Romantic days in old Boston; the story of the city and of its people during the nineteenth century . culti-vated gentlemen from Concord hanging out themornings washing. Yet that was not inap-propriate work in rough weather for a women seldom participated in outdoorwork, though I remember that, on one or moreoccasions when help in that direction was im-peratively needed, half a dozen of our youngwomen did very active work in the hay several of the groups, notably the waitinggroups, the young men and women were aboutequally divided. Charles A. Dana was at onetime head waiter. Af
Romantic days in old Boston; the story of the city and of its people during the nineteenth century . culti-vated gentlemen from Concord hanging out themornings washing. Yet that was not inap-propriate work in rough weather for a women seldom participated in outdoorwork, though I remember that, on one or moreoccasions when help in that direction was im-peratively needed, half a dozen of our youngwomen did very active work in the hay several of the groups, notably the waitinggroups, the young men and women were aboutequally divided. Charles A. Dana was at onetime head waiter. After washing for threehours every Monday morning Mrs. Ripleywould have her classes at the school in theafternoon. Ah! but she was a rare and lovelysoul. Rare! indeed. Too much emphasis canscarcely be laid, in writing about Brook Farm,upon the exquisite quality of this woman whoupheld the hands and sustained the courage ofthe founder of the enterprise. Granddaughterof Chief Justice Dana, our first minister toRussia, she had been a teacher, — when Ripleycame to love her, — in a boarding and day.
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