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into any district populated by American laboring people is not 

 heralded witli pleasure. Tliey prefer to keep them aAvay from 

 their homes and out of their sight. Only the A^ery poorest class 

 of American laborers are content to live by the side of the 

 "Hunyaks."' 



In this small "'Hunyak*' district in Indianapolis are found 

 representatives of many nationalities and people. The follow- 

 ing table shows the results of the investigation : 



Xationality. 



Men. 



TTowen. 



Children. 



Roumanians 



284 



33 



19 



Servians 



187 



1 



2 



Macedonians 



104 



1 





Hungarians 



50 



6 



4 



Slavonians 



35 



3 



5 





32 



0 





"Molicimme-drins" 



30 



0 







722 



44 



30 



It is interesting to note the number of Roumanian women in 

 comparison with the number of Servian women. All of these 

 Roumanian wom.en Twith the exception of three ) were, with the 

 assistance of their husbands, managing boarding houses. In each 

 of these from nine to fifteen other Roumanians lived. One rate 

 seemed to be established for all boarding houses, no exceptions 

 being made on account of cjuality of food or lodging. The board- 

 ers all pay $2 per week for board, and $3 per month, or 75 cents 

 per week, for lodging and washing. On the latter item the pro- 

 prietors make money, as twelve men paying $36 per month can 

 easily be lodged in a house on which the monthly rent is about 

 $14. But under prevailing high prices the cooks find it very 

 difficult to furnish sufficient food for these men at $2 per week. 



The Servians and most of the men of other nationalities seem 

 to prefer to live in groups of from eight to twelve men. In some 

 cases each man does his own buying and cooking, while in others 

 one man cooks for all and the expense is divided pro rata. In 

 these groups the rent is divided equally among the men occupy- 

 ing the house. 



Only a very few of the men in the district had regular full 

 time work." ]\rost of them were working part time, and many 

 of them were out of work altogether. The average weekly wag^ 

 of those who were working was $3.48. This of course is very 



■ This investigation was made during the winter and early spring, when very 

 little outdoor work was going on. 



