Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-09-25

So the decree reads, not because Of
Rooseveltian doctrtGes or the cr!ti-
c.sms Of Mrs. Van Worst and r 3.
Harriott-Watsou tut because builders
o. flats are beginning to erect estab.
Is hments for families and It is possi
ole that in te~ sears Anne the sign
will no longer read
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Parties with children need not =.
apply.
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Only parties with children need
apply.
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For several decades the average
child has been made to feel that he is
despised and outcast creature, at
tie mercy of heartless landlords and
yinegalfaced boarding house keepers.
Whoever applied for a suite of rooms
III any flat or tried to lease some at.
t1actiyely furnished home. was strict
" catechlsed regarding the size Of his
family. The one word "children" was
as red rag in the face Of the irate
landlord. The meek seeker for rooms
was regarded as a redhanded villain
If he so much as dared to possess chit.
d"en. to say nothing of his nerve in
asking people to admit them under
the roof Of a decent dwelling.
The rights of child to life liberty
and the pursuit of happiness, guaran-
teed him by the constitution, have
been denied him by those who have
set the false standards of modern life.
and the prettiest Fairgrounds. the
incest houses. the most comfortable
flats and most of the attractions OF
the big. beautiful, busy world are de.
Med him because he is a child.
The revolution that IS to make chill
dren proper and desirable commod-
i;.l was brought about by ,touple OF
rich New Workers. living in the Bronx.
who are building three great. mod
ern apartment houses on a hilltop and
V ho have sent invitations to the four
quarters of the city for mothers with
many children to come and see and
rent their flats. if they wish Their
hilltop residence must stand to the
discouraged home hunters like the
shadow Of rock in weary land
One of these philanthropists said,
III an interview not long ago to
a reporter of the New York Sun:
.I.m one of family of nine chill
d. en-. and Nave had four myself, so
Why shouldn't lose 'em? For years
friends of mine have told me of being
turned away from ore house after an
ether. simply because they wouldn't
kill off a child or two to oblige the
landlord.
And. bearing this in mind, the two
men SET to work 70 build and to invite
a.. the women with babies to live
there unmolested and never ask in
scathine tones when a woman ap-
preached with babe in arms:
GLOW many more have you got like
tt.at9.
The flats are bic. cream-cOlored al
fairs. with an immense Tsement for
storing baby carriages ard a big play
ground. where the little people can
play and enjoy outdoor life to its full
est. The tendency will be to .encour-
age the best children to move in first,
though bad children will not be bar
red
So far do these be- evolent men car
~ their plans that they invite the pat
ronage Of newly married people, and
on the christening of tho first baby
will give a months rent free. Ii there
are two babies tvo months rent will
he given. and the fortunate father of
tliplets will have his re"t prepaid for
quarter because OF his multiplicity
Of blessings.
The friends of the stork do not
mean to stop at three modest huild-
ines, but mean to go on building until