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126 FACTS AND SCRAPS.
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XIXo—FACTS AND SCKAPS.
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« THE SEWING-MACHINE IN AMERICA. The fol...
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work , I can point to copies of the _Exgxish Woman ' s Journal , a monthly periodical now printed at the Victoria Pressand also to a
volume printed for this Association , both of which can , be obtained in the reception roomand which willI thinkbe allowed to be
sufficient proof of the , fact that printing- , can be , successfully undertaken by women .
_Emiilx Faitecpui . Ii .
126 Facts And Scraps.
126 FACTS AND SCRAPS .
Xixo—Facts And Sckaps.
_XIXo—FACTS AND SCKAPS .
« The Sewing-Machine In America. The Fol...
_« THE SEWING-MACHINE IN AMERICA . The following particulars regarding the employment of the
sewingmachine in the United States , and the effect it produces on domestic life therehave been communicated to us by an American lady . It
, appears to be much more largely used in families on the other side of the Atlantic than is yet the case among us : —
" Machinery as a substitute for hand labor , you are aware , for obvious reasons , always meets with opposition , more or less violent ,
when first introduced . This was the case in the United States with the sewing-machine . The opposition was more moderatehowever
with us than it would probably be with you , where the avenues , to , _emjDloyment are so crowded .
" Our country , you know , is the great field for enterprise and experiment ; novelties are welcomedand always meet with a fair
trial . The restlessness peculiar to a , new country , where people are not accustomed to move in long-established grooves , rendering it
easy to turn from one mode of employment to another . The objection usually made , that these machines doing a week ' s work in
a few hours , would throw many deserving women out of employmentit is my impression has not _heen confirmed . A fewno doubt
have , suffered among the elderly , the infirm , or unenterprising , , who , could not , or would not , change their habits . Since the
introduction of this invention , large * establishments have grown up at the principal agencies in our great citieswherein commodious
apartments , the purchasers of machines are , instructed , in their use . An intelligent woman is at the head of such an establishment , and
under her supervision the whole business goes on . In other apartupon ments the , numb machines ers of others women prep and aring girls the are work employed which , some is sent sewing here
by private families , , by those who deal in ready , -made linen , and by tailors , for whose work it is peculiarly adapted . It should be
remembered by those who oppose the sewing machine , that women must be employed in their use . A great proportion of the work in
every garment must be done by the hand , beside the necessary
fitting and _jDreparation .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Oct. 1, 1860, page 126, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01101860/page/54/
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