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    CHARITIES t fOR WOMEN. 229

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    level of drawers of the floor and , a is table a rec . ess A , just curtain large draws enoug across h to hold this a , bed but , a at chest best

    this is the worst , feature of the older rooms . In those more lately builtthe recess has been modified into a small lighted chamber , but

    we domestic must , comfort recollect and , that privacy a century were and different a half ago to , those the ideas existing of

    soffc at the and present -colored time . The the bronze floor is fender carpeted very and all fire over -p , lace the bri hearth ght - and rug gay

    dainty in their way , , and the of small coal fire and bri coal ghter its still the . fi For old age l

    is suffered chilly , to and die in out this . country Upon the mantle-shelf p is old , china res and are rare other y knick-knacksabove it are some simple portraits of the -widow's

    childrenone , the miniature of a little child painted by the hand of the a French , are abbe chairs in Dartmoor with daint prison cushions many many one or years more ago small . Around tables ,

    in the room middle of the room a large y circular , one , as bright as a looking full glass of , and flowers never put The to profaner bird use is perhaps than to sing hold ing books its last or song a glass in

    shelves glory of decorated the waning . with da canary more y , and china near and the door other is treasured a small things nest of , and book a , of

    few the They honey Latin are precious and of their Eng ; knowled lish a hand books ge has , , the which turned poor each their relics in leaves its a way once , a was brain goodl tender gathered y array and .

    the Veril of noble fire y , - the p capacity lace kettle to get . soon The her boils best old gentlewoman , tea and things opening , we awakes one see a of dainty and the we doors well stay li to beside ghted tea .

    country closet , and cream here . , and are a good row things of jam in pots abundanc , that are e , bread as a hive and for cake winter and

    use themselves Some It . is keep pleasant in servants the on charming summer , others mornings are cloisters waited , to or upon see busy the in by old their women ladies little themselves from sunning homes the .

    village Pleasanter , a few is it save to see the them cost throug of either h the and summer wait afternoons upon , visiting . each otheror when open doors in gallery and cloister permit , seated

    fires window at their a-low tea led , ges tables all . li Still amidst htall more warmth the touching leafy , and beaut is to it know y on which winter no hearth g ni lows ghts is upon to desolate see their the ,

    no one g a-cold , . Then g , when winds blow loud , when snow lies deep , ing the throug many g hout lowin the g window year , when panes the are sun seen sinks afar scintillates ; behind and on the many hills an , every even of

    molten casement silver towards like the the west of looks Divine , as Charity it herself , , a pure wavy , all eye em-, eye

    bracing Adjacent , tender to the . hall , and occupying an angle of the square are

    Charities T For Women. 229

    CHARITIES _t _fOR WOMEN . 229

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Dec. 1, 1858, page 229, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01121858/page/13/