The evening world. Newspaper, May 2, 1922, Page 11

whole lot, and this 1s the first time | ps Evening World Campaign for and, to her heart, she “I wish more women were in this as it naturally is a sub ing Rentals Down Below went right at it: keen insight into the big human prob- lems that come in the lives of every- day people, and there is a great necd for sympathetic souls in this kind of enterprise. “" of all, I would urge that capital be employed in tearing down the old tenements. In building houses similar to ours it-is not only } d a good business proposition but a il great social service is being per- formed for the world at large. To me building good homes is the high- est type of civic endeavor. DI “One of the most important things is that no apartments should be built without a private bathroom, and no] lé room in the house should be dark or even darkened. A WOMAN'S IDEA OF WHAT NEEDED IN APARTMENTS. “One of the greatest needs of the day is to arrange the apartment with a small hall, so that it is unneces- sary to go through any room to get to another. By Sophie Irene Loeb. One of the big aims of The Evening World's campaign for cheaper and better and more housing, is to be realized in the very near future in the building of lowest priced apart- ments. ‘The bill recently signed by the Gov- ‘ elnor, which will permit insurance companies to use money for building, is bound to produce thousands of apartments at $9 a room, which is the legal limit, and the rivalry of the building concerns will result in reduc- ing this figure As an evidence of this the latest report of the City Suburban Homes Company, which soon is to declare other dividend of 5 per cent. this return to an average of $8.50 per room per month in ev. and as low as $7.24 month. This concern, operating five apart- ment houses, with an assessed v: Mee Weald Have neledtod ation in Greater New York aggre: . 2 plan, since it included this ing over $6,000,000, and with a total fc feature, although the one of 3,000 apartments and over §,000]that won the first prize was very good rooms, has shown a profit in the past for one or two pe ns, but for a five years at these rates. family it is most essential that the Some interesting developments are | rooms be so arranged that the working shown in the report in connection | members may have their sleeping Ith these low priced houses. The} rooms quite undisturbed by any other company has found that by employ-| members of the famit ing women to rent the houses and to]” “Our training here has been very collect the rents, the loss in rents} nard, mut it has been very good, T Rave been practically nil. am not a trained social worker, but In the post five yeurs, with a rental |e we RR dpe 'lmy work has impelled a considerable reaching nearly $5,000,009, the total!amount of social work for me and losa in rents in all the buildings in}imy women associates. Off course 1 a Is n- showed apartment ynsulted in room per » 1 thi one of the finest features;that has been devised was The Evening World's contest for the best apartment plan. should be pe ke five years has been approximately |am intensely interested in the family 4500. cial : “ohil- ; : ,_Jand especially the women and chil- ; I sete mvinit YN ha the build} aren, T try to get acquainted with as ae hey are all brick structures, many of my families as I possibly well lighted and well ventilated. IM }can, 1 deal with the mothers, and all of the houses, of w there are five, there is steam heat, hot water and electric light. In two of them there is steam heat in halls only. FINE APARTMENTS FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE DECENTLY. Tw of the apartments occupy an entire block each and steam heat and hot water are supplied to all apart- ments, with electric ght, at i average rental fer room of $8.82 respectively. These buildings are located not far from Sutton Place, where the ‘millionaires’ block" is being built up in private homes and with a view of the East River. ‘The 3,000 apartments consist of two rooms, two rooms and bath, three rooms, three rooms and bath, fou rooms and four rooms and bath. In the houses where the apartments have no bath, on every floor there are shower baths for the use of the ten- ants. In my talk with Eitie Love, ‘who