New Britain herald., 1928-10-27
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10 the thousands of residents of New Britain who. since childhood. have been accustomed to the com- forts of home and the loving min istrations of family and friends. the Sicisitudes of many others un- doubtedly are unknown or at least never thought of. Individuals and agencies concerned with problems Of sociology have intimate know ledge of the discomforts and hard ships under which part of the com munity exists. and their discoveries from time to time have been known to provide ample proof of the time honored adage concerning the ig- lorance of half the world with re- lation to the welfare of the other half.
 Booming houses in New Britain shelter men who have known bet ter days, as we'll as some to whom the single room at the head of the narrow, dark stairway, where ney- CT . streak of silver comes across the gray. is the nearest approach to a home they have ever known. Wrecks of humanity founder about day in and day out, some of them unable to look after themselves properly if at all. and from time to tima the public is made aware through the public prints or in some other way. of the terrible ex- ktence through which many of these unfortunates have been on their journey along their own ave. nue of life.
 F1oaters Come to City
 A share of "floaters" naturally comes to New Britain, and for some reason or other. part of the con- signment almost always remains. fer | time at least. The busy sea- son in the factories attracts them. as do conditions in business enter prises and the industries in the ter- ritory immediately surrounding New Britain. Occasionally. in the past few years, veritable droves of them have been in the section. and among them, as might be expected. have been found the riff-raff with the desirable. In time, the majority of them drop out of the local pic- ture, but before they go. they usu- ally have made their mark in the interesting history of the rooming houses.
 ' AS in every other business ven- ture, there are lines of distinction between the various classes into which rooming places fall. Many Of them are as home like as the dom- ictle of any stranger can possibly be to the mind of the transient or steady roomer. and 1t is a fact. ac- cofding to those having ample req sen to be in touch with conditions, that the owners of the better grade Of homes in which rooms are let. are very particular as to the type q strangers they admit. At the anne time, they leave nothing un- done in their endeavor to please their tenants, in order that the rep- utation of their houses may be kept on tho highest possible plane, and the satisfaction of their roomers as- sured.
 Exiled to Four Walls
 Probably the most pitiful cases encountered in rooming house life. especially in the cheaper places where restrictions necessarily are net enforced. are those of former family men who, through no fault ef their own. are compelled to spend the autumn of their lives with only four walls and a ceiling surrounding them. Financially un- able to afford better quarters. some of these men face the end pining for tho happiness they enjoyed when their step was firm and their grip on life strong and secure, while ethers, lacking the mental stamina to withstand the expressing and de- pressing atmosphere of the life they had never dreamed of facing. go down in the whirlpool of temptation too deeply to ever come back.