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to stumble over slight obstacles in their
way. In the case, say. of man carry
ing molten metal a slip of this kind
might be no small matter. When a mans
eyes have been daZzled by the brilliant
light from molten metal he is naturally
likely to stumble when he finds himself
suddenly in dark or badly lighted cor
ridor.
The same report also told of the fire.
quency Of accidents among men work.
ing overtime in shipbuilding yards, due
to the feeble light with which they were
surrounded.
But sometimes attempts to remedy
such conditions are as bad as the con-
ditions themselves-or worse. A bright
stairs, or in front of some obstacle, in
such a way that its rays go straight into
the eyes OF any one who may approach,
instead of falling on the obstacle. may
actually be the cause of stumble or
of serious fall. L heard recently Of
case where a man walked off platform
and was killed simply because his eyes
were dazzled by light set to prevent
working close beside him did not realize
that he was not on solid footing until
he toppled off into space.
Not only should dazzling lights not be
installed, but care should be taken that
lights should shine in the right direction.
For instance, in certain tailoring estab-
lishments. where workers hold their hands
quite close to the sharp cutting edge of
tools. "A shadow obscurng the tool for
moment may lead not only to the spoil
ing of the work, but also to the mutilat-
ing of the workers hand. And there is a
June 24-Visits international horse show,
Olympia.
Since the first Of the present month, be-
sides attending the gala Music Hall per-
formance. travelling all through Yorkshire
and visiting many factories and collieries,
touring the west riding and visiting Hail.
fax and Huddersfield attending the cele-
bration at Winchester Cathedral and
going to Henley and Lords, the king has
viewed the Honorable Artillery Company
OF Boston. Mass, and given a garden
party to 10000 guests at Windsor, and If
he doesn't feel now like going into a rest
cure and staying there for year he
must be made Of sterne-. stuff than most
mOnarchs.
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commercial aspect to this: badly lighted
plant of this kind is apt to be neglected
and allowed to become dirty. until.
eventually its usefulness is impaired and
the way is paved for its complete break
down.
Speaking of accidents to workmen.
there would be great decrease in their
total number if employers could be in
duced, through the action of American
companies to have their plants properly
lighted. For instance. suppose casualty
insurance company insuring against &C
cdents found that a certain plant had
poor lighting arrangements and that per-
g ARE so LOW THAT THEY SHINE
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lit is the same way i'm this case.
When you have gone over the figures re-
garding imperfect lighting-when you
have realized the enormous amount of
harm that is caused by it-then you VIII
act as you acted in curling the practice
of promiscuous splitting -
Light is good for the body as well a s
the soul. Let us provide it of the best
kind and in the best way
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The kings worst enemy. however. must
confess that he has taken his position
sovereign mighty seriously-a lot more
seriously, when il comes to the perform
ance of actual duties. than did his father
before him, though il has TO be remem-
bered that King Edward was an old man
when he came TO the throne. After il had
OF Wales that he must soon succeed his
father. he was to he found almost nightly
in the peers gallery of the house of
lords listening attentively to the debates.
and no sooner had he become king than
he made IL his first duty to demonstrate
that he had been lied about with a per-
sistence such as perhaps no other heir ap-
parent had been. He wanted to go into
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be sufficient light for the work to be done
In Holland they have a minimum of IL
Elimination for general work, and in GER
tain trades recognized as especially try
ing to the eyes-such as jewelry, sewing
knitting. embroidery, engraving, etc.-a
special minimum has been established. In
Great Britain the authorities have been
strongly impressed by the necessity for
definite rules specifying the amount OF
light required for various purposes, and
have given instructions that photometric
measurements be carried out in large
number of factories. The agitation for
better lighting has already been carried
up to the house of commons, and COM
mittee has been appointed to investigate
the matter.
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while this inferiority in the output of
your factory is sure TO make itself notice
able. I know of many cases in England
where factories have been stricken off the
list of purchasers of their goods on ac-
count of the constant deterioration of the
goods manufactured, and 1 feel sure that
this deterioration has been due largely to
the poor lighting in the workrOoms where
these goods were turned out By such
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CNGLIS H Illuminating
L Engineer in This Coun-
try to Garry on Crusade tor
Elimination of Bad Lighting
Conditions-Says They Are a
Menace to Eyesight and Safe
tv-Tells What Has Been
Accomplished in Other Coun-
tries.
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Man Who Sits Opposite Me
wears in his scarf a pin just
the shape of small question
mark. I gave 1t to him as
strongly indicative of his char
New-York tribune., 1912-03-17
How Mine Host Knckerbocker Feeds and Beds Pifl Horde
This institution Said To Be the Finest of Its Kind
in the World Cared for 1,ll8 Penniless
Waits of Both Sexes and All Ages
on Recent Stormy Day.

