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Rh sufficiently outlined the hardships they undergo to demonstrate that their existence is anything but 'soft.'

It is a matter of sober calculation, here in England, that it is softer to work for twenty shillings

($5) a week, and have regular food, and a bed at night, than it is to walk the streets. The man who walks the streets suffers more, and works harder, for far less return. I have depicted the nights they spend, and how, driven in by physical exhaustion, they go to the casual ward for a 'rest