Early in the morning, along the streets frequented
by workmen on the way to work, many women sit
on the sidewalk with sacks of bread beside them.
No end of workmen purchase these, and eat them as
they walk along. They do not even wash the dry
bread down with the tea to be obtained for a penny

[{TURNING OVER THE SCRAPS AND SHREDS OF BEEF AND MUTTON.}]

in the coffee-houses. It is incontestable that a man
is not fit to begin his day s work on a meal like that;
and it is equally incontestable that the loss will fall
upon his employer and upon the nation. For some
time, now. statesmen have been crying, " Wake up,
England ! " It would show more hard-headed

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