MODEL LODGING HOUSES.
Glasgow is noted for its lodging houses or ■* mode—," both corporation and private, and municipal deputations from all parte of the oountry travel to Scotland to inquire into their working. A new " model" which has lost been opened in that city is claimed to be the finest of its kind in the kingdom. Everything is provided for the lodger, even -to a shaving and hairdressing saloon. Every inmate has his own little private apartment, with feather pillows and patent spring mattress, all for 3£d each per night. It is a popular supposition that the "dossers" in tho» "models" are of the lowest class; but that is far from being the case. Many of the dwellers in the Glasgow ''models-' are weU-to-do clerks, engineers, moulders, joiners, plumbers, and other skilled tradesmen. One died recently, and bequeathed a sum of £500 to a city institution, while a Police Court case not long ago brought to light the fact that another inmate had £120 in a Bank on deposit. Those careful Scots I
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 9739, 29 May 1897, Page 8
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173MODEL LODGING HOUSES. Press, Volume LIV, Issue 9739, 29 May 1897, Page 8
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