Arena magazine - Volume 04 . OFT OF WORK (SEE NOTE).. INVALID IN CHAIR (SEE NOTE). Digitized by VjOOQIC SOCIETYS EXILES. BY B. O. FLOWER. It is difficult to over-estimate the gravity of the problempresented by those compelled to exist in the slums of ourpopulous cities, even when considered from a purely economicpoint of view. From the midst of this commonwealth ofdegradation there goes forth a moral contagion, scourgingsociety in all its ramifications, coupled with an atmosphereof physical decay — an atmosphere reeking with filth, heavywith foul odors, laden with disease. In time of any conta
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Arena magazine - Volume 04 . OFT OF WORK (SEE NOTE).. INVALID IN CHAIR (SEE NOTE). Digitized by VjOOQIC SOCIETYS EXILES. BY B. O. FLOWER. It is difficult to over-estimate the gravity of the problempresented by those compelled to exist in the slums of ourpopulous cities, even when considered from a purely economicpoint of view. From the midst of this commonwealth ofdegradation there goes forth a moral contagion, scourgingsociety in all its ramifications, coupled with an atmosphereof physical decay — an atmosphere reeking with filth, heavywith foul odors, laden with disease. In time of any contagionthe social cellar becomes the hotbed of death, sending forthmyriads of fatal germs which permeate the air for milesaround, causing thousands to die because societj is tooshort-sighted to understand that the interest of its humblestmember is the interest of all. The slums of our cities arethe reservoirs of physical and moral death, an enormousexpense to the State, a constant menace to society, a realitywhose shadow is at once colossal and porte