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Of Kristiania's 135,000 inhabitants,
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the ruling strata is
the middle-class, the borgerskap,
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conservative by politics,
Protestant by religion.
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The Karl Johan Gate,
principle thoroughfare in a city
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whose Germanic buildings
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reflect the origins
of its main architects.
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Here, in the summer,
weather permitting,
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the Kristiania middle-class
gather for the daily promenade.
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I work in a factory too.
I have to be up before five
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to make breakfast
for my husband and children.
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The promenade upon the Karl Johan
begins around two in the afternoon.
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Music is played by a military band.
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The social system supported by
the Kristiania middle-class exists,
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with a national budget
of 41.6 million Kroner
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under a criminal code,
which dates from the 1840s.
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It has no sickness benefit,
no old age insurance,
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State-legalized prostitution organized
specifically for the middle-class,
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and still no reform against
the labour of children in factories.
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The promenade upon the Karl Johan
lasts approximately for one hour.
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Upon its conclusion the men
retire home or to the beer-halls.