Some light into the mystery of Grecian bends has been thrown by a factory girl's letter to the Melbourne Age. blie says " Messrs. lieatb, Schies3 and Co. s say they cannot earn he money they are said to without takinc work home and working four or live hours when they get there, sometimes more; and some of the machinists to earn anything like wages are obliged to do the same. As regards some oi the factory girls being ablo to earn £2 per week without taking work home, they cannot do it, But let their employers stand at the door or anywhere they like, and turn up the girls' panniers or dresses, and see what their Grecian bends are composed of—coats, vests, or trousers whatever vocation they may follow—perhaps they will then know whether the hands take home work or not.'' Oh! I'ie I llolloway's Pills and Ointment. I —'ilia most effectual Curo for Gout and llhciiinatism.—A frequent cause of these complaints is tlio iiidaimnatcii-y stato of tlio blood, which us'ially attends bad digestion, produces lassitude with great debility, mid indicates the want of a proper circulation of that lluid, which with its impurity superinduced greatly aggravates these disorders. Jlolloway's l'ilis uro of so purifying a nature, that a few doses taken in timo are an clfcctual preventive against gut and rheumatism, but whoever may have an attack of either should uso llolloway's Ointment also, tlio searching properties of which, combined with the eifects of the L'ilU, ensure a certain euro. ') he Ointment should at least twice a day, bo thoroughly rubbed into the parts affected, after they have been sufficiently fomented with warm water to open tho pores, and thereby facLitato tliq introdugtlon 'pf the Ointment to the glands,
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Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1848, 3 September 1874, Page 3
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290Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1848, 3 September 1874, Page 3
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