Full up and fed up; the worker's mind in crowded Britain . what ye are! She was talking with othersexcitedly as I waved good-by to her and the soldier andstrolled on to the nearest brawl. When it came to goingup some of the alleys filled with loud-taDdng, or yelhng, andvery intoxicated groups of men and women, it seemed wiseto turn up my coat collar, pull down my cap, and then tostagger—in order not to attract undue attention. Without exaggeration, the majority of people in the dis-trict appeared intoxicated, women as well as men. Thedreadful language a man and woman were yelling at eachother
Full up and fed up; the worker's mind in crowded Britain . what ye are! She was talking with othersexcitedly as I waved good-by to her and the soldier andstrolled on to the nearest brawl. When it came to goingup some of the alleys filled with loud-taDdng, or yelhng, andvery intoxicated groups of men and women, it seemed wiseto turn up my coat collar, pull down my cap, and then tostagger—in order not to attract undue attention. Without exaggeration, the majority of people in the dis-trict appeared intoxicated, women as well as men. Thedreadful language a man and woman were yelling at eachother from different floors in one of the horrid tenementsis ringing in my ears yet—along with some of the otherfrightful profanity of the streets. And in all places and atall hours, young girls laughing hilariously at the drunkenwrecks of either sex, while imder the feet of the crowd ofevery fight and every argument, run and squirm—and lookand listen—the bareheaded, barefooted, bow-legged, orknock-kneed little children—till a chap some thousands of. CHILDREN IN A CROWDED GLASGOW DISTRICT. The little mother in the centre with the nursing shawl and the baby could notkeep from being surrounded by her friends. The number of Glasgows childrenhaving the l^ent legs or otherwise deformed by rickets, the poverty disease, isenough to make a lonesome father sick at heart.
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