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MR. VOJTA NAPBSTEK'S LECTURES IN PRAGUE....
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Mind Among Was One In The The Gentleman ...
various inconveniences that were connected with the way hitherto old s adop tated methods ted as in a fact performing in the that performance eve " the ry woman different of in her household Bohemia every day , b duties y duties using . lost the He
or rather wasted four hours daily , thus shortening her life , by perh by eight science ap years s did and not at experience least wish , to simp app to l l y y be the because best utensils fitted she and for did machines use not in sweep know proved , ing or
washing , ironing , cooking , roasting , or in any other household , work . overwork to which
Alluding to the almost barbarous women havin in Bohemia its cause as well in as in some le not parts knowing of Germany what were improvements subjected , peop
had been g made in the new world towards facilitating the work minds even of of domestics the fair audience , Mr . Maprstek the absolute endeavoured necessity to impress and wisdom on the of
oration introducing of the into work their of households females . whatever He told tended them it to was an ameli much
better for them to work , half the day and accomplish the work required of work / , than The to time waste they the thus whole saved day they in doing might the better same spend amount in
reading powers , useful and ennobl and ing instructive their would minds - books work . , They develop to better woul ing d p their erform mental their they
work would m then ore cheerfull be strong y , and and vigorous , not only in purpose body but ; also in mind ; they would acquire greater energy , th to eir their minds lives would
the be Mr fresher difference . Naprstek , they between then woul , d beautifull Bohemian add ten year y women and s or at -more , some who who prided leng recommended th themselves , described .
themselves on hardworked not hands onlb , and noble Eng fi lish women that , showed no signs of slavish work , but also y y by the great gures energy , of their intellects . Their minds were , fresher and clearer and they also lived longer .
of struction It Mr would . Naprstek and be practical tedious _' s lecture working to , Eng how lish of he all ladies described the domestic to follow in detail articles the the progress which
conhouseholds he had brought But from it Eng be land bri , efl things stated known that in all most the exp Eng lana lish - y
American tions which mode . Mr of . _Naprstek washing may , dry gave ing , of ironing these ; things of roasting , as of meat the , making carving with ices , a cleaning Dutch bottles knife ladies , , m drawing ashing knowled potatoes corks , pressing of , drawing the princi lemons beer les , ,
& c , & c , tended to give the a ge p which they had to app enabled ly in their to work households intelli , gentl in order rational to
savetimeand thus to be y as beings At , the , not close blindl of the y as lecture machines which . was of three hours' duration ,
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Mr. Vojta Napbstek's Lectures In Prague....
MR . VOJTA NAPBSTEK _' S LECTURES IN PRAGUE . 115
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Oct. 1, 1863, page 115, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01101863/page/43/
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