Workhouse Characters, and other sketches of the life of the poor.
WORKHOUSE CHARACTERS
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
IN THE WORKHOUSE
A PLAY IN ONE ACT
The International Suffrage Shop, John St., Strand, W.C.2 (6d.)
Press Notices
Dull talk none the less offensive because it may have been life-like. — Daily Mail.
The piece though mere talk is strong talk. — Morning Advertiser.
The play is clean and cold and humorous. The main value of the piece is that it is a superb genre picture. One or two of the flashes from this strange, generally unknown world are positive sparks of life. — Sheffield Daily Telegraph.
Margaret Wynne Nevinson
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PREFACE
CONTENTS
EUNICE SMITH—DRUNK
DETAINED BY MARITAL AUTHORITY
A WELSH SAILOR
THE VOW
BLIND AND DEAF
"AND, BEHOLD, THE BABE WEPT"
"MARY, MARY, PITY WOMEN!"
THE SUICIDE
PUBLICANS AND HARLOTS
OLD INKY
A DAUGHTER OF THE STATE
IN THE PHTHISIS WARD
AN IRISH CATHOLIC
AN OBSCURE CONVERSATIONIST
MOTHERS
"YOUR SON'S YOUR SON"
"TOO OLD AT FORTY"
IN THE LUNATIC ASYLUM
THE SWEEP'S LEGACY
FOOTNOTE:
"WIDOWS INDEED"
THE RUNAWAY
"A GIRL! GOD HELP HER!"
ON THE PERMANENT LIST
FOOTNOTE:
THE EVACUATION OF THE WORKHOUSE