U. S. hoboes, scanning papers on park benches, long to be in England now that Labor is in power. Published a fortnight ago was a report of the British Ministry of Health suggesting a long list of improvements to make life more pleasant for the British Bum.
When British tramps, known locally as Weary Willies, wish lodgement at the public expense, they do not apply for a vacant cell in the county jail, as in the U. S., but go to the local poorhouse where they are lodged in what is known as the Casual...
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