Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1898 — How Denmark Treats Her Poor. [ARTICLE]

How Denmark Treats Her Poor.

Denmark makes a clear distinction between the thriftless and the respectable poor. The former are treated like English paupers. The latter never cross a workhouse threshold. If destitute, they receive a pension ranging from sl4 to SB4 a year; or, if too feeble to look after themselves, they are placed in an old-age home.