Griffin, "by the Charity Organization. ana
some are allowed to stay here week
From last Thanksgiving to New Years Day
we had twenty-five babies UP here. COM
missioner Drummond gave us six new cribs
for them When the mothers want their
babies TO sleep with them we run two OF
the beds together We feed them well, and
give the mothers a hot meal at noon after
they have looked for work. The babies
have all the milk they can drink DIR.
Steinbach our woman physician, prescribes
for the sick ones and helps us wonderfully
as an interpreter
Through the kindness OF some persons
on the outside who send us cast-off suits.
hats shoes and other articles, we are
able" said Mr. Costello, Ito ft out the
most needy and deserving of our dodgers
with odds and ends of clothing
Many touching stories come 10 light IN
this transient home for the citys waits.
While few are willing to tell their individ-
ual tale Of woe. hardly week passes but
what that keenly observsnt and diplomatic
Iifesaver. Costello, in his humane eHorts
TO help throw a lifebuoy. In the shape OF
job to a sinking but deserving snip
mate. ferrets out some surprising advent
ureS in the HE OF some man UT "o'ha"
whose vain efforts to fight for existence
have led them-sometimes luckily-to this
haven OF last resort
Last month" said Costello. when asked
for an example, you may remember the
case of Martin Bethke young German
sculptor a graduate of the Academy OF
Fine Arts in Munich, whose vain efforts
to procure work caused him to pawn
everything he owned and TO beg for pair
of shoes. In desperation he applied here
for shelter one bitter cold night. kept
him here few days and tried to get him
place: meanwhile The Tribune printed
story of his plight. woman, VINO did
not want her name known, sent him $40
the next day, also the name OF man who
gave him a job at wood carving
Miss Olga Steinbach, the womens ply
New-York tribune., 1912-03-17
To Many Human Derelict, Battered by the Ed
dies at the Side of Lies Current, the Muni-
cipal Lodging House Is the One
Bright Spot in Existence.

I Give wire" OF the management. A strict
disciplinarian. like his chief he is in direct
control of the 100 or more employees in the
building, and he comes in close contact
with every applicant for admission Hav-
ing travelled twice around the world. and
speaking several languages. he is regarded
as the right man in the right place"
The first question asked the recipient OF
the cty's charity and all the rest as they
pass into the building in single file is:
Have you any valuables or money!" Need
less to say, the majority are not burGened
with anything of that sort. or they would
not be seeking charity in this form. Near
ly all, however have some papers, letters
and trinkets which they wish TO retain.
and. as they are not permitted to leave
anything in the pockets of their clothing.
each man is, at this time, furnished with
property" envelope or two, If necessary,
into which all his loose belongings must be
put. II he should have a little money that
is put in a separate small envelope to be
numbered. put in Ihe safe and returned to
him in the morning
Now. let lis follow this first man through
the ten stages of his handling By those in
charge OF the building. After passing mus
ter as to his initial entrance he Is sent into
the dining room, which is on the same
floor as the office. Seated dt one of n series
of long tables, he is served by a white-j jack
eted waiter with two big slices of bread
and tin cup full Of steamlng hot coffee.
we always give them something to eat
the first thing after they arrive said Mr..
Costello. Then we put them through the
regular course of questions, requiring the
full name. age, occupation and references,
for If there comes a worthy case of man
who. after investigation. we find is telling
the truth. we send him to the labor bu-
reau that we are organizing. and there he
is almost sure to obtain employment"
The neWC, uer is then put into lin"-su-
pervsed by policeman-that passes be-
tween iron ratings that lead to two win
dows. where his pedigree is taken. In
New-York tribune., 1912-03-17

