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OPEN COUNCIL. 283
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Mothers v. Nurses.
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The Madam Advertisement , Of Madame Iiau...
respects friendly . council In wet and weather advice I . find I should much be inconvenience thankful for , and times a change so and no doubt in many do
many as is , ladies , who are obliged to be out and about at all seasons ,
Madam Yours , trul A very Clergyman y , ' s "Wife .
11 th September , 1858 .
Open Council. 283
OPEN COUNCIL . 283
Mothers V. Nurses.
Mothers v . Nurses .
strain The of voices pathetic of some lamentation mothers over in Eng the land wrongs have of latel the y little been ones lifted and committe up in d a
to are Their the oft testimony tender times treated mercie to the s is of neg unanimous nursery lect , and -maids and even in cruelty the be verifie public with d which parks to the the incredulous inno gardens cents . may
the beside throug crowded parks h and the with , on exercise the the any infant best day , of of of their rejoices the the faculty working week in , the except of classes observation strong Sunday , and arms many , , by when of a pater papas walk these -familias and across places mammas any who are of ,
does not ; disdain the useful and much maligned perambulator for the journey , they thither . be One taug lad ht y to propounds amuse and a instruct scheme their for training little charges nursery over -maids and , above that
may , to their suggest ordinary as a dutie far more s of providing efficient thing for , their ( provided cleanliness it accomp and lished comfort its . object I beg , which it has as ' much , chance of doing as the other , ) an " Institution their for
di Mothers gnity , consists " where in they their might fulfilling be taught the that trust their imposed highest on them duty , , and on greatest them alone , of watching over the souls and children bodies of their food and little children ones . They
p ments mi loyed ght , likewise in and the the task time be of taug would turning ht how not the to hang knowled make heavy ge on to their account ' s hands by means which was of ' s their gar em - - who knows how to do
well own — hands the making or those of of a others child ' . s frock Every or woman a child ' s dinner—and by word a thing and lower house example is in the enforces society best training the and doing what school - of do it , well not see b onl y : others y that of nurses , they is a public , who but mismanaged of benefactor mothers . . Her and Gfo
neglected the children , of an emp we loyer , bring * up their own with care and attention ? No such thing . The slovenly habits with acquired less time as a and nursery with
maidwith fewer facilities for proper management , limited death , to means their , own become children worse . and In the worse damp , and sunless result area in misery of many , end disease a to London week , and
lod that end g , ing to while -house str its , mother sits the many drivels smell an unhappy of through its garments infant her household almost is sickening from dutie week s contracting , filth ' s y , so sickl filthy ' s
health and a habits anger for lifeall through the carelessness of Master ; Harry or Miss y who Adelaide adds ' s to former her other nursemaid inefficiencies , . It is that here of , too being , the unable future to nursemaid drag about is trained a heavy ,
bab We y want , far less mothers to allow more him than to nurses indulge ; in and the till infantile the favored frolics women of sprightliness of Eng- .
land , whose wifely and motherly duties fall on them so lightly , devote at p least leasing as many as well hours as a to more the profitable nursery as task to to the walk dressing out with -room their , think children it a more and calls
idleness nursemaids on a sofa are , yawning , the than bane to over go of throug a the novel women h , a that series of want our of will joy wealth less not y morning be classes supplied ; can . Luxury , we or wonder lounge and It be but
that self-indulgence and sloth prevail in the lower ? may a poor
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Dec. 1, 1858, page 283, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01121858/page/67/
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