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    46 SANITARY LECTURES.

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    VIL—SANITARY LECTUHES. «

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    As many readers of the English Woman's J...

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    itants is now seventeen , of whom four are resident in London , eiht in Sheffieldone in Ashton , one in Ripon , one in Barnsley ,

    one g in Yorkand , one in Manchester . The princi , pal and most attractive feature in this Institution is

    the peculiarity it possesses of extending help to those at a distance from its centreand this is indeed no light consideration . How

    of many an ordinary a delicatel charit , y nerved the , sensitive being * woman singled shrinks out for from the remainder the publicit of y

    her life as a recipient y , of others' bounty ! But this Institution demands no sacrifice of feeling , no isolation from kindred . Truly

    the sum is too small to yield entire support , but how large a proportion continued of labor women labor , could unfitted sufficient , with by a to certainty age maintain or par of ti them al £ 25 physical per in respectability annum prostration , add to and for it

    comfort by occasional . Many , too , could find a home with friends , if the prospect _^ removedtwo three miht

    live of entire together dependance very comfortabl were y on ; or the product or of women their united g

    annuities . View it in any light we please , we must consider this Institution

    an excellent and valuable one , and -worthy of all possible _sujDport . legacies I may just earnestl state in conclusion requested , that by the subscriptions , donations and , be or

    , are y governors , may _^ Messrs paid to . the Smith Secretary Sheffield , Payne Banking King , and Street Smith Company Sheffield , Bankers , George ( , ( 7 London Street , , Sheffield or to , the to

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    46 Sanitary Lectures.

    46 _SANITARY LECTURES .

    Vil—Sanitary Lectuhes. «

    _VIL—SANITARY _LECTUHES . «

    As Many Readers Of The English Woman's J...

    As many readers of the _English Woman ' s _JotmiisrAii are deeply interested in sanitary reform and in the Ladies' Sanitary Association

    , it is believed that a part of these pages may be suitably occupied by a few extracts from the Association ' s fourth , course of lectures

    delivered at the Kensington Museum during the past month . The first lectureon " Industrial Employments in Girls' Schools , " was

    delivered b , the Rev . John ArmitsteadVicar of Sandbach . It contained much y practically useful information , derived from the

    lecturer ' s own experience in his parish schools , where he has introduced the industrial training which he advocates . "We give a few

    passages relating to his plan of working and its results : — "In the establishment of our school kitchenfor instruction in

    , cookery , one difficulty was , want of funds . That difficulty we have met partly by the employment of the alms collected after the

    sacrament . This money is commonly left to the _disjDOsal of the clergyman and the churchwardensin equal parts . In our parishthe

    , , churchwardens readily upon application gave up their share of the

    money , and we threw it at once into one common fund for the

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1860, page 46, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091860/page/46/