the Poor in Bavaria. 315 



Any relief which it is possible to afford to distress 

 that appears under this respectable and most interest- 

 ing form ought surely never to be withheld. But the 

 greatest care and precaution are necessary . in giving 

 assistance to those who have been rendered irritable 

 and suspicious by misfortunes, and who have too much 

 honest pride not to feel themselves degraded by ac- 

 cepting an obligation they never can hope to repay. 



The establishment of the House of Industry at Mu- 

 nich has been a means of affording very essential relief 

 to many distressed families, and single persons in indi- 

 gent circumstances, who otherwise, most probably, never 

 would have received any assistance. Many persons of 

 distinguished birth, and particularly widows and unmar- 

 ried ladies with very small fortunes, frequently send 

 privately to this house for raw materials, flax or wool, 

 which they spin and return in yarn, linen for soldiers' 

 shirts which they make up, etc., and receive in money 

 (commonly through the hands of a maid-servant, who 

 is employed as a messenger upon these occasions) the 

 amount of the wages at the ordinary price paid by the 

 manufactory for the labour performed. 



Many a common soldier in the Elector's service 

 wears shirts made up privately by the delicate hands of 

 persons who were never seen publicly to be employed 

 in such coarse work ; and many a comfortable meal has- 

 been made in the town of Munich, in private, by per- 

 sons accustomed to more sumptuous fare, upon the soup 

 destined for the poor, and furnished gratis from the 

 public kitchen of the House of Industry. Many others 

 who stand in need of assistance will in time, I hope, get 

 the better of their pride, and avail themselves of these 

 advantages. 



