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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 



