Political Education League, reform work, 247. Political meetings in school buildings proposed, 407-408. Political tenements, 149, 152. Poor, improvement, _see_ Association for improving condition of the poor. Population-- Cat Alley, 314-316. Census, _see that title_. Charity of the poor, instances of, 216-222, 322-325, 445. Death-rate, _see that title_. Foreign population, _see that title_. Increase statistics, 81-83. Inquiry by United States government, disclosures, 175. Italians, _see that title_. Jews, _see that title_. Movement, 133. Overcrowding, _see that title_. Sweating, _see that title_. Potter, Bishop-- Arraignment of Tammany corruption, 70-73. Pro-Cathedral, Stanton Street, 72, 182. Religious organizations, 182. Poverty Gap-- Improvement, 51-52. Mike, of Poverty Gap, 239-240. Neckties, 51. Playground, 302. Prague, picture of city, incident, 204. Prison, _see_ Tombs. Prostitution, Tammany organization, 69-74. Public baths, _see_ Baths. Public Education Association, reform work, 371, 372, 378. Public schools, _see_ Schools. Push-cart men, Colonel Waring's market scheme, 273. Quaker, builder of Gotham Court, 25. Rear tenements, _see_ Tenements. Recreation piers, 292, 296, 299. Recruiting thief, 156, 164. Reformatory report on weak character of boys, 244. Reform by humane touch, 411-440. Reform effects in thirteen years, 42-54. Reform programme, 283-285. River baths, free, 282. Riverside tenements built by A. T. White, 135, 140. Rivington Street-- Bath-house, 281. Mills Houses, _see that title_. Park, attempt to establish, 293. Robberies-- Great Robbery, city treasury, 4-5, 285. Meyer, D., thief, 238. Recruiting thief, 156, 164. Tweed, thief, 4-5, 285. Robbins, Dr. Jane E., woman doctor in the slums, 205-206. Rome, slums of, 9-11. Roof gardens-- Educational Alliance building, 388. Hebrew Institute, 305-307. Roof playgrounds, public schools, 291, 342. Brass bands, 389-395. Fight for, 385-389. Hester Street school, 342, 359-360. Success of, 389-439. Roosevelt, Theodore-- Election as Governor, 56. Law enforcement, 47, 235, 415, 418. Reform administration, 50, 414-418. Tenement House Commission appointed, 1900, 147. Roosevelt Street tenement, demolition of, 124. Roses, Hester Street school, 364. St. Andrew's Brotherhood, school children excursion schemes, 362. Saloons-- Cheer and social life of tenements, 419-420. Club room for boys provided, 372. Fight with Roosevelt, record of week of crime, 418. Sandwiches--brick sandwiches, 224. San Francisco, kindergarten record, 245. Santa Claus in the slums, 310-311. [_See also_ Christmas trees.] Scarlet fever epidemic traced to public school, 358.