, 1874-08-30
Feminine Escartls.

10 {hA EI9toT nF IHS tfs7cI1o 1f1biHt.
SIR The active leaders OF the female -sufrrago
movement should at once follow the example Of
the coura geous heroine, told in 60 touching q
manuer By correspondent in THE TRIBUNE Of
the 10th inst. Let each and every one of the
ladies' desiring tbair "rights" buy razor, and
slave her upper and neither lips, rosy checks
etc, until Gold mustache makes its appearance,
1anked by pair Of wlske-s grim enough to fill
with awe the hearts of any ene1nyf Let them
provide themselves With spades, picka1es. and
slloye1s, and, By WY OF exercise, dam tho Ogden
ditch for the purpose Of ''lardeniug their mus
cles." Having succeeded in TINT, let them form
into 1esions, mud, with martial elan, precipitate
themselves upon the strougholds Of the male
poxer, carry them,
sUEUuE THE 'srEUrAL rYnASTs."
and dictate The terms Of peace, the first condition
of Which ought to be the abolition Of that mon
6trously Unjust lazy Of logic inyeutcd by the dull
masculine brain that conclusions are drawn from
the generality OF Gases OF the kind, aud not from
an isolated specimen, n,-rumantic enough. it is
true, for any dino novel, but also sufficiently ex-
ceptional to give its heroine splendid chance of
paying engagements With the Hldes1lows Of
itlnernnt circuses. in the m,1ch-adnitcd charac-
ter Of 1.-The Bearded Lady"
Joux Il. BECKER.
Woman. Livelihood -- York Of the
Ncxx York Free Erilin5n=-schooIs.
frvna tie -S.ts Fors Tribune.
The free training schools Of tho NomeuB Ed
ucat1oual and Industrial Society have introduced
an important feature into their work, aud ara in
future to g17e good breakfast to the women
who may apply at No. Il East Tenth street be-
tween $50 and 7:3o every morning. Tho meal
is supplied every day to large number Of shop
gr1s ard working women. long table is set
out With au extra leaf, and rs fast us one table
has breal;fastcd another takes its place, and 30
on to the end OF tho hour. The food
that working women and shop-girls most
beginning their labor, said the Secretary OF the
Society, 9lis8 CorBon, is cup OF coffee aud
some bread and butter. Tho Society, for tile
nominal SUM Of cents, sets before them q large
cupIul Of coIce with milk and crushed sugar, aud
plenty OF nice homemade bread aud sweet but
ter. The Charge OF s cents is to ceer tho Society
from any itnpntatiou of distributing charity, and
to cause the applicants to feel true inderend~
eucc.
1t was sincerely felt, said sIiss Corson to q re-
porter Of the Tribune. by many OF tho prominent
ladies' in this city tha. Bo1nethinG ought to
be done to enable those who were un-
atle to earn their living because they did
not understand how TO do any work that would
ray, to teach them how to gain livelihood.
Many young girls and women Of all ages, bo-
cotniug obliged to shift for themselves, were
forced to suIer the bittcreht paneH Of pinching
poverty or apply to some OF tho charitable iusti
tlilUuf ioI uGip+ I'LL AAlIa DtEOulE u UuTQEu 10
the public. These ladies felt that it would also
save many from lie Of vice and crime to teach
them some nseful employment. Eighteen tnonths
ago the Society was formed. and Since TINT time
has taught 4, 000 women come useful employment
By which they now able to earn D good iy-
ing. whcrs before thoy were unable to make
enough to keep soul aud body togsther. When
the Society vas first formed, they had to begin
their schooling by teaching their applicants to
ruu the sewing-macline, They sent circulars to
MI the SEWING; machine companies and asked
them to lend them machines upon which they
could teach the girls. TIC large apartment
xaish is now u picture-Rallory over Wheeler l.
Wilson's sewing machine rooms Was secured for
the claases aud the Wheeler j. Wilson, Secor,
and Wilcox l. Gibbs sent machines. Tho
work grew, and the Society moved
their quarters. to their present place,
No. At East Tenth street, where they
oecs1py the whole house. They determined
hero to increase their usefulness aud teach
women 80 that they would be fitted to do house
work. sewing ot al kinds, huudry work, oook-