The evening world. Newspaper, August 11, 1921, Page 17

r sp Se SpE Some eenreesee Why New York Needs 100,000 Additional Apartments 5,750,000 Residents Crowded Into Quarters Intended for Only 5, 300,000 In Manhattan 90 Per Cent. Live in Tenements, in Bronx 80 Per Cent., in Brooklyn 50 Per Cent., in Queens 25 Per Cent.— Richmond but 6 Per Cent. By Major Joseph Caccavajo, C. EB. Consulting Engineer and Expert on Population and Statistics of the City of New York. ‘ (Cupyrteht, L911, bythe Prees Publishing Co, (Tho New York Bening World), 2 aptte of the fact that new buildings in Manhattan last year had accommo- Gations for some 1,134 families, not one single apartment was added to the total during 1920, according to the report of the Borough President. fo explain this startling statement {ihe Butkiing Department reports the @emotition or conversion of buildings -t@ the borough reducing the facilities by more than 1,100 apartments during 19%. Based upon the United States eensus figures and the number of ‘aildings in the various boroughs, the City of New York is short between 70,000 and 100,000 of the number of apartments or dwellings required to properly house its population of close > 6,000,000 people, While it must be acknowledged that Manhattan is los- tng its residential population, yet the actual decrease in the number of partments in the borough has been mroch greater in recent years than most people appreciate, The building records show that the new buildings erected last year just about offset the toss im housing accommodations due wo the demolition of tenements and @wellings, but the same records show thet Manhattan has several thousand fewer apartments to-day than existed three or four years ago. Taking the five boroughs into con- wideration, a conservative estimate of the present housing needs is between %,000 and 100,000 apartments, as al- ready stated, and the actual increase ‘m thts shortage is nearly 2,000 cach month, less such buildings as are now im progress. ‘The housing problem in the City of New York $s one of the most impor- tant, if not the most important, of all the problems with which the city is confronted. ‘The city is not increasing tts popu- Yation at the rate it was before the outbreak of the World War, due in measure to the marked decrease in immigration from Europe, but without the addition of a single out- @ider, native or foreign, the city is in constant need of increased housing facilities. af With a birth every three minutes and a death every seven minutes, the over births exceed the deaths by 65,000 a year. Add to this the that there are nearly 80,000 marriag' per annum in the city and it is clear that while the newly born may be able to get along without extra rooms for a while, the newly-weds must have proper housing facilities if they @re to remain in the city and become wseful and desirable citizans. ‘The records of the Tenement House Department show that more than 6,000 tenement buildings have been cop verted to other punposes and 2,300 tenement buildings have been de- molished during the past ten years, entailing a loss in housing facilities of 35,629 apartments As only 7,051 new tenements were erected during the same period, the met loss of some 800 buildings would be more than serious if it were not for the fact that the buildings de- molished averaged less than five apartments to the building, while the new buildings averaged over twenty @partments each. The City of New York has approxt- mately 425,000 buildings of all kinds, 62,000 of whiah are used for commer- cial purposes. ‘The 1920 report of the Department of Taxes and Assess- ments shows 167,359 — one-family dwellings, 85,467 two-family dwell- fngs, 107,178 tenements without ele- vators, and 2,933 hotels and elevator apartment houses in the five bor- oughs. ‘The figures furntshed by the differ- ent departments having supervision or jurisdiction over buildincs in the city show considerable differences in classification, but comparing the num- ber of apartments in 1910 and 1920 and the population in each of these years as given in the United States Census reports with the generally accepted estimate that 79 per cent. of the entire population of the city re- sides in multiple family ho the erying need for additional apartments is explained. At the present time no less than ™%B per cent. of