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EACTORY WOMEN AND SERVANTS. 77
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Of No The One Manufacturing , Perhaps, W...
chances sp and here they , and of are they culture not going are , which in Into a great service Providence measur . They e , allots deprive are out to d those of of the the who woman ordinary are 's
must not e gathered therefore be cooked together stop the ; in they clothes families will must . marry ' be Yet made and the rear life the of household children the district , the must food will be
kept together , and , these girls will have to , do it . They should be they doubl since must y money intelli be gent is taug the to ht one make to thin app use l g y in money of whi their ch conscientiousl to scant they have end _opportunities y an , reli advant giousl ; age and y , ,
and " The with teacher a clear in percep a factory tion of ni the ght mean -school s requires an , . first , clear and ness which decide of d her nature princi youn ples to g charges be in able regard bear to deal to to the the promptl other famil y sex y and relations ; and wisel sufficient y , and and to with robust those no
undue sensitiveness , with difficult and painful histories , , and with circumstances as they exist among our English lower classes . She
should therefore be of sufficient age and experience to render this who possible attemp . Thi ts to s is work , I verily believe the class , the of g first irls trained requisite in our for factories a woman ;
upon nor is it so difficult a matter to secure such power of the one upon the many , for young human creatures are wonderfull of y susceptible ation ,
imitative , and easily influenced by affection and love approb _; and an older person who is truly sensible and affectionate , can produce a tone of riht feelingin regard to those virtues which are
considered the very g essentials , of Christian womanhood , by the mere instinctive force of her own character . . _^
"After the direct moral instruction and influence which a teacher In such circumstances should be capable of imparting , both by her
words and by her silence , I should place next in importance everything arrangements relating to the the cooking physical , clothing life of , the ventilation household . — The to the mort sanitary ality of
factory districts _^ is increased by various special causes . The strain mothers upon the when constitution they return both of to the work unmarried after marriage girls and tells of the not young only
under upon themselves _frve s , of but upon varies their from children 18 per . In cent Preston among , , the the mortalit children y
know of the not rich how year , to to 55 per age cent with , amon sufficient g the ch strength ildren , of my the sense poor of ! the I
express importance particularl of schools convey attended ing sanitary by growing knowled g ge irls in . schools Drainage , but may more do
y of much a district , and improved are dirty , building slatternl may y , ignorant do much , careless ; but while , it is the impossible women
fell for _" any into I never efforts a bad shall made fit , forget and by the men thoug scene to h save the in a nei the cottage g children hbours one were . day washing when a , child and .
there was plenty of hot water within a stone ' s throw , the _bewil-
Eactory Women And Servants. 77
EACTORY WOMEN AND _SERVANTS . 77
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1863, page 77, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041863/page/5/
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