clean he is made to scrub himself with
brush until ne Is. Next he is provided with
a towel and when he has dried himself a
nightshirt and pair Of warm socks are
handed him.
Then follows what is regarded as the
most important examination that each in
mate is required TO go through. He, with
perhaps a dozen others, is taken IN the
big elevator to the third floor. where he is
told to strip again, while the Board ot
Health physician examines him for any
contagious disease and for VACCINATION II
necessary. Then he Is turned over TO the
regular physician employed under the CIVIL
Service rules, who not only asks the neces-
sary questions, but makes a personal eX-
animation OF each man. II one Is found 10
be 81. he is sent 10 the portion or that
floor set apart as an infirmary. He is pro-
vided with bed. and sleeps there. IL MS
disease is contagious. he Is Immediately
removed to the Willard Parker Hospital for
inspection As fast as the men are IN
spected they are sent upstairs to the dormi-
tories on the fourth. fifth and sixth floors.
No more inviting retreat for a tired,
homeless man could be imagined than these
dormitories, with their high ceilings, even
temperature and pure air which is pumped
into all parts of the building after being
filtered by a patented process. Everything
is as clean as wax. Contained In White
enameled gas pipe frames are two beds
one above the other-made up with clean
sheets. pillow cases and blankets They are
quite as comfortable and much cleaner
than the single beds in many hotels.
While the men are sleeping their cloth
ing undergoes a fumigatng process, the
like OF which is not duplicated, IT Is said
in any city i'm the world. Each SUIT, or
what there is left of II. is put on coat
and trousers hanger Of wire. the hats ana
shoes being dropped into wire basket,
and the whole-perhaps one hundred suits
placed in a car which when filled is
wheeled into one OF eight fumigating cham
hers. Formaldehyde calcium is then turned
New-York tribune., 1912-03-17

say you Will probably find your perpleXing
problem solved at once, because your
friendly pilot is steering as straight a
course as the storm will permit him for that
hsrbor Of refuge for disabled human craft
needing repairs and supplies, the Municipal
Lodging House. at No. 434 East 25th street,
where on March 5, of this year. LIS penni-
less waits were fed. This is the record
number taken care Of since the house was
opened. on February 10. 1909.
This is no mere pen picture drawn for the
occasion. II depicts only too feebly the
bitter experience Of one OF the many hun
oreds OF cases that come daily under the
Intimate observation OF those whose busi-
ness II is to ease as much as possible the
burden Of the poor wretches who apply to
inc city for aid in their extremity.
Stand. as / did. for an hour on a cold
and stormy night this winter. on the cor
ner OF First avenue and 18th street, and
'his Is what you'll see:
singly and in pairs. wet and shivering
W the bitter cold-for not one in score
possesses even a shred OF an overcoat or
~hoIe pair OF shoes-the long line, units
- piutui parade of misery. comes drift
ms Hom various distances in this great
.euopohs and from all points OF the COM
iouH note that some. the older
ones' travel with bowed head and an un-
certain shufiing gait: others, the younger
ees, more erect. with springy step and
''auy stride. but all are travelling east.
ooen hurrying In his own way to the goal.
anAlous-oh. so anxious-to get beneath that
A'uov roof that IL 20 afford them food
"na at least one nights shelter from the
cold and storm.
inere are three entrances IN tho hui,d.
ing the FIRST at the west end. for women.
'ne centre one for visitors and the third.
ene east end. for men, It r. through
."s iast door' reached by half dozen iron
s.si's, snd which is open every night in
as year from o'clock until midnight,
"a' the seemingly endless stream OF
homeless ones enters.
ihis imposing, 6reproof six story build
''s, said to be tho finest for the purpose
~ tne world. is under the direct superyi-
s'on OF the Department OF Charities, OF
"hicn Commissioner Michael ]. Drummond
"e mead. William G. Yorke, the super
'"'shdent took charge of the city's first
municipal lodging house. opened at No
30 FIRST avenue. In December. 1896. He
az placed In charge OF the new one when
opened In February. 1903. Since then he
seen many thousands pass In and out
this city boarding house, In which even
Seorlties have been sheltered. d. r. J.
~ho. MI. Yorke's able assistant, IL the
New-York tribune., 1912-03-17
"sppeR TIMEr-sHowNe ROOM, THE KITCHEN THE
COOK THE WATERS THE GUESTS" OF THE CITY,