the popu tion is crowded into buildings adequate to properly house but 70 per cent, s» that the reason for the present con- gestion is apparent. AN buildings wherein three er more families reside and do their eooking on the ises are tene ment buildings according to the State Inws and are directly under the supervision of the Tenement House Department whether they be located on Fifth Avenue, Park Ave- ime or Riverside Drive and rent for $500 to $5,000 or more a room or | cated on the lower east side and rent for a few dollars a month per Yoom. More than 70 per cent. of the ros- {dents of the city live in buildings clnasified as tenements. In Manhattan 90 per cent. reside in tenements; Bronx, 80 per cent; Brooklyn, 50 per cent, in spite of the fact that it bas nearly as many one and two family dwellings as all the other boroughs combined. Queens has % per cont in tenements and Richmond but 6 per cent, ‘The number of one-family dwell- tnge is rapidly decreasing in Man- hattan, where building after bull1- ing in'the former exclusive residen- tial districts is being demolished, converted or replaced by business butldings and apartment houses In the Bronx but few one and two Ft dwellings have been bullt in Brooklyn, Quecns ‘ ’ oe rrr NEW YORK CITY —~Has— 425,804 buildings of all kinds. commercial buildings. 167.359 one-family dwellings, 85,467 two-family dwellings. 107,178 tenements without ele- vators. 2,933 hotels and elevator apartment houses. There are 537.320 ividual apartments in Manhattan, Brooklyn leads b jh buildings—193,400—and in rene an two - famil d i Queens ranks second, veli"a® Ore and Richmond the number of both one and two family houses far exceeds the number of tenements. The total housing accommodations, based upon the number of apartments and dwell- ings, allowing four persons to’ the average family, provide for less than 5,300,000 persons. The United States census figures for 1920 give New York City a population of 9,620,048, jay the populatio} y the pop n of the City’ ex- While there are a number of non-housekeoping apartment, pov ceed: and some business buildin one or two families reside not clase” fied as cither tenements lings, it is also true Manh or dwellings that apartments “in an—where over 90 ber cent. population reside in tenements ‘age less than four persons pe; apartment. Reliable estimates place the number of temporary visite and residents at more than 350 000, ese latter are not "the cole Settee included in’ the aking the figures give: a basis and disregarding temoeeans residents, fhe need for more thay 100,000 additional apartments in New York City is contrmed. iad o take Care of the presen increase. in population mone Tre eighty new apartments are required every working day in the ‘yes Building 120 new apartments in’ ct: dition cvery day for the next ide years will be necessary for the city to catch up with its housing requ ce. ments, The problem is to to immed ately inaugurate a building programme to provide 200 new apart ments a day. The demand is ready what we need is the supply. THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1921." ay re iO Se, ak eves You Beat It! smh STOP INVITING PEOPLE FOR Th WEE R THE | AM NOT RUNNING A BOARDING HOUSE ALLRIGHT | An TIRED , I WON'T ASIK OF WAITING You ARE THE ONE WHO tS ALWAYS WANTI COMPANY bai DID You i) FOR. THE * \NEEK END? WHY DIDN'T 7Ou 2 WE CAN'T LIVE LIKE HERNITS! o Vacations That Fail By Sophie Irene Loeb. & Copyright, 1921, by the Press Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World). A PEND, insisted the other day death for months geting things ready hat I write some for the short while we have to etay the people who spend all an a little vacation, is is an ld story, but one worth uting, in view of the two or three months still left for the sum- mer sojourn, Not only do people often much money, as well rep: spend too themiselves For example, I have now in mind a mother with a pair of twins but spend and another baby, She had been working all winter to get them ready for the month's vacation that her husband and the family were going to get in the summer, She embroidered pretty clothes for the children, burning the midnight oil, in order that they might look as Well as the other children that they happened to meet where they were And now this vacation is all over, and I saw this woman