Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-12-28
OLYMPIA. SAYiGDll MORNING. DEC. y. Isl
AID TOR WOMEN.

our best men and women. The class
OF women il is sought to benefit, are
those Injured to toll, and who will come
with the express understanding that
they will be expected to labor at any
honorable employment adapted to their
capacity and strength. There are sew
olal fields of labor, even in this new
country that may, to limited extent,
be probably occupied by women.
Among these may be mentioned, that
of clerks in dry-goods establishments,
telegraphing, printing, copying, etc,
aside from school teaching, or cooking
and dress-making, the only occupations
that have generally been regarded as
suited to woman's capacity. Others
will be developed as the country III
creases in wealth and new branches of
industry are made available, while the
growing wants of large proportion of
our population, of life-companions,
women who can help to make a fortune
as we'll as to spend it, will be supplied.
The caption of our article, if this
scheme is advanced, will be verified in
two-fold sense; for while primarily
we seek to aid the destitute women Of
the crowded cities an object that
should appeal to our sympathies with
all the earnestness that a proper revcr-
ence for the sex should inspire, aside
from the ordinary impulses of Christian
charity-the women and families of our
Territory will be benefited by expert.
enced aid in all branches of domestic
labor. The cares of the weary wife
will be lghtened, the culture and train
ing Of the minds of the young will not
be neglected as necessity now requires,
:nd the husband and father will find
pleasure i'll the change effected in the
welfare of the loved ones of the family
circle. These are objects sure to fol-
low the introduction of womans labor.
As indicative OF the sentiment of
thoughtful minds upon this subject, we
append the following letter from Hon.
Edward Eldridge, Of Whatcom county,
who proposes to do more than can just
ly be required of him to forward the
objec!. How many others are there like
him? You who have expressed APP
p.oval in general terms-what will you
do to advance the cause =? Let us learn
from others at as early a moment as
possible.
WHATcoM, Dec. Is, 1872
J. NJ. MURPHY, Esq. : Dear Sir: In
your issue of the 7th you state that a
society had been organized by Miss
Julia Ward Howe, and others for the
purpose of aiding suffering females, and
that they propose to send number OF
young women to this Territory, and
you invite those who feel an interest in
the plan, 10 correspond with you, and
suggest plans for united action to for.
ward the noble object.
had previously heard OF the matter
and wrote to Miss Howe on the sub
ject, giving her brief description OF
our Territory, its climate, resources, ad-
vantages, and wants, and showed the
great benefit that it would be to intro
duce number of single women into
this Territory, who would be willing to
marry poor man and help him to build
up home, and also to substitute oul
own race for Chinese as house servants
There is nothing in this world that @
man can get, that is of so much value
to him as good wife, and having
proved this by experience, I consider
it one of the best acts could do, to aid
in putting the same blessing within the
reach of my neighbors.
Until recently the proportion between
the sexes in this county was abou
eight males to one female, adults, anG
excluding married people the proportion
is still as great among adults. We
need people to open up the country
and develop its resources; the CRY has
always been we want families. WHY
Because families remain, while single
men seldom do. OF course they don t
because no man unless he was natura
born hermit, could go back in the woods
here and live alone, without a soul te
talk to, but let us have lots of single
women in the Territory, and then sin
gle men will be as desirable Immigrants
as families.
Hitherto the class of iingle women
who have reached this Territory, have
generally been those who have had
some means, and who aimed at some
thing higher than household drudgery
for living a very laudable ambition,
but of all classes of women, the working
women is the most necessary for the
well being of humanity, and unfortu-
nately for us, single women of that
class are unable to reach this Territory
OF their own will alone They need help,
and l consider that every resident of
Washington Territory particularly old
settlersl who have any desire to promote