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    OPEN COUNCIL. 285

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

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

    I am informed that this is by no means an exceptional case , and that many ment vestries to take but the have knowing initiative come to as , or the they to same hav be resolution beyond e special their and . _TV age _^ e do le in not mean progress expect s of doing and parish enli what officials ghten the

    it dearth , of emp to loyment that , for women from is , without and what mi amp is ht too be often advantageousl the pitiable , result lied ,

    and appears perhaps even me a vestryman pressure might in time g see so obvious a truth y app if the , would but flash its dark lantern often and close enough to his eyes .

    press I trust the subject will plead my excuse for taking up so much of your space , and I amMadamtrul yours very y

    , , , M . C .

    Open Council. 285

    OPEN COUNCIL . 285

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

    To the Editor of the English Woman's Journal . " Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things ,

    though ye know them . " —2 Pet . i . 12 . It Madam is earnestl , hoped that all ladies ied in tuition will ive their

    serious consideration y to the following letter occup , which appeared in the g Times of the 10 th _JSTovember , 1859 .

    _GOVERNESSES . To the Editor of the Times . ject Sir there jof , — female Your 15 deep labor 000 ly , interesting induces me article in to offer in land the the Times now following if of each to suggestion -day of , these on the . ladies You

    sublent would say Institution make are it a I , p am oint sure governesses of conscience almost every to Eng subscribe lady emp ; loy 55 ing . a year a governess to their would Benevo do

    the sameif the , subject were only properly presented to her notice , and the a governess small sum , herself if it can took be charge done without of the subscri trouble ption thoug ; for h few hundreds reflect will on what subscrib may e

    be and , £ 7000 accomp would annually lished probabl would by furnish co- be operation added in time . to as Could the m funds this annuities , of scheme a _mosO as be valuable are reall required y carried Institution . Will out , ,

    y any is reproach any bring one ing refuse to up our his sex so daug small ? In hter conclusion a to sum this , when arduous , I would it profession mi suggest ght at , once should than every do go away and father do with like who a -

    wise . X . X . Z . Those ladies who are never likely to want an . _annuity are intreated for the to

    m sake subscribe aking of their a provision 5 s . less annuall prosperous for y old to the age sisters are Governesses : re and quested those Benevolent to who do have so for Institution little their annuities or own no , hope of sakes £ 25 of .

    each Society Should will . a be sufficient No granted governess number to 5 s to . Governess be of new considered subscribers Subscribers eligible be , obtained subject for one to who , in the has rules not of sub the

    scribed such scribed annuity 5 for _« . annuall the to be longest y granted for ten period years without to , or have votes given , the £ and 5 to preference the the candidate Society . Seven who one payment thousand has sub- :

    pounds would enable the Society to grant eight new annuities yearly . In 10 years or Post they Office would orders amount sent to for 80 the in X 20 . Y year . Z . fun s to d 1 to 60 Wm . Payments . Gilpin , can Esq be ., at mad the e

    office _N . B of . — the It is Society necessary , 32 , to Sackville call attention Street , to London the fact , W , . that the proposed plan was not oriinated by the Governesses' Benevolent Institutionthough it

    meets with the g approbation of the Committee . ,

    X . Y . Z .

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Dec. 1, 1860, page 285, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01121860/page/69/