XIV 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



July, 1913 



"Tenement Tommy" 



Asks for 



A Square Deal 



HE lives in New York's stuffy tenement 

 district, the most congested spot in 

 America. 

 In his sultry three-room home there is 

 scarcely space to eat and sleep. His play- 

 ground is the blistering pavement of the ill- 

 smelling streets, hemmed in by scorching 

 brick walls. 



No trees, no grass, not even a whiff of 

 fresh air, — in the only world Tommy knows. 

 Ash cans are his background, and the rattle 

 and roar of traffic his environment. 



Tommy's widowed mother is broken with 



worry ; his sisters and brothers are as pallid 



and frail as he. The winter struggle has 



sapped their vitality. They are starving for air. 



No medicine will help Tommy. What he, 



his mother and the other children need are : 



a chance to breathe something pure and 



fresh, — a taste of sunshine and outdoor 



freedom, — an outing in the country or at the seashore. 



But between Tommy and his needs stands poverty, 



the result of misfortune. He must suffer just as if it were 



all his fault. 



And that is why Tommy appeals for a square deal. 

 Nor does he wish you to forget his mother, or his "pals" 

 and their mothers, — all in the same plight. 

 This Association every summer sends thousands of "Tenement 

 Tommies", mothers and babies to the country and to Sea Breeze, its fresh 

 air home at Coney Island. A dollar bill, a five dollar check, or any 

 amount you care to contribute, will help us to answer Tommy's appeal. 

 Send contributions to Robert Shaw Minturn, Treasurer, Room 204, 

 105 East 22nd Street, New York City. 



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