Show P I THE SLUMS Of OE KI KING G fO RD l Miserable Tenants Into Wretch ell eit Little PAY A lEEK FOR THEM HIEM i Dan Dont t Seem to fn the S inks and Arc Glad to lu Uc hive III Hojal P I I I ONDON Oct 8 Thanks to 10 tiro tho aide tl Ity of at II t couple ot of d mo Ino moI InoC I C It III the aristocrat LOt is I and oad con old town lown of oC lul It appears that It ht 11 Its itA ry n a atm tm 1 It b away trout Uno remains ot of th l Ely ha in 11 which Quen Qu en enI c I i ut 11 uncoil wrel 11 I rn 11 At the top lop of at the little hill hili tn h s I hove tilt one seta Rots II a till the hames which Is IH dl de Ian III II II a I aa a 11 ar ared 11 to tn bp be time In u a tit t to met e se e eI ot of the tho selling I 11 1 that most moM I f r na Math Bolh li 1 anti and are ur hurled ht 11 tit titu u I t h yard Irl that theau u alum mid th the house In George lilt t I to with In hl hl sli amts II mo t ot llam n steed tl e minutes walk a way until two IJ w I hen hIli It w ae torn down l I III hll been hl that nil all this f 1 md n too romantic for tor toran foran an III shun so It II would h have e been It It not appeared that the hundred un or PO eo of house crumbling In the center of nf RO mach beauty b aut and su PO many asso 1 ar are than royal property whoso hose rents their tray ay Into the pockets roI ot of the king of Eng England n land landEo So Eo tar far Os as known I VU 11 Iona haA never teen c n this portion or of hie great In real and It Itis is II that ho 1111 not even cven know until lately the exact origin of the few foW stray Irn dollars n a lIa day that nary muy just serve serveto to keen In INI s It ho dud did know about It hi he may have been hoen rINI by Ih further that most moat ot of th there t tenants of nf his hags not the lu least l to he bo reformed or to have model built tar tor them lit nt the test CU of regulations They lire are proud or at In what known locally as the tho EIM Slums and its a rule rull are b by no means Inclined to ot of th their lr landlord It IM III the who du do dothe duthe the com WROTE TO TUF LUNG INO It If his hie do something about his alums flums It will not be the fault of et n a progressive ot of what whal In III America would bo be called 1 board of aldermen backed W by n a colleague hail th the aulla auda audacity city t to a conclude that If the tho Blunts were there 1 a plague spot they aught to ho be abated whoever caned them thun Most ot of city are tine aid crusted d Torl Tortes s mill and they were n hast at al Ruch tl b the reformers reformer whom they call and The Jho re reformers reformers formers were ere not to be awed however and wrote n letter n a fey tey days ngo to th the king himself to the effect that IJo he woe maintaIning 1 n public the fhe reply Was Immediate hurt bul It has hall ruled to sure much Hero Herot t II man In all Its glory glor The Tho Keeper ot of time tile PrIvy Purse pre F senis his compliments to tn Mr MI DnaIel arde and la is to athe receipt of his letter ot of the Ina Is so 80 jealous of oC the tho y rr rN u 7 err fled position r It occupies OIl on the map ot of suburbs that It Is 18 careful to secure tome In III the tho 1111 names s sIt It given Its royal alleys Right HIght OPI lito the town tow 11 hall h III an un slum I In the tho name ot of Castle Yard Not far tal away Is Prospect Terrace Artichoke Avenue and Manor Some of oC the tho houses nto mo entirely con can constructed o of 11 unusual thinK lifting nearly all 1111 nt are In III II a sorry state ot of Many ot of the windows lire me broken are holes toles In the walls and the general appearance Pt pC their sug suggests tho lIu lowest of oC squalor and poverty It wo would bl be II a libel on All Ranh III tury to M any that there Is any at alt all In Bonne ot of these alleys SIX OR on 1 IN A HONI The Tho majority ot of the tho rooms are eight or nine nillo feet teet and when It Is 18 point out o t that they fr n 1 husband and wife wICo wIth six elx children anti perhaps II a lodger or two It II will ho 0 seen een that lI space nce Is III somewhat valuable All As many its liS are aro crowded crodell lulu Into 15 1 5 louses In one olle of at It 1 mac alleys The Tito front doors doorn lire are open nil all lIay do doto air can to admit nay nn little fresh freeh ah that charitably squeeze Itself la In The wo we women men sit flit on the door sl steps nursing the baby and discussing the latest gossip while the elder children It III rugs ragA play In the tumid on The tents are high a I week belll being about the tho II average 1111 go price far