University of Chicago Settlement, Chicago, Il.
"At the southwest corner of that one square mile of
Union Steak Yards and pucking-houses where thirty thomaand men,
wemen, and children prepare the animal food for the world's
market.
It in separated from the other side of the city by
railread tracks, the Steck Yards, and "Bubbly Creek-an open
sever for the secersedation of the packing-houses, but pernit-
ted against all the laws of civic decency and health. The
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city garbage dump on the went in the receptacle for the car-
bage of the lakeshere wards. The houses are of frame, nont-
ly two aterion high, seremmedsting renr te six families, and
TABA CON NG
eften so much erngested within a given heune sa in neighber-
hoods that are more closely built up.
This is not a "alum", but an industrial community
of unskilled workers, whe, before the strike of 1904, had an
average age of $7.40 week er ferty heurs, vith, ef neurse,
s possibility of increasing the fusily inceme by putting the
children, and nemetimes the nether, te werk. The large bedy
of casual laberers, eempesed ehiefly of the 1stest inmigrants,
with the irregular hours and aessens of enforced idleness,
given a large number of people who live always on the margin
of extreme poverty. There is very little pauperin and much
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self respect and leve of independence. The Bohemiana, Polen,
Slevaks, and Zithuanians have cene in much numbers during the.
1ast ten years that the community has changed rren Celsie.
to Slavic.
The Settlement taken ite foreign neighbere sa it
finds then, and wins their ocnfidence by rooemising their
idesls, and whenever pennible appealing to their co-operation in
social and civie werk for the ecmunity.
CHARACTER OF WORK
Gymnasium, penny savings hink, eoneerts, lectures
and entertainments, elsanen in eer: enpendence, manual training,
basketry, daneing, mmasie, publie library station, picture lean
1ibrary. The settlement has secured a publie bath, two small
parka, public library station and free dispensary.
ber of neighberheed organizations nest in the manis.
of the residents in a probation efficer of the Juvenile Court.
It has a station for medified milk.
A man-
One
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