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108 A SEASON WITH THE DBESSMAKEBS.
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Chapter Iv. Other We Descri Will Now Tio...
occasion has the "brougham been put down , or the boy in _management buttons dismissed rather from difficult the to entrance comprehend hall—a p while iece of an clever onl
child has been brought up as though she were ; to inherit the y wealth of an heiressand without even being allowed to visit
be the pol work ] ution -rooms for her of her , to breath mother e ' the s business air in , them as t , houg or t it come would in
contact with the workers . This delicate ladreceives of courseevery possible care very and attention young ; never y walks out unattended , and even the veiy breath of heaven is scarcel
permitted to , blow roughly upon her . y This is one side of the icture . Now _" contrast the other .
In that establishment are emp p loyed on an -average about fifty young some of persons course , of some a lower of them class . A t gen relative teelly of connec own ted , was and
first-hand dressmaker in this house for several my years , whose uncle and th was ere were three m years as successivel respectabl y elec connec ted mayor ted as herself of a boroug But h ,
what a life was theirs any contrasted with y that of the daug . hter of the house ! Their dail , y task commences at six in the morning ,
bu and t when ts till Jul midni y is g over ht , , during they re the joice four in months a mitigation of the season of four ;
which not hours permit a their day ted , sedentary and to breathe leave du ties the so fresh 8 imperativel p . m air . and But take even call a for little then . They exercise they are are _^
told that this would conduce to immorality y . They may have no friend call upon themthis being contrary to " the rule of
in the their house s . " tifling They work have -room therefore , ' till they no alt are erna served tive but with to remain their
s till ghtl more y quantity stifling' bed f bread -rooms where chees they e , and are then packed retire lik t o sheep their
well in a - pen ventilated ; while the artment daughter , lete joys wi th repose comfort in a handsome . Cruel ,
disgraceful difference ap ! A , rep we not all the every daughters of Eve ? Where is sisterly feeling here to be found ? Look , madame , I
when entreat you rece , a i t the al awfu l those l responsibili ounfema ty l es hi ch to you our under em t lo ook . Remember y thatif not in t y his worl g dassuredl y in the next py
before an omniscien , t Judge , will you be , called upon y to give an , accoun " wheth t of your have st done ewardshi unt p , ot hers t o y answer ou would the th ques sh t ould ion ,
you ey who do un to such you . _" consider And you it , sir ur , the husban tive d to o form f this the woman rules ,
which , govern , your establishment yp , reroga ask yourself by what right you the se imprison venand _tehese ut f poor orward girls as a si p lea who ( alas le wear I ho i w some hypocri days ticall out y ) f
that such , imprisonment p is necessary for morality . I call upon
108 A Season With The Dbessmakebs.
108 A SEASON WITH THE DBESSMAKEBS .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Oct. 1, 1863, page 108, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01101863/page/36/
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