The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-26

rooms which rented for 80 q year. .he
tenant getting only 50 . week The woman
who showed me the nAt was a. clean as q
pin. and she took pride IN her h~ousekeep-
ing. which was a. clean N herself The
beds were neat There were pictures on
the walls and curtains In this windows, and
everywhere the desire 20 make home beau
tiful, although the rent was, all told. not
more than 80 cents weekly. In this colony
there were 400 people. and I was told
that the apartments were always rented
COTTAGES ARn COMFORTABLE
The cottages are more oomfortabls than
ths n Thers are hundreds OF them,
each having its own garden about II
Each has its own style OF architecturN
not unlike that OF some OF our best suburb
an towns Of the United statsA
Some cottages are single and some eou-
bic. There are seldom more than four fam
lilies IN any one cottage. and a . rule
not more than one or two
One OF the tour-room cottages I saw
rented for s. q mouth, and O little better
one for s. Where two families occupy .
cottage there are two entrances and each
family has its WI garden The cottages
are covered with vines.
Flowers bloom about their doors. and they
ara really pleasant homea There 10 such
q demand for thsm tha the waiting list
- ASA3 49, 80
years In getting the apartment they desire
CLuBHOUsES FOR BACHELORS
There are eiubhouses here for bachelor
vorkmsn; boarding-housese for single men
built and furnished By the Krupps and
managed By their people at a. near cost a.
possible
Each OF thsss buildings has about nxty
rooms, which are rented out with full
board to the men Of the shopa
Every man has his own room. The charge
Is 70 cents per day. and the men who 90
eupy them make $50 per day.
As 1 vent through one Of these houses
I asked the manage what he could fur
nish FOR % cents q lay. He repredi
you have seen the rooms
Each 10 about sxlo In size; 10 has .
table, chairs and q comfortable bed In
addition there IL q bathroom. q general
reading or loanng-room and 4 teno'n alley.
"oLD AGE COURT
One Of the most interesting Of the col
onies IS Altenhof. which might b trans
lated "Oid Age Court"
This Is for the retired orkn who
have served out their terms In the shops
and have pensions
There Is . regular system OF insurance
and pensions by which the men after .
certain term get SIS md upward Per year
and ave these houses free Of rent The
most OF theme have other incomes from
their savings.
This section is a up Of neat one and
one-half story cottages, surrounded by gar
dens and filled with fovera
They are OF brick and stucco. and have
what the Germans would call al modern
convenienceA
There Is one family to the cottage. and
the cottages are kept by the widows of the
old men after their death.
II Il a heautifll yfilaaa almost svery IN
habitant OF which Is over 90 q town OF
old men and old womea. fairly well dressed
and apparently contented.
In addition 20 the cottages there are club
These are for those of the aged who have
no families or who do not van 10 keep
house.
In one Of these clubs I found eight men
and talked with several OF them
ons told me that he had worked for
his savings he had now an income OF about
$40 a month.
His house rent costs him nothing. and b
can. he says. live quite comfortably on this
amount / asked him II he did not get tired
of doing nothing.
Nc: I worked hard a. a blacksmith
for twsnty-four years ] am "a years old
now. and I am glad 70 stop. When I am
tired sitting I take q vaIk. and when I
am tired walking ] take . seat II Gits
me very well"
AMONG THE WIDOWS
Among the widows I found some quite as
content a. this old man.
One nice old woman said she had q PEN
Eon Of E.a q msnth and hat II kept her
very well. She cooked her own breakfast
n had her dinner SAINT IN from the old
age eating-house At . cents per meal.
A part OF the pension fund Is furnished
by the Government. but Krupp gave a
vast amount himself every year. Indeed.
In this respect alone his charities annually
amounted to about q quarter Of q million
dollars.
Ths company stores Of the Unitsd States
are often run for the benefit OF the capt.
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