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210 OPEK COUNCIL.
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XXXI.—OPEN COUNCIL.
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. ^ To the Editor of the English Woman''...
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protest altogether aga beyond inst PMKppa the and most Hilary exaggerated as children abnormal ; developments conditions
even of modern childhood . However , it is not in realities that this author ' s strength liesand we doubt if " Almost a Heroine" will prove
, a favoriteeven with those who "best know and appreciate her pecu-,
liar excellencies .
210 Opek Council.
210 _OPEK COUNCIL .
Xxxi.—Open Council.
XXXI . _—OPEN _COUNCIL . [ As these pages are intended for general discussion , the Editors do not hold themselves responsible for the opinions expressed . 3
. ^ To The Editor Of The English Woman''...
. _^ To the Editor of the English Woman' ' s Journal .
Domestic Servants and "Workhouses . _Mapam ,
taining It is well such that free so discussion important in much your a question remain columns as s to ; that be but said of althoug Domestic for h it much Service has to is been me obsaid bcorrespondents ; appears ,
together that The some y suggestion your overlo of the oked most that , or important viewed " the , wages in points a very of servants of erroneous this acted subject should light fear have . be raised it been would , either " thoug create al h -
more well intentioned evils than , it is could extremel possibl y unwise y cure : ; if besides on , tlie , I idea originates in a mistake as to facts . "Wagesinstead of being low , are in general good ;
hig There her sometimes are exceptional than they cases oug , of ht course to be , but . we scale must of argue from to be the _good average ,
wisel idea not from is that and extremes thus we oug how , and ht to to I save believe teach before our the it average servants will be how safe to or wages spend judicious their to earnings intrust . My
the larger or princi hig y , sums hest ple wages to in regulate the would ir hands its not use . , satisf , The acts y possession as those a direct wbo of temp get money tation the , idea without to sin of : gain judgment I believe ; it is
insatiable Cooksfor . instancewho mostly demand and obtain high wages , perhaps thiry much assured to by , forty unlawful by pounds lad means , per who . annum To is g mistress ive in large an instance of families a large in , establishment will point often from make the of other servants twice side as ,
I am a y , , sidering th conscientious at the the head capacity servant nurse is she in the fills the most , house and moderate she , and is saves certainl in her more conscientious y the demands than most others contented as that to who wages the hav , uprig e , other con con ht - - ,
we advantages siderabl shall y do better follow them pay a ; and kindness . It until is because servants if we keep she , as a undue is rule " , act temp upon tation such of " good this princi and every ples , tbeir
other sort out of . way .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Nov. 1, 1859, page 210, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01111859/page/66/
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