, 1874-10-16

pcrsona IN o,!r own co;n,sy., And yet Ssve no
81 ~ stay ~ "a! @ @ na,arS you rs M s SS
lufant ia H. psSon nsss % Aud viii 10 falsy godmoer o
w compel yo wD nrS sS fCnst hsre to 1nrcI
Santlhs shab nas leavo Ills aasobS POOR M il
Whsn como to suayzo the neral weakness Of wo1n-
en-, md IL one great element Of It that
THEY HAVE NOT ANY M0.Ex.
Mhy IL aer er essaes are e.s or IT,
support Of tho Government, md tho Trnslcoh who
bold theis posss'ssians anl nsy oH oyor Their ~.
a ,est ey ls7q 40 nsne{ 1s T.
piay III thu tnyeatmcns II their money.
Nom. whilo tho tnvestnont s Rout, and tho Tr,iaco
faithful tue wvnGn "'ay I've np1n @ wst gsy ea gs1
foolts Tho Tr,tstec nfaithFu, down they 10, into
!e abys Of oxoEy ottc nrng'ae wstn shame N nd I'D
lii direct premium 10 rcckleasncas Of apecuators
sure not 10 fin ts que cut ut II Ia paas remedy n1
tho offender out Of reach. What inoucy-catclltng
scnerne is tlpre in which
THIS rLuNDEntS0 OF THE WOMEN
aud children docs not entcr? What monetary crlsta ts
there which docs not inef them BY hHnisstl1 s1 I'd
tsa!ue 10 the caro- aud Use Of money mon arc. 1t
IL part Of The grent Taaase theory Of Non'nnEsnd
TINT rules Tpcn 9u Of s o. o. ss is 9mn 9ma
ory, it has had is day, aud is HOW nsithor 10 10 III
dorsed nor excused. A.
n,na appreciation places women 1nakcs them willing to
appear 10 10 fooa far tiAnce Is concerned Men
NV 70 ys 10 rqa t. pu Ii e nobo Of so
rciaco ts Kept ont Of sight In most courtFns and
TO oe eontrsana al ara S Tny shs nF0ngn ax
have cn1p1upn suso and it. their hnsband8 Will not
love them. aud, by md by, the reproach for this
want Of common senso oso1'aSea @nea' sA'Ss Ao 'ee
Without further enaraing npon thcae evident evils,
will usk this Congress IL constder
which ,nlcrllo tho hcading q EinnneG On our list
Of topicF. The questions which asn AK 10 good
!" haye much to do with their decentralization, with
tncir want u ctaeaton aud want Of resource, aak,
answer IL, Tratu thc1n to dnancia activity. Lot hesn
snuw whit money is, mud wllatIt is not Lot them,
above al learn te conditions under "cn capital can
nature OF banking anu brokor.Ge Iheh ct tia ~ IL
nIty years later tho wonSn Of !hs community will be
nalyely praying The men not to segsss taeg H. Or h9lp
/ ha1e In 1ny t,sntl <:
a u1acu1An-LrrrER "
from lady IN Nurc,phnrg,-nt5. merkoh-
announcing Tint, nftsr her 1abx1ds death, eha has
bauEing House Of which aa IN the head her signature
hoinE irst upon tho published llst: r. EarSpc thls
creates 10 r.,si, sisps In tsnS9 t1an s
the bls!ncss women Of Eutolm %ow4 bo very valuable
III this point OF Wow, and for ono ahond gruatiy
Nrr Fawcott reply TO my letter merely polite
refusal to ,lo anything for ill., tho gronl Of want
csa more to heart Ial1s 0obla's lcsler IL given be-
Mns. nanY nEtLoou pprSAM,
being nppeasel to, rtrgu In friendly letter. txprca1-
Ing littcl interest in ur topc. She las. however,
theory sonceEnsng money .te At variance with that
~ tue a Il y sna m tea prcsent oS 10
at all. Unlike her, feel obge from 'le necessity
Of o :o ae1fn e. On tho ground
condition aud power Of woman a. class, aud. far
~ this tH orpreux!sc to Rook for measures which shall
This cannot 10 adequately done without many
statistics, aud much study for which tie present aords
no scope. anall do bent, peFhnps, I1, IN. IN
to the various wou1ens clubs aud uAsociatlons which
are spreading 30 rspsdly through the country Is4ys
a.y aa a1n woman % ~ - pro procer nnd consumer, %
S::s,s ss:!sp ;s,e;s, ss'' S''s il ~sS women a7a
WOMEN AS BORROWERS,
often tske note Of tho facility With Which tho men
hand borrow money from capitalists and aiikug tu-
stitntsohs. Aud tnks equal noso ot tho difficulty
which women VIII, any enterprise iii Wow encounter
that have had in mind, for ,nore than year tho
plan Of Dans be administered and conducted ly
as may COMMEND thosnselsea to tho best wisdom Of
i.e officers. Sono to whom haro coutdci this pro-
ect object to i on the ground thst rs ters I. moth.
