Living Poor - Charles Garrett and Catherine King - New York World
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Description
A New York Evening World series by Charles Garrett and Catherine King as they lived in total penury, looking for work, in New York City.
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Media History
The reporting was intended for these media types: Newspaper
Articles, Books, Video/Film
I-"Lived Three Months on Five Cents a Day" - Charles H. Garrett - New York Evening World | Strange Experiences of Charles H. Garrett, Who Was Forced to Live in New York Cheaply; Nickel a Day for Three Months; A Wonderful Story of Local Life Simply told -- What the Unemployed May Have to Endure
July 18, 1898
Garrett's description of how he experienced life on an actual budget of a nickel a day. His series ran in the ...I-"Girl Toilers of the Great City" - Catherine King - New York Evening World | Evening World Woman Reporter Seeks Work at Living Wages; Catherine King in Department Store; Treated Kindly by Everybody, but the Hours Are Long and Pay Small for Beginners
July 26, 1898
"How can a woman, suddenly thrown upon her own resources, become a bread-winner in New York City? It is not a new ...II-"Five Cents a Day for This Man's Living" - Charles H. Garrett - New York Evening World | The Second Chapter of an Amazing True Tale of Existence in New York
July 19, 1898
From the editors precede: "There's not a line of imagination or exaggeration in the story of his five-cents-a-day ...II-"Girl Toilers' Work and Wages" - Catherine King - New York Evening World | Catherine King's Second Trial for a Place Was a Big Restaurant; Adjured Not to Loaf; She Learns How to Fill Mustard Pots and to Balance Big Tray of Dishes
July 27, 1898
"The first chapter of an Evening World newspaper woman's experiences in investigating the work and wages of New ...III-"FIve Cents a Day, No Work, No Play" - Charles H. Garrett - New York Evening World | Mr. Garrett Continues the Thrilling True Story of His Fight for Food in New York; First Trip to a Pawnshop; Too Weak--Looking to Get a Job on a Ship--Students Respect his Cheap-Living Ideas
July 20, 1898
From the editors' precede: "How to live on five cents a day is what Charles H. Garrett is telling the people of New ...III-"Girl Toilers With the Needle and Their Pay" - Catherine King - New York Evening World | Catherine King Works in Stylish Modiste's as a Beginner; Little Pay for a Year's Work; Fixes Society Woman's Gown at Redfern's and Sews with the Tired Workers
July 29, 1898
Catherine King goes on to her third day of trying different jobs. Today she is a dressmaker.IV-"Five Cents a Day; A Man's Life" - Charles H. Garrett - New York Evening World | Mr. Garrett's 4th Chapter on His Hard Experience in New York Living; He Does His Own Laundry; News from Papers Picked Up in the Parks -- Wisdom Gained from Accidents -- What He'll Tell To-Morrow"
July 21, 1898
Fourth chapter in Charles Garrett's tell of living on a nickel a day, not as a newspaper pose but because he really ...IV-"Girl Toilers' Chance at Selling Books" - Catherine King - New York Evening World | Catherine King Does Not Find Them to Be the Most Encouraging; The Women's Rebuffs Hurt; A Tip on Working Office Buildings, Despite Rules, but It Didn't Work for Sales
August 1, 1898
Catherine King's fourth day investigating different kinds of jobs. Today she is in an office.V-"Living Upon Five Cents a Day" - Charles H. Garrett - New York Evening World | Mr. Garrett Goes on Showing How He Found It Possible but Often Very Painful; Gold Collar Button, 1 Meal; The Narrator Mends His Own Shoes -- Sells a Story, Good LUck, and Hears of a Sick Mother, Which is Grief.
July 22, 1898
Chapter Five in Charles H. Garrett's tale of how he managed for months on almost no money, not for a newspaper ...V-"A Day as a Cloak Model" - Catherine King - New York Evening World | Catherine King Works in a Big Mercantile House on Broadway; The Buyer and His Luncheons; Girls Must Have Fine Figures and Wear Garments So They Sell Readily
August 3, 1898
Catherine King's fifth day investigating different kinds of jobs.VI-"New York Life at Five Cents a Day" - Charles H. Garrett - New York Evening World | Not a Cheerful Proposition, as Mr. Garrett's Story Goes on to Show Very Plainly.
July 23, 1898
Penultimate chapter in Charles H. Garrett's recounting of how he lived in utter penury in New York City.VII-"From Five Cents a Day to a Waldorf Feast" - Charles. H. Garrett - New York Evening World | Mr. Garrett Departs from His Cheap Living for a Special Occasion.
July 25, 1898
From his five cent meals to a fifteen-cent feast to a fifteen dollar revel for Charles H. Garrett after months of ...VI-"The First Steps in a Chorus Girl's Life" - Catherine King - New York Evening World | Catherine King, After Much Tribulation, Gets a Position at Weber & Fields's; Such a Long Chase For Work; Though Snubbed by Some Managers, Others Were Kind and She Succeeded
August 8, 1898
Catherine King's sixth and final day investigating different jobs in New York City.