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REAL HOT WATER.

The reporter stood still and pinched his arm
several times quite hard. 1892" he NUT
tered; "19307 Am I I? Could I have fallen
into trance twenty-four years ago and been
buried for dead. and then in some strange
way reSurreCted and brought to life?" He shook
his head and gave il up. and indeed. pres
entity forgot the problem in looking about him.
AS IN a dream he wandered into the entrance
near him and passed TO the inner court OF
the buildings. The court was gay with beds
or flowers and climbing vines; there
fountain in the centre; children were playing
ahout But when the reporter had penetrated
into the building he forgot these wonders In
the surprise of sight he beheld through the
open door OF one of the apartments. woman
was drawing water from a faucet. and steam
arose from the water He gave an involuntary
gasp.
What's the natter asked the woman.
That waters hot" said the reporter.
We'll it's hot water faucet. said the
woman.
They call this tenement" murmured the re-
porter. I never saw hot water come out Of a
tenement house faucet before. He started
away, and then he turned back again. one
thing more he said. DO the Astors and the
Vanderbilts live here%
The woman laughed. My husbands clerk
in a grocery she said. He gets 500 a month.
Mrs Dolan. across the hall there. her husbands
a street cleaner. I guess there amt any van
derblts or such around here. This is a tene-
ment for working people; We've got three rooms
and hath and we pay 81 a month
As the reporter emerged upon the street ne
noticed a machine of some sort, one Wnlcn ne
could not identify, but which seemed odu!y IA
rliiar being worked by man in Whlte uIliorm-
A long rubber tube reached from the machne
through a window In one OF the aparun IN
the building The reporter questioned the UNI
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-25

II never realized what henpecKeo race VIC
American husbands were until began 10 canvass
Cor teIephones in the rural districts SAID an ae
for a Farmers telephone company ~ 'He
farmers wife every time VINO decides ..,or-.
,,S+r7,rnert shall go in or not. ana nave 10 - -.
- documents accordingly. If she says no. nat
49, a. The farmer will have nothing more Go
,.t ne ,,nIess she changes her mino- WHICH SAG
l,o,+ly does when her neighbor Mrs Jones, a
800 mile down the road. tells her what
comfort her telephone has been Ito,
.s1-, tell the truth depend greatly on the heisi
: -, have nut In phones to plead for me t"es
..,rL ~ more advantages to De oerl'so ..
-. ,,,,u.es than I could conture up IA d -
80 And sometimes a farmer ; WHO wal
49,. husband TO put IN a phone TOT ho 80 =.
49,, that she doesn't want her ue"l0 -
'I.-' - q, her But for the most part we nave
get a"s1 - .too,,or 81 extravagance when we ap-
~ - o. ,adv OF the house, for these "oi"oil
- Ir,ed 10 count their pennies careruny' ana
-, ore Mortified At the idea OF putting as uIl
-, into a thing 10 talk thfoush no " -.
- IN reshingle the barn Ohce ' -, -,
take 70 t.-a,,er # is the wife who sees that the
bms are paid promptly anu W. ,.to,,t ora
,r..,ous egg money rather thah De "'''Ou' '-'e
again. "a. .yrars a farmer put In
,-,o,. On spite OF his wife. he asueo anu
o-y,,a6 hut she obdurate' Iiiai4' en- -
sTTs,,I ara, have 10 put Il in the henhouso ioi VIZ"
We married we agreed that he was 10 nave 0ts
. -o~,,,h,Do outdoors and i or everything lho"o's
"a :. 49, - have a telephone always ringing IN
= - Henry SAYS the telephone VIII heip MN
g., h,s business and II that lie so he can nave IL ~
,bA benbouse and attend 10 IL himself 30 Inc |e'i
tangled rnerrily amid the crows or inc rooS'eis
ana the cackIe OF the hens for month"; "hoH ~
Was moved into the barn From there 1t soon
made a iunp to the kitchen. where II was almost
at the good wife's elbow She said apoiogehSaIiy
,s ire ring WA .so sort o. cheerful that she hated
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-25

