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    OPEN COUNCIIi. 283

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    To The Editor Of The English Woman's Jou...

    ° would lace them out of tlie reach of improvement from any new system a of _-e 2 education . Miht p not ? these women of the upper middle class , thus influenced and g

    trainedwhether married or single , become in their turn centres of good , wive morall and y , and daug mentall hters y of , to _£ he be mechanics looked up in to manufacturing by the crowds of districts girls and who women by all ,

    and accoun the s ts desire so sadl of y need imitation guidance more , and ht strong in who l contact y would with with reference feel the weight to those entirel , of immedi examp from le

    atel another y above here them ? , than if brougwomen y 3 . Mig sp ht not a sisterhood or institution be so organised as to meet these

    objects 1 feel ? certain objections will be made to all these propositionsand

    the venture discussions to claim upon many but each a few would words take of up more lanation of your I will space ask to than be I allowed would , exp

    to taking any add rank . it I for to leave forget granted , on their one that side natural this the is old the destiny coinp happ lant , iest marr against and iage most , with _encotirag leg the itimate ing remark women vocation that of

    marry for a w . oman _JSTow , yet leaving the fact from remains among the these same suc : h th circle ere by are circumstances of influence many who made are do left not b

    reallrichto be useful in their generation in a y rema means y ins of a their , great fortune number wide whose enoug income h to emp separatel loy all their y just energ enables ies , still them there to but leaves in for

    live external comfortabl work . y To selon les regies to such of good a combination society , of their means no marg for the accomplishment of some propose common undertaking is certainly not the a new minds idea of ,

    those but I think who have we sh the all inclination often find and , tliat even the the greatest longing objection for a life in of self-sacrifice and self-denial is one of principle . which The well ordered would fan mode of best life suited in a re to

    li them gious if community it _^ vere not is for probabl the suppression y that of every they pursuit which cy their previous into education a , field lias of labor made in natural which their to them facultie . To s and suggest talent to would these ladies be exercised to enter to existsthat

    their utmostwould remove from their minds the fear which now , by joining a , sisterhood they are in fact wrapping their talent in a napkin ; literary undertaking artistic , it may be , and to scrub that no floors amount , when of their relief vocation caused b may the plainl casting y be of a

    the common or duties one and , responsibilities of life ought to be purchased y at such a price _JNTow , . to go to the second point , I do not think there can be two opinions hters of masters

    in as to manufacturing the importance districts of urging , and to , a while sense of hel duty ping the them daug to cultivate their own means orders minds of Nor in , dustria obtaining is there l schools their necessity , sewing co-operation to classes enlarge in , etc the here ., great their work sisters the of truth civilising of the that lower , the by

    . any upon , efforts character in try of ing the to whole rescue working these from population the terribl depends y unwomanl upon the y life success they of seem our to to be soften compelled and elevate to live the . man It is of to the power classin of home the money influence making we , hardening must look any

    by resn ( atmosp and those . lt it > here it is most would no of uncommon _competent factory not be life difficult case to . jud ) Even raised ge to , predict if a working we himself were it , , to when man not a hi , who told g as her it has how has standard b been y differ self ascertained of - ent education thoug is the ht awaits himand

    the and feeling society , of comes a woman back to so a inferior home where to himself dirt and , as discomfort to make all idea of , comis ments panionshi and not they in likel machinery p will y out to have of see the more that will question reduce leisure day , and . the to The attend it number is time with to indeed of their this women generation homes may emp come , _but loyed when we thi in s have the generation improve work to do s - , . _, Review for

    In . the article upon " Female Industry " in the Edinbugh April ,

    Open Counciii. 283

    OPEN COUNCIIi . 283

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1860, page 283, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061860/page/67/