THE HOMES OF THE POOR.
TERRIBLE REVELATIONS IN NEW YORK. (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) Her Press As*»«i»t,iou. (Received March 17, 8.40 a.m.) NEW YORK, March 16. Governor Hughes, of the State of New York, has promoted a, waxworks exhibition at the Museum of Natural History representing the houses of the poor. ' It reveals terrible congestion prevailing in the flats of New York. The conditions under which thousands of families sleep at night and work in the day shows that they equal those of the worst sweating dens of the East End of London for uncleanlincss and wretchedness.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8536, 17 March 1908, Page 5
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