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    the lady's dilemma. - 399

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    e ( JN ~ oMa ' am / ' replied the little girl , " but I can crochet do ; And But , sisters all they elder do broderie irls can and work knitting I ' m sure borders ? " the too lad . " y said .

    " The " Well mother , Ma your ' am looked , they uneasil g can't y do , and _work rather , that to learn ' sho s fine ok besides , her girls head are : not — know taught it now ;

    At * ' But school needlework they have should so many surel things y take the yery foremost , you place ; . " must be

    To fail in thatever a woman ' s great disgrace . " And " Yes I , Ma an' ' t am value , , indeed , that things ' s very true children , 'tis what have been I ' ve always taught . thought ,

    I ' ve always sure c _. enoug kept h , my there many girls ' s many to scho my things ol , to which do a mother they can ' s and part say S , b heres y heart : They ' lessons in the Grammar rulesand Historyp

    ve , , , But A . nd still such I a ' m power never of quit learned e cont words ent about , I ' m thi fit s to education stop my , ears ;

    For They all get the , too girls proud get for too servant genteel ' s to work nil a but humble few will station learn : to cook

    _Ind at a place of all-work now , they ' re , quite too grand to look . , The ladies' object is not this , I ' m certain in the schools , about the rules

    _^ hich makes me think , there may be something -wrong . _Vlake 3 y my out experience a billand , I should write and say spell , a poor and man sew ' s ri child ght well should indeed read , ;

    should darn and , stitchwork button , -holesand make and mend , you see ; ) 3 f ut as to crochet the , that and , may other go thing to Jericho sare for useful , me . in their place

    3 at course then to fail maps in needlework , that is , a sore disgrace . " , "he mother east a wistful , her eldest there

    eye upon , V Vho flush wished passed a lad quickl y ' s- y maid o ' er her to be cheek , or else , a cloud a milliner was . on her brow : 1 from bad "

    Young girls , " she said , " were hard to keep companions now . lie lady still pursued the search ., and found , where ' er she went , .

    ' _. he t last power she to tried mak another e & finished house shir that t , a rare she had _accomplishment heard about , . jid ! ut when here , she she found told her a _" pressin hand " indeed , needshe , a seamstress learned with out great and out dismay ;

    hat needlework had been besp g oke for , many a coming day . , ut I can assure hands you would , Madam fail , to I * refuse do the it work with that regret I could , get .

    " ow many ladies do not work themselves , and poor folks do not learn , find it is not difficult my livelihood such to earn could .

    often wonder how it is , that a thing grow , f hat course only the Fancy gentry needlework please themsel should first ve in be s , in but fashion for a education humble now ; station ,

    o thi make nk th the at needle most of wo everything rk stands , and in women the neatest ' s way , , nd earn an honest shilling , too , against a rainy day . "

    lie ) b . e try lad hum the y left of school youthful the , seamstress submitted voices , there to and the the , with Grovernment glance many of a eager Inspection sage reflection eyes , ; ,

    nve [ er heart hopeful these swelled expectation with emotion gathering still , th , her at in they eyes a store were were for growing filled after with ye wise ars tears . ,

    > > fit see them for young the toils ones and cares of working women ' s lives , , _s skilful household servantsor as thrifty workmen ' s wives _.

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    The Lady's Dilemma. - 399

    the lady ' s dilemma . 399

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Feb. 1, 1860, page 399, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01021860/page/39/