Reports on labour and social conditions in Germany . here is not sufficient pri\acy to suit me, but I Avouldcei-tainly prefer their flats to the majority of the cottage pro-)erty in the Avorking-class districts at home. The houses them-selves are well built, A-ery neat and kept very clean, and arebuilt so as to get as much fresh air as possible, the blocks beingerected much farther apart than they are at home. A^luit impicssed me more than anything else Avas the absenceof ap])arent poverty, for 1 did not see a man, AAoman or childAviiat you might call Aery badly dressed, and did not see anyone
Reports on labour and social conditions in Germany . here is not sufficient pri\acy to suit me, but I Avouldcei-tainly prefer their flats to the majority of the cottage pro-)erty in the Avorking-class districts at home. The houses them-selves are well built, A-ery neat and kept very clean, and arebuilt so as to get as much fresh air as possible, the blocks beingerected much farther apart than they are at home. A^luit impicssed me more than anything else Avas the absenceof ap])arent poverty, for 1 did not see a man, AAoman or childAviiat you might call Aery badly dressed, and did not see anyoneAvIllMnit l>oots (clogs) and stockings. I can assure you that Iiloii! have vi-ry far to go fiom my own yard door to see a greatmany cases oj cliildicu witlioul shoes and stockings, and inJiiucli wiMvc ^\?(?alll:?l tjiaii 1 saw on tlie (oulinent. As regards (he food, 1 think they Uac quite as Avell as Aved(j at home, and (|uitc as cheap, liespectiiig the horse-flesh weheard so nnnh talk about at the last General Election (1 think DUSSELDORF. Workmens Flats. DUSSELDORF.
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