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VALLØ.
Chap. LVI.
countesses, and before the wives of counts’ eldest sons.
Those of Vemmetofte, however, rank only in the third
class, along with the adjutant-generals and justices of
the West India islands. Of these foundations there exist
in the kingdom of Denmark, for unmarried ladies of
birth, some twelve or thirteen, independent of others too
numerous to mention for widows or maidens of a lower
rank of life; many, indeed most, of these have been
established from the economies of some dowager queen.
In England such establishments would be scarcely
possible ; people are too apt to care only for the
sufferings of the lower classes, forgetful that those who have
been reared in plenty and luxury are often more to be
pitied in the time of adversity than those who have
struggled against want from their youth upwards:
added to this, there is a tendency with us to debase
and degrade all our charities. How few foundations
can be found in England, after a lapse of years,
conducted according to the wishes of the founder!
Establish an almshouse for the benefit of poor
housekeepers—not people who have possessed houses of
their own, but the old women who keep the keys and
lock up the tea and sugar—why, before ten years have
run by it will be swamped by dilapidated charwomen.
No; establishments of this kind would never be popular
in England, there would be a radical outcry against
them: here, in Denmark, they are looked up to and
respected ; and why ? simply because the population
is not over-abundant, and all classes are here amply
cared for.
It is a fine old building, Vallø, flanked by two lofty
towers, one square, the other round; brick, encircled
with stone medallions; its fine old gateway, rich in
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