The buildings were also poorly ventilated and many workers became ill from inhalation of the charcoal fumes. These close quarters also caused horrible accidents, such as the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911 (Houle, pg
" (Annals of America 1884-1894, 379.) It is extremely understandable why Maggie "never achieved popularity among general readers" (Otfinos, p
She thinks that he appears "elegant and graceful" due to his job as a bartender, which is more upscale than he jobs she is used to performing and seeing performed. At another point, the attitude of indifference that Pete strikes impresses Maggie into thinking he, "must be accustomed to very great things" (Crane, Chapter 5)