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OPEN COUNCIL. * 189
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Madam, I think the following suggestion ...
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The Profession Of The Teacher.*
fashionable accomplishments . Could not many neighbourhoods in London be found where such schools might be established ? I should certainly think the
inquiry worth making . S . E . Miles .
Open Council. * 189
OPEN COUNCIL . * 189
Madam, I Think The Following Suggestion ...
Madam , I think the following suggestion may be considered worthy of a place in
your ' Journal , ' as it is especially addressed to " Englishwomen . " The plan has been already tried for some months by the lady who proposes it , and much
success has attended it . She says the improvement in the behaviour , and manners of her pupils is very greatfrom the softening influence that is brought
to bear on poor wild creatures who , have never felt its power before . Even in such as these there is a natural perception of what is ladylike and befitting a
lady . The teacher went one evening in an old dress , as her scholars were of the dirtiest description , and they pointed out to her a hole in it , which their sharp
eyes discovered ; they also evidently felt hurt at her putting on her glove before shaking hands with them . Surely this will lead to their becoming more neat and cleanly in their own persons and dresswhen they perceive the value
of this in the eyes of one whom they love and , respect . I would also add a word especially in behalf of the hoys of this class , who may be even more
materially benefited than girls by the influence of ladies . This lady took a class of boys at a Sunday-sohool in a distant country town , who had been
given up as hopelessly bad by several clergymen , and in a few months the Sunday-school became a daily evening assembly , the boys often exclaiming , " Oh Teacher ! I wish you would stay all day ! ' * If stories were read and
pictures shown to boys who could not at first be expected to settle down into the routine of school work , it would be a preparation for much good , and a powerful
assistance to regular schools . The hundreds who run about the streets un cared for and with nothing to cultivate good principles would amply reward any such teaching as is suggestedand we commend the plan to all who have the
, hearts to engage in it ; the time and the opportunities will not be wanting when women learn to see what powerful influences for good are placed in their
hands for reclaiming and guarding from vice those who will in a few years be beyond our reach , and _£ > erhaps lost beyond recall .
Your obedient servant , The Authobess of Metropolitan Workhouses and their Inmates . '
London , March 5 , 1858 . The Home Help for Neglected Children .
for neglected It two is or proposed children three hou may to rs open be assembled rooms afterno in on in . various groups streets of fifteen of the or twenty Metropolis at a where time , every
These meetings are not to be substitutes for schools , but may be attended by It " is Ragged proposed School that " pence children should after be school accepted -hours from , for the reading children , needl , for ew the ork , pur & c - .
chase It is of proposed clothing . to tell the children instructive and entertaining stories ; to to read refine and their converse imag w ith tio th ns em and , and ordinary thus to langua lead th ge em , and to deli brig gh h t ten in their occupa under tion -
t standing o be given that to they take hom may e understand , with permi what ssion they to sell are bo about th to . their Books poor and nei work ghbours are , cost give each price them girl . receiving additional The children a interest small will sum in thus working for be her taug . work ht to , with benefit liberty others to , which purchase will it soon at l 2
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1858, page 139, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041858/page/67/
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