... children in a van to the workhouse while she lay ill. Mrs. S. next, though too poor to provide such luxuries for her own children, under the circumstances felt justified in buying a few little cakes to take with her to the workhouse to the children of the ...

... A WORKHOUSE ENTERTAINMENT. The inmates of St. Giles's Workhouse, Endell-street, greatly enj *yed the excellent entertainment which was organised for them by Mr Charles Collette, and given to them in a large room in the workhouse on Monday evening. Mr ...

... thes girl said it was so, and sent witness to know what he was going to do, PAs they would not take her into the Milo- end~ workhouse unless she told the fathetr's namoe. He said that that was not reoesmary, as many girls were ol- towed Into the Eethnal-green ...

... ENTERTAINMENT AT ST. GILES'S WORKHOUSE. I Under the able direction of Mr John Maclean, of the St. James's Theatre, an entertainmenlt was given on the evening of New Year's Dav at the St. Giles's Weo2';'ousa as a special treat for the pauper inmates. The ...

... TWELFTH ITIGHT AT ST. GILES'S WORKHOUSE. Again this year have some kind-hearted members of tile dramatic and musical professions worked together toprovide an entertainment oln Twelfth Night especially for the pailper inmates of that poor house situate ...

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... control of admission of tramps to workhouses in the hands of the police especially deserves consideration. Hc says The regular thieves and casuals hate the police, and that is the con- sequence that so few go to Poplar workhouse since t~he police supervision ...

... interested themselves in the con- dition of workhouses, the difficulties of providing for the education of pauper children and the lamentable failure of the system carried out in what are called workhouse schools are too well known. Still, as Miss ...

... her children being without shoes, the workhouse authorities' had supplied new ones when she would insist upon leaving the house, Mr. Barker observed that'there was not the slight- est blame attached to the'workhouse authorities; in fact, it had been the ...

... close room was not fitted for the deceased, and he then gave her an order for his admission to the workhouse infirmnary. She took the order dbwn to the workhouse, when she was harshly refusedhis admissionnnless herself and all her family ebtered at the same ...

... sailor who was found drowned in a pond in the Agar Town-fields, after being refused admission at the gate of St. Pancraes workhouse, and in which the jury expressed their opinion that the deceased had committed suicide through such refusal of relief, and ...

... qnestion of Old. age Pensions, many a deserving worker is being comipelled to seek the degrading shelter of the workhouse.j The Workhouse, missus ! Oh, my God! and must we, then, go there And sell our sticka and nick-nacks, wife, to seek for harder fare ...