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    356 PASSING J&VENTS.

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    Iu.—PASSING EVENTS.

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    ¦•»¦ The news from India received throug...

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    Suxnerous Never In Ma This Held .Dam Enl...

    never washed , because ' sure they always got dirty again , and it made ' _enrsore . * Therefore they if it would had not have been been for worse certain than ablution they were s in the thoug wash h it - is tub difficult , we may to

    imag suppose ine such a possibility , since I never saw them , anything but black . They were covered with cuts which must have been very painful , but which she seemed to consider a matter of course . On Sundays she went to mass

    saw before her breakfast on these , occasions as that was and the have only strong time she doubts could whether be spared even . such I never an event -had any beneficial effect , on her personal appearanceas she always

    looked as dirty as ever when next I met her . , eventuall Mary had y compelled a violent her coug to h , give and up suffered work . terribl Of course y with there rheumatism was no room , which for

    where her to be she nursed would at remain a lodg until ing house her health , and so being she went restored away by to partial a cheap rest lodging and , the benign influence of returning summer , she would again creep forth to

    of seek lod a ging place houses . Probabl with y one few servant mistresses , yet who in viewing read these the position pages will of a be maid keex - _3 of ers - all-work in such a situation , we may receive a fresh impetus to our

    philanthrop We ic schemes likewise for look the at amelioration homeand of ask the do condition we treat of our this servants class of as women intel- . ligent may human beings ? Do we g , ive them the opportunity of improving their

    minds ? Do we lighten their toil with occasional recreation ? In most houses a servant is not allowed to step over the threshold without her mistress's _permission mured within , do we the remember four wall how s of it a must kitchen chafe from a young Sunday girl to ' s Sunday spirit to especiall be thus im if

    -, y there are " no followers allowed ? " And do we permit the occasional relaxation of a walk in the country or a visit to a friend whenever it is possible ? Also where a limited number of domestics are keptdo we endeavor to save

    them trouble in the trifles of every-day life ; those , hundreds of little outlets for a loving spirit to peep forth ? In some families , children and young people are allowed to behave in the

    most tyrannical manner to the dependents , subjecting them to much annoyance and increasing their work a hundredfold . If what I have written may be the means of making but one such person pause , and remember that

    we are all , however insignificant , members of one great Christian family , I shall not have written in vain ; and a general result of such forbearance wouldI am convincedbe greater confidence between mistress and servant

    more faithful , service on , the one side and more domestic comfort on the other . ,

    A . B .

    356 Passing J&Vents.

    356 PASSING J & VENTS .

    Iu.—Passing Events.

    Iu . —PASSING EVENTS .

    ¦•»¦ The News From India Received Throug...

    _¦•»¦ The news fIndireceived through the month has been of most

    rom a a favorable out India kind and _^ . The of Q , ueen the rebel ' s proclamation leaders had gave availed general themselves satisfaction at once throug of the hmany

    grace an alleg offered iance , b said y surrendering to be better forts comprehended and arms , and as returning paid to to a their great alleg soverei iance ;

    gn , disastrous than to a company insurrection of prince is at an merchants end , and . that "We the may new now government fairly hope that profiting this

    by the mistakes and failures of the oldwill know how to attach to itself a _people whom there is reason to think , have been as much " sinned against

    as sinning * " . -

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Jan. 1, 1859, page 356, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01011859/page/68/