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A NIGHT IN WESTMINSTER. 269
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When Mention Is Made Of Westminster, The...
who _1 _^ . attend The meet the ing Pear to Street consist Day only and of Sabbath the mothers Schools of those , unless children
otherwise 2 . decided The mothers by the to Committee assemble at of seven Management o ' clock on . Monday evenings ; of
the 3 . Bible At ten read minutes and past lained seven and , a a hymn is to offered be sung . , a . portion 4 . The work will exp then be g , iven out prayer . During work , an
_interesting 5 . narrative In the course or tract of will the be evening read , aloud the . money will be received to the in
payment of the work , in such sums as are most convenient mothers 6 . When . a garment is finished and paid for , it may be taken
home 8 7 . . . At No half garment -past ei to be ht taken an entry away will until be made comp of leted < the and names paid -of for those .
g mothers 9 . The who meetin are present to terminate at the meeting about nine . o ' clock with hymn and
g prayer . in Each large member distinct has characters a large ; bag thimble , with s her , to needles name them , in at pins full Sd , cotton written , yard and on ,
tape , are given . Flannel is retailed . per , chased calico at and 3 d ., the print difference s for aprons made at Z _xip \ d . ; by the subscri best p articles tions among being pur the
in feiends sums , of of 2 the s 6 d Committee 5 sand . 10 s These . ) amounted subscri last ptions year ( chiefl to £ 19 y collected 7 s ., and
. ., ., the During mothers the ' deposits last fifteen to £ 14 months 19 * . 1 these ( M mothers have bought and and 270
of made print up 212 habits yards of of industry flannel , 420 have yards been of greatl calico , y fostered yards and
economising encouraged ; , materials and the taug best ht methods Several of children making , have up been garments born since and
attend these meetings that the . first babies commenced form regular . , and attendants so anxious , the are mothers the mothers working to
the while homes the , children husbands sleep and in children their laps and . The the almost improved entire condition absence of of
rags attend Some , shew some of , how these chur much ch poor or , has ch women apel been ; alread and are , even communicants y effected the beggar . , s nearl who y get all their now
outcasts bread in the never streets out somehow for alms — on these the blind Sunday , cri , pp " if led they , and ' ve withered a bit of
bread for , the children go in the house . " ' " You are late at school , " said the master to one of these lads the
other day , looking to the , clock been as it pointed for to twelve breakfast . " Yes and ,
master I corned , " as was soon the as rep I l could y , " I " ' ve and he sing held ing the my still uneaten , roll as in attestation of his remark ; and in _j _> roof up of his vocal abilities .
have Many assured of these us tha women t they frequent have , taken the off baths their and garments wash-houses bit by , and bi _^
A Night In Westminster. 269
A NIGHT IN WESTMINSTER . 269
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Dec. 1, 1858, page 269, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01121858/page/53/
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