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      358 Open Council.

      358 OPEN COUNCIL .

      To The Editor Ofthe English Woman?S Jour...

      To the Editor ofthe English Woman ? s Journal . Domestic _Sekvants and ' _Wobkhotjses .

      above Pray Madam subject allow , me , for space they to seem explain to , have as briefl been y quite as possible misinterpreted , nay views by current on your the who undertakes to " queriesin the

      number correspondent of , Journal . " answermy , out The upon arguments . the your -idea put that forward matters b must y the X * advent . continue against of my mainl radical plan y as , change they are based are and at throug present if acted h- ,

      whilst would my suggestions be the means supposed of producing the necessary a reform , both , in , workhouses upon that there , and private several households . wh Your they correspondent ( workhouse g says irls ) '' are It not seems received to me

      into they the are ? more not That are , but respectable is the there reasons ith places of any reason as y question servants why and ; a " I different undoubtedl am quite system prepared y , we know should to answer "wh not y

      prevail that there exists was no reason p against my it , but , that humanity and wisdom pronounce admit in that its favor household . "filled with idle and vicious servants would be

      the and I last to protect place wherein a those two to import conditions young taken girls in whom their we full are meaning anxious , imp to l train y to

      my I mind will now everything say ; what needful I consider for their to be , temporal a has means fallen and of spiritual raising and it domestic good is the . onl service

      that from sugge the mistresses very sts itself low of standard to their me as households to practicable which it to or promising take a personal ; . It is superintendence for ladies y , one the

      proper , thereof I believe . * if women of every class hi , but her more classes particularly educated those of and tlie trained upper

      full should division y to have take of the far an middle efficient reall , and part of in the the lished g management well-informed , were of household and useful concerns women , we ; "

      moreover lacewould , many by more thi questions s practical y that accomp means are now , fin . ( , l floating a satisfactory about , solution seeking . a

      restingp , , I am , Madam A Practical , yours , Mistbess etc ., op a Household .

      Brighton , December 3 rd , 1859 .

      To The Editor Of The English Woman?S Jou...

      To the Editor of the English Woman ? s Journal .

      where emp Would loyment MADA ladies 3 it , of be mig women possible ht have , to , their when sugg hair e considering st that cut and there how dressed sho to uld enlarge by be their hair the own dresser space sex ' s ? for first _shoj the ) it s ,

      would It would encounter ' certainl it much would y be opposition more also be agreeable a . boon Were and to there ladie perfectl s also as y easy there more ; women mig thoug ht h always in at haber be - dashersshops ,

      sufficient men , to assist in lifting heavy parcels , etc _^ Respectfully yours ,

      November , 1859 . M . L . i * " Domestic Servantsas they _aro and ought to bo . ' * Tweedie , Strand , " ; ,

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    • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Jan. 1, 1860, page 358, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01011860/page/70/