Word: tramps
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Forum contains a long and interesting article by him on that topic. The subject of the vagrant unemployed has been of great importance in Germany. In most towns there is an anti-beggar Society, the members of which pledge themselves to give nothing to beggars. Instead of alms the tramp finds work at a station at the entrance of each town, where by chopping wood he can obtain food and lodging. But as this only served for temporary relief, the "labor-colonies" were instituted, of which there are twenty-two in Germany. They are situated remote from the towns...
...nude in construction, but all are full of vigor. They are interesting also, as showing the development of popular feeling, especially in 1860-61. The book would not have been complete without the last four songs "John Brown's Body," "Marching Through Georgia," "The Battle Cry of Freedom," and "Tramp, Tramp," and the editor's apology for their insertion is not necessary...