PUNCH,

OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

VOL. 102.



February 20, 1892.




JIM'S JOTTINGS.

NO. II.--RATS'-RENTS, THE RENTERS AND THE RENTED.

[In which GINGER JIMMY gives his views of Lazarus, Dives,
Dirt, Mother Church, Slum-Freeholders and "Freedom of
Contract."]

"The Golgotha of Slumland!" That's a phrase as I am told
Is made use of by a party,--wich that party must be bold,--
In the name of Mister LAZARUS, a good Saint Pancrage gent,
Wot has writ a book on Slumland, and its Landlords, and its Rent.[1]

He's a Member of the "Westry 'Ealth Committee," so it seems,
And the story wot he tells will sound, _to some_, like 'orrid
dreams.
But, lor bless yer! _we_ knows better, and if sech 'cute coves as