Liberal Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1872-1???, 1873-03-08
EMPLO YsfE NTOF WOMEN.

The PRESENCE of Mis-, Emily Faith.
ful in this country at the present time
has revived the discussion If the wo-
man question, and been the occasion of
pubic assemblages to consider report
mate correct Information and influence
popular opinion on the subject. A
meeting was held few evenings since
at Steinwar Hall which must have given
greet encouragement to the advocates
Of the new movement 1t was not one
Of the unfeminiDe exhibitions with
which we are too familiar in New
York, the tendency Of which has been
to repel de icate and sensitive women
from taking any part, but it was a
dignfied, refined assemblage of the ve>
rs bes representatives. Of the sex to be
found in New York The woman artist,
the author, the teacher, the artisan, the
editor and every trade into which the
woman has been able to find her way
We're represented by their chosen
delegates There was no loud talking,
no expre>sIous Of womans rights, no
complaints, no rccrimiuation, but a
straightforward presentation of facts
md statistics that must have carried
conviction to any but he most selfish
aoa mercenary hrarcr Mrs. Henry
W. Field, formerly Director of the
School Of Design for Women. presided
and introduced Miss Faithful to the
audience. Miss FaithIul's address was
reported in full in the morning papers
aud need not be repeated here, but the
ideas suggested in it, aud the remedies
for the evils comp aimed Of which were
there advocated, are deserving of care-
tuI study and consideration on the part
IF mechanics. tradesmen, and thought-
iul citizens everywhere. If We study
The progress of invention We shall find
that, in many directions, sotbe new
conirirance has invaded the special
avocations of women aud taken from
them the ability to earn subsistence
by work which at one tune was their
monopoly. Not many years ago the
the baking, brewing spiuning, and
weaving were conduc'Sd by women at
home in the domestic circle Ii eua-
Dled the females to contribute to the |
support of the family, and oftentimcs
The sisters sustained the brother at /
college without being compelled to
leave the sacred precincts of the home
circle. Some of the best men in our
country owe their opportunities for
education to the self-devotion of women
It home. How does the case stand at
he present time? The baking is con
lucted by men, even in small towns.
Machinery for sitting. stirring, and
Sneadin. the -four has been invented,
" hclI must be superIntended by men,
aud it is only iu limited circles that
bread baking can be conducted at
home. Ii is true that men complain
hat women know TO little about baking
but that has nothing to do with our
argument. aud we must let the women
defend themselves from the asperslon.
The fact is that baking on large scale
has been taken away from the women
The same historical record must be
made in reference to brewing. Home
brewcd ale was the tavorite beverage
in Old England aud in New England,
many years ago. The farmers daush-
ter could formerly contribute largely to
to tho support of the family by her
.kill in compromising a domestic brew
| erhaps they seasoned the beverage
10 well, for the taste for it increased
more largely than the supply, and
1 soon became necessary to establish
immense breweres. to bc again super
sised by men, and this part OF woman's
was gone. So We could go on
drawing illustrations from the mills for
spinning and weaving, only that In
these latter mills womer are rremitt ID
to earn thir support, and there has been
some compensation to them for the
wholesale theft of what was formerly
he chief home avocation of our grand
mothers. Enough has been said to
show the encroachmeuts upon woman's