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30 woman's work in the would's clothing.
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V.-—WOMAN'S WORK IN THE WORLD'S CLOTHING...
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The traveller mounting some steep ascent...
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Houses Ic One Can At 'T £ Hel 300 P Wond...
amount water-rate to , £ and 30 or payments moreand which on those oil houses of £ 70 of £ to 110 perh rent aps ? often £ 20
The houses are , moreover , , completely fitted with gas and water , _, service in the most admirable and complete manner ; and if , as
our informants assured us on their own experience , the services of fewer servants were required to keep them in ordera large
reduction in the expenses of the household must be m , ade oa that consideration .
We feel certain that the introduction of single-floor houses would a great comfort to all women ' whoas mistresses
or servants prove lived in a large or small establishment , of the kind . We have hear , d almost every lady who has lived abroad
commending the single-floor houses of the continent as being more comfortable to them than the narrow , staircased London houses .
We do not recollect one single lady proving an exception to the but rule , Mr but . occasionall ( her y husband they answer ) did , not " Oh lik , it e it is very as well convenient . " Now ,
Mr . when in England , is generally engaged all day at his office , and therefore cannot appreciate the comforts or
discomforts of the house as well as his wife , and if he were once convinced that her pleasure in it would be increased , and her health and strength saved by any different form of househe would be
ready to let her have it , or at least we hope so . ,
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30 Woman's Work In The Would's Clothing.
30 woman ' s work in the would ' s clothing .
V.-—Woman's Work In The World's Clothing...
V .- —WOMAN ' S WORK IN THE WORLD'S CLOTHING . Part I . —THE DISTAFF .
The Traveller Mounting Some Steep Ascent...
The traveller mounting some steep ascent rarely fails to turn
ever and anon a backward glance , that from seeing how far he has already advanced he may draw fresh strength to scale the
height th forward at is yet towards above an him elevation ; and even from so which may the Woman mists , as of she the
presses world ' s morning have not yet cleared away , gather encouragement from an occasional survey of the space already traversed ,
while on comparing her present position with that she occupied alread in former attained days , not be excited only may but a a feeling demonstr of gratitude ation of the for direction what is
in which y improvement has , hitherto advanced , may best detervarious mine whence points it on may which be comparison looked for in mig future ht be . instituted And among between the
_, the present and the olden time , there are few which can s _^ o . well illustrate the superior advantages we now enjoy _ovfef our
predecessors as the one particular of Dress . We shall' but be
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1863, page 30, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091863/page/30/
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