Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1865-12-17

the government o. the people. PerhaI
twO-thirds Of all Important places in Ii
departments are held by Southern mel
or men who, by long residencehere, hay
become thoroughly Southernized. II Il
free labor system, for men, in the reb
States. meets its principal obstacle in th
ignorance Of the employers, wins
must be the difficulties thrown
the wav OF the free labor systeT
FOR women, by men whose entiT
habit OfthOught regards the sex as slaves
drawing room diviDities or toys? Ofth
clerks employed here, there is not one il
twenty who can 20 into a room wher
women are employed, and transact an,
business with one OF them without, p
some way reminding her Of her woman
hood. They are sorry TO trouble tn,
ladies, - OF they "hOpe the ladies ar,
quite well, " or "it is q pity to have la
dies shut Up in Offices such beau
tiful weather, - OF cit is bad fo
ladies 70 come out in such unpleas.
ant weather. - In some way the ladie:
are % be deferred 10 or encouraged, anC
their short cOmings excused because they
are ladies. The idea Of treating them
as copyists and clerks, simply this and
nothing more, Is beyond the mental cal
iber Of almost any man with whom they
are brought into personal relations, while
the ladies in their dependent position,
feeling no assurance Of continued en-
ployment on any settled principle, natu-
rally resort 10 personal faYOritism as a
means Of getting bread.
There Is a radical error in the manner
ofappointing women. II is not every
man who isn't for any pioneer movement
and 10 EXPECT that all women, or even
majority are fitted for this advance post
on The picket line Of civilization, Is eE-
pecting superhuman perfection Of the
feminine half Of humanity. Aet such
is the system, or want Of system, on
which this grand experiment has been
inconsiderately tried. To get an appoint
nentnO qualifications are required, butt
duential friends; and something near one
third of all the appointments are frOm
rhe District or its immediate vicinity,
and. Of course, are women Of the South
ern idea that a woman's personal charms
and decorations are her stock in trade
women who have a. little idea of them
selves as competitors for bread ia the
worlds labor market, as have the men
with whom they are associated Of them
IN any such relation, Of the Northern
women appointed, ii IS not always those
whom the work wants who gets the
places.
Some Honorable Senator or Represen-
tative has a female friend without visa
be means Of support He gets her a
place, and she makes her appearance,
perhaps a little piece Of painted imperti-
nence, who might have been slowed
away in the cat1e0mbs in the days Of the
Phara0hs for ali one can tell Of her age,
but who studiously assumes the airs Of
miss Of sixteen. Her wrinkles are filed
out with pipe clay or some other kind Of
light-colored mud; her eyebrows are made
Of black lead or lampblack, or something
in that line her hair II dyed until il j.
dead enough 70 satisfy any respectable
undertaken Of the prOpnetY Of burial
and one wonders that she does not add
setting Of green leaves TO the magenta
colored roses on her thin cheeks. She
comes tripping in on the toes Of her in-
finitesimal gaiters, gets OF her things,
and displays a head which reminds one
Of 3 drop chandelier trimmed for q
ball aud undergoing the process
OF busting, while her pins, chains,
bracelets, frills, and other fiNihgs would
set up a tin-box peddler in trade. She
establishes herself AZ her table, opens her
basket. gets out her beads, and goes 10
counting and dstringiDg-''One,tW two, three,
four, and then large one; one, two,
three, four, and q knot for you see, she
is a philanthropist, and kindly instructs
ihe lady az the next table in the myste-
ries Of this becoming and lady-like em-
plovment. The superintendent gets fidg-
etv, and brings this interesting toiler in
lies workshop O piece Of writing 10 copy.
The lady looks injured, and ns tho Super
intendent is, Of course, a Southern gen
tleman, who has been selected for that
place with special reference 70 his amia-
bilitv, he feels like ga horrid wretch
The dainty little hands take up the pen
and the dainty little brain keepson zone,
two, three, four, and o large ope-one,
two, three, four, und loop Loop"
Yes. Beg pardon, l said knot,
but Il Is "a loop which comes after the
second four.
The writing finished, Il r. sent of by q
messenger, and presently a clerk appears
with il in his hand. Helooks weary, has
found mistake, and is directed 70 the
little head-monger. who drops her hands
in her lap and her head on her left
shoulder, cocks her right eye al him like
a canary making prOgnOsticauons about
the weather, says something silly, and
the poor man begins 20 scratch his head.
The conference lasts some time. The
man retires baflled and swearing " not
loud but deep the other ladies exchange
giances and smiles, OF perhaps see moth
ing wrong, while not one begins 20 COM
prehend the deep damnation Of the
whole affair, or 10 know that then and
there every woman in the room " felt
fistn and richly deserved so 10 fall.
Another. a. pure a. New England frost,
bright ss a button" active as bee,
does as much work i'm the month and
does il a. well as any man i'm the depart
meut, but her book is wanted for refer
ence. She wants 10 surprise some friend I
Wlih pair Of socks for q new baby; and /
while her book Is gone, whips out her 4
knitting and goes nimbly 20 work. Some /
clerk comes into the room, goes out and 1
reports that the women i'm that room do 4
nothing but knit
still another comes sailing Ia about
nine and half o'clock, gets Of her warps:
sinks into her chair with the air Of will
low wand cracked in the middle; Ian
guidlV ASKS some one 70 call "a servant: I
sends said servant, with her compliments, .
70 the head Of the bureau for the loan Of
his mornings paper; reads il leisurely
with a running comment, loud enough
20 b. heard all over that room and In tie
nae adjoining on the houses % rent. 1
de late appointments and re-
taovals. tells who built the house for
sale on such Q street and who lived in il
at such a time; gives an inN entOry Of
their furniture and history OF their fam
ilv i'm its lateral and collateral branches;
finds who Is dead and who is married and
doss as much for their genialogleaii trees
hegips Yriiipg al ten ana . hi.li, Dui ,ii
fleeDs up the stream 81 small talk unln
solaa 0th6r lady Is through WIN her
morning psger; whan she rSaas fhat
gets several new teXtz, and goes on Wlth
the commentary until TWO or two ana
half o'clock, when, being quite worn
Dgl ~ hfr days labor, she gracefully re-
.jras. ~ c0urse, she II one 81 those ia-
yOred mOrtals who can trace some root Of
their family tree back 70 some Of those
excellent women who came b ;,s:cc ~. ~.
Dominion, originally, as exchange for
tobacco, ard whose descendants wear
.hs tiue II +. +, V" with such proud
satsiactlOp, OF course, she is one Of
those Government employees who
sLrug their high shOuldered Dig
nifty, and elevate their arist0cratic
noses at the sight Of Lincoln's rabblf,n
/. r, Bnion soldiers, and are shocked at
he immoraliues introduced py strangers,
+, {. Northern people, into Washington,
which has been 50 transformed by these !
vandals that 3 native born gentleman
'an no longer sell his own baby, when it
gets old enough, in order TO crafty his
.ady friend with 3 drive behind a pair Of
-Ast horses. As she is +" a law unto her
'e'i and her fine lady airs make her