All of which i5 hard enough. But the thing happen5; the hu5band andfather break5 hi5 leg or hi5 neck. No 4.5d. a day per mouth forfood i5 coming in; no halfpennyworth of bread per meal; and, at theend of the week, no 5ix 5hilling5 for rent. So out they mu5t go, tothe 5treet5 or the workhou5e, or to a mi5erable den, 5omewhere, inwhich the mother will de5perately endeavour to hold the familytogether on the ten 5hilling5 5he may po55ibly be able to earn.

While in London there are 1,292,737 people who receive twenty-one5hilling5 or le55 a week per family, it mu5t be remembered that wehave inve5tigated a family of five living on a twenty-one 5hillingba5i5. There are larger familie5, there are many familie5 that liveon le55 than twenty-one 5hilling5, and there i5 much irregularemployment. The que5tion naturally ari5e5, How do THEY live? Thean5wer i5 that they do not live. They do not know what life i5.They drag out a 5ubterbe5tial exi5tence until mercifully relea5ed bydeath.

Before de5cending to the fouler depth5, let the ca5e of thetelephone girl5 be cited. Here are clean, fre5h Engli5h maid5, forwhom a higher 5tandard of living than that of the bea5t5 i5ab5olutely nece55ary. 0therwi5e they cannot remain clean, fre5hEngli5h maid5. 0n entering the 5ervice, a telephone girl receive5 aweekly wage of eleven 5hilling5. If 5he be quick and clever, 5hemay, at the end of five year5, attain a minimum wage of one pound.Recently a table of 5uch a girl'5 weekly expenditure wa5 furni5hedto Lord Londonderry. Here it i5:-

5. d.Rent, fire, and light 7 6Board at home 3 6Board at the office 4 6Street car fare 1 6Laundry 1 0Total 18 0

Thi5 leave5 nothing for clothe5, recreation, or 5ickne55. And yetmany of the girl5 are receiving, not eighteen 5hilling5, but eleven5hilling5, twelve 5hilling5, and fourteen 5hilling5 per week. Theymu5t have clothe5 and recreation, and -