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16 A SEASON WITH THE DRESSMAKERS.
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Chapter Ii. Than I Know When Not A A Mor...
writing one to - which this work . I alluded my object in closing is most my forcibl last chap y to ter expose : for the while evils in , time most tenaciousl
which do avoid not charg actuall commit ing y exist any " Sufficient , houses I would with for at the the , faults same day and is the inhuman evil thereof ities . they " y _^
houses It is of not business to . be expected of descri of young tion peop no m le atter engaged whether in any p
dressmakersor linen-drapers , or whatever , kind of occupation , meal that - th table ey shoul ; , but d if look the for proprietors remuneration " dainties engage , " for or their " to luxuries board dail , and " services at lod the ge
th th ey em are as in a duty part bound of their to provide them with proper food y , good , thoug of h plain those , and engaged of a wholesom with me e have and di been gestible expected kind . to I , exist and
course , breakfast for many at month 6 o ' s clock together to which upon 10 the minutes following were diet allowed : —For ,
what I shoul , d call a " , decoction " of tea ( for want of a more u water licable adulterated term ) , or , and as many tea at spoiled the table " with expressed bread themselves absolutely ,.
,, broug dry , and ht to indifferent each as butter luncheon . At At 11 , that a small hour piece the young of bread people was
a would lass often of beer ask my "but permission this . was , as strictl "'first y prohibited hand , " to send by the for ;
retarded princi g pals the , as work they . insisted At 1 we that dined it caused which repast a drowsiness cod sis , ted and of so a
wholesome hot simp joint ly a twice potatoe kind— in . an the To d cold week this meat — then meal yet the very work , 20 remainin minutes often of g till any five were the thin days 5 allowed g * , ' but clock with a , _,
in summons clusive of to tea washing which hands was , but a repetition again of the " breakfast o . " Supper at 9 , which , consisted of bread , dry cheese used , to and evade a glas b _&
putting seeking of beer . on This my refreshment meal bonnet , however immediatel in a , confectioner I generall y the supper y ' s close bell by rang being , and in y
and One at work of some the again daily in journals 10 minutes to whom , the I time addressed allowed much for , , supper of my .
correspondence " What form could says stan — d this ? And not for a few days or weeks _,, It would be too much for the most virous and
b muscular ut for the entire our own season . x ; what then t m t us and t it t needs be for poor g all o the pless ill
femalesslender and feeble abes , oo many having s y of oung po crea verty tures to , struggle in so w man ith ? ins So tances far from in their its being early days wonde , soo r n t ha t t t t hese hey y
they have poor But thoug are got virtuall t hroug not i y n so t t heir he —they eye teen of ha s , t v e more l aw v el the to is aspec one tha ' t t obse of y t r o va f t t hem dead a escape ct than ually a dead t t he L ,
living . Late hours , inces viti san ated t work atmosp , inadeq here uat and e foo often d , both austere in respect principal to s
into quanti the ty bargain and quality , were ; a surely enough to impair , and destroy the strongest
16 A Season With The Dressmakers.
16 A SEASON WITH THE DRESSMAKERS .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1863, page 16, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091863/page/16/
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