90. al, out there for the broken STEP and don't
-, yer that pile OF rubbish at the bottom
said the inspector
,-,a stairs led 10 cellar under a tenement
60 IN Chrystie-st The reporter plunged over
- broken step and lodged the heap OF rubbish
,,.b moved suddenly. revealing the fact that II
.o-s,s+ed. IN part OF a small and black eyed
-, In the dim background OF the junk shop
1,.h hIled the front end OF the cellar swarthy
+..r,an stood sorting some 81 smelling rags.
..poard Of Health" the inspector observed 10
-. r,aHan. IN curt explanation. They know
- that IS better than they know the Tene-
=, House Department" he added TO the re-
porter. .,,.-,r,,-
:, the rear OF the cellar were two living
.-,s" one OF them had two narrow windows
:. uYder the low ceiling. The other, wedged in
ss,vsen the junk shop and the back room, was
.-.suv dark The inspector flashed his electric
.o-rb over this room. II was perhaps eight feet
-. sen and il had three beds in it Also it served
: s,oreroom for huge bags OF rags.
.t5ovr many people live here. eh?" he asked
the italian
.rDour-a poop, four-a peop." the man an
,-s-a5 He pointed 10 the woman bending over
cas- stove in the dirty darkness Of the kitchen
-he TWO children rolling on the ground. and him
self
.ob come. now. you mean ten, don't your"
sei5 the inspector. They generally take in
boa-5ers." he told the reporter. Probably six or
sazen pe9ple sleep in this hole. There's no such
ching as separation OF the sexes here"
He turned &c inspect the plumbing The pipe
leading down from the sink on the floor above
v-ss broken. and impure water was dripping
aov-n and forming puddle the floor.
You fx-a that?" asked the woman anxiously.
..Oh. yes that'I be fixed" the inspector said.
This house is under vacation orders he ex-
rlsined 10 the reporter. The owner has got to
vacate II and repair il. but he's putting the
thing of Just as long as he can"
on one OF the upper floors the inspector
knocked al a rear door II was opened by a
dark haired little woman Of ten or Whereabouts
Inside The room were three younger children,
and the little woman was minding them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-25

Then suddenly. with the guilty feeling that he
had been nocding, he Strengthened up and
opened his eyes. Then his mouth opened, too.
out with helpless establishment. For, strange
10 relate, ne was no longer in the parlor of the
girl cousins. on the contrary. he standing
IN a street, city street. but such street S he
had never seen before. on either side were great
buhdlhgs OF white stone. massive, yet beauti-
fully airy In their form and manner of construc-
uon AS far as he could see these buildings
stretched. not sufficiently alike be monoto-
nous but entirely In harmony. From the arched
entrance OF the buildings nearest him came the
SOUND or an orchestra playing. The reporter
waylaid chance passerby.
What place is this?" he demanded.
IhlsE said the other. This is Chrystie-st-.
New-York"
When is this? What year is it," stammered
the reporter
The other man stared at him. why. Rip
1890"
And this building?'
It's the Lincoln Tenement House All OUT
tenements have the names of great Americans.
statesmen, authors. scientists"
AS remember" murmured the reporter,
there We're blocks of old ramshackle wooden
oulldings here, or maybe they were brick but
anyhow they were old. last time I stood on this
street.
oh. they were torn down years ago. said
the other man.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-25

ting funeral and n OF the drivers ssts No
horses going too fast this leader Is out Of his carr
rage IN a second and the head OF the of,sndino
horses
The who Is going Jump into his v1f~s
grave common occurrence. and when see one
OF these jumpers I always look out for another
wedding In year. But he causes Us lot OK
And then there the family rows about vho
in the nressnce az dean Families Could blI-y their
grievances but no sir; they bleker and scrap over
session S untn ' T we nigh distracsd Wien thss
get TOO not as o w19 y s9ns 10 pay 'hs
''Once 1 attended the funeral OF Irish woman
mediatey after death. Her husband was grief
stricken over Der looks and was amazed az the day
coIoration. 4 few weeks later he 70 me-
BACKED He wanted me to take out the black
that bis employer would not know ne bad been
wife that he was sure that I could do IL for him,
have 20 be enbalred first that he ceased teasing
"Once I'm a long while something pleasant hap
ago. A man was killed in an accident and wa.
published in she papers, and So f S, days :s man S
arrived from the West. who also wanted to sac II
room where the first man was looking az the body,
s ON s o fbs 5%9 s @d sw 'h seemed hsy
both thought the body was that OF the other, and
they were so glad to find II not so that they
paid the expenses OF a funeral COR tia unknown
IT think the funniest thing that ever happened
IN experience at funeral In small coun-
try place. No sooner was the woman buried than
the grief stricken husband turned to the parsou
and asked him TO marry him at once 10 his dead
wifes sister. The clergyman refused sternly. and
the husband said IN abused tone: Why, I've
got s. worth OF victuals at home. and they'll al
spile IL don't have some one TO tend 20 en-
We think the coffin plates on the wal and ths
old tombstone pictures belong to the morbid age Oc
long ago. but there persons to-day who show
themselves tust as morbid. Some come In Ger. snd
pick out their coffin leaving written order
TO show to their relatives Women often lay asids
their funeral clothes, although they may I've 10 D.
hundred and the style in funeral clothes ehanss
nightly before they die. One woman even cams
IN here and made all arrangements with 70 loos
after her cremation. although she was n robus1
health at the time and did not die until hva years.
later.
II think the most impressive funerals are those
OF the Hebrews They are so sincerely grier-strtc-
en- and still dgnifed- They lay our the body
themselves. winding II with cotton cloth. and
then IL IS placed in a plain vanished box Tbs
rabbi rides the hearse. and when the cemetery
Is reached the body is placed in tho grave Tttnoua
a box any wooden covering
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-25

