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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1860, Edition 1 of 1, Page 206

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      Our Co Homeless ., Berners Poor Street ,...

      up which in hundreds the plaited , and cotton then is given wound to women into balls to , loop cut into and required sew with lengths needle , t and ied receive for this kind of labor is at the rate of

      thread 6 d . a thousand . The payment ; and to they perform three thousand a day , which seems the wei usual self b -impose the momen d task t , they and cannot work ei be ghteen spared hours to use at the leas scissor t . Time s in cutting here is

      frame the g thread and y each the thread time . is The , thus plan severed adop with ted is the , therefore rapidity , of to machinery fix a razor . " in a

      , " Gloves are paid 3 d . a pair , Glove the sewer Making finding . her own silk . '

      Soot Binding . lining " The binding warehouses and making and agents the who eyelet emp holes loy women in a air in of this lad capacity ' s kid walking pay for

      boots a pair , , Is of . a the pair former , : ligh , ter and house they boots find , their 6 d ., e own tc . needles p It takes and a y whole thread day . to The do t of the formerand is consi

      hardness derable item of - the of deduc leather tion breaks from a their grea gains many . , a - of leather and terial for such of boots

      as " ladies On inquiring are charged the price 14 s . for , from a wom ma an whose husband a pair had been a shoemaker and failedand who now took home work to doshe stated that

      was the entire lefta cost few of material , more and bestowed labor would be the 7 s . one Out whose of , such labor a forms profit the as upon

      staple virtue , of the pence article , would be but just . " Cravat Workers .

      " A half-penny a _} _3 iece , 6 d . a dozen . " Our space forbids further extracts . We shall return to this

      valuable little book on another occasion _.

      206 Notices Of Books.

      206 NOTICES OF BOOKS .

      A. Layton N Jessay . On Life Jlssura?Ice...

      A . Layton n JEssay . on Life _JLssura ? _ice , etc . By H . W . Porter , B . A . London :

      We gladly hail any work , large or small , which , is likely to increase a knowledof the benevolent princiles of life _asstiranceand

      endeavor the public to may ge bring well " this feel beneficial indebted system to those p under who their , like notice Mr . . Porter In , the ,

      small pamphlet before us the princrples and benefits of life assurance are accurateldefined in a clear and forcible manner . He has also

      explained the y construction of the " tables of mortality , " and the mode of investing their monies as in use among the various life

      assurance associations , in such a lucid , intelligible way , that few readers would peruse his little tract without obtaining a

      comprehensive view of the system of life assurance , and of the advantages to be procured by its practice . Unfortunately the majority

      of those who most need its aid are nearly ignorant o £ its value ; for the industrial portion of our female population are in general

      strangely uninformed of the numerous facilities afforded to them i ? i particular by life assurancenot only as a means of future

      , provision , but as opening a field of employment ( in becoming

      agents to life _assurance companies ) which can scarcely be overrated .

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    • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1860, page 206, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051860/page/62/