... what was the state? Slightly better on the whole than 1850. In St. Marylebone (population 157,000) there were 1,495 in the workhouse who sat down on that Christmas day to lb. of roast beef (free from bone), vegetables and bread, 1 lb. of plum pudding, 1 ...

... the real Stanley the man in whose amazingly story-book life the discovery of Livingstone was but one incident. Here's the work-house boy who achieved fame, honours and riches. Illustrated. 25 s. net Ten Years in the Death Cell The Face of Justice CARYL ...

... of the Toy Theatre publishers made their fortune. Skelt, the most prolific of them all, drank heavily and died in Stepney Workhouse and West, another great figure, was seen at the end of his life walking the streets of London in a state of wretchedness ...

... those lovely times whatever happens to her, she 's had them. Yes, said Lady B. with quiet triumph, even if I die in the workhouse I 've known the gracious, spacious days. FAITH'S picnic which she gave in honour of my new cotton frock wasn't in the least ...

... head gardeners, and so on. Almost every institute an un fortunate title this, too reminiscent of what used to be called the workhouse, or a mental hospital why not farm college, or something of the sort mixes the sexes and takes a few non-residents. A year's ...

... raiser in New Zealand had sent it after her. It appears that some of the ladies who have taken up their quarters at Lambeth Workhouse do not indulge in snuff. An indignation meeting was held to clamour for the substitution of some other luxury in place of ...

... He should have saved. My husband paid him well. He had an unfortunate family. It is no fault of his that he is in the workhouse in his old age an infirmary they call them nowa days, but that doesn't make the heartbreak of going there any better. Mr ...