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390 THE WORKHOUSE VISITING SOCIETY.
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observes of action . at But last been * the broken CMnese throug wall h of , and prejudices the field ' lias is open , as Mrs to volunteers . Jameson .
Another , generation , however , must grow up before it will be fully occupied , for are many asked obstacles to leave their still homes exist , and or the many duties habits which have are to alread be overcome laced . before None y p
themfor the work that we are , advocating ; but it is offered to those who work are standing , of life all It the is not day onl idle , to and ladies whom that no such man hath loyments yet hired would for the be found great
to swell be accep the ranks table . , of but underpaid also to y that governesses large middle and class emp needle of women -women works who . of At now present go in to
this general class . is There widel is y but separated little from sympath the y poor found and for from such in the daug charity hters of tradesmenwho have it in their power to do so much in this field of work if
formerl they had but , the themselves inclination . exclusivel Young y women with household of this class drudgery do not , as now it , as is occupy
their care called of time , and y the , must no house longer be and in follow a famil great y the . measure It good has old their always paths own seemed of . their What to grandmothers a us valuable , therefore staff in , that the of
some assistants feeling mig for ht and they sympath not prove y with in a parish the poor , if ! their Such training a character had given as but is them few
dep corresponding icted in the beautiful realities in tale the of world Katharine of trade A smen . shton ' s has daug , we hters suspect . , " Such a task as we have described could not be carried out by any one There must be fellowworkers with herboth
men superintendent and women alone who . will be the responsible many heads of each - separate department , be of trained the house to , fulfil tinder , all the such duties a superintendence of the laundry as and this the , wh kitchen y should and not so girls be
superior fitted evil and for authority idle respectable gossip , or as service b they the , sit instead presence over their of b of eing oakum any lerfc one p the icking above whole , unchecked them day to in , their position by own any ?
The band of workers , within y doors would be cheered and encouraged by the work addition . Their of ' lad assistanc y visitors e mi , ' g who ht also would be extended infuse new to the life out and -do energy or department into the ,
well where as it in would softening be most the harsh valuable treatment in discovering of the relieving and checking oificers imposture towards , the as decent poor . "We care not what name be given to such an association of
combining workers , so to that carry the out work a task done obviousl be a y reality impossible . The to fact one of person several , need women not imply any adherence to particular opinions or to a party ; and we believe
that it would prove attractive to many who do not wish to devote themselves We exclusivel admit y , either however to , the that care no of such the sick work or could to the be education carried out of or the sustained young .
without it was supported by a strong religious devotion and zeal . " We have now to lay before our readers tlie result of this awakening 1
of public interest in the subject of our article , and of the individual exertions of the lady from whose pamphlet the above extracts are
made . The National Association for the promotion of Social Science ,
which was inaugurated in October last at Birmingham , under the Presidentship of Lord Brougham , is divided into five sections , of
which , the fifth rejoices in the comprehensive title of " The Department of Social Economy . " The condition of workhouses forming
the subject of various papers read before that section , ( two of which _, were written by Miss Twining , and Mrs . De Morgan respectively , ) a
sub-committee to investigate the condition and management of these
390 The Workhouse Visiting Society.
390 THE WORKHOUSE VISITING SOCIETY .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1858, page 390, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081858/page/30/
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