The Secret Life from the August 18, issue. I have rarely seen a single sentence more heavily laden with untruth than that devoted to W. What Gladstone did, in fact, was to devote the sum of two thousand pounds a year, minimum, to a consistent effort to bring relief to two classes of prostitutes.
The first consisted of those who had been forced into the profession by want and who could be considered involuntary prostitutes; the second consisted of women who, however they might have entered the profession in the first place, had come to find it disagreeable and who wished to escape from it.
He made these patrols after the House of Commons had risen, and worked them into his walk home. This was a good time to do the job from his point of view because a prostitutes are, in the main, of nocturnal habit, b the House of Commons generally rose at a time when business was falling off and the prostitutes on the streets would be largely girls and women who had failed to find clients during the evening, and who would in some cases have no money with which to buy shelter or food.
If the prostitute found any of this attractive, Gladstone would escort her to his home where she would spend the night under Mrs. If she so wished, she would be taken to the hostel on the following day, and she would remain there until the promised job was found for her. When it was, she was given a complete outfit of new clothing and sent off to make a fresh start in life with a reasonable chance of success.
He has also misrepresented their tone. It may also be said that Gladstone did not harbor any vengeful or punitive feelings for those girls who a went straight back to the streets after having had a good supper and breakfast and a night under cover in his home, b went back to whoring after having had a good rest and medical assistance in his hostel.
