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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1860, Edition 1 of 1, Page 255, XXXVIL—INSTITUTION FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF

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      ^ "I Have Done A Very Good Morning's Wor...

      business Stephen . Perhaps never married he was ; . lie The was one supposed Hying current to be quite of love absorbed had been in .

      one checked I have ; and sometimes though thoug his career ht his life was was considered even more a very marre successful d than

      , his Perhaps brother ' therefore s . I am superstitious when I see any one trying to

      break o £ P a marriage . It is not exactly the would way rather I ought trust to talk to the to undisci young peop lined le impulse , I

      supebut I do think I p do pos of youth interfere , and wise imprudence or prudent , than as meddle we may in think those matters ourselves . , And let us if we be

      own quite motives , quite , . sure The , that heart there should is no be taint _Yexj of pure pride and or very self upri -love ght in that our

      dares to . take the place of Providence .

      Institution For Employment Of Needlewome...

      _INSTITUTION FOR EMPLOYMENT OF NEEDLEWOMEN . 255

      Xxxvil—Institution For The Employment Of

      XXXVIL—INSTITUTION FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF NEEDLEWOMEN .

      -*«»- There Has Long Existed In Society ...

      - _*«» - There has long existed in society a feeling of sympathy for the

      woes and trials of needlewomen , and there are none , perhaps , of our fellow-creatures who are more entitled toour protection and assistance ,

      , from the very fact that it is the weak and unprotected , the sorrowing , the widow and the orphan , who , driven by adversity and bereavement

      from the shelter and support on which they have hitherto leant , form the greater portion of this classand call for our deepest

      commiseration . Indeedwhen we consider , the various positions in life from , which its members springit comes very nearly home to every woman

      in England , be she ever so , highly born , whether or not by strict investigation she cannot discover some friend , relative , or connection ,

      who is either eking out a scanty subsistence by the aid of her needle , stealing under the dusky shadows of evening to receive or take back

      the work from her employer , avoiding if possible detection or recognitionorthe pride of better days vanquished by necessity ,

      publicly , enrollin , g herself among the long list of needlewomen soliciting employment from the slop-shop or the Jew , or toiling

      incessantly in the close atmosphere of the work-room . There , work as she maywith industryskilland perseveranceit is impossible for

      , , , , _hei' to maintain a position of _resjDectability upon the scanty wages doled out to her .

      Endurance has long been acknowledged to be one of the primary characteristics of needlewomenyet from time to time the cry of

      oppression is forced from the crowded , dens where they work , and like

      a sound from another world it mingles with the notes of mirth pro-

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    • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1860, page 255, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061860/page/39/