the other day 2 spoke to me something like this: It just isn't worth it, Iam worn and have out com home to rest. i had the children all tixed up fine, and to be honest I thought 1 would go to a nice place beevu d nice thin but I put in tim seeing that the nh were kept right, and it was work, work, work, all the ume away, “and my sband too was kept busy caring for the children, I really don’t think he got very much out of it. We spent a lot of money on this trip and have very little ft in every again. Iw to show for I will never do it I will never work myseif to way THE HOUSEWIFE’S SCRAPBOOK errr After peeling onions or handling any strong smelling foods the odor can be readily removed from the hands by washing them in mustard water. When the glass stopper fixed in a bottle soak it in vinegar for a few hours, then work it gently and you wil get i out easily, becomes Ww Broadway’l T. B. M. Dizzier! And There'll Be No Excuse for Actors ‘to Loaf Next Season l Be Busier, on Street Corners. By Neal R. O’ Hara Cepyriete, 1921, by the Press Publishing On (The New Tork Rrening Worth, BQARDLESS of running, riding or walking delegates, the com- ing show season will be @ buzzard. Plans just received by mimeograph prove that producers ere getting thelr second wind after dictating shows they'll put out this eutumn. Unheard of plays, plays that will never be heard of again, revivals, resuscitations and resur rections are all on the list for tm mediate production. Managers have pared no stationery to make this the lfveliest season the reading public ever enjoyed. R. LOOIF GOOPS first pro- duction will be a spectacte in two acts and eleven gasps. It is sti running in Paris under the title of “Pomme de Terre,” whicn 4s French for “Oh, Baby!” Mr. Goop will produce it here with doubie the east and twice as few costumes. “Oh, Baby!” will make “Mecca” look Uke a roll-your-own. It is so stu- pendous Mr. Goop will bave w charge the ushers admisston Gowns for the frolicsome swim- ming pool scene will be made by the International Cotweb Company from four spools of thread, espectatly im ported. Music and costumes will be incidental. Seats for the epening night will be $13.20, including war tax and smelling salts. Dramatic critics are urged to leave their wives at home. HE great historical play, based é | on the life of Steve Brodie, will be turned loose on Rroad- way late in September. Aeschylus McFish, who will portray the role of the great bridge jumper, will weac Mr. Brodie’s original coat, with an astrakhan collar of water wings. ‘This drama is historically correct up 1o the seventh decimal place. Brooklyn Bridge will be shown in the second act, rattling under a Tam- many administration, Mr. Brodie’s dive to the river below and his resuscitation im a Bowery saloon will be the high spots in the play. In the spring. when ft gocs on tour, “Steve Brodie” will make short jumps. R. JOR WEASEL announces M the thirty-seventh edition of his “Frothings.” ‘The bill for this year's production is $800,900 tor Group Exercises For Summer Health Specially Arranged by Doris Doscher. Copyright, 1921, by the Preas Publishing Oo, (The Now York Rvening World). OR all the good it ever did the F Jarr family to eagerly scan tho daily mail, they might have just as well burned their letters without reading them. All that the letter car- riers ever brought were advertiso- ments, billa, solicitations to buy oil away. ‘1 could have taken the same money that it has cost us and had a very good time. What I intend to do again is go to some simple farmhouse or place of that kind, where the children need not be dressed up all the time stock, depressing letters from rela~ (pd euere 21 mend net. prepare (for tives and the like. It would seem any more tha ms Higaier eae han they have at that relatives, and even friends, never hey will have nice, fresh country put pen to paper save to recite their air and a rest. As it was, it was no- physical and financial disabdiities. tae ake And wore all ie But hope works overtime In every This woman has learned he breast, and the Jarry, like all other and has returned from a va families, prayed fervently, “Give us very diree, Dut Wiser women. it le this day our dafly mail, and may it an that every one who hay a fies Ante hs vacation coming to them should le contain good news! FOR ee ate era ne Late “Who's that letter from?" asked bee Mrs. Jarr, as Mr. Jarr took over an ene Peat envelope addressed to hin before she stead of waiting and NO, 11.