Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1873-01-09

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lffssids Ccapoaios he IoE6eiIe oefn-s
ion of she d6advastases . vo1ISn v6o
sesk % satu livsIIhoof here sna d knR-
Il ny, one could si,s ai.sisassosy M
svsr . thia quessi6s, b rould deserve
vslf 81 lie wboIs human rscs. IN Eng
land d-or. should aAy, 0rcax Bgfssin-
We have 0f3, 10g wetssu wAo ean never. l
ky snt posaiblllsy, And husbands IL Ecme.
1hsss vomen 6ait, <hsssftre. become
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sexes in the Unit@d States bat although
tlsere i an excess Of men. I have already
learnt from what have seen in America
that there Is the same necessity for ems
bling women to earn money here as in the
old country; though % some extent Il
seems to me that they have already bet
ter chance Of doing so. For instance.
while We count our female doctors on the
finger of one hand. inc several with es-
tablished regulations in every one Of your
principal cities; and while few female
writer's in England are occasional coutri-
butors to our daily and weekly papers. I
find them iu New York recognized mem
bers Of the staff. Gradually, however.
even in conservative England. the old a.
sestioes are being abandoned-that wo-
nso's claim 10 fair chances Of livelihood
10 morbid and an exagecrsted one, and
that youna men struggle with equal din
culties. People ere bsginuing. though
slowly. h acknowlcdgs that efforts made
to enable women 10 take . hrEcr shars h
the industrial pursuits q their male reh-
| iives are not made with view Of remov.
ing them from their ''proper sphere" and
natural duties, but IN order 10 save them
from positions into which they srs now
actually thrown, to the destruction Of their
highest instincts and their physical health
and development. There has never been
any dislike in England 10 the employment
Of women in the lowest branches ofindus-
trial callings; the objection is their intro
duction into places Of responsibility and
trust. Until my friend the Earl Of fShaftes-
bury brought Che matter before Parlia-
ment, wonen were allowed to work in
mines in Stadordshire they prepare, to
this very hour, the clay which 10 to be
converted into porcelain. Only three
months before I leh England I spent a
day. In our ,potteriea, and there were wo.
men and girls turning heavy wheels and
lifting enormous weights. their physical
etreugth va bsing drs., TTr-- "A ibi;
from the tighter branches Of the business
they were freely used as beasts Of fburden.
but no encouragement was given them to
undertake any skilled labor. Aud yet,
by the way. wc are told that women can
not serve In haberdashers' shops, because
they are too weak to liit the bales Of goods.
In Liverpool aud Dublin women earn six.
pence a day BY carrying immense loads oil
aaud nearly sc. 600 hawk 6sh, fruit and
hard ware through the streets Of London.
their average earnings varying from 60
cents to 81 . week. j.
Numbers throughout tie country weed,
dig. and hoe potatoes. pick stones out o'
the soil, sptead the manure, reap during
harvest. and load the wagons in all wealth.
efs and seasons. Women are 10, Be found
lin thc lowest and worst-paid department.
Iof our chemical works. glass-houses. rope.
works. paper-mills. gluc-works. and nail
factories, a. well as in our brick fields and
nursery gardens. In hundreds Of facto.
RIGS where women are employed there ID
work going on Of less unsuitable kind
than what they are actually doing. Twas
once going over factory Of this dcscrip-
ton. and leaving numbor Of women em.
ployed in work Of the coarsest sort.
emerged into clearer. quieter atmosphere,
to end men engaged in what seemed to
me quite feminine branch Of the manu-
facture. '.Is net this work women could
do r l askel.
| Certainly" replied the foreman; "bu'
We apprentice to that"
"And would you not apprentice girls'
inquired.
I'VE have never done So" Was The re-
ply.
This II the root Of the whole mischief
No skilled work can b done without ap.
prenticeship. II il NOT customary to ap
rrcatiee girls and 20 is is taken for grant
! Cd thas J6ey cannot DO skilled work. Ar
EpRihh hesosy woman labors Under Id
scrSs Influences. The u,ea e her ows
, rsnk are Jealous of her ecapstitico Wisl
them. The ovsrsesrs snd higher work.
, MN ere Jealous lest. IN any departmcat
she Yise D their plsss and Il b The 60
ployer's interest - keep down her vsgss
Bod I still thiuk that thess diiicu!ties sTis,
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