, 1874-03-29

Hov Sewing-Mach;nes Have Be-
come a Curse.


1iasly to procure work, and where she could fine
boarding house or = room suited to the pay she
,.o,,d receive. II she does not then, in tho Ga
rscity Of working-woman, SEQ enough and heal
enough to make her heart sick, it eil be because
sba does not possess heart, but ca1loused
tub5tance has taken it's place.
TER DAINTY, nUFFLED WRAPPERS
xnro by ladies in the ca,ly part OF tho day art
.renuantiy made By women at their homes. It
aacus likc tlesoc1sticn Of tho term to call the
MACE where womsn llTes, who ia dependent
npon sewing for the atores for q livelihood, By
k5e pudesting title Of home. II is utterly i'm
nossible for any person who is compelled to
xork At such business for living .c obtain any
thing i.ke decenoy in the shape Of a home. That
poet who rendered himself immortal by writing
Though e7er 10 humble, there's no place like home,
eoala never have n,ele the attempt to establish
home with the money q sewing-woman can
eth.
The girl CT woman rho commences work as a
wappe1-msker, has, in the first place, to invest
95 eents In patterns,-50 cents Tor the long wrap-
oer pattern, and 45 cents for the short one, a.
she is obliged to furnish her own patterns. Nine
md hall yards Of cloth is the amount given,
aa. OF which she constructs the garment, with
II its frltts and fu:bellwB, pockets, cuffs, DC.
She il 90 npeiled to assume The responsibility Of
'r'it, and woe to Let il rhe ia wasteful OF
be. e1 th or makes mis- stcp vi b her shears;
the 1esu,1 VII be that she must keep the ma
tettal for her owl use, and refund the price OF
It, her employer. Bat, the garment cut out nll
right sne procee1s to m Ike it; and after steady
vs1k ior four hours, it shs is an old experienced
worker, she will have completed the wrapper, for
vhiehsue zecaiyos tie magnificent remuneration
TWENTY-FIVE CENT?;
TOME employers pay only Il centai In Eome in
ttances, employers furnish the thread; il
Others, the airi furnishes her own thread. Now,
Jet any lady examine her wrapper: take into ac-
count the length Of the seams and hems, the
Qoautiky Of ruff e, the number Of button-holeB;
aud then calculate the amonnt OF work for q
cents. snd'aho caa but decide thAt the woman
Who Ia sklliful enough to make one Of those gar
ments it, four hours is worthy Of better fate
thhn to apply herself 80 steadily aud iudustri-
ons1y eight hours q day for the small sum Of "a
eents. If she have tie strength to work twelvo
long, weary hours, ehe eau mako only 63 cents
End ii she furnishes her own thread, nok even
Stat sma amount,
Just Imagine widow with children, support
ing them and herself on what she can earn at
wrapper ArnaRl. ga widow, too. who was prob
sbly tenderly cared for during her husbands
lifetime, nnd left by his death in destitute cir
:umstances, to provide for herself and children
n best she can. With house-rent pay, fuel to
purchase, how much will she have left for food
md clothing? What time hes she 10 devote to
her children? How can she instruct them and
le.d them II the paths Of girt,a7 All her en-
erEiea are needed to snve them from The panss
IT hunger and cold in which she IL not always
successful.
II 1r Any woNDEa
shat cur prison statistics Show that tha majori-
r Of ,yeuile criminals came from this source,
.tn fo{h ia iHan md har
Etut ). and her love is such that she cannot part
xith ner children, but kesps them with her in
Ibis sad condition. whete she can minister
At ther to thei: physical nor their moral natures
Sta istics arc stubborn facts, and they prove
fha chiidi en- ara not go liable to become crimi-
aafs where they lose both parents as when they
Csc their father only, as, in the former case,
hz9 are usually placed in families and properly
AT: d for.
When sewing-machines we're first invented,
1ley were considered blessing to women, as
haecl they wele for como time aud any one |
who depehded upon her Own labor for support, |
md wss fortunate enough to.spo6sess sewing |
machine, could make comfortabls living; but, |
Is machines we're multiplied, the pay for sewing |
decreased, and sewing machines
HAVE BECOME CURSE |
instead of blessing to women. Woman'B |
WAGES have been steadily growing less, until |
girl Can no longer earn livelihood by making |
garments that are exposed for sale in our mag
lllicent stores.
Tne waterproof c1oaka that are 30 comforta-
BIZ for ladies' who are obliged to be out IL stormy
Weather are also given to women to make at the
riac6 they call home. These garments are 40 1
Fell known that they need no description,-the
!nng plain cloak, and the more fanciful cape.
Tie cloak Is he11l1ned around the bottom and up |
'de front, while tho cape and sleeves are lined
ahd bound, OF scatfoped, aud nine latga bntton-
holes are worked up the trout. An experienced
*trzar on a eewing- machine viii make one OF
Ehtse III sen hours, for which Sue receives
FORTY cENTst
I'm long, weary hours at cents an hourl Six
csys work, for ten hours day, on sowing-nla-
chine, gives GAO! After paving 81 for the rent
af room, only S1.40 left for food, fuel anG
clothing, aud That, too after investing s75 in
toor girla, can we blame them if they become
discouraged with work that pays 30 little, and
y to a4y,h ng that promises to give them a
title more ease and conlfofs than they can OBJ
an BY continuous labor On q sewing machine
; n We blame therc It they are heguiled by the
! lAstrr1ng promise Of ease and luxury, to listen /
a, =, fo!ee Of tile tenaper, and sell the priceless
sRe. OF which they stand 80 much IN need?
aueh OF the social evil would be abolished ii |
'onen and girls dependant upon their own e1-
ltons could command living price for their |
Eo.k. e.as, and earn enough to make comfortable
ones: II the ladies' who are .peti:ioning tue {
.es'.lAtnre to prohibit the iceneing Of the
oclal eyll wond, in addition to their petition, l
:. co TO WORK PRACTICALLY
Ct tie benefit OF these poor wo1nen,-wou1d buy f
1e Materials for their wearing apparel, take it
1uetn, aud pay them the came price for their |
TX I!f as tbey paw to their fashionable Dress
.4Sofs and mltfiners,--th would do more t
o"atos lessening the social evil than they could
ss1 90 oy patitious, as one caufe which leads to
- degradation Of woman would be reduced. t
lady visits large and fashionable dry-goods Il
s;oee, selects the material for waterproof
icas purchases it, and, as she desires to have il
~ aaaae atter tho most approved fashion Of the t
-. u hFst-c!ass establishment, she leaves 1t F
! lete r. 70 be hnished by certAln time Shera7s
n tor making, and wearH It with the satlstac il
~ VI knowing that it IVES manufactured at Que Il
We 10 hne6t establishments in the city. While "
~ Matn IL. poot ~oman made it at her home Il
:, =. .ae email tum Of DO cents, and the prop1ie e
,s 1a u us ftore put into his pocket the differ
nse re eo1Ntea 20 cents and $3.50; the couse- b
y aeuee OF which is that he can afford to enjoy Il
- 49,, u:e lu1u:ies and pleasures Of life, either b
LIVES .ts9ss o. sinful Is suits his tastes, while she f
~. DESPERATION AND pEArH. Il
r;e oaaE utterly discouraged in trying to earn b
~ .D y mal!t fA:iutlng wrappers aud water- k1
Il ciue as. the next tries LADIES' suits,-hoping y
~ w. At.e tetter On more stylish garments. pa
J.. .ue'e'oIo, takes to her cbeerless home q N
sat Of black alpaca or of some similar ma IA
:e 1t ID cut out exactly N IL ia i,,farde fn fft