lug d}stlncsiYcy ale about tho blaneas of banking,
tinctyey female. Well, say pbont politics, and
md no not either mals Or female. But when TIC, aro
entirely r. BY snG s';t M 5'd thy
In, aud assort ita a1t Of the right an power.
II ho present aspect Of finance y not entirely and
ii. LII view Of tho enormous abl,scs Of private and
public trust which ..o arc DULY compelled to reco9
nize, nnd in which no women, from cur financial
ignorance aud importance, 1ainentnbly ac4nicacc. I
fcal that arc bound to mako such Htudy aa
of tue principles and practice of anancc III order hat
TOO in tho theory aud art Of true economy.
And this hEings mo 10 NY lass ,ss,, word IN this
e % ha e oi a n sseas Woa owf
do know that ta nation tnyasts too much Of its mnd
and money In show.
gives rank III much Of orr society and many Is tito
business man who invests III splendid outward appear
b. hSs GSs i'd a o sS is
Sfn ss' y 81: Is s1esS! ass t:
than anything els makes tron'Oo Tor or tuture
For oth0r nations which royilencs silts III among
do understand and rrastiees s true economy They 20
!irn. wlile no :are shaten,, and thetr patient
scatter TO the winds. Let remember that hnanco
moans nationM lanos, solsency, education. PUBLIC
works. Tue peseeo abSr and The s,p pa,isy Of capital
these rcnarkg with tho words Of tho great poet which
I mako my watchwor1 In thus connection:
" You taae my life
Whom you d. t.ko tho nlcans whereby liva.''
Mrs. Howo at tho conclusion OF her paper,
| read tho following extract from 3 letter from
bIrH. FRANCES POWER CoNN,
| of London, written from tho North OF Wales:
AUGUST u, 1874.
| DEAR Mas. HOWE: am very much Interested III
the subject Of your letter to-day recc!red. Ths mat.
ter OF money IL the "kcy OF the situation" Even
when happeu to inlers any Of 1t now. they urc
ignorant and helpless to ita 1aautpnlAona that 4
prcticasiy falls 70 convey to them Tho power 1t would
naturally give II we eau nut them IN the way Of ia.
dcpenlcut management. nnta Of understanding TIC
common outlines Of monetary transactions,
va will do, ,,porlaps, more to oniancipate them
| than III any either way. I do not know what Ia Tho
usal arrangement about tic property Of yonr wo1ne,
lii Amoricl. In England about half tin rlch fathers
1y .ois tagltsra, niH, but e'ys then, ~ allowance.
ut A The other half allow than something quarterly
ranging from :25 to ElG9 rhut very tewindced
do hs right thing Of putting any carta III their nnta
or Investing 1t III their names, TINT they Ehoud both
hold it Independently Of rareatal saprcS and learn
when young ladica inherit their c5, 600 c1D0 0Od
at tic death OF thor fathuis-whsthtr they .i
yeara Of age or si,-hcy aro equally IT,
/ tfa nrhcffc1t manu- .n,ltert 1f t1aIr nfrntrt