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c> PUBLIC AOT) POLITICAL. A peaceful sol...
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To The Editors Of The English 'Woman' 1 ...
self-deterioration ? If such is the existence that awaits a gentlewoman in domestic servitudeunder the best and most favorable circumstances , what
the frequentl would pourtrayal be y her throng life . And among the , yet mansions the withal half of - there emp the loyed wealth are cases , insolent y ? where My , profli feeble the gate urgent pen crews shrinks necessities , that froni so
of helpless relatives may render it heroism for a gently nurtured * but ungiftecl woman walk reverential in to His become sympath miht a y servant He of true will . bring ladies To such thee shall I unharmed would go with say thee , " out Go . of forth Trust the , furnace my in sister thy God , yea the ;
g ; ; , peradventure in the widel , different make thee case an instrument of the woman of good who to to th gain y fellow for - lierself servants alone . " But a larger share y of wealth or material comfort th , an is attainable by solitary
contact labor , quits with the the rank coarse s of and her uneducated peers , and , p risks erhaps deterioration the vicious— from what ceaseless shall we worshi say ? p If mean " snobbishness things meanl " be y , " as surel a " y giant the of lad literatur y who e values " has p denned hysical it above , " to
, moral It is well clear -being the , above is " a strictures snob . " can rarely apply to taking service in the without colonies , degradation where the , lad become y mistress her is fellow also the in th servant at capacity . Any . The other considerate lady may ,
conscientious appreciation and domestic high pay where surel labor y attached of that to descri the ption services is so of scarce an intelli , would gent , I , and am disposed more remunerative to think , render , to my the less situation gifted of sisters servan than t in the that Bush of second far happ -rat ier e
governess or artist at home . Ladies , I have trespassed far more largely on your space than I intendedroom there are life questions be in reality I would a dignified fain have one -mooted whether , such earning as whether money the be drawing intrinsi-
cally derogatory to any station ; and ; other topics arising out of the eminentl me forbear y suggestiv until e at letter least of , your by the West insertion -end correspondent of the above , ; I but am discretion led to think bids a
future letter on these subjects may be acceptable to you . I have the honor to be , Ladies , Yours faithfully , L . L .
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c _> PUBLIC AOT ) POLITICAL . A peaceful solution of the American difficulty was arrived at by the
surrender of Messrs . Mason and Slidell to the British Minister at Washington . Koy . Aii _Horticultural Society . —At a meeting of the Council , specially summoned , the following most gracious and affecting communication ,
adceived dressed : — to Mr . C . Wentworth Dilke , one of the " Osborne vice-presidents , Dec . 24 , , was 1861 re . - "My dear Dilke , —The Queen has directed me to inform you that it is
under Her Majest her p y eculiar ' s wish and tliat personal the Horticultural patronage Gardens and protection should . be The considered only con as - solation that Her Majesty can hope to find for the rest of her lifeunder her
bitter and hopeless bereavement , is to endeavor to carry out the , wishes and intentions of her beloved husband . The Queen well knows the deep interest that he took in this undertaking , and would wish to have periodical reports
sent to Her Majesty of the " Sincerel progress y and your proceedings s , of the " C Society . B . Phipp . s . " Her Majesty's New Year's Gifts . —The annual ifts of Her Majesty
to the poor of the parishes of Windsor and Clewer were g not distributed on .
Wednesday , as usual on New " Year's Day , in the riding-school of Windsor
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Feb. 1, 1862, page 428, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01021862/page/68/
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