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74 COTTAGE HABITATIONS.
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which miht , take have the been work content -peop to le remain out of an at home evening . , The when introduction formerly they of
g with railways our and cottagers steamboats , the rule have rather made than travelling the excep and tion excursions , so is that less , even it is
limited no gaged wonder ab their out if the leisure their home increasin time than is formerl g their intelli houses y gence , for are we and more must dexterity like never lod forget gings than how en-;
quentl homes y to . many In this , and as in they almost hesitate all eases not there to is change is good their It and is locality evil not mixed likel fre- :
that but we the "women t encoura in our ge manufacturing only that which places good will . care for the house y as their grandmothers did , who perhaps had been all their lives
devoted to household thrift . ten in Out the hours evening young a day g just irls in the are in debilitating that sent state , unformed which air of in crave the mind factory s more and ; excitement bod they y , come to sp back than end
is to be found in scrubbing a room , washing their clothes , or sitting down to make and mend them ; shut up all day , they most naturally becomes
long an albsolute for open necessit air , and and so used to stay to company at home is are invariabl they that y thoug it ht by
them at which very most dull . of "When them y , marry this is considered no wonder , if as the well little as the domestic early arts age
which would , well performed , , make almost any house comfortable , lamentabllectedWhat wonder if the hearth-stone is left
are y neg . circumstances dirty , and the do kitchen not admit grate of unbrushed putting ! the What washing -wonder out ., , if ( which their
most factory women do , ) that the scanty wardrobe is dabbled rather than washed , in dirty water , and hung to dry ! just What where wonder and if when the
the wet clothes annoy the rest of the family cooking can he presented is little or to none them , and are utterl that the y useless most economical for want of plans time ted that and the
inclination cooking is ; of ' or the if worst something for de want scription of nice thrift , and and . The a savory great hole is low attemp is made of , by our it in the weeks very wages
agricultural workmen money forcing their wives into the factory if they the would root give of the a bit hope of bread that these to each peop of le their can many pay the children rent of , s such trikes cot at - _.
tage strive expectation s to as make we that should them these neat consider men and and beautiful decent women and as should if ri th ght ey love , had as their well more homes as time at , and and the
other facilities for doing so . Yet ; in some of our cottages much frugal others comfort no atten is tion to be is pai found d to , especially that or any scrupulous other household cleanliness virtu ; e in ;
but it must be granted that the loss of health and morality frequently dwellings results devoid from of all , and prop is er perpetuated arrangements by , bring ; an evil ing up for families which the in
class which inhabits them is not responsible .
The town in which I have so long resided , and which I know so
74 Cottage Habitations.
74 COTTAGE HABITATIONS .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Oct. 1, 1859, page 74, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01101859/page/2/
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