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168 lives :foh leaves.
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lielp the others-. " A promise that , I _Tcnow , was fulfilled to the letter . They tlien roseand-with one exception , declined the order and
_, , quitted Another the case establishment is that of . a * irl who was an out-door hanxL
On receiving a parcel of green young with g the usual intimation that she could do it or leave itshe determined on the latter privilege .
Before returning her work , , however , she went from place to place ful in she , the was she hop returned e of ob but t to aining that her lod a emp gings loyment of and remarked elsewhere tea would . to settle her Being landlad her unsuccess . y There that - cup green
was something _xveary _, in the girl ' s manner which struck the woman a & pouring feeling peculiar of , boiling and alarm as , water she the went idea on a up quantity continued to her of and to emerald haunt found her green her with in pieces afterwards the a vague which act of
she had placed in a tea-pot , with the intention , as she creature confessed was , of kindl " making put * away into the with herself of tobacco . " The -leaf unhappy stripping young and
subsequently obtained y employment way in a cigar manufactory . When , _, the good landladrelated this circumstance to the City missionary ,
bod she said and , soul " When of y her the that poor was thing came " and in , on I saw the remark that it was that the the
that slavery y indeed to which the iron young did females ( i enter weary were the ; soul held " in she bondage lied , , was with such the rep
quickness with which those fine Irishwomen , sometimes startle you _^ il iron thatreel hot
Aye , that ' s true for you , an' it ' s that same ' s . It does appear strange that , notwithstanding the flower-makers *
horror of emerald green , they should use so little precaution while loyed it . It seems that all which is deemed necessary in .
empupon most cases is merely to tie a handkerchief upon the upper lip so as to protect the nostrils _; and this is sometimes deferred until the
discharge of blood and mucus becomes otherwise _unmanageable , — a result which occurs in about two days , supposing no precaution
to have been observed . In about a week small knotty protuberances appear along each side of the nose , which in a few days
more break into sores . The artificial flower trade differs from some others
employingchiefly female labor ; the accursed sweating system being naturally dispensed with . This arises chieflfrom the fact that children are so
extensively employed in it . Their tiny y fingers are peculiarly adapted to the various manipulation of the pieces . Girls of twelve or
fourteen are to be found . in large factories , and in some cases receive pay after the first month , when , if quick , they become very useful ;
they are paid at first about one shilling weekly . But out-door workers employ children chiefland the latter engage in the
perniy , cious work as well as adults . In their case protective measures are seldom adoptedas it is said they would be all the time fidgeting
at their handkerchiefs , , and requiring them to be adjusted .
_Children are " done" in a very little time ; for as soon , as they begin to
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1862, page 168, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051862/page/24/
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