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2 TRAINING SCHOOLS FOR FEMALE SERVANTS.
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assume for the sake of argument , that the complaint in this resdeteriorated pect is -well founde The _assLimp d , that tion as * will a matter practicall of y fact lead servants us onward have to
has another not point overlooked . of much namel importance the , and extent one which to which a watchful the difficulty public ; y
, practical alread elementary y referred " schools character to for is ( the as to it " children be is attributed termed of the ) of to lower the the education classes unsound . afforde We and cannot " d un in
doubt that the opinion is gaining ground that the system of education at present pursued in girls' schools that requires it a greater be not
infusion of the industrial element , in order may merel that the y useful teaching but even which innocuous is afforded . It in is such urged schools with is much much force too duties of life which
abstracttoo far removed from those practical girls will , be required to perform when tion their of school little -days lain are at an
end . It is said that with the excepa psewing , dustrial which in occupations the majorit are y of entirel schools is lected very imperfectl consequentl y taught y that , in no
provision is made for the due training y neg of girls , in washing , general laundry-work , cooking , and household matters . It dail is alleged felt b that all
the evil result of this defective system is being y y beneath those who them dep for end home in any comforts degree upon and domestic the services economy of the . Now classes all
thisif trueand we see no reason to doubt its' truth , demands our serious , attention , . At a time when the parliamentary grant for tions furnished
popular education , and the endowments and subscrip by than private £ 1436 liberality 000 is for it not the important same object that , amount we should to no less determine a sum
whether , this , vast , sum is being well spent , and if not , whether a to portion the lower of it mi classes ght not and be to society expende in d general with much ? We greater say advantage society in
general advisedly , for we maintain that the question appertains to the interest of the higher themselves and middle classes h in ht a in greater the schools degree
than The parliamentary to that of the poor grant for education , thoug is derived taug to a considerable . extent from the pockets of those classes , and there is scarcely a not
voluntary parish school to in which arrangement England they and have to Wales furnish perhaps in subscri which alread p they y tions contributed are for the required support through as of the a a EducationIt is
in medium essentiall this country y of a the question . grant We , propose therefore from the , then Privy for , the as Council hi a g subj her on it ect and is of middle primary . classes im in
portance ordinary have , elementary to alread inquire described schools whether to , and and train if how we girls find far in , that industrial the practicable conditions work such of as we
difficult the case y , are to such inquire as y to secondl render y , , such what training measures a matter may be of insuperable devised for
supplying such training .
2 Training Schools For Female Servants.
2 TRAINING SCHOOLS FOR FEMALE SERVANTS .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1859, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031859/page/2/
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