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A SEASON WITH THE DRESSMAKERS. 275
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Into On My Other Retirement Housesi From...
but daug need hters y of parents half-pay , who officers were ? wholl poor y clergymen unable to , their and help respectable or defend
themso that they were entirely dependant on employers . speedil Such _, is y often to swell the the utter banker helplessness ' s account of , this or fill class the , into who cash , their the boxes more of
their coffins prin . Startling cipals , are indeed fast would working be the themselves figures , could the publi own c but know the number of those who sink year by year into their
graves from this over-work , and close confinement in a stifled atmosp Englan here d . is rich in its machinery for almost every description bestowed
of labour , and what an immense amount of care is on is this spared machin to ery keep to keep the metal it in good brihtl working polished * order and ! No free expense from
rust how ; immediatel if the smallest and wheel carefull or p it ivot g must receives y be rectified any sli ; g but ht inju how ry is , y y
it with that poor unfortunate piece of living machinery , so millin necessary er—th for e dressmaker the adornment ? What them of is our from the ladies trouble rust ? of taken fashion ! to — Their keep the
purchase emp them loyers in order and do — not so to do have preserve not to consider lay out themselves several pounds boun None d in to their keep
the them emp in loyer good , engages working them order ; . and No so ! they long seek as hum emp an loyment to nature , and can
hold outthey must work their fingers to the bone aggrandize that , employer ' s wealth toil . But when what heal th th ? and Wh strength then
they are gone must , and give th up ey , can receive the no miserabl longer , e pittance en that may y be ft due for their labourandleaving the establishment , make room
for probabl a new y ere , bri four ght , seasons shining , , p have iece passed of machinery , is also in become their place worn , who out ,
with doing Ladies hard I Let of work it Eng , be rusty land , and then to unfit watch , let for me over use entreat and . car you e for to these be up most and
the valuable noblest specimens work yours of of God machinery ' s creation —if — I may woman use ! such but woman a term for in
themselves her most hel but pless you can and hel dependan p themcan t state protect . Th them ey cannot . Take hel the p
matter into , your desire own hands to retain , firml , y and patronage decidedly to compel treat those your
in m modistes ere thei machines r , emp if they loy of as the human most b valu eings your eless , as descri Christian tion , s . , and Discharge not as p
your that our dressmaker Queen does ' s bills , viz . with , every the three sam months e regard ; for to by punctuality this you but ,
will be abl not e to onl dictat y effect e a considerable own terms saving since in when your unfettered incomes , by your
heavy and long-standing accounts , you , will feel free to patronize
A Season With The Dressmakers. 275
A SEASON WITH THE DRESSMAKERS . 275
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Dec. 1, 1863, page 275, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01121863/page/59/
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