means Of an open loggia in the first story of the
central building. The houses will be six stories
high. with basement. entirely hreproof. con-
structed Of concrete, brick and steel.
But it is the arrangement of the rooms that
appeals to one. In every one of the 142 apart
ments which the buildings will hold (forty-three
two room suites, siXty-three three room ones
twenty-eight four room ones and eight five room
ones), there will be private vestibuIe and hall
so that each room can be reached without pass
ing through any other; most of the suites will
have through drafts. from the courts TO the
street, and the windows to be more than
ordinarily large, with low. broad sills, and in
the living rooms each window will be hanked on
each side by narrower easements. Each apart
ment will have bathroom, in the larger suites
fitted with porcelain tub. in the smaller ones
with fixtures for a shower bath. The apartments
Will be heated with steam, and each one will
have washtubs, kitchen sink and a gas stove.
Gas is TO be the method of lighting for a time
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-25
the Old Barracks
Erected by Henry Phpps Is Tremendous
Stride Toward Ultimate Perfection

people. All the time. of course, the Tenement
House Department was doing what IL could to
improve the conditions, but it working on
rotten material.
1.-THE real awakening came in the winter of
1909. There a great fire far down east OF
the Bowery and scores of the poor were burned
alive penned I'm those tenements The next day
ten of the richest men of the city to-
gether, and each pledged himself to give
S1oOOO toward the building of model tene-
ments Each formed separate association,
asking responsible men to act his trustees.
Later on a great stock company. a building
company. was organized by a number of bust
ness men with reforming instincts; shares were
put at 500 each; thousands of people Joined,
and the work of making model tenements
began What that work is to-day you can see
The old gentleman gave a majestic of
his hand TO the eastward, and folding his news
paper rose and walked away.
"One word" cried the reporter, pursuing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-25
SANITARY SWEEPING.

why, I'm giving the fats their morning clean
ing" he said. starting. Vacuum method
YOU see. You know what that is. Prettiest way
of cleaning in the world. Sucks the dust right
up from the furniture and floors and there's an
end of it,"
rs this done by the tenement owners?"
Sure. AS long twenty-five years ago, you
know. the cleaning of offices in the big office
buildings done 10y the owners; not by this
method, then; but the cleaning was included in
the rental. This is an extension of the idea. At
first some of the people objected thought IL was
interfering. and so forth; but they gradually
came round TO the idea, and now they like II
first rate"
The reporter left Chrystie-st. and walked
slowly westward. Everywhere he went he saw,
interspersed with school buildings, small parks
and business houses. new tenements. all OF white
stone. simple, beautiful, and marvelously clean.
He was surprised to see how few children there
were in the streets, but when he had visited
some Of the Easements and roofs he discovered
the reason. The little We're all gathered
out OF harms way in the roof gardens or in big
playTooms or kindergartens in the Easements
IT'S what my girl cousins talked about" re-
fected the reporter: and then he pinched himself
again. Am I ~ he muttered.
Presently, in a little park near Broadway. he
saw an amiable looking old gentleman reading
under a tree, and plucking up courage he sat
down by him. Hestitatingly he began: Il have
been away from New York for some years. and
haven't kept track of New York affairs. Would
you kindly tell me how these magnificent tene-
ments were built? When I last here. about
tWenty-four years ago, tenement conditions were
pretty bad, as / remember. Now the poor of
New-York appear TO be inhabiting palaces"
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OUT the buildings Will be fitted with electric
wres the intention being to substitute electric
lty Tor gas whenever IL shall become cheap
enough TO make that practicable
The front half OF each roof is 10 b. roof
garden, fitted I'D with big stationary pavilions:
the rear roofs will be drying wards. Down In the
basement there Will be sanitary laundry and
ttnls especially Is a new feature1 an incinerator
In which all the garbage will be burned as soon
as taken from the dumbwaiters. One has only to
renecr a moment on the way the East Side is
polluted by the perfume OF the garbage can on
me sidewalk to appreciate the idea OF the incin-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-25
NEW PHIPPS TENEMENTS.

