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12 A SEASON WITH THE DBESSMAKEBS.
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Chapter Ii. Than I Know When Not A A Mor...
_aching to study , e ' or ad , the of a faintest brain suffe threatening ring * from of , a consumption too close app ! lica it is tion to
an misfor yon tha y tune t daug I appea hter . l , as Imag paren ine and t yourselves s , that possessing of suddenl " , husband perhap y over s a involv taken favourite ed wi in th ,
some unprofitable ; your money speculation , and all your becoming lost ; and to rt ening motto" ! N ~ one know what they come
to epea . " P my icture op that indulged , and affectionate child , for whom : would have sacrificed so muchwho had only to express a
you wish to have it gratified ; picture , , I say , suddenly transhave ported been into a describing _work-voom . . ( And a most believe appropriate me , reader term ) , such there as I
man comfor y like t of her their there doting ; only parents children , g , irls who of hav cul e tivated been the minds sole cons and ti sterling tutions principles , also of sensitive feelings and delicate
. not If you " knew and your doing * " to child t such must laring come hear to this t-rending , would dis you
graceful up evils remedied ? ge Would you g not , strain every nerve , , exert every faculty and power till you obtained your object ?
_, in Let such me entreat a position you , — thoug -think h that I would you may fain yet hop see e it your may dear never child be ,
all the case immedia ; and if te not circl your e are own fortunate child , your kindred h to ; or even then if remember your that all there are sisters enoug —sisters escap in Adam ,
sisters in Christ . Those toowho your cannot assist themselvesand , whom favoured in this , world ' s richesare bound to assist , .
They do you no , t require your money , but they , want your thoughts and and apprecia your infl te uence greatl . y Lik a kind e yourselves word or , t leasan hey hav t smile e human . Imag nature ine ,
with the t he feeling pride is contempt trying of of a humilia so and she -called trea can ti ts on " to her lad exper adminis y , " ienced t w houg ho ter h t looks b o y she th a e youn were upon taste g , her dressmaker and lborn gra almost tif to y
be crushed . This , imperious dignity , however , is not y nearly so much in existence as it was in former sand the sooner it
becomes " a thing of the _j ) ast , " the more year will , the aristocracy of England be commended and admired .
working There are these many young persons people , who lies say not , so that much the at fault the of door over of - their loyers as at that of those who require a dress at
eremp p hap sion s two as I days will ' endeavour notice . Now to , illustrate this is quite Madame an erroneous Coutourier impres is
g all oing the , immediatel assistants y that to Paris she considers , but is firs . sufficient t desirous to of s engag l ing the - y
demands of her patronesses during the coming season upp ,
calculating' the work obtained from each to be , say 17 hours a day .
12 A Season With The Dbessmakebs.
12 A SEASON WITH THE DBESSMAKEBS .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1863, page 12, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091863/page/12/
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