1O4 THE WORLD'S WORKERS. 



Carpenter's love for the children never weaned. Mrs. 

 Nassau Senior once said, " What these girls needed 

 was ' mothering;' " and it was 'mothering' which Mary 

 Carpenter tried to give them. On certain nights she 

 used to go round to them after they were in bed, talk 

 to them quietly, and kiss them before she left them 

 a beautiful motherly act. Yet she never allowed her 

 sympathy to run to waste, and to degenerate into 

 weak sentiment. She was quite aware of the 

 children's faults, and she was never taken in by pro- 

 testations of affection or sham promises of amend- 

 ment. When they fell back into sin she mourned 

 over them with intensest grief. 



Mrs. Hind, of Dartmouth Park Hill, a lady who 

 worked under Miss Carpenter for some time, has 

 kindly furnished a little descriptive sketch of this 

 noble lady at this time which is full of interest. 



Mrs. Hind says : " I worked under Miss Carpenter 

 in Bristol from 1852 to 1856, being one of a band of 

 young people who were attracted by her influence 

 and fired by her example. We loved as well as 

 respected her, and in my own case the feeling enter- 

 tained was one almost of reverence ; for from child- 

 hood the name of Carpenter was to me one of good 

 repute indeed, in the highest sense. 



" I think, however, we all stood in a little awe of 

 her ; but so did not the street arabs for whom she 

 worked. Of them, indeed, one might say they loved 

 her because she first loved them ; and I have seen 



