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    NOTICES OF EOOKS. 205

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    Our Co Homeless ., Berners Poor Street ,...

    drawing are sick -rooms of the , and literary would to and God fashionabl were e coteries sick of . the Yes reality , you ; cry ; you

    would that that could reach you in the midst of your luxurious haunts and suffering and pursuits 1 sisters , side b b those y side bent with , upon the cry searching raised for them our oppressed out and

    forcing public attention , y to their deep and manifold wrongs . "Would to God that the were _loiid enough to drown all opposing

    claand force men cry and - women exemt bthe accident of their mour social , position from like sufferingto lend p substantial y aid to all and

    , every Agai attemp n and t again to help is women it recorded to help of themselves needlewomen . , in poetry and

    p wee rose k ' , s that end to they week stitch ' s en their dworking very lives thirteen into or their fourteen work hours ; that a , _froni day ,

    , they earn only four shillings and sixpence and five shillings per week , finding out of that miserable pittance their own cotton and

    needles ; bufc we cannot hear too much , of it : — them " One , be large it written outfitting —pays - establishmen still at the t rate , well of 2 known _^ d . a shirt in London ! ! —shame on

    viousl _" One y to poor entering young - there girl , been in the working Westminster - for this Hosp house ital at , her had home , for weeks , receiving pre-2 s . 6 d . a dozen for shirts ! Can it be credited in these days ? She stated ,

    each shirt had eight button-holes , and the same deductions of cotton were made said — b it hard took work 2 § d . worth and la for te honr the dozen she shirts could ; mak and , on two questioning daythat her , her she

    , y s , e _~ a , so a labor living broug skele ht ton her , wasting in 4 d . — away all she her had remaining to depend youth upon . at a public wonder hosp she ital was ! in the lumhad for been

    " Another , in a decline , same asy , years working in for the a slop-shop loyment at 5 of s . a a week , her in Fleet hours Street from ei who ght engaged till eight during . A third the sea was

    empperson , q son uiring ten - hands the nea . test Their and work best work consisted . Her of wages ladies were ' fine 4 s under . 6 & .. -clothing a week : * , She

    reworked during " These the thirteen prices season , hours , it from must a day also pril . till be remembered August , after , driving which they as they can are depend , only upon last

    no regular employment , and frequently cannot earn more than 2 s . or 3 s . a week " Let —sometimes men" , they our state author , not " try that _needlowork . * * * for a timeforce them to

    , says , , work and are distended ladl twelve leave hours like the a the " day bur thread then —to stitch and they the , stitch use . , We till nt of think bone needlework and they finger would to women and soon nerve tire . " , payme

    gy Nor is it the seamstress only who is thus ill-paid : — Flower _TVorfc .

    twelve u The hours most a experienced day ; but this hands price in of this labor trade refers earn onl 9 s . to a t week hose , w wo ho rking have *

    risen " The to the best hi French ghest branch flowers of , as the the business y are t . ermed , made , however , in Englandand sold under a lieto deceive those who profess to wear none but

    2 French sthe , goods artist , receives fetch a 6 d g , h dozen price ! and Eng , for lish flo spri wers g- that cos e ts from the p 3 urchaser d . to 4 d .

    a dozen ., , and the common . ones a , made by children , ljd averag . a dozen . " _Candle-ioick Makers .

    dre " n The and manufactory women are engaged of candle . A wicks great is deal another of it is emp clone loyment by machinery in winch , afte chil r -

    Notices Of Eooks. 205

    NOTICES OF EOOKS . 205

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1860, page 205, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051860/page/61/