Then the reporter set out to examine the new
model tenement houses for which Henry Phipps
has endowed a building fund with S1.OO00o0
The Phipps houses in 35th-st. have frontage
of 80 feet and a depth of 9S, and they will
consist OF three buildings inclosing two large
courts, which open through archways TO the
street. All the apartments will be reached
through the courts; the latter will be furnished
with fountains and seats and are to connect by
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tell how 1t happened-but there he was In the
parlor of his girl cousins.
Il do believe" said one cousin 70 the other
that he's been dreaming"
believe l have" said the reporter. And
yet, he added, his mind reverting TO the fair
beginnings of the Phipps houses. which he had
passed that day In East 35th-st ut wasn't so
altogether foolish as some dreams I have had
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-25
WHEN WE ALL WAKE UP.

"Oh, ngt palaces" said the old gentleman
easily. Merely sensible. honest tenements.
which pay an interest of i per cent on the money
invested. It all came about naturally. There
was merely awakening of the public con-
science, caused by several events II you were
here twenty-four years ago, you probably saw
the beginning of the Phipps tenements. They,
when completed were a fine object lesson. Then
two or three things happened There a
great deal Of typhoid, and il was traced to the
filthy school sinks IN some of the East Side
tenements. Doctors began TO see how hopeless IL
to try TO stamp out tuberculosis while those
teneTnents stood, and the city began seriously to
take note Of the extortion practised on those
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-03
This Day in History.

1521-Matrin Luther excommuni'
Gated.
1661-Frst appearance OF women
actors said to have been made at
Lincoln Inn Field Theatre, London.
1724-Philip v. Of Spain abdicated
in favor Of his son.
1740--Benedict Arnold born.
1777--Battle between American and
British forces at Princeton, N. J.
1793-Third partition Of Poland ar
ranged between Russia, Austria and
Prussia.
1SO4-Insurrection OF Irish convicts
In New South Wales.
Standardization first introduced in
Germany.
MISREPRESENTATION Of the Archf
bishop Of Paris (Sibour).
1S85-Earthquake shocks felt In
Maryland. Virginia and New Hamp-
shire.
1s9l-Fffth Avenue Theatre, NNew
York City. burned.
1Ss5-Mrs. Mary T. Lathrop, w.
C. T. u. leader, died.
190O-Gen. Leonard Wood released
10 prisoners unjustly detained in Gu
ban jails.
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MOTTO. FOR PUBLICATION.
hsmss,sad Entry. No. s4ss.

Homestead Entry, No. e43s.
Department OF the interior. Land OF.
flee at Santa Fe. New Mexico. De.
cember I, 1905,
Notice IL hereby given that the fol.
lowing-named settler has filed notice
OF his intention to make final proof
In support OF his claim. and that said
proof will be made before United
States Court Commissioner at Las
Vegas, New Mexico. on January S,
1906. VIZ: Jose Sencion Gallegos, Of
San Miguel county. New Mexico. for
the s w Ia, Sec. 1. T 10 N, r "a e.
He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence up
on and cultivation Of said land. viz:
j.. p. Garcia, Andres Gallegos. Mel.
quiades Tenorio. Ines Tenorio. all Of
Trementina. New Mexico.
MANUEL r. OTERO, Register.
1910
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kentucky Politics Promises to
Exhibit More Than Usual Fire

