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open council. 283
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*..(As these pages are intended for general discussion, the Editors do not hold themselves responsible for the opinions expressed.) LJ.—OPEN COUNCIL.
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To the Editors of the MnglishWomart s Jo...
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"I ¦* The Domestic Mission. 1. The B Mis...
* their Difficulties / ' occasioned by the late disastrous strike . _Smgii-. larllucid in arrangementthe style is at once plain and forcible ,
setting y forth in the clearest , light the mischief of trade unions , with all their wretched adjuncts . The subject of strikes is ably discussed .
The book is adapted to skilled mechanics . It ends with this pithy ,. sentence :-
—- would " Our rather advice to young _fc Strike unmarried for wives w nien ho , then coo , is k not exactl dinner y patience and se . w We on
say , your , your buttons , and never give in till you get them . ' "
( To be continue _^ .. )
Open Council. 283
open council . 283
*..(As These Pages Are Intended For General Discussion, The Editors Do Not Hold Themselves Responsible For The Opinions Expressed.) Lj.—Open Council.
LJ . —OPEN COUNCIL . * .. ( As these pages themselves are intended responsibl for general e for the discussion opinions , expressed the Editors . ) do not hold
To The Editors Of The Mnglishwomart S Jo...
To the Editors of the _MnglishWomart _s Journal . LADIES Permit , me to add what little I know about plans for village nursing in
support ment of of ladies your att correspondent endinthe sic " k Q . 's " kindl has been y and alread wise project tried b . The a sisterhood experig py y nurse of the those Church in their of Eng own land village , at E but ast they Grin will stead also , Sussex on the . shortest _! N " ot only do ice the set y
off to any part of the kingdom . , , , society I passed who an is evening sister to l atel ab y le in L company ondon h with ysician the . She Mother told Superior me much of about this
, p the from of the work . They same which food live , in the sleep the ladies cotta in the g do es worst — of work the room p which oor , and whil are ordinary e attend often , nurses in ing cases on t would h of em infectious , j > shrink artake
fever It , is the evident only ones that this willin is g all to done wash as th a labor family of ' s linen reliious and love scrub and the I floor . g , suppose no without lower belong motive ing woul to d influence a sisterhood the workers and without -whom " subjecting Q . " wishes themselves to enlist ; but to
such painful privations and fearful risks , as these devoted women are doing , liave why cannot an interest a similar in it— work either be working as effectuall themselves y done in or each finding village the b means y those to who let
others work ? power We all of ob know taining that it the . Onl poor y this stand summer in need , whilst of good I was nursing on a visit without at W any ,
just three they escaped were young tended from persons death b in the . one It grandmother house was harvest died of , who typ and h was u o s fever nearl e w , ould and ei their go hty near father them onl , she so y
did her best , poor creature y , but one of , her remedies , as y she g told years me ; , was had " ginger there pop been . " in Probabl this village y some what or all I _hojDe of these still lives to see mi there ght hav an e infirmary been saved and
a skilled nurse . , , simp . Let le no one one and smile need at not the necessaril word ; for be the expensive plan which Two I hav adj e in oining view cottages is a very
y . , well each containing drained , and two properl rooms y , would ventilated suffice , and in have small a parishes door opening —they into should each be .
< . Jitted other . with In presses one would containing be the linen "bedroom and medicines and parlor ; in of the the other nurse the , the kitchen latter , ,
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Dec. 1, 1861, page 283, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01121861/page/67/
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