Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-10-11

| " " room expenses, q Al
Balance on hand, rs 80
s19S7 SO
Nnety-seven women employees 1852 garments
Garments and material ON hand, valued at $3.50 90
Amount of garments given TO the poor q 81
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SOCIETY.
In rendering the fourth years account of
the Female Employment Society it is to be
remarked in the outset, that no plea is now to
be made for the existence of such a society
among us. Its necessity and its use have
already fully asserted themselves, and its value
must be estimated by the constantly increasing
demand for its work,
Every year this great question of female
employment becomes of more and more inter-
est to the whole community. More time and
thought are given 10 the question Of what
women shall be permitted to do, and what
wages shall be paid them for their labor. Peo
! pie are beginning to see that many branches of
industry may be safely opened to them, and
and that their ready tact and skillful fingers
may be trained to other uses than plying the
needle. This is wel-and we are always re-
| Joiced when any woman shows her ability,
and has it recognized, to do work of a higher
order than has been thought to belong to her
| sex. Yet there must ever be a large amount
of what is, exclusively, women's work to be
If Sa,v;mer ,osnh;naS tho onodIa r,,'st 10;
co,stont domanJ iIbarof,., ,ro -, ~ ~
every one who is interested in the welfare
OF those who earn the whole, or part of
their support by the use of the needle
and who learns from the lips of the workers
themselves, the wages constantly paid for
their labor, cannot FAIL unless every spark of
heart 70 have some interest in = soc;etv wb;nI,
has for its object NOT only the omnIovmont
hut the roaI holm and nron,nt navn,o,,t 81 Az
!, ,rqa class anong ms Snch i.lnr os t,o;rs ;s
of usually callaG hard vorl, vot to an, If tbo
rtnnata ones who nse th. noodia o,,i, o. NV,
amusement in the manufartnre of those da;ntv
articles which fashion demands orIn vurv c,a ,,oS
the constant and lonp-continued industry which
must be exerted TO snpnlv even the common
necessities of l;f, nv lts aid wonld coon hn a
| roal toll and burde,, and tba "fn,rors ,,ao,.,,
and worn of the noet's song eyond soon
| nrove a na;nfnl reality
The best needle. work which any woman on,
do commands but small nrice when tbe time
and natianco necessary IN it's comniat;n, ~
taken ;nto account. and ~ co,,rsd ~ saoIo
of nricas dacressos all the va, L. Ill NY,
come ~ tboSe startior r;,as Ia mi w.. W.
noorost and most nooJy ,vopa ~ III H. s..e
est work Of course tba most of,;ent ,''n,-
to aid these lower classes would he tho taaei
inc them r. do hattar ,yorl, tban r. 49, ~
presen and thus enabling them to comman ~
heller WAGES II has ever been 9, vor;ta r'an
| iect of y0ur MANAGERS To connect with tho
other onerat;onS nt t6a oocio+,
where these poor women should be taught to
| improve their knowledge of the needle and to
gradually find their work more profitable to
them. There are many who have already
some skill, and who need only little careful
training, to enable them to be first class work.
ers. But for want of this training, which so
many of our young ladies of leisure could give
they must remain as they are, second or third
rate Who will undertake this workq II
would demand time and patience, together with
some slight outlay for material but il would
yield large benefit to o needy class If those
i'll the lower ranks in any branch of industry
are ever to be lifted and made to take a higher
place in their labor, no matter of what kind it
is, it is only to be done by the help of those
already above them; and in this matter of
women's work especially, it is needful that
those favored with knowledge, and time, which
| is all important in this busy generation. should
undertake the work. There are many Young
people whose time hangs heavy on their hands
for want of some worthy object in which to
interest themselves Let some such work as
this be undertaken and steadily pursued in
spite of the tiresome details it might involve.
anu tne Help WOulu De q mutual one. Truly
says Tennyson speaking to the naughty Lady
Clare
"Go teach the orphan bow to read.
Or teach the orphan girl to sew,n
Then sethanl, ueavon for human hoo.. ,, g..
hearts must show their interest in tha;r tao III
tn nrove ther own bnmanitv - wish i'iio"S
< review of the mast ve.r SHOVE s.ooa,,
Increase IN our business esnec;ailv IL tI'e ~
partment of the ordered WORK The nmo nm uu
of women employed has been OF and of th;s
n,,n,ha,. r,p;o,;t,, aS III III. %, anu Vi 'nls
work We have na;d 10 tbaso 'u ns.an.y y.
Ss47 az and thew have mad EGO ',aus o,,,en
Orr agents have boon ,,rtr;nc, - gaamen,s'
ors TO raise the standard Of ,ver dnun b. .Is
women and vast ;,anrnv mo, n Lone ~ anese
facted Onr hsst ars ar ,l,n ma' Deen 81.
steadily NJ work and we could ori,. Aep. nos'
ment 10 more of the first class ;f ro G1y5
tIon, W IL s ~ we niass class, we eould ma