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    4 THE WORK THAT ALL. MAY DO.

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    I will is not less inflict to ive a long information array of than statistics to beseech on you , as to " my act you

    u purpose pon what you alread g y possess ; but just to prove to , you that ' the the distress rices among usual * needlewomen paid bthe is no t shops chimera and , I give trac a tors list

    for gen p tlemen ' s shir y ts , IQd _. each— g 12 hours' work ; workingmen ' s shirtsfrom _\ 2 d to 4 c \ d . each— 5 hours' work ; corduroy

    each trousers . Every , 6 d . , the kind pair of — needle 12 hours -work ' wor except k ; great dress coats -making , Id . or paid 8 d . this trade in

    London at about alone the sam . Live e ra ! te — , is and that 30 , the 000 ri women ght word live ? b F y Ss . to 5 s .

    wonder a week tha to t provide consumption food , lodg ing , fever clothing are r , ife firing among J can them we

    their that what death- would stroke be ? a Those triflin women g ailment who in can the use weli the -fed sewin _proves g

    for mac some hines tim are e to tt come er paid the , bu distress t they among are com the para _ordinary tively few workers ; and

    of will At the increased beg h o are i ng y the o t f to t introduction his forge pa t p t heir , I of alluded machines ibili to cer t . t t owards classes the

    _persons wapresponsy occasional employed , but . It we is so all much need easier to have to be our zealous memory in a j special ogged

    cause than y to be habitually considerate . I have known kindto hear hel ted t reli he g London ious persons needlew grea omen tly in at terested the in time the that efforts in made their very

    own cit p y they were beating down , their sempstresses , and was A ting case the w p hi ch occurred an ' s time latel by illus need tra less tes delays the sam . e lack of y

    consideration towards persons of a higher grade : two foreign l w adies ho cou , governesses ld receive them , who , were had no told rel b a y t several ives their or emp friends weeks loyers in that date Eng their land

    services would not be required for : a was th fixed mad eir e for as emp to their lo their yers departure mean was s a of clergyman and living their text duri , return and ng , the , I but doubt to interval no others inquiry not . , One could was of "

    discourse eloquently , from the , " Do unas you . would We they hear should enough do to unto appal you us . " of positive wickedness in the from it eets all sides

    world but if , and we the could misery count htl resulting the cost the of our m negative which us on sin beset s , — the the ; .

    hardness , the thougessness , meanness xespectable oftener uttered and than the reli it g is ious . This —the is cry the of the of publican sermons would and be if age ;

    we are not better than our forefathers it is not from lack of preaching absolute fusion . The of churches reliion are and full moralit , but where which can alone we fulfils trace that the y

    Christian ideal ? May g not one cause of the deficiency be that

    4 The Work That All. May Do.

    4 THE WORK THAT ALL . MAY DO .

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1864, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031864/page/4/