Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-01-03

book is bitter, mischievous and violent. Miss
Collins is none of these. She is not reyolu.
zionist, not unreasonable in any OF her de-
mands, in conversation. 1t is hard to under
stand how she ever wrote or published
| her book. She is. an enthusiast, unset
fish, and wholly devoted to the cause
she has espoused; but, as she says herself,
she is "unsystematic," and that is probably the
reason why she has not yet accomplished all
she hoped for Boffiu's Bower is a pleasant
little hall, up three long flights Of stairs, at S15
| Washington street. Attached to it is a smaller
| room where there are a few books, few daily
papers, and which Miss Collins uses as a sort Of
| office. Here she is ready TO do all she can for
working girls, in the was of sympathy, advice,
and procuring situations. She now has plan,
in which many people are interested, of making
| the Bower registry Office for both employers
aud employed Any man or woman wanting
women to work in shops, factories, or families,
/ shall register name, place, kind Of work re-
| qured, time allowed the worker for herself, and
wages. Every woman wanting work shall regis
! ter name place, kind of work she can and will
| do. time she requires for herself, and wages
| Then there will b, no misunderstanding; diff
| ferences will appear at once, and be harmonized
| before making the engagement. or no engage
| ment will be made. A true record shall be Kept
with each applicant, Of the date Of max
| ing an engagement, date of giving it
up, and reason therefor. This will
harm no one; knowledge of faults on both sides
would have prevented half the unfortunate and
Irritating experiments made in household SER
vice; and many woman who blundcrs, fails,
and is miserable in one family, would be COM
petent and happy in another while many
housckeeper whose life is made miserable by an
arrogant, insolent, but skful cook would he a
different creature if the kitchen burden were re-
moved. The carrying out of this scheme will
require a careful and systematic keeping of
books; the opening of an Office, with regular
Office hours and an imposition of fixed fees to
pay the office expenses. To do this work, Miss
Collins will require a wise and systematic CO.
worker. She herself has never taken fees from
any one, and is over sensitive about making
any profit by her work. but she has many
friends who are interested in this registry
scheme, and may assist her to carry it through.
There is a great deal of discussion and con
sultation as to the best way to use the large SIM
mons fund, left for the benefit OF working
women. 1t will be available in about two years,
and the trustees receive Hospitality every reason
able plan or suggestion in regard to it.
Themost singular schemctor the help OF wom-
en- is Mrs Aurora H c Phelps "women's economi-
cal garden homestead league" It has been
chartered by The legislature, and the second edi-
ton of its constitution and bylaws is now before
me- The conditions Of membership are u
wears Of age for woman, IA years for man.
the payment of one dollar year, and promise
to abide by the rules. Funds are to be raised by
voluntary contribution. In its declaration OF
principles we find that, A. Every woman
has a natural and nalienable right to a sell-sus-
tainable and independent home, no less than to
life, liberty and happiness" That, ., "Such
homestead in the hands of women, afford the
only possible sure guarantee for the general pos
session and use by the people, Of those, or any
other natural rights" 8, Chat one great,
first need of childhood and womanhood is, a tax
and debt exempted, self-sustainable and indie
pendent garden home, comfortable by and trans
ferable to, women only" 10, CAS- guar
dian of the public veal, it is peculiarly the duty
and province of the state in It's corporate capa-
city, to provide snch home for every woman
within its borders" II, Gas agent and
servant of the people, the state by
its executives, should offer such homes
to all female citizens on such honorable
and easy terms that acceptance thereof could
involve no loss of responsibility, selfrespect,
social Standing or liberty, to any. Is. Any
thing which allows or causes any woman to re-
main without home of her own is a great and
hcinous violation of Gods natural organic law
which instituted the human family and its sa-
cred domestic relations. 10. All natural laws
avenge themselves upon the breakers thereof.
81. For this cause (stated in 2O), one-half the
public domain should be set apart perpetually
for women's garden homesteads; and no public
land should be sold Or donated except for actual
settlement"
The object of the league is to improve women
in every way. In each of these villages of wo.
men a committee shall appoint three village in
spectors, three resident physicians two drug
gists and their clerks; labor schools, and a
cooks college are also to be established, besides
common schools, boarding houses, and sales
depot5-ail under the supervision Of a commit
tee who Shall have full power to correct any
abuses or redress any wrong" The physicians
and druggists are to make no charges to men,
bers of the league, but to be paid from the gem
eral fund
Each village must be laid out in lots of one
acre each Each lot must be "hne-fenced with
purple willow, mulberry, barberry or other use
full hedging The laws of descent are some
what elaborated; the property must not be d.
vided among the daughters, but must 90 entire
to the eldest daughter; and if there are no
daughters, to the eldest sons wife. Intoxicating
liquors are not to be used in these villages, ex-
cepting in case of sickness Every member
must attend, once each Sunday, an 'funsectarion
religious meeting held by the league" eight
hours shall be considered days work" 'Eec-
ton shall be by secret ballot" 'There shall be
only one dwelling house on each lot of home
stead land" "Chimneys, baths and stairways
shall be on The north side of the building"
There are minute rules for laying out Streets
burial places and gardens; for the management
Of schools and boarding houses; for the a,card
Of prizes, and the bestowa Of charity.
The constitution and bylaws make a small
pamphlet of sixty pages, printed on bright buff
paper, with a bright pink cover, adorned with
wood-cut of a woman draped in the American
flag, her foot on a serpent, a star on her head
in her right hand a book, with key and palm
branch on it, upfted in her left hand a baby,
with the scales of justice hanging across his leg,
and book resting on them. The woman stands
between two overlooking horns of plcnty-and
beneath her is the motto, 'In the light" These
words from Tcnnyson's Princess might have
been added: "May be widest dreams are but
the needful preludes of the truth"
miscellaneous Items.
An old Scottish woman, wishing to cross the
river Forth, hestated TO enter the ferry boat be
cause n storm was brewing. The boatman asked
| if she would not trust in Providence Ma, ma"
sai2 she, 81 will ma trust 10 Providence as long
| as there Is a bridge at SterIingl"
! In Surprise Valley, Cal, there are a number
| Of small lakes. One OF these has recently run