. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . ou made acomplaint; thats what they d do to youthere. Gentlemen never complain againsta lady janitor, and I am a lady if I dowork when I dont have to!—Harlciii-itc, ill Acw York Sun. Mrs. U/iiwrc (in search of a girl)—Can youdo housework? Girl—I dunno, mem. Ive always w nrrtki-din flats.—Cliicago THE SUBURBANITE 9 The City Childs World Is The Fire Escape Xcw York _\(mni;;stcrs litcralh- grow u]ion the tire escapes. To the average childtwo places of freedom only are possibl
. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . ou made acomplaint; thats what they d do to youthere. Gentlemen never complain againsta lady janitor, and I am a lady if I dowork when I dont have to!—Harlciii-itc, ill Acw York Sun. Mrs. U/iiwrc (in search of a girl)—Can youdo housework? Girl—I dunno, mem. Ive always w nrrtki-din flats.—Cliicago THE SUBURBANITE 9 The City Childs World Is The Fire Escape Xcw York _\(mni;;stcrs litcralh- grow u]ion the tire escapes. To the average childtwo places of freedom only are possible—the street and the fire escape—and eventhese are forbidden territory, the fnrnurby his niother and the latter by the mu-nicipality. lint the fire escape child knows noth-ing of the municipality and has a gooddeal of fun in his narrow quarters, liemakes acquaintances with other fire es-cape children across the back court, andfor hours daily they all play one hundred feet ajjart. Fourchildren in One Hundred and Fourthand ()ne Hundred and Third streetsplaced contentedly so all summer and falland have never yet been inside of eachothers houses. They play house. sol-dier. Indian. and camping out, andthey fish with a long pole and bent pinover the rails of their respective fire es-capes, making more marvelous catchesthan ever were lured out of the janitors object, and the tenants c
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