The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-20

| room contribution cited above 10 not ~ ent
cepional instance. II Is ind9ea = ,ha heneft
| OF some apparently sorely afflicted tenant Men
are constantly taking the one Gha " 40 Giving
that "A street begRar Is not a irauai w oa'rt room,
money 10 him. Ia the same way, the oouIs oon
contributions are made by good hearted persons
who In their own souls and from ioHs GNpp.ss are
know that the deserving cases oil "'' "
least apt 10 parade their misery. I, ,hos.
Even children nEc brought VI, 10 /. il n
devices Of moving appeal az a fine ait' H or =
frequent, occurrence for Il little cn,d, 81 deeloY
years old, TO appear IN court pltmni ~ Sthe father
being dead and the mother SICK III oeu raiiv
food and no money. And they ar, siIcs pre,
not Transparent stories but claiborne ,,itiiul
episods tha, som.,imes smacks Of real g%cnins,
So the hat goes around and money y, ',ncted
and the family with goods az ~ nut
them into the street, where n truck Is waiuhg
around the corner To take them 10 Wv Io"
apartments that already have been tiisnt"u ~
And # by some astounding COilplhalon ~
circumstances the family Is unpr"Nideu VII
children of their own to do IN" path'uc tn,m "
court. there ar" always plenty III th" hei ,mr Ia
hood To be borrowed or even rphufu ~ 'n
occasion. A family with n full line OF ,ra,nnu
infants, experienced in III" arr anu mui
rant"d not to leave a dry eye or an unQ!""nru
purs" In any court room. Ii IA FANNY Wv" u"
vested capital .
II is 10 be- said of tha nomadic tenants oi 'ne
East Side that they don't cheat the lanaIo,n
"a spend the money In drink; they cn"9' III
10 put the money deep down in the !arH" ann.
stocking. They don't rum H. thry S"ah ~,
Is ~" way a court attendant d%rS'ripru IT, r",
what is ,ru" Of IN" Eart side Ghr'l" Il n'' SIdn
of IA" great GrOwl'f Belt Of the N's' SUI
There they rum the money and soak thrilSeiNes
The Eighth District Court cover. a gogu pr
ton OF this district. II includes Hell : hN,n,h
and the stavpdore district along the Norm
River front Tie district is bounded on me
east by Sixth avenue, on the west by tne Nor,I
River. on the south by Fourteenth street. ann
proper was the old ramshaclle frame house, now
torn down II was owned by one morrison, u
retired rag picker. and when il was distin,ctlyeiE,
,h' ono and only Hell's Kitchen in New YORK; y
nbont N" site Of the old Morrison house HIS come
10 be known as Hell's Kitchen, and although
something Of the old-time dash and vigor has
| gone from the fights that rag" in the neighbor-
! hood the kitchen is still capable on occasions
of turning ont a. hot a broth OF the shlndy as one
in reason could desire III" language OF the
Kitchen is still selected burning Goals OF ron
vrrsat!on right ont Of the birthstone range
and mixed al" is still the popular drink
The popnlation is not SO large ~ that Of the
Fifth district and IS entirely different N 'harac-
Ter. over in the Nintl and Tenth avenue
regon the Irish are predominant. and If the
popUlntion were to- be represented by q color.
| th,rr ure descendants of Congo and Ethiopian
tribes To- give II u distinct MAHOGANY shade.
In proportion 10 the POPULATION there are
probably rs MANY disrossess notices served
in the Eighth A. N the Fifth district. IN Innu-
bT', I'DfIHIN. Mhftl ana AlTu ~ 'nl~ war
l,s72 such notices were served on tenants,
an average Of something more than four hun
dred n month. About : per cent OF these
resulted IN actual pviCtiOns, and not more than
twice during tho -four months were the police
called upon 10 suppress obstreperous tenants,
And moving IN the Eighth is a simpler process
than in the FIFTH The amount 81 house
hold propertv Of n family is generally in IN
verse proportion 10 the domestic consumption
Of mixed ale. And as the consumption Of
mixed ale in this region is prod gious. The
penates usually can he comfortably slowed
away on a push cart. 4 few pots and ket-
ties, n broken-loGgrd chair and table or SO
a little bedcluthlnG, This, together with
tho family GROWER, is about the average.
The negroes. as n rule, are e the nonadic
variety of tenants They are learned In th"laT or
eiectmert and. as a rule. Ilaoidly wait for their
household goods 10 be put into the street NJ
the expense Of the landlord and then move
| on 10 some other landlord who has not yet got
wind Of tho reputation which they have long
ago established with the court officials. .
These two districts named are typical OF
pretty much all OF tho great cheap tenement
regions ~ Now York and an inside knowledge
of the life in them leaves the conviction that
the landlord has his side Of the story. In many
Instances he has only an equity in the premises
he leases. With a hope 10 get on In the world
he has paid 5000 down on n s25 700 purchase
He has 8 per cent. interest 10 paw on n $1,000"
| mortgage and he has his taxes and his repairst to
attend 10. And where tenants burn N" doors
and all the other available woodwork for fuel
as l. not infregucntly the case over Hell'S kltch-
en- way the repairs are mn ten. Andthen there
Is the almost constant professional attendance
Of tho plumber.
The pathrtic court room scenes and the sad
little heaps Of household goods IN the street
are not the only side Of the story. The landlord
Likewise has his troubles,