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    266 FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.

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    The Security Of Law And Of A Sound Scien...

    and of enoug ablest h knowled of Ms adherents ge to enable in the him ranks to guide of the a workers few of the in best the

    formation of a Society which may be all the more worthy , of the name of friendly that a few inequalities exist in it . It should

    managed Societ always y be oug by born ht the to e clergyman be in in mind the , with that hands the the of hel management its p members only of men . of The a of Friendl his Societ own y y

    social gentlemen position , commandin , by the master g the , services for his of workmen a paid manager , by a committee and _actiiary oi ,

    loses thoug the h its friendl _pecuniarjr y element success to may a large be more extent certain , and and the much loss g of that ter ,

    history element It may of cannot not Societ be wholl out _}^ of with y in place the money here workings be to compensated give of , which by way for we of . happen example to , the be

    a intimatel genial grocer y acquainted than the . one The mentione manager d _-was in our a grocer last notice ; certainl of this y a more

    subject been , since a compositor he had , no and objection several to of the the most admission intelli of gent women of this of ; he intelE had

    mittee gent class of management of workmen , united and started "with him with workmen in about the a form and hundred ation orkwomen members a com in - .

    Doubtless average health it started . It fair did , not with aim young at permanence . w It was indiscrimi what is - alled YearlSocietyIt admitted men and women

    ca y . knew nately it , married first it had and unmarried been twent , on near in ly existence equal terms and . numbered When we y years ,

    some members in their sixtieth year , which was ten years beyond the ruleBut old members continued to be admitted year after year

    together of these . with old their men grown that - the up fr sons iendl aiid societ daughters had . not There tided was over hardl some y

    desperate one crisis of their lives , yet their y small y weekly payments had in the end refunded the drain they had made on it , and the managing burial fund

    should Committee furnish justl the y and mean generousl s of honorable y determined conduct that to their its last resting

    place At when the time their we work speak was of , done the . principles and management of the in

    Society was as follows . We have not the formal Rules our possession , but a simple statement will suffice . each anember enrolled

    himself went The to members or remunerate herself were ye the arly under , pay five ing for hundred one his shilling services , and as the entry use money of his , which room , grocer

    , and Twopence lights . a week constituted the contribution to the sick and the

    burial fundfrom , which in sickness each member received sum But of 55 no . weekl member , y , every subscribed additional more twopence than entitling sixpence to weekly the same . On sum the .

    death of a member liis or her relations received £ , 5 -as funeral the death of

    his money wife , , and thoug a male h he did married not receive member sick received money £ for 3 on her , unless she

    266 Friendly Societies.

    266 FRIENDLY SOCIETIES .

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Dec. 1, 1860, page 266, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01121860/page/50/