New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-17

the father himself A far as outward or me5ioc
py its destiny is in the hands Of it, mo,hS "a enC
amount Of care and tendefnJ dea But they do know
something OF the training dis .epptia to the proper
ton and wise South, Gyer' 4Hs wscls work Of cyi.a
ton has 10 be wrought INTO ro the nnon the
Of every cla; Of man from the ages the presari
oSs hold upon OF each sueceeding Snorapee
danger TO Il IRON NAV Wen say, There Is work enough
for wOmcn This woman do mans Work
whch own TOO TO this II Is responded that we do not
and her ht womans work is that having always held
k ow I'm subsection cannot know her possibilities
in,s W. We do know the duty of woman Tho
tiGn. ction is he compatibility OF other activity with
that duty We cannot avoid the conclusion that tne
movement Of women into the sphere oil pT tnSa
Of competition and independence OF men
TC1a SaS already Indicated by the Of
movement make this manifest "Whatever may ne saiu
sS so ao one of these Leaders true tendency and u
mate end Of that movement to very materially chang
The discovery Of this tendency by the Of the wo-
engaged in the movement Is acknowledged 10 DE the
forward in IT, without desiring to Identity all those who
advocate the suffrage for woman with the ayoWed enc
OF marriage II TO be evident that they are
directly the allies Of the male and female propagandsts
Of the divinity OF passion and the deVoeS
Apart from the consideration that in entering field
OF rivalry with man, woman will be under the necessity
of sustaining competition under circumstances much
less favorable TO her existence than to his there are
economical grounds which have most important pear
ing the subject Without entering into the economical
principles involved in the question able to illus
trate two effects which such movement would
be likely to have Listen for moment to the following
writer says "We, what is the effect OF this introduc-
ton of women into all the work and business OF men lin
Switzerland Simply the universal degradation OF men
and women too. The whole laboring population Of
Switzerland the hands of the capitalists simply be-
cause service OF and women 1t
is proved here beyond question that the practical
obliteration of what we know In America as womans
sphere is the practical oblteraton OF both man and
woman fix the price Of their own labor II there were
natural sphere Of labor for woman 1t wond be her
true policy to establish arbitrarily. so soon as she
makes her labor interchangeable with that OF man. she
reduces herself and the man with whom she Is associated
to helpless instruments OF him who employs them l
believe this proposition is not only demonsrable but Is
thoroughly demonstrated, not only in Switzerland but
in nearly all continental Europe For the consolation
OF those who may be thinking Of what John stuart Mil
Trade OF which this condition of labor in Switzerland
furnishes illustrations Free Trade is not upheld ny
any one who knows human life irom any lo,V estimate
of its worth, but because tho evils OF exclusive
privilege still greater" &c. 1t Is to the first clause
TO which wish TO call attention. WIN relerfee 10 no
effects of agriculture and other hard manual labor upon
it is unnecessary to speak Mr. Alfred Russell
Wallace, the naturalist in his recent WORK on tne Malay
Archipelago, speaks Of the severe labor OF the Dyak
women of Borneo as the chief cause OF the slow
OF the race 1t s noted In HE TRIBUNE thht one OF e
first results of incipient progress at the south IL n9
gradual m Oh f e wSeb the men assume the
whole Of the heavy work. Is not only hlgny sedlapo
To them but the best possible guaranty Oh inc future I'LL
Perhaps just at this time the most influential Of
mems work by those who are obliged to seek employ
ment Is the growth OF the spirit Of caste among the
women OF the wealthy class. This spirit Ia also an out
growth Of ndivduasn, being the substitution Of per
sOnal vanity and love OF pleasure for the sentiment OF
duty. Heinrich Hene, the German poet, once Remarked
aprOpOs OF two ladies' 81 must observe that the per
sons whom speak, though not clad in satin, by no
belonged to the yulg-Who, by tho way, are not
found all in Berlin, in the highest circles
The latter half this remark somewhat applicable TO
American society only in highest circles that
find fully yelOped SnObbery OF contempt OF labor and
the labOrer. But though this highest form OF VulSify
Is confined to best society,"" there is permcating
most OF our homes sentiment toward female labor very
i'm too many instances take little pride In the excellence
of the Housekeeping the management OF their chI-
dren. Toward their assistants their own sex III these
duties they assume an attitude OF pity aud contempt
Instead recognizing the fact that IN doing their WORK
the servants acquire something OF their own honor ana
dignity our ladies endeayUr degrade the duty to the
level which they wish To degrade those who perform
it, One writer this subject remarking upon TIE luO
lence whole class OF women VINO keep servants,
saws: Ii would inGeed he curious 10 know what one
formed between Monday morning aud Saturday
night" In this state OF idleness, then vanity aud
more demOraZing instincts have full scope. Immunity
from iusOlence. All OI the WORKING
women admits that Not one lady In ten treats her
servants with common humanity We are all witnesses
the long hours petty tyranny OF domestic service
The result is that women possessed OF screspcct ana
energy submit 10 any mere drudgefy III bucn employ
ments of open 10 them rather than take ser
vice in the legitimate empOymens OF their sex Untll
shall the labor OF the household from tails
slough large share OF the responsibility for tine lgnUr
degradation, and wee OF their unfortunate SISTERS
must he placed ths account. Here Is direction III
which women may immediately exert Denthceht socla
influence. JOHN ELDEhhIh'
Nel0- York, May 10, 1871.