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    TUITION OR TRADE ? 177

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    governesses in ultimatel full vi y , a ; and happ at mid experience ier -life course , when . worth jud The gment something deman should d is they _Tbe now mature are all alread for , faculties young y too

    old to be gor in , request . It is presumed that the , young pupil makes greater progress under a teacher nearer her own years ht , and of

    consepanion quentl hour y to the she amuse instructress must , as be a mistress lay is ful regarded as to a instruct kitten as for . much Poor the amusement in young the li g g irl-governess of the a com chil- - !

    dren one and the next grave p and demure as the teacher . How the later life of , that teacher is passed the desolate attics of our cities must somewhat

    answer . Teachers seldom get married . Tuition is regarded in against the li taking ght of business those for h wive y the s other who have sex , who been as accustomed yet have a prejudice to work

    think for themselves that the . woman A singular who could prejudice helherself this , as could one would tjhe better naturall help y p

    her husband . The writer on Female Labor states the average maintenance and salary of and the wages of clerks or

    shopmen to be nearly equal governesses ; admitting , however , that the prospects of advancement to the clerks are such as the governess has not . This

    makes a vast difference : the . clerk looks forward to a richer future , the to a for at the bestand with economythe

    latter governess can barely manage poorer In ; her old age to , obtain the common com , - forts of life

    will Our be author iven . them objects which that are if women the worst engage paid in and trade least , emp promisin loyments g to

    ambition g . For a time this may prove true , but surely when women , p b p h y oses ysici proper , combined ans training assert with , b and ein an g an increase far education below of the bodil that health y can str be ength y and turned , ( natural the to latter useful degree , as pur all , ) -

    can render the same service to their employers as men , they will be equall tions cannot y rewarded hold . together The system much of longer men , as taking the danger up feminine of an army occupa of

    idle women seeking pleasure or food at any cost is now becoming the ground painfull system y need apparent of not disp be to entered lacing all who women upon have at eyes to length such to ; see . an One or extent ears would to hear ever be inclined . gaine How of d

    women to suppose was , were the cause the reverse of our having not too somewhere well proved about , that thirt a y scarcity thousand men about -milliners the beauty , stalwart of a r youth ibbon s and or the bearded elegant men pattern , discoursing of a shawl sweetly or

    lace mantilla . The evil has , been introduced , but is now working onwards towards a cure . That the pride , indolence , and frivolity of the

    and of women tlie daug country hel hters ped not , increased it and to averse take as no , to root men one have is liked courts hi it ghl so to y toil have probable Now simp richl comes l . y y from dressed As the love terrible prosperity idle of work wive re- s ,

    women were . women action . thrown Men can no them longer and maintain those who the have increasing long lived numbers idly and of ;

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    Tuition Or Trade ? 177

    TUITION OR TRADE ? 177

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1860, page 177, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051860/page/33/