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THE TRAINING OF FEMALE SERVANTS. 147
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kind tentatively at first , one such , institution would , for a time at leastbe sufficient . Near some large city or town , say London , a
house , with , a piece of land attached to it might be secured for the purposes of the proposed establishment . A person practically
acquainted with all kinds of servants' work might be appointed matron , ordinary and girls schools of good should character be , eli who gible had for been admission previousl , and y instructed be furnished in
with board and , lodging , and perhaps clothes , on the understanding that when duly qualified for service , they would be recommended to
the places _crashing . These and girls getting , while up in of the linen establishment at the ordinary , should prices undertake , such
linen to be obtained from families in the neighbourhood . Cows might be kept , and the at produce of the Needlework dairy disposed should of of . Bread
be mig taken ht be in baked . In and addition sold to a profit the household . work incident to course the establishmentother work of the same kind might be performed by
sick the girls and , sold in the . , houses In short in under the town an . active Soup matron might and be made committee for the of
ladies , , several steps might , be taken to increase the usefulness of the school and render it self-supporting , and consequently a model for
imitation in other parts of the country . Families requiring servants _, have would greater gladly confidence apply to the in their managers recommendation of the establishment than in those , and would vague
testimonials , by the aid of which , indifferent servants so frequently foist themselves unwary mistresses . Having thus very briefly
sketched the outlines upon of the picture , we leave our readers to fill in the details . be ll
Before dismissing the subject we are considering , it may we that we should say something respecting the relation subsisting
between mistresses and servants generally . This subject is , however , that so important we scarcel , and know capable how of to so many ach ramifications it . We may and advert divisions , how- , appro
everin the first y instance , to the effect produced on servants as a p social class lace , b in life y ithose the And constitution silent here , but it , not must aspect less be , decided and confessed indeed , changes that very which mistresses frame have -work taken have of
. much to answer for ; and that they ought to make some deductions from the faults which they attribute to their servants , for their own
weakness in succumbing to the social influences which surround them . A few words will explain our meaning . Formerly it was
the custom of mistresses to pass much of their time with their maid-servants in the performance of domestic duties . They taught
the younger servants , assisted the elder , and directed them all . Th bouse ey literall Servants y obeye could d the never Apostoli justly plead injunction , as an to excuse " guide for their the
. _arrors and shortcomings , that they were ignorant of the mode in _which their mistresses wished things to be done ; they felt an
interest in the discharge of duties which they were certain their
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The Training Of Female Servants. 147
THE TRAINING OF FEMALE SERVANTS . 147
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1859, page 147, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051859/page/3/
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