The Republican journal., 1873-02-20
Written for the Journal.
Register Studies. No. 2.

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magnificent sum of thirty-live dollars per
month was to be paid any female teacher
who would pass a favorable examination
The result was there were no female APP
plicants; and the board then increased the
salary one hundred per cent, and engag
ed the services of man. without asking
him to undergo any such examination.
Sitting by my register have read and
rc-read the above. wondering what sort
of wives and mothers that school com
mittee had, that they could offer so paltrv
II sum, as thirty-tive dollars a month, toa
female acher who should pass a success
full examination in "Alecbra, American
literature, botany, geometry, constitution,
trigonometry, surveying, geology, physio-
logy, natural philosophy, chemistry, min
eralogy, astronomy and rhetoricN! hold
up my hands in holy horror My eye
turn into exclamation points, and am
quite ready to tear the hair of any woman
who should apply for the situation, from
which feeling am only relieved by the
! assurance that there We're "no female APP
picants.' Thank IIcayen, the women OF
Pennsylvania have some pride yet.
But ia 90 back to my original query
What sort Of wives and mothers have that
| committee One of two solutions pre-
sent Themselves Either those men have
been brought up in n home atmosphere Of
| such profound eruditon As to prc-suppose
It natural hq$kcring in the female mind,
after such everyday accomplishments a.
surveying, trigunometry. geomety, ge-
| oiogy, miheralogy, &c., &c, or thew We're
| brought up in sach profound ignorance Of
| even the cOmmonest attainments of female
culture as to preclude the possibility OF
even shadow of appreciation of what it
is to pass examination in the above
| sciences. Which Of the above theories may
be the correct one, leave TO those most
! familiar with school boards to determine
In order the better to appreciate the
above magnificent offer, let Us consider
some of lhc co-relativc phases of the
moncy-versus-brans question pay
Patrick two dollars Il day for spading my
garden, and other like work that comes
within his ability to perform; and con
slider it a very fair bargain provided there
be some one to watch him Ipay man
three dollars and Il half 4 day for painting
my fences and outbuildmgs. That also il
fair, so tar 4. the bargain goes. But when
said man, to whom | am paying three
| dollars and halt for the ten nominal
working hours. spends q large proportion
of that time between splitting tobacco
Juice on my rosehushes, and talking poll
| ties with every man who comes along the
rect--I-well-I ought to have asserted
my rights The fact is, that is / sit here
by my register thinking ! blcievc was
swindlrd out OF quite a sum Of money by
that man, to say nothing ot tie los, of my
beautiful flowers, aud the l:uhy gra~s,
that looked a. though Bridget had made
her pastry ''all round the lot"
Again. pay my dress-ma5er two dol
lars day and board. This is also :. fair
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pleatngs, and scAllope, and Saw-terlh
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anu ''Nt''"" - '"o numerous Sha'IeF
ehafI''eS that come "'thm h'r sphere.
r"' ''''S ""I''aH represents 'h' h'Sh''l
type una peSi P'Iu ol hP'Hle-W"m'h. me
tower grades "l '''i'i''rH'S'N, """h t' 'h"
poor SltrN'R '''ilor'N "h" make Sh'rN
pose Ut inns 'lllle' /" consider.
tA2S'ili-i 8eH' INV n"( /" th' PohH'
S''i""i' ""er' ln' Pr'h'Il''" "a I"''"0'
'''''S-'''N'nS "''u'o' lt"'n'7' "I'' I''
ne'P oi one "SSIN'''''' over Il hundred
P"PlS; All '"r 'ne Ihuhlh'"h' sum "l NV"
'""'reo ana ''ll ""'l,'rS 4 year. Ahd
""''r''s h'rSeH ms Ny Il SIMPLE Muar-
''l''u"I Pt'"'S9' H'l' !" 'e >''' r. per
"e'A 'o' lne ''hoI"Sl'r year "' Ioi'Y-l"'
weeks w NAT SpIen"ld ciV'IIzat''h' that
pays laIih'uI woman less money tor
'e'ch'h@ Il h"hdfed "i us future r't'2enS.
ina" II private gentleman pays man Tor
i'edlhg ms morse Inc worst feature "'
'hi' discrimination ~ iaVor OF the Ntrongel
sex against the weaker lies IN the iart
that thefe are dozens ot applicants tor
every such SItU3tlO0 however nOOrIV maid