unique situation go back, or raener
begin. with the occupancy OF the gov
ernor's chair by Beckham. Black
burn had been the strong friend and
political adviser Of Governor Goebel
When the latter was assassinated,
Beckham, then lieutenant governor.
became the states chief executive.
He was ambitious and he began to
weave around himself q strong ellen.
tele, a result Of which was to make
Of the administration the n power In
the state. and the hoped.for effect OF
which would be the reelegatiQn Of
Blackburn to the background
II became an open secret that IL
was the ambition Of Governor Beck
ham to succeed to Blackburn,H sen
atorial toga. The first test OF strength
between the two came two years
ago, at the state convention calico
to nominate delegates to the st.
Louis convention. The Beckham ma
chine defeated Blackburn, giving him
the first real defeat he had ever ex-
perienced. At that convention Black
burn denounced the Governor. At
that time Beckham was q candidate
to succeed Blackburn, but later, It ap-
pears, he discovered that he was not
then the man to make the race. The
administration then began to cast
about for q man capable Of defeating
Blackburn. Judge Paynter Of the
Ninth congressional district appeared
to be the one man in the stage for
the task. At that time Paynter was
as bitter against the administration
as was Blackburn, but friends brought
about a meeting between Beckham and
Paynter and the result was that the
public was surprised to learn that
Beckham has espoused the candidacy
of Judge paynter in an effort to bring
about the downfall Of Senator Black
burn.
The result Of this rumpns was that
the Democratic party Of Keieucay
was rent into two extremely hostile
factions. II was then that the JEFF
ferson democracy conceived the idea
Of bringing a dark horse into the sen.
atorial race. and the candidacy Of Mr..
Haldeman followed. The skirmish
is now on In earnest and until the
caucus early next week every gun
will be brought into play. Even the
cancus NAV not bring a final settle
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Homestead Entry. No. S461.

Department of the Interior, Land OF.
flee at Santa Fee, New Mexico. De.
cember !, 1905.
Notice is hereby given that the foL
lowing.named settler has flied notice
Of his intention to make final proof
in, support Of his claim, and that said
proof will be made before United
States Court Commissioner at Las
Vegas, New Mexico, on January 4
1906. viz: George Griego. Of San
Miguel couaty. New Mexico. for the
w IL, N w IA. w IL, 8 w IA, Sec.
%, T IL N, r % b.
He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence up
on and cultivation Of said land. VIZ:
Bernardo Griego, Of Cuervo, New Mex
leo; Justo Griego. Of T~rementina, New
Mexico; Ezequiel Lucero, of Trenen.
tina, New Mexico; william BOylon, OF
Cuervo, New Mexico.
MANUEL R. OTERO. Register.
113
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NOTICE FoR PUBLICATION.
Homestead Entry. No, 52S0.

Department OF the Interior. Land OF.
flee at Santa Fee, New Mexico, De-
cember /, 1905.
Notice is hereby given that the fol.
lowing-named settler has filed notice
Of his intention to make final proof
in support Of mis- claim, and that said
proof will be made nefore United
States Court Commissioner at Las
Vegas, New Mexico, on January I
1906, viz: Hilario Gonzales, Of San
Miguel county, New Mexico, for the
8 IL. N w IA. 8 w IA. N E IA, N
w IA, 8 e IA, Sec. %. r IA N, n % e.
He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence up
on and cultivation Of said land, viz:
Cesario Gonzales. Manuel Martinez,
Pedro Garcia, Bartolo Salas, AN Of
Trementina. New Mexico.
MANUEL r. OTERO, Register.
1245
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Homestead Entry, No. 51s4.

Homestead Entry, No. 5154.
Department Of the Interior, Land OF.
flee at Santa Fe, New Mexico, De-
cember l, 1905.
Notice is hereby given that the fol.
lowing-named settler has filed notice
OF his intention to make final proof
In support OF his claim, and that said
proof will be made before United
States Court Commissioner at Las
Vegas, New Mexico. on January 4
1906. viz: Bonifacio Madrid, Of San
Miguel county. New Mexico. for the
s e IA, Sec. rs, T IA N, r % E.
He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence up
on and cultivation Of said land, viz:
Antonio Madrid, of Las Vegas, New
Mexico: Jose Blea. of Trementina,
New Mexico; Luis M. Madrid, Of Ire
mentina, New Mexico; Roman Mad.
rid, of Trementina, New Mexico.
MANUEL R. OTERO. Register
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