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OUR . FRENCH CORRESPONDENT. 269
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» Paris, November, 1862. Iw A Late Numbe...
by a sentiment of Christian charity , could act individually by selecting from among the women whom they might be called on
to assist , some one or more as members of a societe cle secours mutuels . The proposal was warmly receivedand a committee formed on
, whom it should devolve to draw up the necessary rules as soon as the authorities should agree that they would allow ladies who
might desire it , to transfer the benefits of their subscriptions to women of indigent circumstances . It was then ordained that
' each year all the members of the committee should assemble and give an account of the number of persons each had relieved
and the number of members she had enrolled . Some rules were also , framed respecting the inquiries to be made concerning the character ,
age , and general antecedents of the women who might apply for relief . M . Simon recommended that each member should abstain
from making for any protegee more than a year ' s engagement , and , as a general rulenot continue a subscription in her favour beyond
, that period . Bat as cases of extreme necessity would be almost certain to occur , which would render a departure from such a course
desirable , he also said that it would be well for the associates to confine themselves to protesting against an abuse of charity which
would be likely to defeat the end they had in view , of ineulca-• ¦ each ting habits member of should foresight also in do the wh working at she could classes to . find It was emp agreed loyment that for
, iher protegee , from which the latter would be able to refund to the _; society the subscriptions made in her favour .
But the ladies who engaged in this good work also made a rule which has virtually made their society impracticable . They
resolved to exclude from its benefits , every woman having an illegitimate child . With the knowledge of the great frequency
of infanticide in France and of child desertions , such a measure seems ill judged and is tantamount to excluding nearly all who
require relief . This is a hard saying , but it is borrowed from those who opposed this clause , and who , by their researches into the
condition of the working classes here , have become authorities on all which concerns them . The author of the " Ouvriere " opposed such
a stringent measure ; and another person who has written a famous work on pauperism , thinks that a society such as the one now
spoken of , should not inquire into the antecedents of any one applying to it for reliefbeyond those contained in a certificate
, . stating the amount of wages she receives from her employer , and
' . "whether she is or is not a person of industrious habits . E . J .
Our . French Correspondent. 269
OUR . FRENCH CORRESPONDENT . 269
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Dec. 1, 1862, page 269, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01121862/page/53/
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