Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-12-04

girl rich and happy experience. A
those houses where genius and f4shior
most did congregate, she constantly me
the men and women most famous in poll
tics, literature, and art. Lord Lansdowne
the grandfather of the present man, is re
membrred as the clever and generou,
friend OF the LacrateureS of the time, anC
also as an aristocratic radical and an en-
tertainer of radicals. At MS house, Mis-:
Faithful, young women of decided opin.
o1s, still In her educational leading
strings, was known as the little blue Tory
Her eyes aud ears we're not less acute than
those of another Of her hosts, Nassau Sen
lor, whose propensity for drawn out his
visitors and journaliziDg the results, gave
him the title Of :" the recording angel of his
circle ;" and one of her lectures proves
that she has quite as entertaining, though
more merciful, mode Of recalling her i'm
pressions. Her leisure she filled with the
writing OF grave political articles and re-
views for the newspapers. These were, of
course, published anonymously; for at
that time it was not the fashion for women
OF good family and conservative training
TO be known as writers for the public
prints. Casual literary work done for the
4 EngllShlr0Hzan'S Journal led to an ac-
I qualntance with its editor, Miss Park es,
aud with the group of progressive thinkers
who were specially interested in it. These
! formed a small sub-society of the British
Social Science Association, and occupied
/ themselves much with the discussion Of
woman's needs. Miss Faithful began to
study deeply upon the subject and.her de-
sire to do a practical work for her sex
soon became absorbing. Her friends, Lord
Brougham and Lord Snaftesbury, as mem
bers of the society, regularly came to its
discussions, and encouraged the young lady,
who was gradually forgetting that ven
erabIe Phlllstine commandment which says,
"T.ou shalt not leave thy drawing room
and bother thyseIf about the lower
classes"
At one Of these meetings Lord Broucham
fixed her, not with his gIlttering eye, but
with his curiousIy sharp nose, which he
had peculiar way of pointing at people
and suddenly asked her to say something
about the subject which was becoming so
dear to her. She had not time to feel the
fright Of a deJutaHte, and it was thus that
she made her small maiden speech Her
proposal that something should be done
IN the way of the practical training Of
women for profession was eagerly wei
coined. and in 1860 she founded the VIC
toria Press, typographical establishment
IN which only women are employed as
compostCrs. 1t Is perfectly needless 10
say that this foundation was exceedingly
costly, and that Mss Faithful made 1t
successful only by dint of the most deter
mined struggles. The queen aided her by
an appointment as e. Printer and Publisher
10 Ordinary to Her Majesty" and the
establishment has now become as perma-
ueut as it is useful. la 1868 Mss Faithful
began The Victoria Magazine, which, while
10 advocates chiefly the industrial claims
Of women, has decided literary value
Sac is president Of several societies, is a
charming lecturer, an excellent and
indefatigabIe writer. and. with all this
hnds time TO consider the appea's OF count
ess needy women She has In London an
flee at which hundreds Of applications
for help in obtaining work Of some kind
are received every day. The imp0ssibility
Of satisfying even the half Of these SAD
petitioners, leads VI SIS Faithful to con
stantiy increasing Efforts to fud space for
women in the professions and handlcrafts
She has come tothis country partly to make
inquiries into the condition Of the women
and children employed in factories The
British Government, which has long re-
garded her asan authority on the subject
OF woman work, has recognized her mis-
sion in a semi-otiicial manner.
Mss F4ithfulI's excellent social position.
and the extreme moderation with which
she states her opinions, serve to place her
above the ridicuIe which is SO ayishly be-
slowed upon most advocates of woman's
rights" And In truth she does not es-
pecially care or struggle for the possession
Of the vote The great desire OF her use
full life is that women should have accurate
Industrial training, sufficient work, aud
just remuneration. With politics she has
little TO do. One reason for her eminent
success upon the platform is the perfection
with which she manages her sweet and /
powerful voice.
In person, Mss Faithful fulflls the |
traditional idea of the English woman /
She is tall and large Of figure, possesses a |
a well-shaped head, and face which ex-
presses cultivation, energy. and a generous |
nature. There is nothing masculine about
ler, unless it may be her hair which is cut
short, and Is very straight. She has clear
brown eyes, a merry and winning smile,
and the gentle and simple manners which
belong Of right to a woman Of good birth
thorough culture, and kind heart.-Hzr-
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