And it ought to be known that on this account there is a great exodus every year from some of our London "dwellings." It seems scarcely credible, but it is nevertheless a fact, that in some dwellings she may not keep a cat, a dog, or even a bird, neither may she have flowers in pots on her window-sills.

She is hedged round with prohibitions, but she is expected to be superior and to abide in staid respectability on an income of less than thirty shillings per week.

And she does it, though how she does it is a marvel.
Come with me to visit Mrs.Jones, who lives at 28, White Elephant Buildings.

Mr.Jones is a painter at work for eight months in the year, if he has good luck, but out of work always at that time of the year when housekeeping expenses are highest.

For every working man's wife will tell you that coal is always dearer at the time of the year when it is most required.