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st. Joseph's industrial institute. 129
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mentisbut she can -wash stockings , light fires , and sweep ddwn the house appearance like any , rational . In fact being if , and a photograp has been hic made sketch to of we these ar a g clean irls on and their of orderl their first y
present appearance position in the , the Institution collection could would be form hung a beside very interesting a full-length gallery of pictures There ' . are iridriy more striking _estses in the schoolespeciallamong the
, y very young * children , but enough has been said to prove that the spirit of industry even if is one hot meal wanting in the ' . day Many hour could come rest be g cold from iven and , their the hungry attendance hard work to learn woul and this d be work immense for , and .
If the girls have half an ' s , long a throug breath after leaving h of the fresh infected the air scho , they ols ding of iness must the of Sisters go a in back search of Charit lane learn of . y it The the or into the little stitch the _Rational open children have streets Schools to who , sit or , ,
come into the Industrial at three o ' clock to " , " the down green morningj in to work a dull and cheeril class end - y room for the , an entire instead hour day or of in two being the ; * school while turned those most into who injuriousl a pleasant come y earl spot suffer y in of
sp , necessary the A want commodious of for an the hour house carry ' s recreation ing and out a small of during the enclosed system their long , garden and " attendance it , is are but in ri fact . ght absolutel to let this the y
public know how much is marred by the mere want of funds to secure for desideratum they have . found The managers no noble may lady well benefactress envy Ma to ry free Carpenter _Xrtsh them from ' s good the fortune trouble ut ,
of rentwhich by the way is not exclusively an ' difficulty . ' B interference althoug , h they in their might regard have , we long cannot to wait but for hope an that instance the limited of munificence such aid charitable of many of
may individual do for . them The public what have could often not be given expected generous from encouragement the to what an which was onl onl y a speculative engaged to do good the , and quarter often of substantiall what is here y realised supported institutions
y . reformatory It is no small , to associate thing to receive them once within more a very with few the months honest , four industrious girls their from , and a
will virtuous or from of their want own of caution rank , , to their keep antecedents their secret become for them known , or , if to b secure y them own the continuance of the regard and respect of their associates who had never
been ment stained in the world with crime leaving ; giving the them Institution , in Rue - , than a far if better their chance last reference of advance had
on been the deepest the Reformatory significance . _Neither , to , take is it poor a inission girls directl of uninrportant y from the issue workhouse lost , but their of .
to finding health There a life are in - they service in had St detention . , Josep lost were wh h' obli in s at at the money ged _j > _resent union to go arid . two to After ' clothes the young _hosjiital they girls of possesse , , and who , after d having , endurance seemed long doomed illness and , long years patient ,
hourl we motley mi y g temptations ht gathering say , of heroic of , to the which resistance irretrievabl it is well to y all known mi the serable contaminating poor and girls the , are / professedl exposed influences the in y _^ , vile that and of , th promised ey have independence been most unexpectedly have had their _Rescued filth , have tasted s changed once more for the decent joy
clothing provided by the , Institution , aiid within y rag a few weeks have gone back , how house changed bringing in look no doubt and feeling by their ! to visit some earance old companions a ray of hope in the to poor more
than brie , dweller in that wretched very prison app house . , such Surel an y , instance if pe _' _ople to onl bring y saw from such death things to life done , to , if rescue they had from only torpor once and hel despair ped in
or such and the inost Christian means fearful of deeds a danger , mor would e , extended —those not want whose benefic companions self ence -imposed . All in their this duty has dail it is bee ministrations to a ccomp e , lish _arid ,
more . Several girls after a longer or shorter probation in the Institution ,
St. Joseph's Industrial Institute. 129
st . Joseph ' s _industrial institute . 129
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Oct. 1, 1858, page 129, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01101858/page/57/
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