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400 ANJSTALS OF NEEDLE WOMEN".
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.. Chapter V. " I Am The Woman That Work...
evil hy receiving a cMld into lier house , and teaching * her the * -methodical ways necessary to make a good servant . If the other
servants in the establishment saw their mistress interest herself in the girl's improvement , they would willingly take their share in
teaching the duties of the place she would eventually be required to fill ; a great opportunity would also be afforded to restrict the
love of finery which now leads our servant girls into so much mischief . Dressed with simplicity according to the taste of their
mistress , there would be no scope for competition or display . "Vanity in this respect being kept in subjection during the early
years of girlhood , a taste would be formed for neat apparel , and thus one of the greatest hindrances to respectability avoided .
A lady of influence , ever forward in . any movement for the benefit of the lower classes , being the wife of the Bishop of the
Diocese , has , in sympathy with this movement , lately taken into her service a young girl from the Hanwell District School . May
her example be followed ! There are and must be , there and in such other localitiesa continual supply of young girlsto whom
_siich timely training , would be their only protection from , a life of sin . These children are at present young and innocent . Can any
Christian philanthropy exceed that of taking such homeless ones and placing them where they will be moulded to the types of '
useful womanhood ? Let this be done , and the niches of society now vacant by a disorganized system will rapidly be filled with _,
useful and capable domestics ; whilst the double work performed , of sowing and reaping with a loving hand , will bring its own
reward , by rearing a race not only for earth and heaven , but by saving them from sin and hell . What I saw in these District
Schools at Hanwell interested me much . Some future time I hope to write more fully on their organization , but I promised the
chaplain to plead the case of these orphans in connexion with this kind of refined service so much desired for them . I would therefore
take this opportunity of introducing the subject , and if only one child is thereby saved from the fate of a maid-of-all-work , the effort
will not be in vain . L . I N * . 2 , Hinde / Street , Manchester Square ,
Should any ladies object to receiving children thus direct fronx the union into their own houses—a prejudice we know strong with
many—I wish to name that there are already several Homes established in connexion with the workhouses , where girls are carefully
trained for service ; one of these Homes may be seen at Brockham , near Heigate . It was originated and is still under the management of *
the Hon . Mrs . Way , of Wonham Manor ; the success which has followed her efforts for the poor girls who have been placed there
has applications been great from . emp This loyers lady for will young at any servant time g be irls happy . Miss to Twining receive , *
has also a similar Home in New Ormond Street .
400 Anjstals Of Needle Women".
400 _ANJSTALS OF _NEEDLE WOMEN " .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1862, page 400, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081862/page/40/
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