, 1874-03-15
self-Reliance Needed, Instead
Of Se1f-Pity.
How to Prevent the Capitalization Of
=" Capital. -.
An Investigation Among, the
.,., Shirt-1Iakers. i: :!
How Much They Earn, and What They
.:.'-. - Complain OF. -.
Suggestion Of & Cooperative Society
. Of Sewing Women.

Suggestion Of Cooperative Society
OF Sewing Women.
Some Hcmnrks BIZ mrs. sulzsholm.
To ths Editor a. tbs Chicago Tribune:
SIZE: After the battle OF the Wilderness, when
Twas surgeon in charge Of the hospital located
in the Old Theatre, Princess Ann street, Fred
e1icksburg, went, after dark one evening, into
the dspensary TINT was next door, IN tho Catho-
lie Church There I mot surgeon just in from
the front after supplies; He told us Of the
battle which had that day been fought at Spott-
stlrania,--the battle In which the white-oak
tree IS inches across, WIS cut down By Mime
rife balls. He described it as terrible. Our
army had been repu1sed. 4 council was to be
held that evening to deter1nine whether tie
attack should be renewed next day. He sa1d, ii
il was. that that would be the
'''"'' BLooD1Esr DAT OF TIE WAR.
He thought we would 10 whipped and driven
back. It would be impossible to disIodgs Lee.
Still, be thought Grant would fight.
This next day was; one of great anxiety to the
few Of us who knew this much and staid,
thai night, with my patients. until Il o'clock.
At 3 vas walked By the sound OF multitude
pouring dow, the cross Btreet, around tho corner
On which my lodgings we're, and on down
Princess Ann, toward the river and Washington.
lay come time listening, and the sounds in
creased. I concluded that the battle Ind been
renewed, and that wc had had another Bull Run
disaster. arose, dressed, and started for ny
TheEtre.. To get to It, I must cross the street
dorm which the stream poured, choking it from
side to side,-men. horses, mules, caissons, can
hon, Wagons, oxon, cows.
IN Utter CONFUSION.
1t had appeared rs If the enemy could not be
far behind but, with the aid OF vidette, got
across the rapidly moving stream, and reschsd
my post. It was tiruo was apt to be there,
tor. tho men seemed to need most care
about Z o'clock in tho morning. After daylight
l had heard was fell Of men In bad condition,
aud found TINT. Nurses we're getting excited,
snd going to look at what Seemed to be the fly
ing army. 49,.
:~Thero I found man who needed to have
foot .amputated, and went on to the Court-House
to tell tue surgeons. When I went in the ex-
preston OF the mems facos indicated great de-
PRESTON, and thought some one had told them
Of the rout Of our actny hut soon q 1ady-uurse
x1ose from knealing posture and camo down
tho room, and saw What the matter WAS. She
had wept until her face was all swollen, and sas
sr14L WEEPING BITTERLY.
1 went to her and asked what had happened.
She could scarce reply Tor sobs. The poor fet-
low Was going to die, and wanted her to write
letter to his mother. It was useless to talk to
Ter about killing other poor fellows with grief
for one She could not control her signs OF sor-
row, and Was in the wrong place to exhibit thom.
We had, by tha: tfmc, grown rich in Fredericks-
burSh. We we're, in fact, so Increased in goods
who a have neod OF nothing;" for NC had hay
aud muslin to make pillows to lay on the brick
bo!s.ers that supported many d fainting head.
There we're even cases OF luxury. IN which VIC
could aew the edges Of 3 blanket together, get
an nr.nful Of hay to put intoit and SO have .
Washington, had found Some women to help,
and Was making hay-pilloWs es fast as ni,nble |
fingers could tura them out and suggested to
a surgeon the propriety Of sending the weeping !
favorabIy: He promised to relieve her, aud send !
men after the one whose foot must be ampu- |
tated and l went to the Methodist Church. I |
knew that Miss Hancock, Of Philadelphia, and ]
sonno male nurses who had been stationed there
had been sent to the general hospital. just es-
sApDEsT GROUPS OF MEN i.
sver net. The floor wRs literally covered with |
hem, except narrow aisles between the rowa. /
They Ind had less than the usual care that morn
ent: : I began to vet and dress wounds, to
had learned the art of talking,
aot loud, but deep, to make my voice heard
ong distance By lowering it instead Of raising it,
80, I could dress . wound. and talk to half
'ard, without mixing noise. was very busy
It enc side Of the house, and the mon had all
started to talking or listening very eagerly, when
'hose at the other side began: to call over to
NOW what Was going On. vas dressing very
great doubt whether be who had won in it would
'ye1 again see home or friends, and he holding
lis sides to 1augh easier when he called out. in
answer to comrado Oh the other side OF the
'onse, "oh, 1iml Do get her to come and drass
FOUR wound! swear she'd
MAKE 4 DEAD NAN LAUGH!"
sone Of them knew me, and Ill must have
hought me 1udignifed, perhaps hard-hearted+
4though none Of thom knew Of my grave appEe-
lension8 that we should all be prisoners before
le sun set; but knew their chances for life
5ere improved By their laugh and the fund Of
ak furnished for That day. aun quite certain
bat no amount Of tears + could have shed for
hem, no degree OF self-pity could have aroused
Z them, would have been halt so good for them
5 that good Laugh. II men are suffering and
ilge 'tlom hope,. courage. cheerfulneas, not
oolhardincsa, not braTado, but truo courage and
be purpose Of self-helpfu|ness. -.
To my mind, the condition Of many 1aboring
zen. this past winter, has been very like that Of
Le Union soldiers in Fredericksburg about tho
'me speak O. - g., VIXEN Gen. Grant unade
" famous change OF base; and II / hai cnzrga
i their case, should
:, - BEND AWAY ALL THE wEEPHa EuRsEs,-
y the folks who are helping them to be miscr-
ple, hid teaching them Belf-pity instead u SELF
etlAnce: True. we have hnd some rather bad
!, ,enera1ship on the part OF political traders.
he great army Of laborors got into wilderness
I 4 financial schemes, and have been pretty ,
oughly handled They are in trouble, no :
ount but IA pound OF sorrow never paid | |
= ounce OF debt, ten pounds less yet !" j
here must be sofas better way ont Of the /
tuuble than bridge Of aghs. OF canal Of salt,
alt tears, with groans for q propel1ing power.
IT not better to learn the strength and posi- I
on . d Of The enemy, find ont just who and what
: take another line it thuS can find better |
nei II concentrated capital is their Lee, t
y 'nem adopt some rational plan Of preventing i
% concentration OF capital: Let them cehse to I
~ Into the hands Of ,concentration,sts, BY do 1
g Al tnet In them lies to prevent the diffusion {
There is no use trying to govern auy class Of i
g e oy laws wholely foreign to their nature.