Her editor was sorry for the rabbits. Had
often spent a pleasant day with them himself. But, after all, the Human
Race claimed our first sympathies.
She wanted to abolish sweating. She had climbed the rotting stairways,
seen the famished creatures in their holes. But it seemed that if you
interfered with the complicated system based on sweating then you
dislocated the entire structure of the British export clothing trade. Not
only would these poor creatures lose their admittedly wretched living--but
still a living--but thousands of other innocent victims would also be
involved in the common ruin. All very sad, but half a loaf--or even let
us frankly say a thin slice--is better than no bread at all.
She wanted board school children's heads examined. She had examined one
or two herself. It seemed to her wrong that healthy children should be
compelled to sit for hours within jumping distance of the diseased. She
thought it better that the dirty should be made fit company for the clean
than the clean should be brought down to the level of the dirty.
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