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houses of the types usually occupied by workmen, or other people of modest means. Most of them are three-story frame houses, several re-fronted with sheets of imitation brick or Johns-Mansville asbestos shingles. There are slightly seedy shops which characterize such a neighborhood. The scene is not one of poverty, but the drabness of a street which was never meant to cheer or gratify its occupants. We are shown the interior of a "railroad flat", unheated, the two inner rooms unlighted, the kitchen without hot water, the toilet shared by the frame across the hall. This flat is occupied by a large family, which while far from needy, cannot get better housing for the amount of rent which it is able to pay.

We return to the employment office where the applicant is finishing the sheet. The personnel man gives him a slip, saying, "Report for work on Monday." So with the other men in the line; each in turn receives a blank. To each some question causes him to reflect upon some part of his history.

2. "Do you own an automobile?" The applicant smiles ironically.