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PASSING EVENTS. 355
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O Edinburgh Society For The Employment O...
3 introducing -unimportant ms been so great skilled as they as workers to appear induce , to they the those committee frequentl who require y to lead keep their to a permanent record services of either results them , con for by - ,
thus tinuousl rendered y or at cannot intervals be full throug shown hout b the the year lists . The as the amo first unt engagement of assistance is the onlone which appears y thereall y subsequent , communications passing
directl especiall entire y satisfaction y y from with the the emp waitresses Seventy loyer -one , to whose names the , services enrp are loyed entered are . much This for soug has occasional ht been for , the and emp g loy case ive
-. g ment iving , and an average during the of twenty last eig per ht month month s , 163 even engagements during the summer have been . These made , dressmakersholsterersof
include kind , from copy the ists finest , amanuenses embroidery , to the sewing , up -machine , knitters , sewers , waitresses every ,
and dail continues y workers and for the every amount description paid to of workers household on work this account . The sewing during the agency past year has , been £ 62 . A few months since , the Society , with ister the
for advice sick and -nurses assistance . The of committee some leading , however medical , did men not , opened consider a it special wise to reg draw public attention to this point until the lists were such as to prevent
disapthe pointment entered These convenience lists for are to general emp accessible thus loyers and offered surg . day They to ical and the cases ni now public ght , , wish as and will also the to be for extensivel state committee attendance that y many feel taken on as the names s advantage ured insane that are .
of . Emigration is a subject that has engaged the attention of the Society formed from the in time of 1862 its formation Their intention , and acc is ording simp ly l a to ladies avail ' committee themselves was of
existing channels May , for . emigration ; but what has y already been done having been their report under the than direction to this of Aware a separate that a society lower rate , the of details ch belong for telegrap rather hic to
. arges general consider messages use it is talked of the desirable of telegrap , and that that h some and this necessitate women when sh established ould more be agents trained will , lead the to its committee to use a more . It very
has been ascertained that a machine fit for training can be erected on the this entering _Eremises abilities carried upon of full the into y a equal S new ociety ffect to scheme for their The , a unless income very ojDerations small supported , the sum committee of , the but by any Society having do who not had may alread feel been wish justified y incurred to much see in
e . . Acting hindered Committee by the insufficient therefore accommodation not disappointed in Hanover to find Street that they , and could the
were they not remain were limited in those to a premises small range after , a central Whitsuntide situation . In being selecting _indisjDensable new rooms for 37
business purposes . With some hesitation they took their present rooms , , mittee George were Street obli , involving ged to take , as they this import do of , considerable ant step in outlay dependentl . The y , each Acting of Com them - for share the Since taking
_^ those becoming premises responsible , however , the a progress made pecuniary by the Society liability . has been so dewill cided show that th they at the now feel confiden have t been they did met right to . the The present treasurer time 's statement and that
the debt strictest ; they now economy , therefore expenses has , been request practised the sanction to up avoid of include the the General cal business amity Committee of , being for in
ladies the ¦ what parcels ' they waiting have of subscribers -room done , to . which The a bed present is -room attached premises to be a dressing let bweek -room a or and month a closet room onl , for to a
subscribers to the waiting ; -room ; a small , room let y as an office ; a , kitchen y and ling accommodation for the housekeeperThe financial statement
for from the s last eep year account ( which of Dr . £ 16 . Hod 95 . gson 9 d . and also read that ) the , showed total . income that a balance for the remained year was
_iU £ 135 44 8 * . 7 c ? ., ., leaving being in a balance all £ 151 of £ 7 5 s . 9 ., d . while the total expenditure was
Passing Events. 355
PASSING EVENTS . 355
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Jan. 1, 1863, page 355, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01011863/page/67/
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