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Show HUNGRY AND HOPELESS. Thousands of Men Tramp Streets of London, Lo.iklng for Work. London, Tho. dark bldo of the Kngllsh Christmas Is tho grcnt number num-ber of unemployed nnd tho distressing prevnlcnco of destitution nnd suffering. suffer-ing. This Is seen principally nt London Lon-don nnd nt Glasgow, and along tho 'Iyuo nnd other shipbuilding centers, whero mnny estabUslinientn hnvo been closed nnd thousands of men nro out of work. A small bund of shabbily dressed, miserable looking unemployed per-sons per-sons have paraded tho fashionable chopping streets during tho past week, threading their way among tho lines of motor cars nnd tho crowds or aristocratic Christmas shoppers. Tho police accompanied tho hand as IL mrVchod, In (Order to prevent dls- turbnnccB. Its meniborh shouted In unison ns they niarclrod, "Wo want ' work." More thnn a thousand honio-less honio-less men nHsnmblo on the Thames embankment every midnight to gol tickets to Salvntlon Army shelters. |