, 1872-11-13
WAS q misplaced sentiment, standing in the
way Of better services in their behalf.
Machiuary had affected 3 complete change in the

WAS misplaced seAt1i0euss ot"o5 :" wv
way of better services IN their behalf
Machinery had effected 3 complete change in the
existence Of women, out OF whose hands had
been taken many fields Of exertlon, thereby
tnrusting upon them more arduous modes OF
subsistence. Destitution to women was lar
more terrible thing than to men: for there a "s'o
depths to which men could not tall- Ihans5 10
tue noble e1ertions Of Lord Shaftesbury, women
were spared the occupation Of working IN the
coal-mlnes, though in S.affol 'dshire the women
we're employed in turning tlto clay to be con-
verted into porcelain. In Liverpool they carry
loads OF sand for si1pence t. day. In the last
census over $4,000 women were returned
as outdoor agricultural labor ers. It seemed
to be taken for granted that N1onan's physical
strength could be drawn upon ud lib1tuna, 30 long
as we carefully avoided giving encouragement to
their minds. Tho root OF the whole mischief lay
Skilled work, and hence it was that women could
not do skilled work. She was not speaking Of
wives and mothers, whose proper place undoubt-
ediy was at home. What WAS wanted Was re-
adjustment OF our social machinery. To sit
down. content with the present state OF things
10 England, WAS little short OF inhumanity It
mas become stock phrase that the occupations
Oh our grandmothers are dying out,
anu tne degeneFacy ot the age in this
!egato was continually alluded to. In addition
hold duties of women, cmicratilon hened To
affect their condition by CARRYING from the
country the energetic young men. leaving at
home surplus Of women.
fe" people are aware Of tho extent of the
material destltution OF women in England. Uu-
less On uneducated woman has q natural gift,
abe can barely earn her daily bread. There has
arisen new order OF ladyhood, whose chief dis
tlnctlon consists in having nothing to do, and a
contempt for work at d degradation is st the
root OF the ideas OF modern young lady, so far
as her ideas ever have any root, which iB rarely
the case. Women have 80 long been allowed to
believe that work il derogatory to the
standing OF lady, that it will take yeara to
work is honorable to man, but that idlenees is a
Disgrace to woman. [Applause.I A novel
writer had expressed the belief that many
women die of consumption growing out Of dis
content. A remedy may be looked for by giving
them larger liberty of choice, and more COM
plete recognition and development OF their in
tellectual and spiritual natures. It is now the
custom in England for writer's to lay stress upon
the decadenco OF womanhood, but it the men
could be brought to a candid revelation OF their
theories and practices of life. it would appear
That they were not wholly free from RESPONSE
,bihty for the evils complained Of
Half a century ago, Sidney Smith said that
s'men have so often told women that they
we're fools, that women have begun to
take them al their word" Now, We are do ubt-
less on the eve Of great educational reform.
Young ladies' arc no longer to be dipped in q
solution OF accomplishments process which
leaves on them 4 thin yaFnish which will not
stand the test OF time. We are beginning to
acknowledge that We must train woman as Gods
creature rather than as mans subordinate. We
may question whether the education Of boys
and girls should bo identical, but we must, at
least, agree that the girls had better graduate in
the school Of science than in the school for
scandal. Woman's cause is mans cause. They
rise or Bink together, dwarfed or Godlike, bond
or free. [Applause.] It Was idle to compare
man and woman, for the theories we're not
tenable. We know that women have & place in
the world, while in the home circle
tinct plan and purpose for every individual man
and woman, which education and association
must develop.
It is significant fact that in England women
have been invited to share in the latest and
greatest educational movement which has taken
place there. America is far in advance of Eng
land in regard to her care for toiling masses,
thanks to the noble efforts Of such women as
Lucretia Mott Mrs. Stone, and Mrs. Stanton.
gentleman said he wondered how men could
marriage altar for while they we're saying st with
&!l my worldly goods thee endow,' they very
Well knew that they should keep ali that they
had, and get all Rhe had. [App1ause.l
The arguments that women cannot do
AiE and that are mere Bhams, when
in The face Of the fact that two millions Of Eng
Isk women are performing the hardest, c1uelest
OF labor. No one will deny that marriage is the
crown and completion Of the life OF man and
women, BUTT must be what God meant it-a
marriage Of love and not OF interest.
It is aaid that in England one out Of every
thirteen working women passes from destitution
to dishonor. It is claimed that this new move
ment for the benefit Of Englsh workwomen is
not religious movement. Then it ought to be
made such. It WIS the duty Of every man aud
woman to do something to help on this work,
doing what is within his or her power to do.
Efforts are being put forth to induce the man.