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    OPEN COUNCIL. 355

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    To the Editor of the English Woman's Jou...

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    _:««» " Madam, To The Editor Of The Engl...

    is on not all one side of s these we hear institutions tlie cry for of want utilising of * woman employment ' s work for that women is not , _tlier lan- e

    factories guishing in for the want north of , " which hands , " are as much now absorbing as the new pauper and unoccup girls and ied women manufrom workhouses for want of better material .

    therefore ( i Catholicity The suggestions this , " reason I am I have strong cannot mentioned ly inclined be alleged are to not believe against all of that their one any party success work in , the of and this Church as kind to ,

    must be established on a very definite religious basis , and that therefore its every own " " views party . " must And be it is content satisfactory to organise to find its that own all institutions parties do according seem ( t to feel to

    Observer the same , " want published . Last year by Hatchard an article , was and written in the upon " Dail it y in Ne . the ws" Christian frequent where letters the and social suggestions rather than appeared the reli upon ious " advantages Associated of Homes combin for ation Ladies were , "

    dwelt upon in a way that might seem g more congenial to English ideas , but it which is a we matter believe of absolut have not e surprise yet been and acted astonishment upon nevertheless that women . of For all myself ranks

    have companionshi not giadl p y , when welcomed we think all these of the various thousands opportunities of lonely , of unh usefulness appy women and , boarding either in h solitary ousesw lodg here ings _gossi , or in petty the jealousies still more miserable idlenessor shelter trumpery of cheap

    embroidery are the , order of the p day , . I am correct , in saying , that women are thi absolutel s year y been wanted asked for to situations find educated for which women they to superintend cannot be hosp found itals . , I train have

    will ing institutions undertake , it etc are ., and not to such be fo persons und . as It are seems competent that those to do who the are work forth and - keepers coming for and such probabl practical nothing work more are the ( yet present so far class as they of matrons valuable , good in house their

    y , go . way selves , ) and useful perh , but aps a who few possess educated none ladies of who the may practi be cal loilling training to make absolutel them y - necessary for such posts . Such an experience as this ought to lead us to

    especiall very serious y ) which reflections tends upon to such the inefficiency nature of the for all education positions ( in which girls' require schools both and the alifications higher qualities of jud in gment the government and sense , and of the a household practical knowled and insti ge

    tution qu . When I read necessary column after column of advertisements from goverendeavor nesses and to " fit companions themselves , " for 1 ask some myself of the in practical wonder wh posts y such now persons crying out do not for

    occupants ? Such advertisements prove that we are not inducing women to and leave the their relief homes of b their y offering fellow them -creatures to unite ; this in therefore some work cannot for _G-od be ' s urged glory

    ag Meantime ainst us . I have every confidence in ultimate success , and shall rejoice in every step that is made towards it ; but I am still inclined to believe that

    to the the present unfitness slow and progress unwillingness is not so much of women owing to to avail want themselves of ox > portimities of them , . as L .

    June 11 th , 1860 .

    Open Council. 355

    OPEN COUNCIL . 355

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

    To the Editor of the English Woman ' s Journal ,

    I have Madam read , with great leasure the accountin the last ntinibei of yoxii

    Journalof the actual establishment p of the "Victoria , Printing Office . As it ,

    in is intended the composing by the department promoters , of to the females Victoria solel Press y , and to since afford almost employment without _^

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1860, page 355, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071860/page/67/