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    150 MEETINGS AT GLASGOW AND EDINBURGH,

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    far _heyond their anticipations in securing the _adherence of public opinion . in favor of the causeand this it appears to them is no small

    , matter . It is on public opinion that the matter mainly rests , for it is the public and not the Society that must find employment for

    women . All that can be done by a Society is to act as pioneer , to make experiments , to inaugurate efforts . The rest remains to be

    accomplished by the real impetus of the movement : namely , its necessityits justiceand its expediency , acting through the

    ordi-, , nary economic laws , with which mere benevolent interference is temporary and futile . " '' '

    - _% ¦ _¦& _•& * * _•& 3 ? ( i A The Ye reading ar's Experience of the report in "Woman was followed ' s Work , b " y and Miss a P paper arkes ' b s y pap Miss er ,

    Emily Faithful ! on the " Victoria Press , " both of which were given in the last number of the Journal . Some discussion then arose

    upon the question of training * readers for the press , a branch of the business which we would gladly see in the hands of educated women ,

    and which is peculiarly suited to them . Carried on in a room appropriated to the purpose , and usually occupied by the reader

    only , there is nothing to jar upon the feelings of the most fastidious , while the work is light and amply remunerative . A good reader

    for the press , conversant -with English only , readily obtains an engagement at two guineas a weekwhile the knowledge of French

    German , and Italian , adds considerabl , y to the market value of his , services . The discussion had regard to the amount of practical

    knowledge of _jDrinting necessary to make a good reader , not to the fitness of the employment for women , concerning which the feeling

    was unanimous . The employment of women as sellers of railway ticketsclerks and cashierswas warmly supported , and Mr . Duncan

    M'Laren , ( late Lord Provost , of Edinburgh ) stated that about three years ago young women were introduced with great _siiccess into the

    business with which he is connected , and that at the prese . nt time there are thirteen young women employed selling in important

    departments . Mr . Campbell Smith : said he should like to see ladies following

    the example of Miss Elizabeth Blackwell , and becoming doctors . He thought that science and morality would alike be served by the

    general introduction of women as practitioners for their own sex . Mr . Hastingsafter an indignant and manly protest against

    certain gross and , anonymous attacks upon the movement and its promoters , said , he had urged _tipon the Social Science

    Association Council to support and defend the principles of these ladies . He was glad to say the Association had taken the matter up , and

    in a little time and in a quiet way it would be seen that they really , were acting in earnest . He advocated the emigration of females to

    our colonies , where the disproportion of the sexes is frightful . The , public might safely support the movement , and it was in excellent

    and most judicious hands .

    150 Meetings At Glasgow And Edinburgh,

    150 _MEETINGS AT GLASGOW AND EDINBURGH ,

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Nov. 1, 1860, page 150, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01111860/page/6/