Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . -ou fift\- pcv cent, on)-our gas bill with his new burners—he will. IHE KING DODGE. calls with a book, already half filled withthe signatures of benevolent people who havegiven sums var_\ing from a pound to ashilling for the relief of disabled firemen, forthe repairing of churches, the establishmentof soup kitchens, or perhaps the preser\ationof an open space. Women occasionallytake to bogus collecting for a dishonestlivelihood, and the\ are the most successfulwhere the male householder is concern
Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . -ou fift\- pcv cent, on)-our gas bill with his new burners—he will. IHE KING DODGE. calls with a book, already half filled withthe signatures of benevolent people who havegiven sums var_\ing from a pound to ashilling for the relief of disabled firemen, forthe repairing of churches, the establishmentof soup kitchens, or perhaps the preser\ationof an open space. Women occasionallytake to bogus collecting for a dishonestlivelihood, and the\ are the most successfulwhere the male householder is ladies ha\e always an insinuatingmanner and a sympathetic voice, and oncethey obtain a foothold in the hall they arevery difficult to dislodge. When, by theambiguity of their message, they havesucceeded in getting into the presence ofthe master himself, a shilling or hnIf-a-cro\vn116 fit up one gas bracket or chandelier for you,and give you ocular proof of the value of hiswares. Then he will sell you sufficientburners for the rest of _\-our gas-fittings, take}our money and his departure. His waresare valueless. The onl\- genuine gas savingburners are
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