How Smoke Got Out of the Chimneys

London, England. 1840.Gangs of four- and five-year-old orphans are being used as "e;apprentice"e; chimney sweeps--they're the only ones who can fit down the narrow chimneys, taking brushes and baskets down with them into upper-class Victorian homes to scrape out the creosote. It's good for 'em, don'tcher know?Caroline, a.k.a. the infamous Smoke, is one of the older orphans, who help lift and lower...