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    128 s i'. Joseph's industrial institute.

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    to to regular school . attendance By dint of , and some the coaxing conquest and was iriuch comp persuasion lete . She she is was now brought a mode !

    a of JBlue industry JRibhon , and and on 3 the £ edal day _, the of reward distribution of good of premiums conduct . was Moreover decorated , she with may lie met any fine Sunday , in & full suit of her own earnings— set off , rather

    the than uniform concealed of , the by a " generous Industrial disp . " lay Besides of white ply calico ing { he in the crochet shape -needle of a , bib she , hel subject ps her to father fluctuations and brother . "When in basket soda water making is , in a demand trade , like , hamper many making others ,

    tenanted flourishes . , and Bessy when , however the fishmongers , has now two are strings idle _; to the her " Sall bow y , -house and as " she is un has - lately brought with her two _dthets , bidding fair to become as respectable

    characters JKary Jane as herself Lynch , _> thfere soihe is years more vounger hope for , the also famil one y of than the of first old conquests . . If this child believed in anything _, -it was in for the much utter impossibility of sitting

    certain still , and that if in ever justice a prize it should should be be awarded _^ iveri to her . talking She was , it at first was g quite iven little jobs in the laundry , and sent occasionally to transact _oxit-of-door

    busivocation ness , in Order on a to school make -ro her om change bench , froin as gentle a life of as activit possible y lit . the By degrees streets , to the a vivacious sible to the ' spirit crochet was moderated line , andj , as the a sign child of 's progress energy directed , it is sufficient as much to as note _j )

    osthat she gained a premium of two shillings and six pence the other day for discovering ( accurately copying ) anew " star , " and that on last Christmasthe eve produc she carrie e of d seven home days to work her . parents It often six happ shillings ens that and this two irl is pence the ,

    only one earning in her family . The father , a good tradesman g , could and earn his a pound health a thoroug week , hl but y bad his , he hands is generall being y cri Unable ppled b to y rheumatism work . The ,

    child ' s connection among the charitable visiting societies of the city b b eing eing rather evident extensive to the commonest , and the improvement lookers onthe in school her ways has gained and manner a good s

    name through her means . , acquainted JBJKzd Boy with lan her was wretched sent but condition when the ; she school arrive first d shoeless opened , and b y literall a lad y y

    to in work rags , , a conducted dejected haggard herself well looking , and girl after of sixteen a few . week She s began sat down to _j lay _^ atientl by y a few shewed pence si at a of time intelli for clothes she . was Her entrusted appearance with brightened the execution , and of as some she gns gence

    affliction work , not she strictl was y induced of the to sch , tell ool the routine cause . and Being it was found found one that day her in father great who , a again drunkard , the furniture by profession of the _^ had little lately , restrained had Mm to c self the , had " broken office ,

    the put" clothes , of the family were going the room same road gone aridas has pawn been well , , , like resolve said , the " d no rest to s hop ave and e the remained at g the irl ; present she for was the day taken drunkard it is into with the ' s difficulty famil laundry y . " the , lodged It lean was _stirp and at ified paid once

    r memb agged servant er g of irl the in , , can Institute famil be recognised . and This promises girl in has , the soon been stout to recentl , become intelli y provided gent b , her neatl with docility , y dressed a place and ,

    as a y , , y perseverance BiddLambert , as successful lived _imder in her a new tree as in " she Richmond , was in her Avenue former position for several . y

    months . There she sat night arid day , a _supposed idiot , accepting what declining food was g to iVeh do so her . by The the only neig account hbours she , but could if give asked of to herself move was ' on , that calml she y

    had been in the poor house arid had " got erioitgh of it , " and that her it mother was _projDOsecL was " somewhere to her to take in the shelter ri' 6 rth in . " the The Institution cold weather , she then consented coming and on ,

    was put - to work at once . Much cannot be said of iier talents and acquire-.

    128 S I'. Joseph's Industrial Institute.

    128 s i ' . Joseph ' s _industrial _institute .

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Oct. 1, 1858, page 128, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01101858/page/56/