Show jean ingelow Ing elow clow the following letter ietter from jean ingelow tours to mrs lucs lucy stone of boston wll be read with interest libeau dear madam I 1 have been long in tilo the habit babit of receiving rec elving from america your interesting pa paper c etho ethe the ians journal and as td lao iao 0 not know who is the kind and courteous donor I 1 hope I 1 may convey my t thanks hanka through you as one of the editors III uil 1 I am glad of the inform information a tion I 1 derie derive from the J journal but I 1 haxe have not found time hitherto to give the whole subject of rights such an amount of study as to make inake it wise to utter my ni crude thoughts ros res respecting ref f spec te ting them thenn other things appear to be bo given to me todo to do and I 1 take them up W the tio exclusion of what lies lles beyond you have I 1 venture to think thia more more moro than one problem to workout in america on which ina lna in a great degree e depends the tiie wel welfare wei welfare faro fare of women vo tn ru one of these I 1 take taken a keen in interest inh int rest alid and I 1 hope to see sea you settle it for yourselves and for us I 1 want ts you oli oll to discover how huir domestic work is to 0 be combined with high culture e so long as household work is thought degrading and nowhere is this eo much the case eme as in america americal cay cal there thero can never be anything like universal education there must always bo be some me who can work all their ilves ilven becalm others will ill fil not at all if it is to be one of tiro tilo great thing th luy lup that you americans anie anle I 1 believe evo eve are aro raided up nor for to tench teach world world how bow this ibis as istone tobo done but the teach teachers erspan can never be those who wiio are poor they must be those who are not obliged to work at atall nil all how ollow to ib make clear At arching starching and ironing graceful and pretty oc cupa tlona and fadell aiu fiu ch they thought b by our groat great great reit grand mother rf how to keen a house clean and to assist even in a kitchen without the least muke kate of being lowered or the slightest personal dete might surely be managed if women aavo their minds to atif more delicate machinery was invented for helping them and nadir if it could even bo be made nindo tho the Y fashion aloff for foi all women young or old to pride pridu themselves on their domestic skill 1 I hope hopey if yott ch can cau you will convey my thanks to the lady who se send n ap apeland erand will bellevo that I 1 talib tako a d deep gep interest in everything which so sincerely aims at your good PI 1 am dear madam very truly yours I 1 JEAN INGELOW i victor hugos hubof 1 13 son eon on haa liar written a life or tr |