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    OPEN COUNCIL. 283

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    To The Editor Of Hie Jenglish Woman" 1 S...

    which out opportunity into mi a ght tolerabl thus be of y use afforded long to visit your of . c acquiring orrespondent I now regret a knowled . that of But the I ge thu did of s not much facts make I of and can the _xise statistic say of , that the s

    the the adopted effect impression was of seein beyond made the measur on cheerful me e b gratif y busy what ying Sisters I . saw It would oinabout not working be the easy house to in describe system every

    g , gg tion direction in an . establishment The balance of wherein sanity most is thus of preserved the inmates —no have trifling more considera or less - the consciousness that

    here " something no hireling the matter rule nor with menial them , " tending and moreover afflicts , the already sufficiently and in the _Sister

    is troubled always , is to in be itself found a great directing relief . the In operations the kitchen of the poor laundry inmates , a who in their lucid intervals do the rough work of the department . bureau In the another pharmacie sit

    a Sister , compounds and distributes the medicines ; in the s , writing knitting letter or making s and lace keep , or ing han elaborate ging their accounts heads . in Where despondency the malades , a Sister are is there is in but

    gentle with invariabl the delicate y insane in the looking midst In the ; Sister even quarter . of To the where crown " furious the all , " hi the her Sisters order none sleep of in charg atients the e wards are a

    classeda Sister . is sometimes obliged to remain day g and night with p one help-, less senseless individual . difficultiesfull also of

    Theirs is a noble mission—full of trials and —yet consolation . I have more than once been told that in the majority of cases a of deathIt is at

    g such leam moments of reason these visit ministering s the poor angels sufferer hav at e a the foretaste approach of their reward . , in the into the of the dand

    joy smoothing of life of pouring by the the way words surrounding into of peace eternity si and ghts for Christian souls and which sounds hope otherwise of madness ear might , or be abandoned scared ying , out

    is stantl many in at their once y cases occur extremest transferred . which These need mi to periods g another ht to be the of pronounced class relief cold where are charity anxiousl greater incurable of y the watched freedom , hireling lucid , may and intervals . the be Again enj patient oyed con , in

    and can of patients g suitable ive no being positive occup sent ation information home is provided in heal . th . I , have of Of min the casuall d average and y bod heard number to of their many of friends recoveries instances ; and I

    h two aving or been three wonderfull instances y have restored come after under a not my very own long observation y course of of treatment patients

    be in The this called establishment quarter the convalescent which . I naturall division y saw . It most isin of fact during more my like visit a boarding was what -house may

    th company an anything , and else spend . Here the evening reside ladies in the , who saloon are , , sufficientl reading , y would working well to be , t dine alking called in ,

    the p " lay nervous ing domestic , or " at sing circle home ing . . , but Some Many who have are of them much been patients better are merel p , laced who y what , on here being than restored retained to of in

    residents health , here _ha- who ve with chosen have invalid never to remain mother required here or child treatment ; and or th friend ere in is their also and lives who an , intermixture but like who to know have come

    them they . are enj . Every living perfect . lad under y in the liberty this sam quarter e , Even roof with has some , a the nice who afflicted privat could , ones e not apartment who be pronounced are , dear and to of

    _, the course " qu nei ite g ri hb ght oys oring , " are cities accustomed . Some . of to our go countrywomen for a day ' s shopp are ing to or be p found leasuring among to atients

    the The Sisters house , and of m which any among I have the been p speaking . is one of the newly-established branches advantages of the now well the - parent known house hospital The of St situ . Juli ation an , is at convenient Bruges . It lea has

    many sant , and particularl over y healthful , and the . accommodation is better f or p the

    higher class of patients .

    Open Council. 283

    OPEN COUNCIL . 283

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Dec. 1, 1860, page 283, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01121860/page/67/