A LITTLE LAND 34, 



AND A LIVING 



cost him all told a little over ten dollars and 

 his salary is just twelve dollars per week! If 

 this was a thing to be indulged in once or twice 

 a year I should be able to see how he does it, but 

 to repeat the same performance about once a 

 month and sometimes more, and all on that small 

 salary, is past comprehension or belief. 



THE IMPROVIDENCY OF THE POOR. 



When a slack season comes and these young 

 people are thrown out of work they have noth- 

 ing to fall back on. The task of tiding them 

 over for a few weeks, or until they secure an- 

 other position, rests upon their family or friends. 

 If not that, then the men go to swell the tide of 

 beggars, paupers and criminals, and the women 

 turn to other forms of social viperism, such as 

 prostitution, where they can " get " more money 

 and better clothes than is afforded through 

 legitimate and healthy occupations. How many 

 a young woman, especially among the clothes 

 workers who earn mean pittances by piece work, 

 has to resort to this means of a livelihood in 

 order to make ends meet, not only for herself. 



