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    18 A SEASON WITH THE DBESSMAKERS.

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    Chapter Ii. Than I Know When Not A A Mor...

    itself Association , asking for them the to present peruse year it , and . the then read that the the report letters of the of Dressmakers First ¦ hand ' _ 4

    are Mrs exaggerated . Stowe , in , herself impressing gives upon stress a most satisfactory public the fi account two si of these a' that establish - - '

    obtained ments ; and from also the lays princi great pals , promising upon amendment fty- in the gnatures hours of labour were 1 . Nowthe report of the last -meeting , as advertized , irr the ' Timesin

    itself the violation contradi , of cts the Mrs . led Stowe ' s iven assertions bthese and princi ' regrets pals to as hav their e to young acknowled peop ge le

    pge gy , have The been great frequentl reform y of found which working MrsStowe 14 , 15 , speaks and 16 has hours not a taken day . ' place in any

    . labour point but and one . certainl , and that y that one is I g one ladly great pronounce step in as the the desired abolition reformation of Sunday .

    Much good , peop , very le much , who however are anxious , remains to to be likel be * up done and to ; and have doing I know ; ' but of the p influence hilanthrop flattering in ic

    accounts checking to make their in Sunny exertions known Memories the , unless error ' you and are will I venture len y d me to the hope aid a that of great your such all an -powerful appeal

    organ will not , be made in vain . , petition In conclusion to bear the 1 may names add of , that all p assistants lans are in now millinery under consideration and dressmaking for a

    _establishmentswith the idea of its being presented to parliament early next session 68 , New . Bond , Street , August I am , sir 28 , th your , 1854 obedient . servant Jan , e D . Le Plastrieb .

    as In all this who letter read I this allude work to fifty- not two remember _signatures all obtained the circum ; but - may

    stances hours , I may it state , that aft t ed t t hat publici the t rinci y I had g iven these to

    houses " late should , " be called was upon sugges to sign a pledge p that their s young should t in future work than 12 hoursThese

    peop establishm 4 i papers le " en were ts no b according humane ly taken lad more ies roun of d our to aristocracy all the . large , and y many

    losin 52 of patronage the propriet but ors perhaps were induced scarcely to even sign the them " two for " fear out of of

    the led " g fifty for -two it " was ; with quickl any ascer sincere tained intention that all of were keep working ing the

    pge ; usual . Hence the y failure of the reform which Mrs . on Stowe as imagined had really taken place . I will here quote a

    the short 18 paragrap th of May h of 1854 a letter which tten a p y peared a person in t w he holl u Times unknown , "

    justl to me y , desirous but who to , , corrobora bein , able te my to speak former from asser _" tions facts . , " This was

    correspondent saysmoment " And busil yet , sir , would loyed you in making believe a it dress , these for _< white Mrs . Beecher slaves are Stowe at this the

    y emp , lad ch a few amp y to questions ion take of a the peep to ' black those into the slaves who cabin are ' of where emp America loyed her ? in dress making I wish is now you it b , eing and would tell made you ask , to wh that put at she is

    she thinks of the system patronizing . " ive So in say full s this because corresponden it is brief t , but and the from letter one of of another the opposite I shall

    g , ,

    18 A Season With The Dbessmakers.

    18 A SEASON WITH THE DBESSMAKERS .

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1863, page 18, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091863/page/18/