Byline: Charles H. Garrett; 1898-07-18; New York Evening World; pages 1
Report: Living Poor - Charles Garrett and Catherine King - New York World
Tags: Charles H. Garrett, New York City, nickel a dayet, posed as poor
"Have you ever been starving? Have you ever been so faint from lack of food that your brain swam and your mind refused to respond to even the simplest demands made upon it? Have you ever been so poor that you were forced to make twenty-five cents worth of food last for a week? Have you seen the time when a fifteen cent meal was a luxury and a restaurant lunch which cost twenty cents was the wildest extravagance?" I have. For the last six months I have lived this way . . . "
Description:Garrett's description of how he experienced life on an actual budget of a nickel a day. His series ran in the Evening World in tandem with Catherine King's report on trying to get a job at a living wage in the city.
Rights: Public domain.
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