The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-04-09

n IN 4 IcaTlul uoupic
ssuc of this week, in favor not
" of women working in printing OIL
r,bAt women working everywhere
Y Iup stairs and down stairs--wherc
L,ork can be done as well Us .!c
line gender can do it. Ahe ar
4 (cditress!) announces WIN
N, and as a symptom Of real pro
. IN the right direction. that there
present in this city, to-day, oyer
Hundred female composltof'' ms.
re informed, is but a small per
Of the whole number Of persons
,loved in different printing cs'ao
ailments of New York city; yet, con
,Idcrinq that these five hundred Oeioh9
% what the chords OF crea''oh 1
leased to term the "softcr SEX "n'
lat onlv n few wears ago the doors o!
~ c]omuositors' room was shut aga'list
sucII. the Revelation claims that INC
amber is large. But it seems ln1'e
re a good many other rights ocslocs
ype.sticking belonging to women
sSen in printing Offices, and what lhe9e
sANNve let Mrs. Stanton herself say:
: ,,sft is conceded that woman is as gooo
Sompositor rs q man, even oc''e'' a"
AZ as d xtority goes. Her fingers arc
Ghrr nimhlo; she can, therefore, SET
snc better and faster than the oppo-
~ sex. Yet here, as in all other places
.sIic is limited to one or Two t'l'se'
While man is allowed to learn cVcr''''s
connected with the printing business
!. woman must he content with sct'!hg ~
\ Nv different kinds OF type ana Ill NC
JFR,se it would not We lad.yllkc 70 w
f6thcrwisc" In the name o. col'", r.
sense, which is the most uniadylh'' loi
l,er 70 sit bumped over her desk ana
zI.omposine stick ten or twelve hours
.Till every bone in her body aches or 10
obout take hold Of the pruning
business, and make something OF nof
Il eIf besides a mere machinc! Let her
fro 70 work and .lcarn the trade ana
Won will see what she can do. she has
s&sbown herself competent TO SCI lypc'
NOV let her see if she can pr'n,' 80,
4 When we ask why women does ho'
get AS hioll wages as II man, The answer
I f.. first, she cannot do as many h'naS
y NJ work second, she is supposed TO DC
layjnp M money for the support OIL .
family. To the first, we say once more
Let her learn the different kinds OF worn
md she will do them; to the secoho
we ask; how many printers supper
families with this surplus money! no
one in twenty! 1t is a well known lac
that printers, as n class, are d's''patco
they will, as they say, ego on n SPREE
and when they do this, are quite apt &c
use all the interest, and ave prc''S
deep into the principal other bank nc.
count, if they have any
This is pretty hard on the mora
character of the masculine typos. y
is to be hoped they will survive !,
Those of them who ''go on a SPREE
however, are very apt to feel lnd'Snah
AT Mrs. Stanton's reminder OF the iac'
md we would advise her, therefore
hoino .hprrid ~mcn"--to keep out q
their way especially on Saturday nlsh's
We do not suppose, however lhaI
ia an easy thing to affect the nerves .
touch the sensibilities ever OF Il ~
creature who can give uttcrance to nc
pent up feelings in a style like TINS:
x+# WcIleard q "malc' compos
TOR say the other day that at was 'nea
for woman TO step in and take "oth
the old price, when men naa st'u.
for higher wages; besides, it was a.
nr,dino." .sAlean,' is it? well, we
agreed. We only wish to tell you OIL
,hino. Just rs often as possible "
shall step into new places, n then g
us out if you can. If you wont let
enter in any other way, we must ent'
in this. and, as to its being desradIn
we beg leave TO differ with you lher
Woman is not degraded, but man
Every time that a strike Is maze III
woman in consequence enters sou
now branch of business, she is elevate
and nan degraded. We think 1t W
not be long ere the social scale VIII
balanced a little more evenly. Wom'
cxnccts TO be snccrcd and scoiied nj
.bc steps aside from the beaten trac
If she edits a paper, man holds up u
hands in holy horror. lfshe taxes u
takes the Speakers chair he wou'
blush, ifhe could. Does she write
she is A Jlus. Does she take a prom
nent position-she is bold and masc
line, If to be masculine is to he smd,
do let her try or, are you afraid, II 81
has the chance, that a few ofyour iaure
will droop? ..,,
Our female compositors have TAX
one I g in tie right direction IN ente
inc the compositors' room; now
them take on, more and learn the bu
ioess. not half but wholly be printe
and work for pay"
So far. as editing newspapers Is co
eerned, We ere not aware mat III
"horrid man" has interposed o We
on "woman's rights in that directi'
But would the deai creatures
ait up all night, under the lamp wrltiI
nm the editorials, or doing the comp
inc. or tue proof reading OF q mornlI
journal, say3 We fear thar; WIN pa,
checks, and wearier eyes they Won o%,
soou be glad 10 get rid o fthet ask. i!
evening papers, possibly, might OIL
them 4 more promising feld-but q
tsr all. the weeklios gro better adaptt
for the development Of their lndus'i
and g%csius. There 10 no reason
he World .by--for example,-th nil
or Ten religious Journals puollsne'
once . week, should not be written q
bv the female mind. We are quite sui
lat they (tbs rspenl would Io.s no ~