Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-11-03

f"NtS =" SVM iofk = spe abtng cot. NJ
on the sueec, ol Wages paid 60 females I'm
that city. According TO sale of mics
published in the Hersid females rSsei,f.
Three cents iOr mixing plain larasol or In,
brclia, i've ocnis EOS a cori,d umbnlla. aud
lind the thread" oni manufacturer who
advcr'i.cs for 90 girs offers those as.thc be-,
otPsicrs. Another manufacturer undertake
to 'Hdicaie 1.-The ,rodg'' .of oppression. by
Saying l!~the pays ivr 'passois. iromi 3 ,o II
cents aud too umbril.s lrom 4 to IL cents. -
Inc Journal to which Ne gllale slys hat The
g'r's pa ~ ior boarl. aud therefore that each
oi ii'e'cSnvst make sixty seven parasols in 81.
days. klevea daily, to pay for ioul alone:anlI
mt H-hcr clothing cost one dollar wrekly.shc
must make thirty ihree parasols weekly TO pay
'Yr 'h's clothing. \ girl must be rather scan
III! glad ior iiity-,mo dollars annually. Then
itsle must make one hundred parlsols week
", or i6 parasols daily. Tor lnen, food and
scaniy cloIhins. what il her provision ue,inst
accidents, or against the sickness to which
such priratioUs and severe labor expos her.
She urust work during the nj .ht, after having
ioiled excessively during the day. To pay E.r
the Pisincsi iood and the sconiiest clothing.
she musi make five thousand Two hundred
parasols IN year.
We readily admit that al that is sail in lie
above may h, true, and we know, that inucii
has been said in all the cities oil the Union
about the low wages paid to females. ia their
sewing Tor thc slop shops aud stores Wese
these pubiisa ions going To hclp the matter al
all. ave should have no objections to aiding
| thcu; but il X an evil that neither the pres,
| nor associations can reach. The samc Thug
hos been talked about here, and meetings have
been held, and societicS formed Tor the relief
oi tIc poor scamstrss. We confess we arc
charitable enough TO think this matter all a
humb1'g. In this country there is no more
occasion for the scamstr,SS TO suffer Than for
bale an'shear,y s'oae inasoa. II they do they
have their own perversencss To blame for it.
We take plain common sense view OF the
matter. There are certainly iG-ihis city some
hundred families who-arc ia want OF girls Ia
do house work, arc ciCh,s entirely ontor com
PEELED To take those they have no faith in,
and put up with their extravaganza. sloih,
vice aud impudence, or be without. In
these families Que huudrcd or more of thuse
who now are dependent upon the precarious
means oi subsistence Of which they complain.
might find comfortable homes. Iiyht worl
ieisure hours, the best TO eat the market al.
for'is, and get BESIDES their board from dol
iar ,o a dollar and halt week, ont of which,
they can save from Their clothiug % or 80 doiS>
lars year; yet they will not take these places.
Why iTom lancied want at Responsibility
Fudge one honest busin, IS is as respectable
as another All depends upon the pcrson
who follows a. II the gid in the kitchen /,
worthy, honest, saving aud industrious She Is
lnvolmtarIly as Vuch respected az any one.
~ more praised than III any other situation in
lite. and truly more cdsnfSslable ,hau ia most.
III is true there are some who are 80 sitna.
ted, having families OF chIjrcn, thai they can.
not do this; bat iiihos would d. 80 who have
none. young girls ia that situation in life that
would justify 1.-THE Number Of those who.seek
employment at Sewiag would b. So matrrial-
~ diminished that they might. demand their
own prices and live comfortably instead OF
Suffering a. they do now. IS,l thos, who ore
capable at dong what wa suggest, throw
side their foolish prcjudiccs, step into the
situations proposed, with fixed dctcrnin.
alton To make tbat slustion respectable b,
their own conduct and our wont for il. they
will soon find that the brislocracy of position
Is broken down, aud true social republican
ism established.
However much conyentionalism may strue
gle against it, Utsrit IS aud always must b,
Inc scale by which our respect is measured.
We strive TO rise in position, we strive 10
better our condition. This is oil right ba,
when The body is fed and clothed, the conduct
forms the only ladder by which we eau rise
Let Il h borne in mind that some who have
begun GU the lower round, az il Is deemed
have ended on the highest.
We may be wrong, but we think il il
quite as pleasant aud respectable Tor a
girl 10 do her duty in the Kitchen a. 10 snf;sr
the expressions iucidrut 10 business that is
oveTdOne.