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212 OPEN COUNCIL.
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To the Editors of the English Woman's Jo...
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. * To The Jeditors Of The English Woman...
and of eyes the [ , gums and bod , y in oedema to ug which ly- about looking the the poison sores eyes finds , on soreness the access hands of . and , The fac running e symptoms , neck from , and are that the other sometimes nose parts and
so severeand the condition of the work-people so distressing , _they are poisonous unfrequentl often compelled , effects y induced to of abandon the , and arsenic their death thus work sometimes introduced from time even into to ensues time the system , consumption from . the directl is not y
" The use of arsenite of howeveris by no means confined to the variety coloration of other of green purposes leaves , , for copper but coloring this , substance muslins _^ is , and employed numerous as a p other igment articles for and a
used envelopes shades of dress to of cloves and , lamp the ornament paper , sugar often used , confectionery , paper for colored wrapp -hang with ing , ings and up this , thoug children bon poisonous -bons h last 's , toys cocoa , substance not , writing , least & c . ; , . it candles paper is likewise , and
s are is ticularl " diffused The y practice objectionable throug of hout coloring , for the as tapers atmosp the candle and here candles burns of the away with room the emerald , poison and green thus is volatilized becomes is traced par- ,
inhaled with each breath . Many serious illnesses may doubtless be to this source alone . poisonous "Again , substance it should used be for known coloring that arsenite v of arious copper igments is not containin the only g
lead that , known antimony b , the copper nam , e and of false mercury Brunswick , are purposes similarl ; y which employed consists p , and of particularl a mixture y green
of Prussian blue y and chromate of lead . , " In conclusion I would remarkthat the whole subject of the employment
lation of poisonous In France pigments and in most tlie of arts the , urgentl Continental y demands States investi the use gation of arsenite and legis of
copper penalties . , or and Scheele in some 's green cases , is is even prohibited punished for b certain imprisonment purposes . under heavy
, " Arthur y Hii _/ l _Hassalil , M . D .
" Wimpole Street , February 10 , 1862 . "
212 Open Council.
212 OPEN COUNCIL .
To The Editors Of The English Woman's Jo...
To the Editors of the English Woman ' s Journal . _ZiAJDIES As the , dress of servants has ied my attention for many years
permit me to offer the results of my occup experience to the consideration of your , readers . I have found after many trials that one plan , and one only , has been
uniforml larger y proportions successful , in and repressing becoming that injurious love of alike finery to mistress which is and dail m y aid assuming . This money plan , simp , avoiding inducing le as it the may thoug purchase appear ht for , of consists the superfluous future mainl and y trimmings in order teach in ing the and them management all to unnecessary save their of
expense , , a their powerful affairs . attraction Five or and ten pounds a desire safel soon y deposited manifests in itself a savings by continued ' bank becomes efforts to increase the store , A habit of saving once formed bpersons in service
because produces articles of they effects clothing are which found , rep are lace to sometimes last the longer showy quit . , It flimsy e surprising becomes material more ; neat y s formerl advantageous but y substantial in favor to ,
stayiin a place than to leave it , because lodgings are expensive , and consume becoming always the To savings retain follow better of their years improved p and laces . steadier service they must servants and devote a degree . Hi themselves of gher order wages and to their often comfort , duties and will should , soon thus
, , pervade Young the servants household listen unknown unwilling in ly its at previous first to any arrangements proposal , for . saving either
clothes or money ; but if the mistress of the family will take the trouble to
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1862, page 212, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051862/page/68/
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