St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-12-21
the women in that room do nothing but

the women in that room do nothing but
knit. 29.ls:sS1 -- sz.ss,+ :. stols>:H:s"1I
Still, another comes sailing in ,at 81.
O'clock, gets off hel, wraps; ), sinks into her
chair with the air Of q willow .,xand crack
ed in the middle : langufAy asks somniesn one
to call a servant ;:sends said aservant. with
her compliments: to the head the shnEeau
ior the loan of his morning mornin paper reads it.
leisdreiy, with a r,,n1ining 1ii comment, loud
enough fSEheard al; to7ef that room and
In the oudadjoining; en- the hou1es Il rent.
the hate aPpQintpsnts and removals !; tells.
who built the house for sale on such street
and who lived Ia it at such q time; gives,
nh' h'inventory their Furniture and history:
sei their family in its lateral and collateral
branches !; finds who is dead and Who mar
RED and does as much for their geneologi-.
cal trees b>glns writing at 10I, But keeps
up the stream Of si,aaH talk until some 9TH
.er ladgis through with hLermornine papIer:
wien, she reads that, gets several alAewtexts,
and goes on yEit With the comIm.eatary until 2
or p o'clock, when, being Quite worn out
with her days labor, she gracefully 7fetires.
" course. she is one of those favored NOR.
:als who can trace some root of heirlfamily
tree back to some one of those excellent
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originality as exchange for tobacco. and
whose descendants wear the title Iof stF. F.
"" with such proud satisfaction. II or
course she is one of those Government en-
ployees who shrug their high shouldered
dignity, and elevate their aristocrat7c noses
at sight of .':Lincoln's rabble,'' l. a. Union
soldiers, and are shocked at the immorali-
ties introduced by strangers, j.. e., North
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beea so transformed by these vandals,, that.
native born gentleman can NO longer sell
his own baby whom it. gets old enough in
order to crafty his lady friend with q drive
behind pair Of fast horses. As she is ga
law unto herself and her fine lady airs
make her monarch Of all she surveys, Is it
wonder thai other. women initiate her,
and that very few such do much to dis
organize the working force Of . depart
ment? s*s4; @"18' ':.SG---s II 4:i -.sa1i-
There is yet another class Of appointees
the lady who must ,ste. the. clerk for
whom she is recording OF copying, and
who, when he comes, strikes St. Agnes
attitude, folds her hands meekly, draws her
lips to a "prunes, prism, and potato" puck
er, turns up her eyes like q duck in q thun-
der storm, or. aGjuvenile bovine IN the, act
OF becoming veal, makes . pun and ansin-
preston, Or several puns and as many i'm
pressions, grows witty, tells the unfortun-
ate man that she dreamed last mig ht she
| was married to him, is self: satisfied and
subsidies in q simper, while there. is no one
with the nervl Or authority, to. order her
out Of the room and see that she never re-
turns. =, 1*-.Etls 81 81 - ;4.A :ti'-'11
In the same bureau, where you find the
assortment described, and that is most Of
them, there is perhaps q majority Of female
clerks with whose ,dul1ness and demeaiior
|it would be difficult to find 9fault-women
working like horses, scarcely taking time
| for lunch, making books Of records second
TO none, and copies Of important papers
with wonderful raj Iidity 'and correctness;
some Of them doing tie same kind Of work,
and AS: much of it.: as men at salafiesF Of
81 200, S1,4oe, and 81, 600 per annum, while
they get $500! aag" 1ss:la sa,1- -i.assj zssF
AT the ead Of the: month all get equal
pay: Their char ces of promotion are tie.
same. and SPECIAL favors are. for those WHO
have done the least work. 1e What wonder
that the experiments thought by many to
be afailure s! >ss - :s2s$3is:.., It;i-s> i
1t is for !le !.e people to say whether iuflu-.
enlial men, shall close their. door. against
honorable women by. making these places
accessible to women Of bad character and
no character. Will they pay men double
or treble salaries for doing what women
can do quite as we'll, and Will do for Z COM
pensation so much lower? Will they not
sustain heads Of departments. against that
type Of Congressional influence which oar
ries corruption of the worst kind into the
departments, and makes government offices
places Of assignation. or excludes honora<
BILE women from honorable and suitable
employment? The exclusion of women
from these places will not,impEove the NOR
ais Of the city or the. country, while their
employment in them, under proper regula-
tions could not fail to exercise most benz
efcial influence. There are thousands of
women perfectly able and willing to per-
form the duties of any first or secord q .ss
clerksAip here; thousands who by the war
have been deprived Of their former means
Of support, and left with families depend
ent upon them; and it is mean and coward
ly for the government to set the example Of
driving such from a class Of occupations
well suited to their capacity, as the shortest
way Of disposing Of abuses fer which gov
ernment officials are responsible. %s4fss*
JANE G. sWSSHELM
Washington, Nov. 1s, 1865.
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