has had charge of these apartments for ten years—three thousand of them— I learned some very interesting facts. Miss Love is not the type of woman one would expect would be in such a usiness as renting apartments and collecting rents. She is youns and good looking, and besides her smart appearance she has a head full of brains, One might say this is her life Work, since before she went into busi- Ness she was engaged in architectural Offices, so the building. business has been a constant one with her from every angle. @he has gone along during there are lots of things they talk to me about that they would not talk to men about. Ofter young girls come under my wing, and I am very happy when IT can be of some use in aiding them. “What I find to be of utmost im- Portance is the fact that there are . For Long or Hair pay ters. If your desler PT. Unese years doing her work and learning a| thousands BOYS FIND FATHER Brooklyn Apothecary Kills Himself cal lyn, yesterday afternoon. eight, rafter. three hours. walk and they began a search when he failed to return for supper. THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, MAY 2, of highly respectable ople, with fine ideals but of modest the children in our apartments are t up in a good environment, and any one has asked tor her opinions to}means, who shrink from the low-|everybody can understand the valuc se Ciianacefs if} Put into print. priced’ apartments that they are]of proper environment, which pro- More Housings, Successful} "; ed her what she thought the] forced to take at present. motes ideals of living and affects in Legislature Means Bring- rtment of the future ou, to be their entire future lives. MODERN. CONVENIENCES AT LOW PRICES. “But a new day is dawnin “Give people good san! inlight, good air ion, plenty and outsi It is rery . rooms and you will lessen the chance Legal Limit of $9 a Room|work,” she said. “The opportunities | going to be possible, and soon, forfof making anarchists and criminal a, ces , a fare very great for real service, not|such people to have all the modern] “I sincerely trust that the housing —One Big Company infoniy to one's self but to humanity at| conveniences in auch low priced, up-| bills which The Evening World has ey ; Mie large to-date apartments. so splendidly sponsored will bring the City Already Does It at “The person who I believe I am safe in saying that! good fruit that they merit.”’ Fine Profit. ments and collects the rents BATTALION CHIEF HURT AT BROADWAY BLAZE {fle Blocked Half an Hour by Fire Near € Street. Broadway traffic was blocked for half an hour last night avhile firemen fought @ blaze on the third floor of the four- His two chil. | try loft, No. 474 Broadway, Just north Emanuel, fourteen, and Harry, | Of Canal Street. The fire, which caused found his body hanging from aja loss estimated at $20,000, mostly Dr. Draper of St. Mary's Hos-| among a stock of woollens, was con- ital said he had been dead at least | fined to the third floor. occupied by the Globe Suspender Company. Battalion Chief David Oliver, leading firemen into the burning building, was cut on the left hand by broken glass. ¥ was attended and remained on du OPPENHEIM COLLINS 6© 34th Street— NewYork Special Offering Wednesday HANGED IN CELLAR in Home. Silverman, forty, an apothe- . suffering from a nervous break- own, hanged himself in the cellar of is home, No. 249 Barrett Street, Brook- Abrahi iren, The family told the police Silverman ft the house in the afternoon for a Misses’ Silk Capes Sizes 14, 16 and 18 Years Also Suitable for Women to 86 Bust Fur-Trimmed and Fringed Two smart models, of heavy Black Canton Crepe, with Black Caracul Fur collar or richly bordered with Silk Fringe Exceptional Values 28.00 New York to Have More Low-Price Apartments|Saves $3,000. Nest Egg by Fight For Myriads of People of Moderate Means| 4S His Henhouse Bank Burns Loses Most of Clothes for He Couldn’t Viadek Alowcha, forty-five years old, an employee of the Standard Oil Company at Elizabeth, N. J., saw fire pouring ‘from the windows of a tene- ment house nearby, at No, 710 Mc- Kinley Street, and hundreds of spec- tators gathered. Alowcha dashed to the street, fought his way through fifty patrol- men, left his coat in the hands of one and his shirt with another, and was MOROSCO IN DETROIT FOR COURT HEARING Counsel May Ask Further Post- ponement for Residence Proof. DETROIT, May 2.