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THE NEEDLE AND THE SEWING MACHINE. 77
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Yet More Far Ancient From Having Than Ev...
of proof the system a taste host of is , their of and fairl busy in utility begun ever attendants . active and The movement it , new g is iving but era constan , a is unde question inaugurated r t the and mani of substan time , pul another atio how tial n
y , long It is will not elapse to be ere regretted the old that system the change is entirel shoul y superseded d be gradual . , for less of
a transition period must always be more or a period distress to many ; but it is inevitable doubt , and that when it once will
accomlishedthere can be little room to prove a of great p the blessing race , Its to human introduction ity , and will peculiarl do for y the to the tribe feminine of needle half
one the women Irish poor what root peasant . , the it was could potato thoug subsist disease ht he , however mi did ght for do wretchedl Ireland so , and while ; onl y for , upon y as when , while that it
failed thoug could htless just him was keep world a from better left her starvation prospect to pine opened b over y ply it ; ing ; bread so but , her when needle a it woman , must shall the
find have some become other quite impossible in which she thus to earn be allowed , society to maintain lierself . If new way modes of employmen may t are to be followed , they and hardlfail to be
cannot be worse than the former ones , can y clothing quent better ; on or cheapened if to , as enlarge is not production as unlikel that it y , will cause the be increased the trade able of 'demand in absorbin ready conse -made g all
an hands the alogy women earn shows so who much that have more a , hitherto rise than in been wages ever occup handiworkers will cap ied result in needlework , and did . machine From , all licated is
women tooto whom delicate and compmachinery entrusted than , looked a , greater for from measure those of whose intelligence sole imp will lements be required were a
reel of was cotton and a needle , . When the world wants intelligence , it will be sure to take care to secure it ; and according to the has onlbeen
demand awaiting at the door will opportunity which be the when supp for once ly development , thus for woman opened , ' s and , none mind will again glad may ly y enter shut .
_emp Furthermore loyers , uncompelled , sewing , machines , to shorten since , thoug their the h hours they may of with labour not which induce , w i ll
fit l least e amount enable of them work to do so be , executed rap provides idity against the a _contingency arg of unexpected may orders requiring immediate
_completion In working . a machine too , as muscles the feet are exercised brought into than play in
is ) rdinary well as needlework the hands ; while , more there is also are the advantage of much
nore _sach lever part frequent be long being before pauses comp it leted and is necessary changes with so to of much turn attitude to celerity another consequent th . at it can on
The Needle And The Sewing Machine. 77
THE NEEDLE AND THE SEWING MACHINE . 77
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1864, page 77, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041864/page/5/
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