—FOOT CROSSING AND Its beneficial effect will be evident. could get hold of it and open it with for some one FACING TO REAR. The turn should be with precision and a hairpin. T know i ve been housed ONE—Cross the left foot over be- on the exact count; th should ‘The Jetier bad a Post Offree box in offices and in r work where yond and beside the right, the be done an equal number of times 80 address in a Western ety imprinted a close ponding ment who have left knee bent and the toe on a 4s to encourage equal development of on the upper teft hand corner Det lees ae fines pels po lateral line with the right toe, the body. The control of the balance “Who is it from?” she went on, t Stevan TWO.—Itise on the toes, face to the of the body is #0 important not only neglocti: pwn letters Many a Saturday afternoon when rear and lower the heels, to the carriage in walking or mareh- "LE dot ow reptied Mr, they ool 1h we gone, they stayed, THREE.—itise on the toes and face ing, but in every move we make. Au puzzling over the commume.- eal is: baleen sop play. Nc to the front again, turning to- aviator realizes this, His sense of which he had just removed from al he syeat and danien ihe ward the same side; this is a re- equilibrium must be perfect and the the covering by the akl of a butter y things for the turn to the position in one dancer and the acrobat practise many knife ‘ FOUResHosls together. hours to acquire it, so the group will “What friend have you out in Still This is an excellent exorcise for be very ambitious to master this water, Minn.?’ asked Mrs. Jarr pick- general balance and equilibrium, quick turn, This exercise can be used ing up the I envelope and read me rehef from When the group once masters this as @ turn between other group exer ing, the ver imprint wu ¥ i a i Me work quick turn to the beat of the music cises that I have aiready given you. ‘None, Ih wud Mr has tt spend a little now — a 8 from bho penitaniary ther and then te much needed rest ified or change, than to watt for the once- j said Mrs, ¥ Jarr, @ trend? When did that man Dinkston 1 go West?) Your friend Rangle ts still a-year ition Then another side of the What Would YOU Have Done? the city.” question. In 4 family the va- “Ie c ren oa when the father or husha a 5 ps Ah . : 7 en page I lla py ag cd By Richard 8. Uhrbrock. members had done While in the | “What dues a stranger want wish Many of these families realian that COW. 1021, by the Prem Publishing Oe, store ehe made a few purchases and aft Se ee an ae aftor all its is ‘vacation, ‘and “he srg han Yank Rrenine Works. then returned home. Later she Sound ® nf ni pe deluged with all kinds © STH 48 4 member , iy aetote ; efforts in making the family happy, the Church Buidding Commit- that the grocer had given ber a $5 pi hasn't mapped Mr Jarre, Which he usually does, gold piece in mistake for a penny “It’s from & poor sink In for he A few burdens might welt be Mtted tec, When she approached wea he counted out her change. At 84y8) who has made a hand de from the hard-working head of a ber grocer, who was a member of the rs9, was inci dig and bridle be wanta to family at such times by & realization game church, and asked for « dona- Famke wan, maeline) ie nan ee shin che ue one h id that he needs a change as muoh, if i SAN te nee he lain eel) foe. ean hl pg not more than anybody in order, to YOB. she met hshtea ® refusal. He curred to her that she mihi give it rein f going during Pleaded that business was poor and «the church treasurer as — thé 1 i ; 1 that be could not afford to give at procera donation, \ nember about that time. Mrs, Stevens had to ace "Wy te ? Nipe summer pleastires is to think of the cept the explanation, although st lat would yeu have done nok riding other parts of the year, and pi the explanation, Although sh® 4 Raturned it to the r? ve peniten= them"up, a9 one’ would say felt that he could make a small sac- 2) Given the. money to the church tiary? Vs Joes he think we could the Fics, jus. am mamx of the other guess _ _—. KeCp & eaddic home tp & elty abate BRAD os coe aie eg i ale SEY A ae Copyright, L921 by the Pres Publishing Co, The Jarr Family By Roy L. McCardell (Te ment?” Mrs. Jarr questioned breath- les