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    258 INSTITUTION FOE EMPLOYMENT OF NEEDLE...

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

    purity of womanhood , suffer , endure , and die , rather than join the ranks But of le the t us erring ? from the sad condition of needlewomen to the pass

    less possi that bility no of ameliorating assistance can that be condition brough . t to Is the bear evil upon , we ask their , so ho state pe- , without leaving them to individuals depend upon artificial that doubtful market charity for work which b

    opens to t a of few a hi favored her rate than their labor an could command elsewhere y ? paymeng usuall or that y organised still more , general wherein plan a floating upon which capital working is them spent afterwards societies in material are in ,

    which garmen laces , their g ts iven at labor a to reduced the on workers a false rate : to basis effecting make and up no mus , is permanent sold t end to in disappointment good because it ,

    for p when the funds fail , they have , to return again to the contractors ' trade Asocie price t ? hashoweverbeen organised and is in operation at

    . y , , b y , brin Lamb ging ' s Conduit the emp Street loyer , ** and with the a view enrp to loyed attack in the to close root of relations the evil . resultThe

    the which Smal j ) l lace i in t is its of based beg the innin is contractor a thoroug g , it aim or hly s middlem prac at a tical large an one receives ; the . societ work y i system tself from , taking shops upon

    , and families at its depot , gives security for the same , and employs upon its execution such needlewomen as are gathered under t its l

    prodeduc quisi tection t tion es , good necessary of one character half for penny admission and in cap the ability . shilling The women are wor paid k b with eing the to full the receive he and on trifling y first t

    reprice or three given shillings by the emp a week loyer , more and are than there under by enabled the contract-system wo . Although it is sad to find thateven bthis improved scaleplain

    needlewomen cannot earn more , than ei y ght or nine shillings a , week , still that sum places them out of the reach of absolute want , in

    addition to which the institution offers other privileges . dence The k workers ind words emp modified loyed have hours the of work advantage which of leave skilful them superinten time for

    rest and , improvemen , t ; whilst the true dignity of labor in every sp ext here ended bein to g u them pheld , it and is mora hoped l and that reli the giou tone s influence of their and minds instructi may on

    this thus life permanen of toil t and ly _Tb , privation e raised , and to a that brig they hter will world learn and to a more look beyond

    enduring Such rest an throug institution h the merits , howe of ver their , requires Saviour public . support to enable its but in

    promoters to carry out their scheme ; it will be as a drop the ocean among the thirty thousand plain l seams lt tresses f the of L t ondon lis ,

    unless branches can be opened in various ocaiies omeropo to quired help for the such needlewomen a machinery in , the and different ? more especiall districts y . , wo Funds rk to . emp are loy

    re-* For _particulars see advertisement _£ ages .

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    258 Institution Foe Employment Of Needle...

    258 INSTITUTION FOE EMPLOYMENT OF NEEDLEWOMEN .

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1860, page 258, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061860/page/42/