The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-08-26

III nie OF oid papers We una the fol-
lowingon subject that is always in.
tercsting. God knows thatif, as is the popu.
lar belief, woman was the first to sin, she
has suffered thousand fold for the error,
and 1t is time the male descendants of the
great grand.papa, who followed her so
readily in eating the contraband "apple, !"
should busy themselves in devising some
method by which the load our mothers,
wives and daughters carry, should be
lightened. 1t is said ladies are not good
salesnsen, because the sex will not tolerate
each others caprice in bargaining; but the
gentlemen would all go to a store oficered
by lady clerks, and as the boastcd ''lord of
creation" always carries the purse or wields
it, there would be little danger of female
tirm losing custom in the long run. Women
actually require legislative and social pro.
lection against the raids CT the pantalooned
race. and being warm friends Of Goods
last, best gift to Man." we copy this plain,
sensible protest to the assumptions of supe
rio'ity often heard from the lips of conceit.
ed fellows who forget they ever had a
mother and neoer ought to huue wife:
GENTLEMEN Il would like to offer INV mite
in behalf Of my weak "sisters in the tlesh."
AS my ideas. however, are unaccustomed
to company dress, l shall have ITO take
them as they come," en- dishabille, as thus ::
The papers say that the work of woman is
OF little value, and is remunerated accord.
'ngIy. 1t is melancholy truth; but the
reason, as l conceive it, is equally so, for
circumstances and necessity make q woman
Jack of all-trades, therefore good at none,
whereas, mans occupation is the business
Of his life, and he is perfected in it.
One of CREATIONS lords saws to me
"Why, man will beat you in YOUR own
department; he will be a better cook. he
will even make button holes better.''-
"Yes," said I, but if man undertakes TO
cook. wash and iron,' and by way Of rec.
creation, nurses baby, and, moreover, has
his nerves all lying about loose in conse.
quonce OF that baby, do you think he could
be good cook p Button. .holing is one
mans business Il is bsseans kind Of stitch
among hundred Of our needlewomen. In
q tailor's establishment, every man has his
speciality. 1t used to be said that tailor
was but the ninth part Of man. think
he must have degenerated into the ninth
part OF woman, for where it takes nine
men to make coat, a womsn can 90 it
"a'one-and unprotected" might add
for she is not paid, for the whole, what a
cutter IS for his part Of the performance
have read that woman's work, in the
former branch of mechanism, is superior to
a mans, where she is constantly employed,
and yet she is not as we'll paid. refer for
my authority to the Aprii nu,nt,er Of the
Edinburgh Review, which recommend all
men and women to read, who are interested
in the subject, and those who are not would
be. There is another consideration which
serves to augment wonan's difficultirS.-
You know, in the days Of old, the Lord said
unto Adam: Multiply and repleniSh the
EARTH and multiply and replenish, he
will unto the end Of time. But sometimes,
alas the Lord sends the multiplication to
one house, and the replenishing to another.
Ii poor widow, blessed with several little
muttiplies. goes out to any occupation, she
IS seldom sufficiently remunerated to enable
her to hire any one to take charge of her
little household, and if she does, when she,
the ,oonaa, returns, it is to begin the
mothers labor for the night If she brings
her occupation home, these little ones are
constantly claiming her attention. How
can she work soell? Just imagine q book.
keeper, or his opposite, taller, with live
multiplication table about him, with their
everlasting wants-for when do they ever
cease to want?
II might tresspass a little further, I
would propose tAat government lands
should be donated to poor widows who can
show necessity and worth. l would also
suggest means for the employment of
women. l propose that those six feet,
broad shouldercd. muscular men, who stand
behind the counter selling bonnets, bobbins,
ribbons, laces and muslns by the ward.
should "vamose"- quit the field entirely
leaving it to those who are fitted by nature
for the occupation. Really when enter
store, and see man so employed, l think
they are sadly wasting the strength, intel
leclual and physical, which God gave them,
or-that pauline" was right: Women
have sometimes, at least, done little else
than to "suckle fools aud chronicle smaU
beer. Silly One.