Eighteenth Century Waifs: Waifs

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Eighteenth Century Waifs: Waifs
John Ashton
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275 operation of several gentlemen, established in Lon- don in 1758, in Great Prescott Street, Goodman's Fields (the site of -which is now, or used to be, called Magdalen Row).
Many more bopks and pamphlets on the above subjects, the Foundling Hospital, the Marine and Stepney Societies, the Encouragement of British Troops, etc., occupied his leisure until 1760, when he took in hand the social question of giving fees, or vaih, to servants, and wrote two pamphlets on the subject. In one of them a
...re some very humorous stories of this absurd custom, one, especially, which from its raciness has become somewhat hackneyed.' * It is a more humorous Story they tell of after he had dined with — ^. The Servants with assiduous duty had taken the best care of his friend^s Haty Sword, Cane, Cloaky and among the rest his Gloves also.
When he came to demand them, every Servant, with the most submissive respect, brought his part of the Old Gentleman's personal furniture, and so many Shillings were distributed with his usual liberality ; but, as he was going away without his Gloves, one of the Servants reminded him of it, to which he an- swered, " No mattery friend, you may keep the Gloves, they are not worth a Shilling.** ' Hanway tried to do away with this social tax, which, however, remains to this day.


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