The Woodville Republican, and Wilkinson advertiser., 1853-12-13
Printed entirely by Girls.

So say the editors Of the New York Day
Book in difference To their spicy, neat and er.
eellent paPeL We are sorry this Journal ai
ter supporting Pierce through the canvas has
seen it o. change about and become one Of
IL, 1i.cr Of the administration.
However, il was not about politics we sat
down 10 write; we are tired Of them and
would willingly let them rest a week or two.
No. we intend saying something Of this paper
whose type are all set by the delicate fingers
Of the fair, just think Of it, paper printed
by the hands Of woman. lovely woman 1t is
with peculiar pleasure we peruse this sheet,
from this very fact--we can imagine we see
those fairy digitals picking up the type, fly
ing from side To side of the case before them,
then we see the lovely creatures themselves,
and swear were we never to read but one
Newspaper, that one should be the one the
women folks had printed The Day Book is
model of neatness and skill in mechanical
execution, as we will prove to any one who
will take the trouble to call on us and ask us
for sight For some time this experiment
with female type settlers, has been making and
now its success is beyond dispute. As further
evidence Of the success Of the plan, the Day
Book extracts from the Pittsburg Dispatch of
which paper 20 editor taking the hint from
the said Day Book, tried it himself and thus
discoulses as to the result:
YESTERDAY was the l7th--and two months
have elapsed since the Typographical Union
Of our city have decided thatits members
should no longer work at the prices agreed
upon between them and the employers-and
we were by "strike," compelled to get out
a daily as best we could.
Two months ago, eight young women, who
had never before been inside printing-ofice,
commenced learning the "art and mystery"
a type-setting in the Dispatch oflice--and it
is proper we should now fairly and fully ex
press our opinion upon what West Of the
Alloghauies has been considered an "expcri-
meni," that others may decide upon it from
our experience
We do not think our friends of the Typo
graphical Union thought us in sober earnest,
when we announced our determination to em-
poy women at "case'-and the idea was met
with more of ridicuIe than serious argument
Even those who knew that women were better
| fitted for the work than men, told us it may
do an afternoon or weekly paper, but you will
! e,ononl ,yit n
with its hard manuscript copy and hard nights
work !" But we have succeeded--and we
consider them better suited for morning pa
pei than ,ne published in the afternoon, where
the whole labor is crowded into a few hours in
| the afternoon.
The best evidence that tho employment
suits them will be found in the fact that,
though we engaged the first applied for situa-
ations, (not selecting from the hundreds whose
names were registered for the first vacancies
the eight young women who then commene 4
work with us are still in our employ--not on.
has got tired of the business, although none
are engaged to remain with us one week
longer than they find their situations pleasant
and profitable.
We rejoice at this evidence Of the trium
plant success Of the plan, for long has it beer
u fruitful source of misery and crime in ou
large cities, that the means by which the hon
est poor of the female sex could earn liveli
hood, were so seanty, the needle with whicl
she must stitch, stitch, stitch" from dew,
morn till even, and often from even till dew
morn again, being about the only resort o
hope, and miserable Sorlom hope it is, a
thousands of the overworked wearied an,
wretched daughters of toll can tearfully ties
i tiN.