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420 .MEETINGS OF THE MONTH.
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0 Domestic Service.
4 . Young women from 17 to 25 , badly educated ; wanting " anything not menial 5 . Governesses , " or " anything and those genteel experienced . " in other kinds of workwho have
. become deaf ; often , from overstrain of the nervous system . , 6 . Widows of every class , wishing to become lady housekeepers , or matrons "in some liht situation . _"
g can All 7 . be Wives these done with at and home invalid many . It others husbands will , be ask seen and for from youn u writing _^ the children above , " or . that ct any the -work demand " which for
easy work , i . e ., work supposed to involve no previous , training , is beyond fact all . possibility parents of supp that lying they it , and the be induced Committee while wish their to press daug home hters this are
young upon , to give them , , in addition may to a more careful , early education than they now usually receive , a special training which may serve them as a resource in the future .
denominations The Committee , in have bring aske ing d this the aid matter of clergymen before parents and ministers . A considerable of various number of special sermons on the subject have been promised , and the
Committee carrying hop out e that this the effort friends to bring of the its princi Society ples will and use aims their under influence the considera in farther - tion of the public throughout the country . A short statement has heen
prepared ies of which of the will points be to which lied on it is lication especiall at y the desired office to . call attention ; cop The attendance at the supp adult class app at Miss Boucherett ' s school , averages
the about close eig of ht the pup summer ils . The term total of numb last year er of is those thirty who -two hav . These e joined pup the ils are class receiv since - ing good instruction in arithmetic , book-keeping , and clerk-like handwriting ,
examined with such and other certificated knowledge their as may names fit are them placed for on a business a register life kept . _- at When the throug school , h which the whole may cours be consulted e , women b sometimes y employers come . Besides to learn those to keep who their go
husband's accounts , or for , general improvement in the essentials of a plain Eng The lish Committee education . have helped to establish a photographic printer in .
busifitting ness , and up have her premises advanced . the Her sum four of apprentices 25 Z . ( to be repaid give good in two promise years ) of towards future number proficiency of women and success in the . li Situations hter departments have been of found hotograp for hy a ; considerable and in that
of " mounting and touching g " ( or mending ) employment p has been obtained for several ladies who are hindered by deafness from re-engagement as governesses tion to several . Pattern members -staining of each on of furniture the three has classes supplied for whom profitable the occupa demand
families for work invalid to be ladies done at and home those is with most invalid urgent s claiming , viz ., widows their care with all young day . In and wood heraldic , engraving painting , lithograp , various hic orders tracing have , music been copy received ing , plant and preservin executed g ,
tio vanced throug n of for a the law ren office ticeshi copy ; ing also , , the one loan in was anim paid al modelling back in a . month Of two after premiums the expira _ad - - pp .
Among employments p about which inquiries have been made during the tion year , , may and which be mentioned ( with the mosaic excepti lay on ing of , the print first colouring ) are still , carving under considera in wood - ,
and watch engraving . Inquiries have also been made respecting the trade of designing for wall papers ; and it has been ascertained that if women could against once their obtain work , the as such necessary , in this instruction business . , there It is found would , however be no prejudic , that the e
introduction of women into the workrooms would render necessary some
420 .Meetings Of The Month.
420 . MEETINGS OF THE MONTH .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1863, page 420, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081863/page/60/
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