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M. MAITRE AND HIS WORKSHOPS. 365
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" If You Stop At Dijon, Be Sure And See ...
different sized articles with a list attached to each heap , I asked the factory meaning b * , and different found commercial that they r houses epresented . When orders the sent list to is comp the manu letely
filled up y according to order , the heap is removed to a separate room to be packed in basement a wooden case where , and thence cart awaits slides it down in the an
inclined yard demand . _Jiist has plane been at to this the for moment albums , and in story which for , some to insert months a the past portrait , the cartes great
with des visites the orders so mu he ch receives in fashion All ; and the shreds M . Maitre of paper cannot used keep in pack pace
ing are , saved or left when and cutting collected out . together the perforated in sacks leaves and sent of these to the albums paper , up
maker to be re-niade in sheets . Of the stacks upon stacks of religious booksMadame Leclere remarked , smiling , that if the people of
the Dijon fault , became of her infected father ' s with establishment mauvaises . idees Many it certainl of these y are would illustrated not be
with The . beautiful ateliers little are large engravings , loffcy , well , and li are ghted quite , and articles thoroug de hl luxe y warmed .
with hot air . In one compartment only did I perceive anything together like closeness , polishing ; it was the one gilding in , which and was several a men sort of were glass working cage
enclosed in the atelier . In each salle there is a large basin with a cockwhich turns on the excellent water of Dijon , and a metal goblet
stools for drinking , . The men . Most and of women the work work peop in the le are same seated salle , on but convenient there is a The
foreman in eachand perfect order and silence are preserved . distance siing of The the , dress seats of is , both moreover men , and quite women sufficient is extremel to discourage y neat .
All gos the p latter . , young and old , wear white caps ; many of them are pretty , and they have universally a healthy and cheerful
appearconversation ance Having . thus with told Madame the reader Leclerc what in I the saw course , I will of now which detail I asked my
her has answers numerous evidentl , being y thoug " questions a woman ht out , to of many which strong of , the she and social gave clear problems me intelli full gence and connected , lucid who
with Firstl the manufacturing the hours of work system are . decidedltoo long , according to our y
English y feelings , , but we must remember that it is not very long working clear since hours Lord hours Sliaftesbury of labour to ten . At gained In this France establishment his great the rule battle appears the , work and to reduced peop be le twelve come our
_dejetiner at six in _, which the morning is the . and great remain mornin till g ten meal , when when all over they the leave Continent leave for the for .
They dinner return the at remaining eleven , and hours work are till from three four , to they eight . again The day is ; eachwith hour of
intermi thus evenl ssion y divided twice a into day . thirds In summer of four hours they come , at five one , and the
M. Maitre And His Workshops. 365
M . MAITRE AND HIS WORKSHOPS . 365
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1861, page 365, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081861/page/5/
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