" said aidi0f That ni' he
would see the colony hanged before he would
Aesede to the demand.
TO land another, landlord, that was in need Of
would have to yield e, the cruel necessity o.
BEGAN looking about for much less preten:
tious quarters: But the lean man sqrren;
dered az the last minute. and agreed 10 let
them al, stay during the month Of August rens
free. That made five months that they lived
In the house. and Perkins had paid not a cop
PEE OF rent, while, II had cost the others only
"PerFi3s had pIenty Of time time t to look around.
and he found another landlord that needed a
batch of tenants and didn't care about money,
It's quarters. Perkins has pursued his good
thing eveE, since, and the outlook Is. he says.
that he win be. ableto push t'along for an In
definite period. Now. gentlemen" the man
OF ,coniectural income concluded, You can
understand WIN I am wearied when people
talk about rents being high in New York"