ike my own city, they have hearts, and will understand the
unnecessary story of Mrs. Ben Wah and her parrot.

INDEX

Addams, Miss J., Chicago work, 365, 395.

Adler, Professor F., reform work, 71-72, 371, 402.

Air-shaft in tenements, tenants' uses and peril of, 93.

Alfred Corning Clark buildings, 129, 130.

Allen Street--
Children seeking "the commissioner" for justice, 59-60.
One-room houses, beginnings of, 97.
School building, 354, 357.

Anderson, Mrs. A. A., bath gift to city, 282.

Armenian Christmas tree, contribution of poor children, 218.

Association for improving condition of the poor--
Baths, public, 282.
Housing reform movement, 128.
Work of, 285.

Athletic meets, Crotona Park, 366.

Bacillus of the slum, 62.

Balkan peninsula, immigration from, 202.

Bands, roof playgrounds, 389-395.

Barney of Cat Alley, 333-339.

Baron Hirsch Fund, _see_ Hirsch Fund.

Baths, public--
Anderson, Mrs. A. A., gift, 282.
Association for improving condition of poor, work of, 282.
Free river baths, 282.
Hamilton Fish Park, Tammany use of, 149-152.
Lack of public baths scandal, 281.
Mott Street bath, 282.
Plans for system of municipal baths, 282-283.
Rivington Street, 281.
Shower-baths for public schools, 283.

Battle Row--
Gang, Easter service, 251-252.
Improvement, 135.

Baxter Street "dens of death," 14, 20.

Beds, Mills Houses, 159.

Beginning of the battle, 1-4.

Bellevue, scandal during Tammany government, 66.

Bend, _see_ Mulberry Bend.

Ben Wah, Mrs., and her parrot, story of, 441-449.

Beresheim, Jacob--
Arrest for murder, 227.
Birth in tenement, 228.
Law-breaking, 234.
Life and environment, 227-236.
Schooling neglected, 231.

Berlin death-rate, 124.

Big Flat, Mott Street--
Carriage factory in place of, 32.
Instance of reform still-born, 27.
Blacksmith, Patrick Mullen, 413-414.

Bleeker Street house, _see_ Mills Houses.

B'nai B'rith "removal plan," 215.

Bone Alley, destruction, 279-281, 285.

Boss, character of, 420-429.

Bottle Alley, Whyo gang headquarters, 272, 308.

Bowery lodging houses, _see_ Lodging houses.

Boxing match, 430.

Boys--
Clubs, _see that title_.
Crime, _see that title_.
Farm colony for young vagrants, 127, 172, 350.
Fathers' authority lost, 237-238