sician. who is graduate of the Paris
University of Medicine and OF one in her
native city of Bucharest, speaks French.
Italian and Polish She learns many pitt.
full stories from her charges. In the gem
eral supervision over her department she
examines the women and the babies to
guard against contagious diseases. She
also prescribes for them. A particularly
sad case that came under her observation
recently was that of Polish girl of twen-
ty-one who, through promise OF mar
rIage. was induced to come TO America
with young man. He deserted her In
Brooklyn few days before her baby was
born. Almost starving. with her newborn
babe I'm her arms she went TO a hospital
in East S6th street; thence TO the Waverly
House. and from there TO the Municipal
Lodging House, where she is now being
cared for.
Some strange things happen here" said
SUPERINTENDENT William {. Yorke. "Ons
morning, about a year ago. gentleman,
faultlessly attired, alighted from a big
touring car that had stopped in front OF
the building He entered by the visitors
door and said to me as ! greeted him:
Did you have a lodger here last night
named James Brown? / am interested In
ms welfare. and would like to know /
told him | would look up the record and let
him know, II he would take seat In the
office.
THANK YOU said my visitor. smiling,
hut hardly think 1t will be necessary.
am sure the man slept here. because am
the man. and had a very good sleep. For
your information / desire to say that
have visited all the municipal lodging
houses In this country, and few abroad,
and I want to tell you now. that this u
the finest one in existence. New YORK
should be proud of II, and | congratulate
YOU on the efficient manner in which 1t Is
run. wish you every success In the good
work | hope to call again some oay'
Good morning
Needless to say was astonishcd' saio
MFR. Yorke. when l found that We nad
entertained at our hotel no less person
apo than James Brown. the brother or W.
G. Brown. the president OF the New fork
Central & Hudson River Railroad, wnos u
seems. has a hobby for establishing tnese
kipda of lodging houses. He came mere m
coenito to get points for new house no
WAS having built. and--well, he Got tnem'
.usse for have been receiving letters
~ inquiry from persons he had seen re-
sa~d,ne various details ever since
"Ali sorts and conditions OF men On" y
Csntinusd - sscseA Da0A
New-York tribune., 1912-03-17
.-rsnE on fatnomless ocean.

