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FROM PARIS. 281
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undiminished which energy she , and first longed drew to breath question the her of corrupted the Paris Paris of
Louis XVin : gay when witli its she yet , undestroyed anti woman quity and ; or saw of the the loaded days of tumbrils Robesp pass ierre to ,
the _guillotine was . a grown But any -up communication difficult between matter her Parisian from patois her
with and The my an wards Ang " au licised revoir in which French " at lie which was those a she inmates seemed who highl , are y so I l reall parted ighted y . _siifTermg
from and , comfort illness . , are One equall old y woman impressive started in up their in scrupulous bed and clutched cleanliness hold and insisted it
th of at my he conductor must hav , e who seen was her of hu her sband own ; generation and thereon , followed upon an aniand whereabouts
mated of the _" dialogue John _Anderson as to the " occupation to whose , idea appe she arance clung , . with tenacious
affection . I shall not soon forget the expression of profound conviction with which she declared that , having met , lny conductor must that inimitable
have recognised , and could never henceforth forget husband ! the Sal
moved are What a si to may ght a new be to called witness building the . " housekeep The which huge in ing its kitchen departments present is unfinished shortl of y about condition petriere to be _,
, looks as if it were intended to stow the Baron of Branksome ' s _" forty steeds in stable and stall . " The linen stores are piled in two stories
the of another fresh building lies down , and the , to stairs avoid a the huge excessive trap-door labor has of been dragg cut ing in
supp , the and ceiling bed and of table the inferior linen are story thrown , throug down h below which ! p Will iles of clean readers clothe be s - my
lieve that two hundred and forty thousand different articles ( including linen of and all the kinds they inmates were ) wash are marshalled ? issued here The for monthl washing in several different y from department other parts the hosp clean of itals has the -linen ; also dry whole stores ing a house - reg gr for o im und to the ents . itself use In of ,
winter , a large heated room in compartments is used as a _sichoir . None of the linen is ironed ; it is pulled out smooth by hand , folded ,
and I was laid away lad to . see that new wards were being built with all the
modern improvements g in arrangement and ventilation . One of these is already finished and occupied ; they call it "la salle " as a
distinction . Thus this noble establishment is also in its own "way a workhouse ,
employing and remunerating a large number of inmates , exclusive of those _wliom it shelters and consoles .
The next institution which I visited was the Maison de Secours for fche tenth arrondissementnear the Invalides . This Maison de Secours
, branch is under of charge the Bureau of the de Sceurs Bienfaisance de St . Vincent intended de to Paul afford , and relief includes gratui a -
tous advice , and medicine , to the aged , , infirm , and indigent , , at their
wn homes . The relief consists of bread , meat , firing , and clothing ,
From Paris. 281
FROM PARIS . 281
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1860, page 261, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061860/page/45/
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