Elizabeth Fry by Mrs. E. R. Pitman
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2. That the women be engaged in needlework, knitting, or any other suitable employment. 3. That there be no begging, swearing, gaming, card-playing, quarrelling, or universal conversation. That all novels, plays, and other improper books be excluded; that all bad words be avoided, and any default in these particulars be reported to the matron. 4. That there be a good yard-keeper, chosen from among the women, to inform them when their friends come; to see that they leave their work with a monitor when they go to the grating, and that they do not spend any time there except with their friends. If any woman be found disobedient in these respects, the yard-keeper is to report the case to the matron. 5. That the women be divided into classes of not more than twelve, and that a monitor be appointed to each class. 6. That the monitors be chosen from among the most orderly of the women that can read, to superintend the work and conduct of the others. 7. That the monitors not only overlook the women in their own classes, but, if they observe any others disobeying the rules, that they inform the monitor of the class to which such persons may belong, who is immediately to report them to the matron, and the deviations be set down on a slate. 8. That any monitor breaking the rules shall be dismissed from her office, and the most suitable in the class selected to take her place. |
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