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CHAPTER XXVI 



Why were children working in the cotton mills of England one 

 hundred years ago ? What were the ages of the children ? When 

 were they supposed to do their studying ? Give facts about the 

 pauper children who became workers at the mills. How long at a 

 stretch did they work ? What wages did they receive ? What does 

 Robert Blincoe say about his own experiences ? How were children 

 prevented from running away from the mills ? What did earnest 

 men and woman finally say about saving the children ? What 

 occurred in 1799 and 1800 to help the new movement along? 

 Where did the epidemic spread ? Who suffered most ? What did 

 doctors say was the cause of the high death rate of the children ? 

 In response to the agitation, what did the British government do ? 

 What effect did the law have on conditions of life for children ? 

 What does Mr. Claxton say about the condition of certain child 

 workers in 1912 ? Give in your own words what Mrs. Kelley de- 

 scribes. What does Mr. Potter say he has seen ? Mention some 

 of the things which overworked children are known to make in 

 crowded city tenements. What does Miss Goldmark say about the 

 change in appearance 'of overworked people ? What does Dr. Ellis 

 say about the physical condition of overworked London weavers ? 

 What did a military examining physician find in Germany in 1891 ? 

 What is the general belief about overwork which all nations are 

 beginning to act upon ? 



CHAPTER XXVII 



When was machinery invented ? Why did it look as if great 

 prosperity were at hand ? Why did men, women, and children move 

 into town ? In what kind of surroundings did they often live ? 

 Describe the condition of Bethnal Green as given in 1848. How 

 many miles of dwellings did the town have ? Who were the city 

 scavengers ? How long did it take the men to go over the ground 

 once ? Why were the inhabitants of Bethnal Green attacked by dis- 

 ease microbes ? What did people know about disease microbes in 

 those days ? When knowledge began to take the place of ignorance, 

 what did cities themselves begin to do ? What was the first great 



