, 1874-10-25
Reasons I'ly It Is Worth 5othing-Ths
Falue Of a Eausekeeper's Day.
Should Married Women Earn
Money?
Making Money on the Sly.

| that the ltlperant N0od-saWycr, With his RoW
buck on his shoulder, Mill Stride away, and leav
her wood untouched, and take his chancea 0
another Job rather than work for lower Wags
than his brethren OF the eaw. So with ths coal
Leaver, tho ash-mao; and evan tho obscure rep
resentatire Of the stronger sex who Turks at til
6lley-gate with his garbage-cart will not abat
one cent OF his demanded p1ttance. On the con
trary. women seem to have no settled price TO-
thoir labor, but work for what they can G.t
Now, the popular explanation OF this state o.
tb1nga s, that women crowd certain professions
| and reduce it's Wagon. But do Got men crowt
| into certain professions? Look a. the doctor,
and lanyers who graduate every year. aud til;
army Of saloon-keepors; and Jet dying gets nc
cheaper. end lawyers fees never abate. aud 1
drink = drink for = that. Now. in considering
this probieus Of the disparity OF wages between
men aud women, which ia simply tho question OF
| the value OF Ana to each, no ous soems to taks
into account tho domoralizins force OF
! A11ATN:un woaRwoMEg.
| No ono would believe ia their numerical
| strength, unless he k.d given tho subject more
| than q casual exarninA ton. 4 man. let his 90
| cupaton bo what it nil. must pay for tho work
Of other men. No man makes his own hat, and
shirt, and boots and crayats. Yet there is mauy
and many woman in moderate circumstances
| whose clothes, wi.h tho exception OF her shoes.
| and stockings, and gloves, are made entirely
| by her own hands. She will proudly
/ display to you soma bewildering combination
Of feathers. velvet, and 1owers,-sald combins-
ton being knorn as 10 het."-and while claim
ing your till 81 zen t,d.pi7ation slo ~ill add
proudly, sit oDlJ cost me 30 much, naming
| somo Inadequate sum-" oecause l bought the
materials, aud made it tmyaolf. Of course don't
count my time os seorta onyhing." Nov.
/ my observation shows tlnt au industrious
woman whosa time ID worth nothing
is deprecia:iug the time OF MI
working women. It aeema very Small mstter
thss young lAdy, married or Single, should
choose to fuss over her own wardrobe, aud te
! better dressed on $500 or ${00 year tuan
professional woman can bs on twico that Sum.
Moreover, it would appear to bo the business Of
teut diessmak r. and mllinc., aud plain Seam
Btress, coElbssd in one person. ,cc .mcs the rop-
rescntstive OF class numbering hundreds, tile
eHcct Of thor Iow-priced woik ia seen in the
to get WORK enough to enable them to live
The result If. they uaderbid each other and
s:arve. It - not SUP" able case By
the Widest stretch OF iu1agiu.toa, but, IL the
clerks, and aookkcepere, aud statesmen, should
ell go homo and spend their ovouings construct
ing tl1eir coats, snd Eants, ard hats. aud sI1ts,
/ doubt not ne should soon haYo narrowing ac-
counts Of the distfess prevailing among the tail
ors and l,atters. and the papers would inform Us
that thousands o. the bo"-legsed fraternity we're
starving at tho point Of the shears. and cutting
out Fauts At a tew cents pair. do not know
that any Que has anr riGh. to protest acAir.t the
fominine economy Of home millinery and dress
making aad certainly no protests would
powerful Argument for the business-educat,on
OF women than the fac: thte tho absolute WORTH
lessncss Of some won1en's Alma conduces to the
cuEArES1Na OF FEMALE LABOR.
Does somo porertv stricken invalid try to exc |
out + miserable pittance by making wax. flowers.
OF skeleton Leaves, or etruw pictura frames or
any ono Of tho thousand ornamental ncknacks |
whose manufacture calls for tho expenditure Of |
little money and much time. she finds that her |
competitors ara innumerabio healthy young |
women in 7elvot cloaks. ostrich pl2nes, apd dia-
rnond rings. Tho Young women are Lot to !
b!ams. Tuoy ea1 that new ssyle of tilse9 or
bead-rork cushion, or whatever the ornament |
wns, in tho stole down-.o.n, and IT struc1 !
couldn't afford to pay tho price demanded /: 80
they purchased tho requisite materials. aud went
homo and u1ado it. Tue tidy or pin-cuzllion-
whichever it was-absorbed da<s and wesxa 10
you ses 7-thoir tina d,du't
count for anything. They had nothing else to
do Now, there can be no question that the
time Of 4 bundled or 80 healthy young women, |
who have pcan "sent away to school, and
taught painting in oil. and drawing in crayon,
md gymnastics, and '.The Maideu's PRAYER"
aud ''Norms on the piano, and hara trayersed
Z four years colege-course, and can even aslt |
ron what time it is i'll French, and
bid you Good-morning in German, ought
1neduca:ed, crippled girl in garret, who wishes
% earn meagro livelihood by the manufacture
If cheap parlor-ornaments. But it isn't And the
moro sharue for the parents who educated tho
'oung vomen-
But there is still worse feature OF this case,
have been informed that il is no uncommon
for theso women OF leisure to 20
utther than the making OF ornaments for their
,wn houses, and thst thsy often take home
,ort, and doing their work at their ieis-
lre, they are able to underbid all
,thor applicants for work, and so turn their
otherwise proiitlcss time to account, and mako
Of some pecuniary value. In other words, ia |
rider to earn q little pin-money, these wives and
[aughters Of wcll-to men take the bread CUT
Il working womcn's mouths. Oftcnsimes this is !
lone without the knowledge Of the husband. or
,rother, OF father and ho little inngines that |
i'm il shopwork, and that his wife, or daughter, OF
lister, "a the case may be, Il making money On
he sly.
The old adage, +
rr:sE IS MONTY,
) 4 masculine adase. The husband, nho Is
ookiug on With u serene sense OF proprietorship
q hls remarkable wife, whiie she displays tho |
rophies of hor skill in jaunty home made hats
nd stylish homemade dresses, Las profound
onviction that his w,fc is q ronderful econo-
ost; but ali tho same, down deep in hts
oart of hearts. is u secret belief that
lie might ~ we'll make her Clothes
or, it she wasn't doing that, size wouldn't
70 doing anything. Which ia probably true. II !
GU suggested to him that his wifc's tmo Was
aoneg, liz would laugh at you. But it ought =
0 be, and, what is more, it ought to be equal to !
1oro money than the time Of scam1t1ess !
'ov. if Woman is fulfilling the duties Of q
,other aud housekeeper, hof time ia above
lice. A mothers care aud love cannot be 4
ought; neither can tho housewifely pride and 8
crupu1ous oversight which = woman gives to I
10 homo Of which she is tho mistress. Yet s
ften it ia this worry c1ass Of women
uo feel TINT their timo is running | r
, naughs. a little while spent in mending I
llluren's clothes; i1tt1o tune in the collar, Il
eeins that the little sprouting potatoes we're Il
eing cared for; IN examination Of the refriger- 4
tor; talk with the gas~man call from q
eigLbor the weekly counting up and clean- il
Il OF ali the spoons, and forka, and napkin | c
nEs an interview with tha as-man look r
lG over tho srocer's book an olling TO those :
lreaking hinges. and tacking down OF the f
osened carpet on tho stair- -laudlng.-auu 20 Al
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