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WORKHOUSE VISITING SOCIETY. 185
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XXYII.—A PAPEB, HEAD AT A MEETING- OF TH...
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the It is objects proposed of the at thi...
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We Will Take At Random Some Fifty People...
seizing his refractory cargo , scrambled back breathless but laughing- to where he had left uswholly regardless of the sliarp pincers
, the crabs and lobsters were thrusting desperately in all directions , to the deterioration of his handkerchief and coat , to say nothing of
sundry grips at the person of the little man himself . Never was there such a gallant cavalier , and it was with regret that we bid him
farewell the next morning * , driving from his hospitable house , with the sounds of young voices in song ringing through the air ; " the
morning prayers of my wife and children , " as he said , in explanation of the presence of himself only to bid us " God speed . "
M . M . H .
( To he co ? itinued . J
Workhouse Visiting Society. 185
WORKHOUSE VISITING SOCIETY . 185
Xxyii.—A Papeb, Head At A Meeting- Of Th...
_XXYII . —A PAPEB , HEAD AT A MEETING- OF THE WORKHOUSE VISITING SOCIETY , _HEJID AT BRADFORDON FRIDAY EVENING , OCTOBER 14 , 1859 . , BT liOUrSA TWINING .
The It Is Objects Proposed Of The At Thi...
the It is objects proposed of the at thi Workhouse s meeting to Visiting discuss 1 Societ the best y , as mean it is s assumed of promoting that
the many fears and objections which always beset a new proposal have died away in the course of a year ' s existence , and it therefore only
remains to consider how we may best forward its aims . Though some opposition will long remain to be overcome , it is satisfactory
to know that we have the testimony of several workhouse masters in favor of our efforts ; one who is at the head of a large London
union urges his brethren to adopt our plans and avail themselves of our services ; on visiting one of the largest country workhouses , and
being dismayed at its size and the apparent difficulties in managing ithe asked the master why he did not get the ladies to assist him ,
assuring , him that he found them a great help . And when some official visitors from the Poor-Law Board inspected the house , he
told them that instead of proving an interference , the aid of the ladies was hihlvalued .
It may be g mentione y d as a fact , ( how far traceable to the new influence introduced , we will not say , ) that in this same workhouse last
Christmas when the inmates were allowed to go out for a holiday ,
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Nov. 1, 1859, page 185, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01111859/page/41/
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