WORK FOR EDUCATED WOMEN.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.")
Sin,—May I venture to suggest, to gentlewomen in quest of occu- pation, work in the wards of asylums for the insane? They would find there a sphere of duty in which good-breeding and refinement would exercise beneficial influence.
As domestic service has been proposed as one of the occupations which a lady need not be humiliated in accepting, 1 aniline that there are those to whom an opportunity of securing honourable maintenance, even in life's lower walks, would compensate for some uncongenial incidents in their work. Such, no doubt, there would be to a lady who might undertake the duties of an asylum nurse. But there are also advantages in the position. The salary gradually rises to a certain point. The tenure of the employment is less uncertain than in domestic service ; education would facilitate promotion. The hours of work are fixed. There are days of leave, and an annual holiday. The male and female attendants are separated. And there would be great opportunities of working for the Church's good, and for the relief and comfort of a sorely afflicted class of sufferers. I should be willing to afford any information on this subject in my power.—I am, Sir, &c.,
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