, 1874-07-05

ia 1ikoty ta romnfn In tnis state until woman
shall work II ont by long. thorough training to
toll, and a pprsBtont adherence to Ii through
life.
Women aro lifting up thotr volooa, crying In
1uBtice" aud tlloro nro facts Ia tho oxpsrt-
onco Of worls,ngwomon which oxoslHo tho
ontcry. There aro mulsitudoa Of women
faithfully and skIfnl1y performing lnbor long
asatguol to man, whose work III pronounced
adrne relation. Tbeao women clIafe at tho In
% trSute tis XII s' Sn ''' ''AS'' lD'' A.
PREJUDICE AGAINST rETrlcoaTB;
and oftortimes this aoetnH to ho tho only, on,sa
OF thlH ha!f-paY regulation. II labor and conl-
ronsatl6n RTE out Of proportion, women claim j..
wide margin for gru,nbling. Men aro not tho
only oyer-concoftod animals tn tho world. somo
women consider that the machinery OF socuty,
mud even politics, need their special lntotson-
ton; that the plans Of creation, oal for rooa,.
stuetion; aud fret because Ii In too aso for CIV
yoll no."
Few wonon studs carefully tho cauacs Of pot
have not tinlo to road tho careful digeBs OF tho
sooIologist, and they nro too inpatient at the
injnstiee to rcason tl'e matter out thonghtfulIy
and With common aenho. 1rait, IL not a woul-
results ae size does at taontnl conosdalunn. And
yet the 1laAB at Women who nre loudost In their
clamur for equal pay haye
DRAINS AND CULTURE.
They arc far removed from the Legitimate labor
Ink class. THIS latter has included women In
tho rnnks Of toll tltns out OF nllnl. In field
and laotory, uirls and won,tn have worked side
BY ade with boys and men, to,led their lfretime
through, aud died. making no sign. Indeed,
ton Of physical endurance simply with them.
II tho glrla and women were strong enough to
keep up with their brothers mud husbands, they
received the Batne compensation. A gwen num-
bcr of yards, i woven we'll by . woman, WAS
pnid for without prejudice In favor Of
pantaloonB. Thia continues tho samo in
ill The mechanical workmanship performed by
mon and women alike.
, When Olive Logan sald sho had mistakon her
weulthior woman II she lad chosen tho profess
sion Of dtessn3akiug irntead OF dress. exhibiting,
she no1a point that has more pbrtinence than
most Of her remarks may claiM. ILia not the
women who have maatorod \ trade TINT wo hear
growing about inadequate, unequal pny. Tho
growing co1nea from another quarter altogether
In thoir case Poverty has
ONE coaLpEasAT1So INFLUENCE oFTEaT1atka
for young womankind. 1t binds t4enl to servs
an apprenticeship At some good 1tradc, from
which thoy work out con,potenca and indopen.
dence. 1t will lako ono or mofe generations Of
woll-to-do parents to iearn that to give their
daughters such source Of Independence Ia in
nss tsy botsr tnan A. sxag them what tha5 ep are
tion," which mcans anything but an education.
whoh mems falHe aud faulty crammlng Of
mere words. or Tho most superficial snattoring Of
auch requirements An cnn never bo pue, arc
nsssr put, to any practical ueo III tho real ssrug-
gle cf life.
As it is not tic legitimate laborlng olass-
neither women With trades nor u. trado-who
are growing at unequal pay, will 1t not be we'll
to look about for the regular. grumblers9 4
large class Of women are to-day thrown upon
their own resources, IN all sorts OF unexpected
ways. Rich people live reckleBA1y, Improve
DENLY. An hour oftentimes 10 America tutns &
millionaire to paupoT. The middle clasHcn, as
they are called, live up to their income annually
in the struggle for appearances. Tho husband
and father succnmbF to the strain IN tho prime
OF his yearB; bis wife and children are poor an
beggara. Halt the American population liva on
railway trim. Accident insurance. companies
providers lose their lives by raway-acoileut. In
ono way and another, a carelass, ever.changng,
rushing people suddenly leayo helploss riyes
and daughters to shift for themselves. Ton
chnncad to one,
THEY ARE NNoW-SoTn1N1s;
that Is, they have no resource within themselves
to which they can turn IN self.reIiant conscious
ness that thov know eo1ne ono thug well enough
to make living byit
Tue last twenty yenrs have opcnad many av-
enues for this holpless Hihterhood. Situations
In stores, Offices, etc., are now filed by class
Of women who, twenty years ago. would havo
1,ofI Ind 1n FAat of
'a, Lo.s, ~ an,'am - no U.s. 49,, - Mouiau
ar" I,eta nv ~, rscasar. f+o1 ~ a .sse
a,s nse nus ] asoln % aons u .nelr
s.s nuitona % 1moy nass JUL sp"'F1a To; Wy M
sooE, stn,.s,os ~ .a ,ro.,. ~. n.a
employer feels this in the methods Of this clapa.
msan disnnaat ~ unfn;ihfri IL 'eais 0o ansa
rartain ihat tl,ev vii lava ttnr r,ooa. ~ iii
tat ~ W." ,sa ~ eu1a p'assn " ~
w;iI t1rat u r. ,na1 nt of ts III, tat IL xor -"
hnnorahla intlanandanca tn that vhrh 10 = "tto~s
t;mna a .ort ~ ns~".rlv dam danandanos " 9rto.a
wnmon hayo nat acu1,r".1' hy sInw and staady
nronesacs a rcnMinn lpya for work. and 1ny tnay
pparerly md continually look forward 10 WAN 'A''
''et'' AAo e's5 ansIn Tcry wv ran.rr ut""'o
wbcn . voman n,arTias' aha straiohtrav c;ves
mn har niocn. wIcn n mar narr,as I,a s;r,1sa,to
NV do,l,ies his jiiiranrn' tiat he NAV nrnS,,;o
for Two and poasiliIiTieg, i, nInce Of ona Fo'N'
.h",a ee1,anto, ,n;,,'t now oo,,o An, ~ of +ho
croat advantage to woman IN continuing her own
indenendent work: Of the great underl,ing Gauss
OF iufo!lcty in married life,-the hegsatlineas OF
the petticoat part Of tl4s domestic nlachne. A
few instances we have known Of the co-opsratlon
OF husband and wife in labor that mestt ,nouoy
for euch; and the harmonv Of those fem homes
offers u1npls testimony to the truth Of the btato-