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164 WAREHOUSE SEAMSTRESSES.
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XXVI.—WAREHOUSE SEAMSTRESSES.
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She tlieii established tlie firm" Von Arnims Verlag . " Previous , to Iideath sliinhabited her own cottage in the Thiergarten .
Her Schlumpe er generall _" y but untid e the y li appearance of of broug the ht poor upon invoke her a the blessing name for of
their " lication guardian of angel standard " ps Bettina many of . " criticism Her works her do manners not admit and of cha the - ;
racter app are not any amenable to those of ordinary womanhood . As is a phenomenon le to believe , she must in her exp ideal lain will and never justify understand herself . But Bettina whoever .
unap talents At seventy miht -four have years been of first age among , Bettina the _, first who ; by Bettina virtue , who of her mi rare ght g
be have spoken been of the otherwise Sappho of than her as age the , remained child . She a child died , in and January never last will ,
in Berlin . *
164 Warehouse Seamstresses.
164 WAREHOUSE SEAMSTRESSES .
Xxvi.—Warehouse Seamstresses.
XXVI . —WAREHOUSE SEAMSTRESSES . BY _ONE % HO HAS WOEKED -WITH THEM .
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be struck with the number of females , all of whom appear to be lorn hurry and ing to dissi some pated common destination —their . wardrob They are e reminding generally of you for of
appearance fluttering it has been exhibitions selected , outside and which pawnbrokers in few cases ' shops is , worth whence two , doubtless and six- ,
pence On , more falls , minute feathers observation , and crinoline included remark . that each carries a bag you
, or parcel . In this is contained the day's provisions ; most probably and a three latter -half certainl penny loaf but , a the saveloy saveloy , and is sometimes a ' * screw of varied tea ; " by the a rasher former ,
y , a dried haddock , " a faggot , " or it maybe , in the case of a few , half skirt a quarter or disposed of boiled beef skilfull , or y a somewhere piece of newl else y-cut there steak is . , perhaps Under the , a
" Princess , Hoy al mantle" or a " Clotilde hat" , in some of its stages ; for shall thoug be dismissed h it is a yet rule in that the " any busies in-door " which hand extend taking from work February home
to Junethe rule is , a dead letter , at , least nobody is ever detected ; and think , not these poor creatures are beginning their day's work .
Gradually , as the hour of nine approaches , the human stream ' * The favorite dream of Bettina was tlie erection of a monument to Goethe sketch of it to Goethe before
according to her own _idea . She had sent a Ms mand death . of The the model king of of it Prussia is preserved , uncovered a scholar in the of this museum Ranch , at in Frankfort Ital in Berlin y , has . executed B Bettina y
comdid this not monument live to , witness wMch . is this to be eventbut she dwelt summer witli pleasure . upon the of her favorite idea ,
realisation .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1859, page 164, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051859/page/20/
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