Show NEW LONG WORK UNDER DIFFICULTIES I 11 r t.- t. t. t v V i v vV K Nt 3 6 m I Republican HE Special Service Copyright lOT j Ih The r g great strike of oC the lon longshore longshore- men in lii Ne I York city is assuming most serious proportions Herewith are arc printed two pictures showing sonic some of the th results of th the strike Above o Is Isa a a. photographs photograph showing how the tho strike breal breakers Is I's who ha have taken the place of or the long longshoremen along the river front work amid the heaped l up imp freight un un- her der guard Auard of a policeman Below Delow isa Is Isa Isa a picture showing blockade of oC freight laden lallen wagons In West street tret caused h by 13 the inability to secure curo men incus to take tako the tho places o of th the thic striking sulking lon longshore site men I I I r rp p J.- J. r T I It I t I I 4 I II i I Servant less operative Co-operative Home of the Future f BY I FICK Of or Copenhagen The rho reasons which prompted me nc to find a 0 solution hou housing boasting ln rn r- r n I 9 C l i ii C w t tha thai yo Wo in im Denmark had Imad lit Hit same to lo with though not In ir Inns I ns as aggravated n a form as arc nrc even 1 L now existing here tO in New Yoi tho th high rents rents rents' and the scarcity of or do do- do- do mettle help of or all kinds 3 I i yoon soon caino carno to the time conclusion that tha If anything was to be eliminated In Inthe inthe the tilt ordinary It was the family I kitchen with Its drudgery er Its and amid Its man many unnecessary Inconveniences Incon Tin The idea that from twenty five to thirty five families of ot the better hetter situated slUm situ class clas such as can afford to keep Jeep hoopa n a servant ser should maintain an ama equal number of cooks cool when all the time cooking necessary might as aM well uvell l be e done clone In Iii one ono place at a great saving or of labor manor and expense n e seemed preposterous to tome tome tome me and the Idea o of a central kitchen Immediately su- su suggested Itself to me This however was not enough other Improvements must be made and added one after another to m my original Idea operation Co-operation having been generally successful In various enterprises In Denmark It occurred to tome tome tome me that If the tho tenants of an apartment apart apart- mont ment house were financially Interested In the time house home In which they were living they would not be e apt to move mo rents might be towered lowered and profits at the same time line increased After ACter some seine time lime m my any present plan evolved In III detail an and amid I submitted It to various arlous business men most of or whom however cr assured me inc that thou though h the they could se see nU many advantages all In it It the they did not think It was original with me mc but that houses of this kind were to be lie found In plenty plent in America and to convince con myself of or the truth or untruth untruth untruth un un- un- un truth of this statement I mado armada a trip across the Atlantic In 1899 I came to New York wh where re I spent considerable time only to find apartment apart apart- ment mont and houses by tho the hundreds hun hun- but with none of time the upon which I hoped to make mv my scheme On the contrary I found that the tho evils lIs which I was uvas endeavoring to were Vero much moro In evidence evi l dence In America rent America rents were outrageously out out- high and servants ser next to impossible to find fluid and I went w home I convinced con that I should In iii time line Old find finda far fat better belter field for tor in inthe a m my enterprise ent in inthe I the time United States than anywhere lc In lit InI I Europe I j Soon at after tel any nn return I found 1 th lb h necessary capital and the hue I ur number of or shareholders ers and amid the building of or my central house in fri inthe the thc city of Copenhagen which ha haprov has proven n a success financially and anti lit otherwise oth Ii- Ii from the VCr very day It opened It lu its doors This house the first fint of oC Its kind anywhere any any- where In the time world Is built in iii all nih It its essential parts like c an any modern a apartment apart apart- pa 1 ment house It contains 35 apart apart- ments of or various sizes sizeR each oomph t. t tin in Itself except that tho u is H missing It has electric elevator cle s ice and amid b by th the modern methods tin lit IH- air In every room Is continually renewed re r newe 1 and an even een t temperature maintained maintained main main- tamed at all times hisses Each apartment has Its dining lining room Is connected n ith it ith P the central l kitchen In the time bU nt anti and an nn automatic electric dumb lit liter er or upon which all nil meals are arc sent up Each family turns Into the kit hf h. h n nto to tho the chef choC a n. list of tHebes dishes amid and coin IS s which are Ille not wanted and amid thus e are arf then never served sered In jn that particular apartment The rime manager of or the tho house supplies free reo of or charge servants antt who do llo all the time cleaning of oC windows and amI who also alsol l' l remove mo c all nil dust from front carpets portieres etc tc by tho the vacuum method For all other work servants are supplied at rates by the da day or hour But tho time most n-most novel no feature of or the enterprise Is tho time financial arrange arrange- e- e ment Tho The profits of or the hue owner representing representing rep rep- resenting Interest on his Isis Investment and anti payment for management etc care are restricted to crowns CIo a year carTho car Tho The city of or Copenhagen which from tho the very cry first has taken great greut Interest I 1 L in the tho enterprise t r lIt int vat f gage 1 4 per coaL 1 t A i rho rhe m f r gc g l- l by 11 thu tenants tenant Wh ii r 5 Jl per r cent edit nn and l the thi Wh whole l net t profits pr over o and above e tho time 1000 crowns al allowed nl- nl allowed lowed tho ho owner o A special committee elected tl by tho the tenants receives all suggestions and complaints of ot tho ho tenants tenants- and InS lays them before tho the mana manager CI who must mast act upon them The saving sa to the time tenants asido from froni the absence of or worrying over o servants has been haen very tery considerable amounting to about 25 i per cent on rent and amid household expenses and It ItIs ItIs itIs Is now the Intention of ot time the city of or Co- Co to help working to erect similar houses all nil over o the cIt city an aim Idea lelen which is also about to be adopted tI In several places in England Germany German and Sweden I have come corne to America for the lie purpose pur- pur po pose e of oC forming a company compact to undertake undertake under under- take the building of oC similar houses all ull allover allover over the he civilized world and ani I have o In n m my IOS possession facts and figures which show sho that hint no safer or more profitable Investment In can cnn bo be o found J 1 I have been made out a n dreamer a n phIlanthropist and an exponent of Utopian theories but I am determined not lot to 10 leave lea America until I have ha cd to American business men that I am ani not but that my l Idea lea is practical and good as a business venture based on tho the principle which underlies all enterprises good enterprises good profi L a and ancl nut small risk |