—A hearing on the legality of a divorce granted here to Oliver Morosco, theatrical producer, was on the docket in Cireuit Court Morosco was summoned to ap- proof that he was a resident in two years prior to the filing of the petition, as required by the State law. Attorneys for Morosco announced that thelr clfent was in the city ready to appear. His failure to arrive Tast Saturday caused postponement of the case. ‘The attorneys indicated they would seek a further delay to permit them to gather additional proof of resl- dence. Morosco filed divorce proceedings un- der his family name, Oliver Mitchell, and his wife obtained a decree March 29 last on a cross bill in which she amed Selma Pa Morosco and Miss Paley were martied in California three Jays after the divorce was grant- ed. Morosco's residence was given as Bloomfield Hills, Mich. ae pear with of Michig: > TWO DIF AS FLOOR FALLS IN, TROY, May 2.—Two firemen were killed and three suffered severe injuries yesterday when the Hoots of a build. No. rect collapsed huing a fire One of Those Unusual Value - Giving Events for Which the Bedell Stores Ave Famous! ~_ * & Street Dresses —Afternoon and Business Frocks —Sport Dresses—In Brand New Spring Styles for: Misses & Women! * * * Dress Salon Entire 2nd Floor. 2, 1922, in Battle With Police, Stop to Explain. naked from the waist up when he reached a henhouse in the rear of the tenement, with a half-dozen pa- trolmen at his heels. The fugitive dived into the henhouse, reached into a nest and drew out $3,000 in bils. The henhouse was in flames when Alowcha emerged. He explained that he had been using it as a bank for more than twelve months, as burglars seldom robbed henhouses, BROOKLYN MAN HEADS PARENTS’ ASSOCIATION Perey C. Barney Elected Presid at Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the United Parents’ Associations of Greater New York schools was held last night at the Board of Education Building, 59th Street and Park Avenue, and was at- tended by 100 delegates from all the boroughs of the elty. The following officers were vlected: Prealdent, Percy C. Barney of Brook- lyn; Vico President for Manhattan, Robert H. Simon; Vice President for Brooklyn, Mrs. Julian Hochfolder; Vice President for the Bronx, Frederick C. Schmid; Vice President for Queens, Mra, Mary EH. Matthews; Vice Prosl- dent for Richmond, Richard R. Taylor; Treasurer, George F. Picken of Brook- lyn; Secretary, Benjamin Moses of tho Bronx; Executive Secretary, Mrs, Julian Hochfeluer, a me FOUR KILLED IN SPA LEY ACCIDENT, OVIEDO, Spain, May 2. sons were killed and many injured, six- teen seriously, in a street car accident in Toreno Street here yesterday. The driver lost control of the c Jumped the tracks and struc throwing many of the passengers into the stree ERE | FIRE “VETERINARY” GETS SUBSTANTIAL SALARY INCREASE Dr. Doyle Now Receives Pay of a Chie? of the Fire Department. Dr. William F. Doyle, veterinarian of the Fire Department, has had his salary increased from $4,700 to $5,600 @ year, in conformity with section 740 of the City Charter, which gives him the rank of Deputy Chief of Depart- ment. The raise is retroactive as of Jan. rean to resume bis orinartan, During the first four years of the Hylan Administration Dr. Doyld en Joyed an annual salary of $6,500 as Chief of the Bureau, while on leave of absence as veterinarian. Pi During his administration of the Bureau of Fire Prevention Dr. Doyle was indicted on two occasions, but im each case the indictments were quished and no trial was had, ‘The first Indictment grew out of charges of alleged extortion through me- dium of a film exchange had business contact with the Division of Places of Public Assembly, £ The second indictment fol! a fatal fire In Maiden Lane, in lich, it was charged, that certain viola. tions of the fire law had not been 9, 1922, the day Dr. Doyle relinquished complied with. a AS Smee Sets K. “It is easily washed”, the pack? age says But “it can’t be true”, said May So she dropped it in the suds to see In Qualities, Styles and Fineness of Workman- ship That Hardly Seem Possible at $15. 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