The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-11-18
acknowledgement.
.ruE TOlLING MASSES. u
,,,. IN Chicago by Miss Emily
N''" Faithful.

Le'" Faithful.
Chicago Tribune Of lSth)
' mare was a time, she said, when Eng
'n amen could not bG designated a
I,s " railing iasseS," but no one familIal
'i ns ,ss subject would deny that they
WIZ VA In now be 90 ClaSsed. In 1861, the
,a lvs,s showed that the number Of womer
T,ssSndent upon their own resources 70
Sgg'iaHJ was 100000, In 1851, 100000
hp pI'o IN 1871 0 still larger increase was
s 1T The idea that man must take
'o vs"t woman was a misplaced sentiment
.,sSfpc IN the way of better services in
M.i, bebsC. Machinery had elected
ss ,r% change In the existence Of wo'
sU ". c,,t Gt whose hands had been taken
" .n,oy dellsOsexcrtion, thereby thrustlng
n ","; Them more atduous modes Of sub
. % Destituhou to women wasa tal
s .so,s terrible thing than TO men, for there
T r depths 10 which men could not fall
Ts.pEs TO the noble exertions Of
Ioni SALISBURY, women were spared
nv ~ occupation Of working In the
,.ooSLnInes, though In StafordShlre the
sv were empIgyedin turing the clay
"a lie converted into porcelain. 10 Liver
DoSIthey carry loads Of sand forsixpence
M In the last census over 43,600 We.
nan Vefe returned as outdoor agricul-
, ma lsborers. Itseemed to be taken for
Srsuted that woman's physical strength
End be drawn upon ddlibIttnl, so long as
v ~ carefully avoided giving encourage
m,pt 10 their minds. The root OF the
Tboie mischief lay in the TACT that.wo-
man were mover apprenticed to skilled
work and hence 1t was that woman could
moi do skilled work. She was not speak.
mo Of wives and mothers, whose proper
DISce undoubtedly was at home. What
ms wanted was q REIMBURSEMENT OF our
U,sl machinery. To Shutdown, content
I'M the present state OF things in Eng
.uj, was little short Of inhumanity. II
h,, beO;ns steck lr..sS;r:;' 81 = 4" accy
piIiops ii g;ts5sSnhtaaS S,SEs I;
spj The leceneracy. u, ,tlis age IN this re-
Ilri was continually alluded 10! In sd.
Ition toIthe entertainments Of science up.
ou lie household duties OF women, emf
EAliOn helped 10 Affect their condition by
carving from the country the energetic
yoqag men, leaving at home surplus Of
women, al'7's a.
Few people arc aware Of the extent Of
The maleEial destitutlOn of women in
England. Unless an uneducated woman
hiss q natural gilt, she can barely earn her
IaiIy bread. There has arisen d new or.
Irrof ladyhOOl, whose chief distinction
consists in having nothing TO do, and a
contempt for work as degradation is at
the root Of the ideas Of u modern young
ltdy, 50 far as her ideas ever have any
rOOL, which is rarely the case. Women
have so long been allowed to believe that
work Is derCgatOry TO the standing Of q
lady, that il will lake years to impress
them with the notion, not only that work
Is honorable to man, but that idleness Is q
disgrace to woman. Applause. A
novel writer had expressed the belief
thSt many women die OF consumption
growing out Of discomfort. A remedy
Hlsy be looked for by giving them d
larger liberty Of choice, and a more com.
pleIe recognition and development Of
their Intellectual and spiritual natures.
1t Is now the custom in England for
writer's to lay stress upon the decadence
Of TomauhOOd, but Il the men could be
brought 10 Il candid revelation Of their
theories and practices Of life, It would
appear that they we're not wholly free
from responsibility for the evils COM
planned Of.
Half century ago, Sidney Smith said
IhI linen have so often told women that
they were fools, that women have begun
to hke them Of their word" Now, we
are doubtless on the eve of great educa.
uOnal reform. Young ladies are no long.
er 10 be dipped in a solution Of accom-.
PllshmentS-A process which leaves on
tlen q thin varnish which will not stand
The test Of time. We are beginning to
acknowledge that we must train woman
Es Gods creature rather than Us mans
subordinate, We may question whether
l6e education Of boys and girls should be
Identical, but We must, at least, agree
That Tue girl had better graduate IN the
school OF science than in the school for
scandal. WOmAn's cause is mans cause.
They rise or sink together, dwarfed or
GOdilke, bond or free. ApplausO.] 1t
was IDLE 10 compare man and woman, for
Iae theories were not tenable. Weknow
1lat women have place IN the world J.,
While In the homo circle man Is by no
means q CIPHER, God has a distinct plan
snd purpose for every individual man and
woman, which education and association
must develop.
lisa significant fact that in England
women have been invited 10 share Ia the
latest and greatest educational movement
w9lcl has taken place there. America
slar In advance OF England IN regard to
AI care for toiling masses, thanks to the
GoOle efforts OF such women as Lucretia
MOL, Mrs. Stone aud Mrs. Stanton, A
gentlemen said he wondered how men
could keep their countenances as they
stood at the marriage alter, for while they
were saying with all my worldly goodsl
nee endow," they very well knew that
@ey should keep all they had, and get all
sae Lad. Applause. The argument
saat women cannot do this and that are
mere shamS, when in tho face OF the TACT
saAt Two millions Of English women arc
performing the hardest, cruelest kind Of
iaonF' No one will deny that marriage
inc crown and completion of the lie Of
man and women, but it must be wha,
u TOa meant iI-mGrriage of love and moi
Nissaid that in England one out Of
Every thirteen working women passes
atOM restitution todishonor. It's claim
eI IhA! this new movement for the beneti,
, y, EagItsh woman is not u religious move.
I ,nS Then it ought to be made 80. Il
y, Wy Tue duty OF every man and woman
- 10 something to help on this work
'uO'ag what Is in his or her power to do.