The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-30

women ana u surplus oil men, ana ueulunu I
for woman's work. To do this properly a
"bureau of emigration" IS necessary, com
petent, judicious, reliable, which shall put
in communication the women OF the east
and the vacancies of the west.
There is no way by which provision can
be made for superfuous women, except to
train them Intellectually, morally and in
dustrialy, so that they can make their own
way in life, whether married or single. A
very large minority Of women do not mar
ry. Of those who do marry large pro-
portion are obliged still to earn their own
living entirely or in part. The majority of
widows have the burden of their own |
maintenance thrown upon them, and that |
of their children. 1t is therefore an abso- |
lutte necessity of our present social condi- |
ton that women should have as free ad-
mission to professional and industrial train |
ing as men, that there should be no mon
opoly of sex, and no protective duty on
either side.
The number of occupations open to
women are SO very few that they are
crowded with applicants who tread one an
other down and keep wages at the very
minimum. 1t is not the fault OF the cap
italist that woman is 30 poorly paid for her
labor. 1t is the fault of society. Any ar
| ticle sells cheap when there is too much of
| it in the market. And woman's labor is
cheap when there is too much of that IN
the market. Take the profession of teach
| ing. Everywhere the salaries of women
are much below those of men. Why Not
because they are less successful than men
| in the same profession or do less work.
| Nor yet because, as so he afflrms, because
they have only entered the profession tenn
porarily, as a stepping stone to something
better-for this Is no more true of them
than of men. But there are too many OF
them. The superintendent of education
says, "Remove all the teachers In the
United States and their places could be
filed within q week." There are 5000 to
A, 900 women music teaching in Paris.
But there is hope, for there is growing
dissatisfaction with our system of popular
education. 1t may be described as literary
j for the use OF the head and not at all for
the hands. 1t does not bear directly on the
leading pursuits of the people. In the or.
: ganizaiion of schools and in the methods
of instruction there has been great change
little in the things taught. There is, how.
ever, a growing tendency to modify popu
lar education in our country and to bring
, it into harmony with the age and the mani
fest demands of labor.
A two-fold movement in favor of indus
. trial education in America has already be
, gun. One looks towards the establishment
of technical schools, like the "Illinois in
dustrial university" open to women as wei
= as men Another seeks q modification o
/, our present school system, which shall en-
: able them to send students to these school
4 | of professional training or the workshop o
. the artisan. 1t is said that one city alon
II of Massachusetts spends annually in En-
d rope $40, 900 for manufacturing designs
which should be made here. Let womel
:, crowd the industrial schools now open, an
Il force the opening of more. For in til
IS field of industrial art training women ca
y succeed as well as men.
: All through the land, in homes and ou
e side Of them,I find these women, unweddet
e in the vulgar parlance of every day speec
G called "old maids" with shrug of th
g shoulder and slight dash Of scorn, in til
!. finer language of sociologists and essayis,
e. denominated "superfluous women" The
al have been brave enough to elect to wal
y through life alone, when some man b,
:, asked them in marriage whom they coul
. not love with white lips they have sal
t. 'sNo," while their hearts have said "Yes
u u because duty demanded of them the sacr
~ flee of their own happiness. Their liv
- - have been stepping stones for the advanc
II J, ment of younger sisters they have earnt
/ the money to carry brothers s thro roy, &c. CO
os of architecture, they stand in their plao
~ and uphold the roof over a dependel
~ household; they invert the order of natur
~ and become mothers to the aged, childil
" " parents, fathers and mothers, whose faillr
40 feet they guide gently down the hill
IL life, and whose withered hands they
d, and by fold beneath the daisies; they car
VI words of cheer and world of comfort
~ households invaded by trouble, sickness
GU death. The dusty years stretch far behir
do them beauty and comeliness drop awe
from them, and they grow faded and car
ng worn they become nobodies to the hurr
it, ing, rushing, bustling world ; and by al
"a by they will slip out into the gloom-tl
sN shadows will veil them forever from eartl
IN ly sight-the great surprise of joyful gree
ot ing will welcome them, and they will thr
I'M to the embrace of the heavenly bridegroom
he Let us give to woman such trainin
90 physically, industrially, intellectually al
VI spiritually, that we shall shame the wor
,e- "superfluous" out of the vocabulary,
he descriptive of women. And thus will he
,ss men, and elevate them quite as much
y any special work which might be done
re them, and thus collective humanity will
70, benefited, and higher civilization be pr
he noted, for
en- "The woman's cause is MANS they rise.
rh sink
nd Together, dwarfed or god like, bond or Free"