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YIII.—LADIES' INSTITUTE.
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softness and warmth for their young , and how they , and many of the larger animals also , use their own bodies as a shield
for them until they are as well able to face the cold as themselves . I might say much more , and in particular respecting the new
form of disease so prevalent and fatal at this time , especially amongst children . But I trust the mere mention of it will be
enough to induce a change with respect to the obnoxious articles of apparel , and that the little bare throats and purple limbs will soon
glow , though invisibly , beneath substantial coverings . And to my fellow countrywomen let me also say a word with regard
to what fashion prescribes for them . In summer , crinoline and hoops were lauded by the fair sex as comfortable because they prevented the
clinging of the dress and kept the person cool . Now the argument which was in favor of the fashion then , must at this season be a
powerful one against it , and doctors hint at rheumatism as a consequence of wearing the above-named garments . However if the
fair sex have a mind to brave the discomfort of hoops and despise the ridicule hurled against them from all sides , let me advise them
to wear sufficiently warm clothing below their crinoline to prevent the possibility of physical injury .
In this as in other matters make fashion subservient to health , and for the sake of yourselves and unborn generations , dear ladies ,
let me conjure you to wear such clothing as will satisfy the demands of nature and tend to keep you in health .
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- _«©*——1 st the December number of this Journal the attention of its readers was called to that portion of Lord Brougham ' s speech ,
referred delivered ¦ " to at the York wrongs in the and , course hardshi of ps the of preceding women . " month Among , which these
hardships Lord Brougham dwelt forcibly upon the condition of single or widowed ladies suddenly thrown upon the world , either
wholly or inadequately provided for by fathers and husbands ; and instancing the Stifters in Germany , he suggested the expediency
of some measure being adopted in England which might tend to ameliorate the trials and discomforts to which so large a class of
the female portion of the community is exposed . This suggestion has given rise to very general expressions of sympathy in the
public press , and to various movements in private for the achievement of so desirable an object .
We purpose now to put before our Mends and subscribers a plan calculated to meet the requirements of a Home por Ladies , in
conbination with a _Training- Institution for girls and adults as governesses , book-keepers , clerks , and secretaries . On the
advantages of a Training Institution for girls from the ages of sixteen
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1859, page 51, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031859/page/51/
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