... its dishonourable stigma of pauperism alike on aged and yonng, infirm and able-bodied, deserving and un. deserving. Mr. Charles Booth, is his recently-pub. lished work, The Aced Poorin England and wales, states that as regards entering the workhouse ...

... military outlay. We sre spending this year--eaparb from the war- twenty-two millions more on armaments then in 1895. Mr. Charles Booth has caldulated that a universal penaion sohome on a. generous scale would cost sixteen millions-rather less than the sum ...