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Show tsitsa VTS"o Comlltf In IJVs 1 1st A xy Mtfliinraul chaligo has corns over Londoners of lalo years with reg i"d to a rcrltln form of ri Mdem o knnwii us n "Hat." Not many years ago tho Ide I of living In a flat was so littlo n.priclur-eil'thnt n.priclur-eil'thnt niartliicntlof tint kiiid'w nil hanlly b" nl 1 1" lt nt all ir. Iiondt n A few unwieldy blocks of llilldlngs wero built after thn Anierh an fahluii, but to littlo did they suit Iho DiglWi Into that for a long tlmo they rrnmlnMl nlmost tiuitynud tciiAiitluM, notwith-standing notwith-standing tho fact that they linn added a very low nut tu tho other ndvnntaj,c Hint they offircd to llitlr otcnplers. Now daring Ihc list threo or four e rs tholiiliabitants of Loudon seem to lwvo sudiUiilr (hanged tlulr minds and Hats cannot bo built qulikly tnuugh to accommodate ac-commodate tho nutnUrt who aroluik Ing for them. Wholo tlreets of flat". In tomo cases, h'.to litull coustruttcd, mid bavo lieeil tali lib) cagtr Unniils evtii Ufpro tho builders bad vacated I lit in. Indeeil, nn tiiiiilrtr for Msta the tlnr dij, wlo was willing to pay n very fair rent fur virv modest requirements, dlmovtrtvl that, unless he coul l rtillly make up his mind to tnko tlio nnliuisliM article, he liml no damn at nil of Inhabiting tho nrliclo when It was Mulshed, so ury lutuli gnatcr was tho diunnd tlian tho sillily. Tliat the supply is miking gl gaiitlo strides to ourtako tho ileinann Is cvllent tn nny ono who lus lately NMitrJit-l tlio ImlKlliir oi rat Ions Incur stwtts, and tho gruiliul rtso of great 1 locks of nil brick Is nrlng the prrnui turn tuscrl tion, "llmldentlal flats tu Is) ltt" On Iho whole, we do Hot think It would Ini nn exaggeration to say Hint wlnttivcr may havo bit it tho lncnaso lu tho numlier of homes in Ilia metropolis during tho list twent) fivo jenrs, tho numbtr of ibits must linvo lucrcistd moro than a hnndiedfold. London bjctator, |