a wreck on idt"'i'''''1 '~N''
bHta HHtarift without rudder or spar,
Aut.niesslv wanders hcaJtbroken
ne ~ ai' man with no home from afar
,A ont " YOU say. Then God help him,
gsoo bnsy to let down the bar
- World that alas, might uplift him,
J. rstv, ,pyn with no home from afar.
yop that dare sneer at or shun him?
W y" r.ehance he shone once as a star.
~. ksTshlv decide Ill you know him,
~ 1bis man with no home from afar.
6. ,,y. him chance-stand behind him,
90 rjn Ir'I Ms once valued stock reaches par,
A., rnrav YOU then eager YOU II md MN,
rbs man with no home from atar
OUPPosE you had spent not only youl
last dollar, hut your last cent. Your
~ Iandlady, tired Of waiting for her room
cont had seized the trunk or suitcase con-
,aining your few belongings and put yor
art m the street For twenty-four hours
rerbaps longer. YOU had not tasted food
and everywhere that YOU had applied fol
york YOU had met with the same general
answer. Nothing doing" In other words
IN use A familiar phrase. too often heard
Won were down and out" Homeless and
hungry. stranger in a great city, toe
proud Ia hes, too honest to steal yet eager
and willing to work.
II is late afternoon on a winters day
Darkness has sci in. In your threadbaro
clothes Won sniver with tho cold as you
,rouch under the lec of building to escape
the fierce onslaught Of a storm just begin
ring THE driving snow has already pene-
trsted Tire holes in your thin-soled shoes
No matter what chain Of unfortunate cir
cumstanccs brought YOU 10 this pittuI
blight. unless you are built OF the sternes'
fire mentally and physically. despair is
1ksly to overcome you. In such desperate
seats what could YOU do? Where could
yoa 30?
Just then you catch sight Of another hui
nan Gerclct. He Chances furtively at YOU
rs he hurries along and beckons YOU TO fol-
low. II YOU obey tho impulse to do so ard
"shcer alor orcside" a. a sailor man would
New-York tribune., 1912-03-17
FOUR OF THE EIGHT FuMleA1oRs MUNICIPAL LODGING


big book his name, age, occupation, birth |
place and general characteristics are re-
corded together with the name and address
of his last employer. Every detail of this
formal examination is later transferred 10
large index cards that are filed convenient
" for quick reference, for upon the truth
or falsity of the applicants declaration
upon his second or third visit depends his
chance OF being kept again AT the city's
expense For instance, some men are re-
quired after stopping one day at the Lodg-
ing House. to do a certain amount OF Work
In the stone yard on Plackwelrs Island. lf
for any reason they refuse to comply with
that rule red star is stamped upon their
index card. The next time that man ap-
plies for lodging he is told that he cannot
remain unless he furnishes what is consd-
cred valid excuse for not having obeyed
the rule. A majority of those who apply
for food and shelter at the city's expense
are physically able to work.
Passing downstairs the next scene of
action is the disrobng room in the base
New-York tribune., 1912-03-17

Alnto retorts. and 100 pounds pressure OF dry
gas is allowed to flow into the chamber
This turns the heat into double strength
making a true disnfectant. The clothing
IS subjected to this treatment FOR haif an
hour when ammonia gas is forced in'
which devours all the odcrs. vacuum Is
then created by forcing pure air into the
chamber. so that when the doors are opened
the clothing comes out absolutely free from
vermin or odor.
In the morning tho men are awakened IN
time to dress and have hot breakfast
consisting of a large bowl Of oatmeal WIN
sterilized milk. plenty of bread and large
tin cup OF coffee. They are all out on the
street by $50 o'clock, in time to look for
any work they may be able to get ana
which may begin at : o'clock
The women's department accommodates
sixty women. including their babies IL is
located on the second floor, and is presided
over by Mrs Kate Grimm. who has served
the city in that capacity for fifteen years
MANY of them are sent to u.s." said Mrs.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-17
SOME OF THE MOTHERS AND
THEIR BABIES, GUESTS" OF THE
CITY.

men,. whittier every applicant is ordered
after leaving the recording window His
pockets having been previously empied
his clothes are now taken from him. Unul
morning he is identified by number
stamped on a brass tag. hung around his
neck by a cord. which corresponds with the
number recorded in the book and on the
index card.
Naked as he was born. the man then
passes into the bathroom. This Is a large
apartment having a score OF shower baths.
with slate backs, sides and bases built
against the wall. Just as he enters the
room and before going under the shower,
an attendant. seated at the door, scoops
with a stick from a can lump OF what
is known as physicians and surgeons
green soap, and 'dabs'' II on the head of
the man. This creates a natural latber
the moment he goes under the shower and
kills any vermin' that may be there. The
spplicant's word that he is clean Is not
taken. Every one has to undergo the In
spection Of IN attendant and II he 10 not
New-York tribune., 1912-03-17

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