Now York Brening World) Phat's what puzzles me. Stit, the poor gink Mr. Jarr began, ae ry strange you get letters fron ungers in jail when you doubt~ less Know so many people—but never mind,” said Mrs, Jarr. “Only would like to see a let you from the White Governor's Mansion or from a pas sonage.” “Well, the poor gink says If T can't use the saddle and bridle myxclf, I might raffle them off and reuut him the procecds.”” “Doesn't he law to raffl fairs?” know tt ts against the except at church when “Tut th to refor d if he dia rr, “He should have nd used a low, gray, n up to dat sh autamobi “Well, let us not Mrs. Jarr. things for th Slavinaky, th kitchen putting tom Hf he needs a chool of Scenery, $850,000 for hosiery, $700 000 for costumes and 4% cents t Postage stamps for jokes Baek drops are painted by Rembrandt, Van Dyke and Raphael. Thomas A. Hdison t stage electrician and W. J, Burns the master of properties, Music, book and lyrics are by the city directory, minus one or two mames. Good seats to the “froth. ings” may be obtained for the price of a battleship. But not at th am je box R. FELIX WOOF has seven farces in preparation, with no two bedroom sets alike. “Lacing Neilie’s Corset” is a novelty farce, It shows one member of the cast in street clothes. The plot con- cerns a missing pair of corsets and the efforts of eighteen citizens to fmd them by hook or by crook ‘The scenes are laki in Chinatown, in Nellie’s boudoir, in the fami!y coal bin and in an upper berth. The fan is fast and spurious. A No. 2 company -will be sent ont with a smaller size corset In the leading role. “Fun in a Kimona®™ ts another show that Mr. Woof counts aca hit. It is a farce of the highest typo, with mahogany bedroom furni- ture exclusively. The Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce will attend in a body the opening night Mr. Woof also has eight dozen sik pa- Jamas and nighties that he intends to build into a play. How To Use Pie Crust By Emilie Hoffman Oorortght, 1021, ty the Preen Pubtiehing Om, (The New York Froning Ward). HEN making pie crust * ts a good idea to make enongh for several days’ usa If kept in the icebox it will keep fresh for for use as a single crust pte, tarts or patties for other dinners, PEACH PIE. Select ripe fruit, and after pomrtag boiling water over them pcel and cut ito quarters or eighths and fill crust. Crash two or three pits put the meats into the pie to flavor, Mix a tablespoon of with two-thirds cup of sugar sprinkle over fruit, Put m a remove pits, Cover with sugar am’ ad} sufficient water to form futoa, Line large-sized muffin rings with crust and roll out upper crust unéil quite thin. Wet edge of under crust, fil with the plums and cover with thin crust. Rake balf an hour im moderate oven, Serve hot or cold. OYSTER PATTIES. Have patty shels ready baked. Fos patties the dough should de rotted out three times, adding bits of Gutter each time, Put two tublespoontuts butter tr saveepan and mix this with a sme cup of cracker dust; add milk or cream and oyster Bquor im equal proportions, about hatf @ enp im afl, Season with a pinch of celery salt, pepper and a ju few drops of lemon Stir constantly until it bois, ) pour in one pint drained oysters, ne to a simmer and pour into the ‘lls, sprinkle with cracker dust and | in oven for three minutes, Serve fatrimony For Evening World Readers. UDGE HARRY LEWIS of Chicago has suggested that we start A School of Matrimony. ency is getting to be an We hay men to sell goods on the road. training schools of ali sorts and typ important word with Americans, We train young Department stores train young women who are to sell their goods, We teach girls to sew and send them to Domestic Science Schools, but we do not train our young people for the greatest contract to mutrimonial traning schools.” The Eveni on earth, We do wot send them World has arranged a course of leetnres tn matrt- mony which might be very helpful to the young people of this eity. Suen prominent people ¢s Helen P, McCormick, Magistrate Jean Hortense Norris, Judge John Freschi, Prof. Charles Gray Shaw, Judge Franklin C. Hoyt, and Pauline O. Field have been asked to diseuss this subject for The Evening World, and all think favor ably of fitting the young for the most important step of thetr Itves. 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