III two or three rooms rime fhe Id nga agent too tOil II Is not exactly In dealing with Time The tenants furniture Is IA of sn 10 little value that tr It levied upon It would not realize time usual week weeks rent and In order that hIs majesty many mil In Incur Incur cur no loss the tho lodger or tenant Is ed If he gets gels behind In his rent relit In 1901 the l Farm hurch Council and similar Interested It III the moral I rI MrM nn H iw w N n nand and physical condition of the ilium duellers ot of Invited Armstrong an architect with many letters utter hIs name to prepare n report on the tho area In ques lion this la Is what ho auld Artichoke A very ry old dilapidated overcrowding being abnor abnormal maul mal 1101 Ilon Llon houses let out In nine nille tenements The are aro dark there thore la Is no sanitation or tv rater r the tho waler venter claret t and water tap In ht tM ten rear I baing common to nil Prospect years ago still Inhabited Castle Hero Here 16 10 adults were occupying ln three rooms all 1111 In III II a filth filthy condition DONT WANT TO III Bt 1 Most ot of the dwellers In the district have bc me sit PO inured to the tho that they do not thank any one ouo who rho woul direct public nt at to the vile conditions under they Ilse Any stranger prowling about the place is suspected nt at once nil us sonic one who Is 19 going to rout tl tin g In III the tho Impera Im nIto n about them and his safety depends to 1 it great extent upon hits hlA discretion Ono One might he be described nil as the nabob of oC the Kings his Inhabited time the same rookery In Artichoke avenue for tor 32 years and Is nightly proud ot of hits hili home tome Ive n 0 hoax hOIl l sir Air that tha no gentleman nelll hesitate to en ter ho hit sold Auhl nil as ho he l ll tin Iho wn Into low rooms In these thel o tour four rooms room hardly eight feet trel square the had n a I I ot of Ill the last of nC whom was na married marrell In the tho tiny front Tonal rOom only n II tow few ago On the aide of of II which shut OUt ot the oC the house the husband hUll hung a nfl tent pole ot of plank rambling vines the one onn stint of It green In lire tho d which Ito he called his hili garden The Tho writer was urged to 10 see e tiro tho rooms Wo we have hao nail to 10 the expert In clean dwellings he risked his hili neck on nn n a dark that Is III exactly 18 The two rooms were About the size of oC those below helo anti although clean In to t roost of neighbors the all air which In through the tram n a yard nd with refuse was silting The Iho roan lOan that ho he kept hut but one OM lodger er who tens nail coma to Time rents nIl are sheeted Weekly IW by byn n estate agent th the paid Into the deposit ot of the pray purse as 1111 the kinta money Is III called sit lit the kings bankers It Is IR II a frequent thing to set 1 the tho contents of the hone homp thrown Into the tho roadway IW l lIt n It bailiff employed 1 b by the agent A few Cell ngo ngn the writer all v the tho furniture of ono Ine house hUlIse n positIon on nn 1 n IOU mutt II heap out aide the Iho door t consisted of n a tin can cana a washing n n a broken ll loolen tub tuba n a rush IR Mt 11 chairs 1 a mode of soap bOX boxes A n a broken iron and t ao 0 dilapidated I es rs r and litty cents IL a III It was IliA this rent rcpt and uR 1111 tit and his hla hall had In mime Ihl hou house I were un unable able to tn mitt It out they fired nt af after ter n w I kI notice Tim lII Manor ot of Is III the result of nC on an Incontinent h ba George I IV anti till the reigning monarch has bon been lord ot of the ever slur The ot of town pt 1 belonged to tl the tho crown hot but much ot of It hiss hils been heen said 01 1 or nr let on long IonA lenss tit art are almost t Or of In the kings III slums s when the lime nut I they IhlY stay down The of house to 0 let It var tk rn shortly utter litter thin tho lust mil followed their late Into the anti shown tow how the Icings agent Ul imp tale Iho lima dingy broken windows In and 1 the battered door until another unfortunate l au ply Ib for Cor the key Queen private nl at It a vale never to 10 nn any to her that would 1 he likely to tn enase hI hire unless It concerned family mantles Or imitates of nf state and 1111 II I Is understood that tha tb tu it among her lIr often without any of d their reach rench log Ing her eats liing Edward Is not like likely ly Iy to encourage this thIN system so Illch hopIs hopes that the royal slums may he abolIshed when his hlA majesty gets time tt to attend to so 80 1 a corner ot of his n ft p I |