New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-30

do it better than men. Women prefer n shop OF
each other There il Disgusting the fact. They buy
of men only because able keep better assorted
articles But do prefer to shop Of the other
as is often asserted Public opinion shoald oppose
itself TO the practice of putting young men behind
counters.
We say this because We wish 20 ser this a. one suit
able mode Of employment for women-as one only
there other svocstions in the word Of Art equally
adapted to Women and 20 these aso she all aspire ia
proportion 10 her capacity to sustain herself therein.
THE DREss-NAKER.
The paragraph with which We opened our article vas
from the lips Of the Dress Maker" who has it so
much in her Poser to mar make the foe lady. She
was slim, quick girl who knew how to protect her
self We had been fayorsby impressed with her from
the beginning
Would she come and work for uslr
." Vi never 60 out for less than day"
"Of course NOT. You would work harder for the
" same amount Of money"
But my sister and always go together, ma am"
This was something new-two days work instead Of
one. We are economists 1t has never been asked Of
u, Would you the Of Midas, for the sake Of
his god so we cannot say how much wisdom we would
could or might have displayed in the answer for the
be of tremendous length, tina, bag of gold
doesn't hide.
l. was decided that both should come. Modest,
good girls quiet and dgent, we found them. We
could bar study them, I'D talk with them, they
so diligently piled then art They had furnished rooms
of their They gave frem ten to twelve hours to
their employers Coming before breakfast. and waiting
tea they rarely az the expense of meal az home
The oldest has dollar per day the other seyeny-fye
cents Both deftly piled the needle aud had the same
appearance of self respect. They slightly pale
and the shoulders OF each projected triae. SILL they
are in good health and cheerful. Taey uN be able 10
uOrk three years more IN this ray-aot more THAI that
They will then marry open shop or die.
Nov, we speak Of these girls particularly because
they Understand themselves well They will not be i'm
posed upon by half days aud they riH work together
or not ALL This insures living for BOTH and keeps
up cheerful companonship in the long hours of toll.
Their case is one Of great good fortune. Tney have
courage and self reli4nce and of will always do
well. Tie Sewing Machine bad not essened their
pigment as yet but they bad It's effect BON hun
dreds Of others, and hence the bitter expression with
which the bject is met.
Women command 50 little money, and are generally ex
-
pearance with little expensehat they are apt to be
very mean and exactiDg of each other. The working
woman has TO e1trcate herself not only from the abuses
Of society large. Ju from the erorioHs Of her sister
She must work fewer hours and receive larger renu
neraton Let he Sewing. Machine DO its work. there
will still lie much work to be executed with re needle
People will have more work done, VII oress better
change aud altogether grow better looking as
well as nicer looking Let have cheap aundrics and
bath houses in all parts of the City, and the aborng wo
men would still have ample 20 do. But they must have
more pay. The more work can be done,-sie cheaper
il can be done by ofmachiner greater 'cAbe
the demand. Men and women will disdan the soHpeon'
of tuceworn garment, and gradually We shall be na
tonwithout spot or blemish Fresh, ayendered linen
would so create the demand for civic cleanliness and mo-
raj purity that golden haired children, wi muslin robes,
and dainty womeH redOlenr Of and snowy lawn,
whiteacketed men, with sprgs of flowers in the button
hole would tread Broadway garnished and watered be.
fore the sum- with the IMMUNITY they would walk
saloon and Diogenes would out with his lantern,
not ia pursu Of honest man, but the greater anomaly
a rogue. Yours, l.. GASES SMITH