The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1853-09-10
Employment of women IN PANS.

Employment of Women III PANS.
! The following description Of the emplo, menis
of women in Paris, occss il the last number Of
those chatping sketches running through tie
Sunday Times entitled 'pAris-A, all Evurs.'-
It is pr.po. of the Louvre:
| Well, We haveh ho time for Ire pictures. Who
would look at iaauima,e canvass whom there are
pretty face. beamine with intelligence and life
large bright clea hooking up So becomrgly. and
delicate white bands tracing SO beautifully and
so patiently the masterpieces on the walls
| Paris is the paradise Of Women,' s,,s the rro
verb; but If it is--and We do not deny ia
w0mgns paradise DO not consist IN idlrress i.r
/ IN 10 other country does womep fnd 60 much
orcupatlsn or share 90 much IL the tolls ~ lie
which produce dependence. Now, ung of tue
iavorite resourcps Of the ndus'rioue j. tho art Of
drawing and painting. Glr. are regularly edu-
Gated for artists in France. They have a hap.
| py knack Of learning to draw before they learn
To paint, unlike sopio ouun,ries whcr. the brush
precsdes tie pcncil) aud there ara many very
distinguished painter. nm0ngst these female al.
| lists. The patronage the Catholic church ex.
tends to the arts ensures foil occupatiun to oil
ioi from TIE highest metropolitan cathedral to
the humbIe-t village chapel, copies Of the Hre1t
pictures OF saints and scrpturai subjects are per.
petraily beng ordered. See how m,uy Of these
TAR artists are here, particularly before the
pantheon Of the Italian school Young. more
under than over twenty--so neatly dressed. ~,
a stain on the white mar chette. ur on the simple
muslin dress-so grave 50 silent so intcnt--nu
gosspng or gigglins-so AFFORDED they never
turn from thtr work to Idle after visitors
Thee girls belong ~ their education, to the
7 higher middle classes of life They are daggG.
tiers of government employees with small saa
rles, OF proirssionrl meu often of artist--for
talent u frequently herid,tsry. Their ability will
not. irighen away suitof. end, rs Il vic the
young girl will probably Cont.nce to minister to
the luxuries Of her home ii not to its necsssitirs
There IS nothing masculine in any Of these wo
nsn who have nos scOrued 20 make Use Of the
intellectual faculties Heaven has distributed IN
equal portions to the male and female. They are
modest, graceful, cheerful; nay, very women
fond OF dress and arnusement rs though at the
same time they were useless. In every count.
ing house tie vile or daughter Keeps fhe books
ana the cotfespnrden'e OF the old mefcaniIle
houses IN the hne de Ia FeIrerie. TIE Qua,
FoI,are has almost as many female enSraSsrs." en-
steel anu wood a. male All the eiTcGlatnW1-
pr"fies arc hrpi w women, ana most OF the
country post offices. The great booksellers and
publishers haze some female member Of their
lAm'ly VINO, courteous and Smiling, Will give You
intelligent Inflammation rs to any rare editions of
o'" VI he" YORK. slch "' 10 SLriS 'Sh"tant c!rIk
"o"'a ever r"uchSnie 10 do; aud me great PRINT
ing establishments when pfHts the Journa! dee
Deoai' belong. to aud Is Gnier the personal sa.
2eIlHiehdsLt 1l woman. Mat lie AorpIaHd.
woman :" ffasee, Is the heip meat, tff com
panIon The friend, swell a. the wife; and tao
II Is inc Iash'"o TO laugh AZ french domestic l"b