The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-20
SOME EAST SIDE EVICTIONS.
PEOPLE WHO DON'T PAY RENT AND
n UP PATHETIC TABLEAUS.


Devices That Occasionally Deceive Even
Hardened Court Onicials- EVICTION
Cases Deserving Of sympathy he'is Kitten
en- Tenants Tn Landlords side OF It,
II was In the Fifth District Municipal Court
which IL In the old abandoned fire engine house
In Clinton street. near Grand, when. "heh
court IL not In session, IN favored with the aro-
matte "reminiscences Of long years OF use us a
stable But court was In session on this oc-
casion and the court room benches were filed
all the way down the long, narrow length OF the
room AT such times the usual atmosphere Is
tinctured with the concentrated essence OF
the Ghetto.
Drawn up In a line at the railing In front OF
the Judges desk was a forlorn group hollow
checked. hollow-eyed, woman with n waay-
faced little baby in her arms, and ranged beside
her In "A row like a descending staircase, were
six other children, the oldest not more than
nine. and all OF them. like the woman herself,
pitiful In the squalid. patched and scanty rags
That took the place of garments,
What's this" asked the Judge. looking
down over his glasses at the dismal little group
ITS a dispossoss case. your Honor She
has been served with notice 10 quit She wants
more time"
Where's your husband2" asked the Judge
He's rInt away. Chudge. 4" said the woman In
a faint. ouivering voioe Hes runt away. und
left me. und -"
Tiers she broke down and began to cry and
one by one all the way Town the scale, Ike
the stops OF an organ. the children opened up.
and 'oined In the wailins until the room was
fliod with the chorus of voices uplifted in lamen-
tation.
"There' There," said the Judge. That's
enough. III give you another week"
SO The sobbing mother with her brood trailing
after her started back up the aisle toward the
door But the hearts of the crowd. the court
attendants and the audience were touched A
hat was put into circulation and there was Il
c%linling iingle of coin dimes. quarters, nickels
and halves. " was not necessary to detain
the woman NJ the door, The clink of the coin
caught her ears and there came a hungry CLEAN
into her eyes that dried the tears.
"Il"re YOU are" SAYS the court attendant,
who he'd started the fountain Of charity flow
Ing Here YOU are $3.50 Now go home
and pay your rent and get Yourself and the
kids some grub.
Did she do II? Well, she went home and a
wiry. foNy-eyed man, her husband, met her,
IL l3t'll 7 run away MOI Illlt1, tit ndu
merely instructed lis family in the part they
were TO play and send them around to the court
10 organize themselves into a pathetic tab
lean. And II had worked worked hey ond his
widest dreams. There was rejoicing and tho
forlorn ones that lately were lifting up their
voices IN wailinG and henrt-breaking lamenta-
ton wor" now hilarious, and they Toasted.
Nnd did they pny the rent? Well. not much.
They told the landlord they would get ont If he
would give them slo. They compromised on
s? and Tho landlord paid II. So at las, they
would do aS then had been intending 10 do all
the time, and went or 10 another tenement to
-add"n ONE other landlord.
That Is one phase Of tenement house life In
the most densely populated part of New York.
probably the most dnu~cly populated region
in any part of the civilized world The lines Of
the Firth district run from the East River along
Catherine To- Division. along Division To- Nor
folk \orlult to RivingtOn, Rivington to elm
ton, from Linton through Avenue Il to Four
tn"Eih street and thence along Fourteenth
street Ia TIA" East River again. And In this
comrnraiiy"lv narrow area iher" arc 10000
vut"r- aud q total population OF something ik"
10000 people. IA" vast ma 'orlty of whom live
y ten"n'%nls pay ing an nveraG" rental Of about
You may go through this region about
The irSt ct every month ,p~articularly ahout
VI "r a,li,h, NlrI ana WY ati ,1'l VIII
I,,l ny nnu mr. Il"u w Itpnp I'" s,f'Wa'k
XIX .ruu :" irpi' ~ rs uI.iilud'"u i"I>"1
,.,u Wmn,'in ",uI@'9 I'luW- anu u"d
,"N'iN IdIlo'h' "F ,"l''E aIu ,ialTS ana nay
"'ifu mn '"'~ ihh I"N' ana inevitably
ana ulvailalIl we Gradl' ana hah' wagons
.t,tnS" "n,"N- y" wv It'nt"luouH nulput IA
'h' HIHI' ~, ",nl'I marx w" Er"A' fdlSt sac.
Now we l'l" heapN on furniture on the street
mean eEl'i"nN- h"' dINay,. blit often enough
a"i i'rt. ."N''HnE III lil" ,I"H'hole ol
!n' Nhu lt," ~tn'h. "l ln'l,"hoIu effects out
III me ElatlhE sun or, maNbe, ~ tho snow. or
-! "' MI He' " NIu u nov iHIrriHehtN nap
'udt Wc~"NIdpeIN '"l o., some particular
iHN'u.r W way 'ha' 'ol'hes me generous
,!g"', ",.rn Is QhneI an ne rush 81 New J 6rk :
M ~ ilcii mere Is n l'gllng shower oi. ON
POI I". u"aiSn 81 h"eNl,'rd onrS and tn"y lnarl,,
!" y" lualh.,l lu"l lhe tenement LANDLORD
! ~ Usir :. " pnlI'dr NINA
iu'h rum Niln,.lt"I out' district there are
m"lr u"'.,s "i dlspn9'.SNloh served on the
h''IHH" man IN any otl"l district In New
rorN lheN hV"Iae" nearly 700 n month,
fnt ln.lal'"' IN January last thcre were Gdi,
w reorIarN No " Mhrcll, N25 III November
81 az VI. ~, anu III l'ec'luper go. Bui all
ms h"''orS %" NOV mean eviction not moro
tnan I'VE IN a hundred and Of the five tenants
VINO Ir' a''uaIF ppl ont, there may be one
taH, u.a' 7 Il s.,lu'np nhruHihG a case Wl"r"
,nn,mnn ~ n"N Wv I'H' hroNp ron ~l'rT ms
fortune rom some one oV"rNhe,ning disaster
tpI'Ts', "Inch fWtIlI"'d honest EFFORT Of the
tehai! 10 Keep i'hd above IN" rising Hood,
ava ! Ir"'I''N sven 'aN'~ that are least heard
o. ltcf i'N'T appear IN court with aCC"--
T9Hrn' u Wr"lnag r,uldT'n anI -phnllE mother, :.
me, .pIT'NI""1 ana l~ll@Ilh't oi 'nnor winch
iqadr lh'-' l"Trpltr SirlN" vaIlauilr 10 meet
!l'!T une, max" 'h'ln keep "Nt ol eight wf"r all
'h'!T 'I"TI~ lHm'
\"nl',nlll al e@ylg,ion~ and .ervtcc; Of nc
tl,"". disrn-e"s-l"n are in the name of the Sh"r-
w N'llltllN 'IPN nave no 1lINtl 1iDHTfuTn