The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1869-03-25
Written ior TIE Lancaster caseiie
Woman's Work!

ssoes. bearing Che above title, and
o somo parts Of which We have
objections, we viii cohGne OnF.
'elyes strictly,to thai subjsst and |
not notice the = ''Righiss question. |
.hough il has scmc bearing on
his
The article commences tbps:
Dsningltile siaekiags W Il
y For rsstless IltfIe FEET, 81
Washing little flces.
Z sit Y TO keep them isesh Aid speet;
81 ' nearinE HlblelestoBs,
% feaeoink cntcehisni; g
- Praying 81 nalTrtion - ~
From heresy and schisn-
Woman's work.
: The class Of ladies referred TO
in this stanza, is, without doubt,
composed Of those who have Deen
so fortunate--or unfortunate -as
to have become the better half Of
an animalwhich wears a bifurca,
ted garment. This staDza has a
pretty little jingle POLITICALLY, and
iE nice 20 lalk about noRsenrically
but when Undergoing the scrutiny
of a sober, practical thought, it fails
in application aud is faulty in
comprehension. M
How many poor overworked vo-
men sit down to their meals with
an involuntary "thank God" that
there is moment = respite for their
weariod bodies from the ceaseless
drudgery Of evory day life? How
many whose heads are s'lvered
with the frost of lifs;s winter long
before the first leaf should haye
fallen, as an indication of the ap-
preaching Autumn, judging from
their years-by the care and anx-
ieties necessitated by the supervis-
ion and the qualification Of the
wants of a large family2 How
many toll all day driving the mop,
agonizing over the wash tub and
throw themselves upon their couch
at night. with exhausted limbs and
stupe6ed minds, not caring if, and
almost hoping that the sun may
never rise? When this clase OF wo-
men (and it is large one too) can
find time to spend in
clearing Bible lessons,
Teaching catechlsm,p
it will be ume they never haze
found, at least. This is where il
fails in application.
Again. Supposing it to be q
success 10 its application, it fails in
comprehension. As before stated
this stanza refers to the married
portion OF the female sex ; but
there are thousands to whom it il
an utter impossibility TO enter thu
marriage state; not from lack o.
beauty, not from want of worth
but from lack of sufficient mum
Der of men. for the female part o
the population exceeds that of thu
male by thousands.
Guiding clumsy Bndgcts,
Coax'ng sullen cooks;
Entertaining company,
And reading recent books
woman's Work."
The author seems TO have dis
covered ne,o division of the hu
man family have often h"ar'
OF "poetical imagination" but thi
is imagination with u vengeance.
Because u woman prepares tn
E victuals she must eat, she is nC
a womanl The mystery is: wha
does he propose TO call this ne,
class? 1t is about such distint
tion US the following: There in
, horse that is well tended, well te
and draws a fine carriage; he is
horse. tHet
That horse draws the plow @
reaper and Immediately be become
a donkey or something else.
I Surely this is an age Of progress
ion and certainly this is sometain
new! Solomon TO the contrar
notwithstanding. But what is Ii
! antidote?
7 Give to womdn the priuilege
/ engaging in those occupations fl
r ,cktch she is as ,oeH qualified Z
Q man. Let her take the telegrap
operators position. Let her sic
behind the counter; and the whit
i handed gentry, which now stant
! there, shoulder the maui and q
/ and step to the wools, if they al
not qualified for something els
Let her become a silver L
/ her set type; and scores of othcl
! which might be mentioned and the
!. p,y her as much as you would
, man for performing the same tdbo
And, indeed give her this privilee
and thero tcW be an equality
wages. The supply and deman
always govern the price, w
man is not now paid as much (
. her labor as she should be, fro'
: the fact that the supply is abov
. the demand in the few branch
2 of labor in which she now partic
: pates. Permit her to enter 9TH
= branches and the wages whe
= she is now laboring will be il
= creased because the urptuS OF i
y borers will be taken away AZ
! employed in something else; viii
Y transfer will lower the wages
4 these new employments by fn
. nishinga supply of latorers equ
% 10 the demand. All equality
y wages viii remove a number
: base injustices; for where is q
v Justice in giving q man $50 and
% woman S35 for teaching the sar
e school Z And SO with Others Il
y one being used for an illustrate
- e.