LIFE IN NEW YORK TENEMENT-HOUSES
 

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While the peox:>le in tenement-houses are compelled to sleex) in
rooms Avhere the sunlight never enters, and suffer many discomforts
from overcrowding, especially in summer, there are certain compen-
 

A  Hovel  in the  Italian  Quarter.
 

sations Avhich must not be overlooked. The poor in large cities
who have steady work are, as a rule, better fed and clothed than the
same class in rural districts. Fresh vegetables, raised in hot-houses,
or sent from Southern markets, are sold throughout the winter at
reasonable prices, and in the early sx^ring strawberries and various