New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-08
BOSTON LITERARY NOTES.
NEW BOOK ON TIE WOMAN QUESTION.

A NEW BOOK ON TIE WOMAN QUESTION.
"sEX IN INDUSTRY" by DIR. AMES-riiE DIP
FCCITIEs ATTENDING Tux REGULAR EMPLOY
MENr OF wONBS-H,w TO REGULATE THEIR
RIGHT TO LABOR" WHIP AND SPUR BY col.
WAXING.
| lrRou A REGULAR CORRESPONDENT TRIBUNE]
BosroN, April 29.-J Il. Ossood Il Co. have
published BOOK watch may excite as much a.
tcntiou among thoughtful people did DR. Clarses
| "sex In Education" refer TO " Sex IN Industry ::
pea for the workingG'rl" BY Aze'
! AIMEE r.. ND Member Massachusetts, Medical
,ciety, Honorary Member California Medical
| ,cie.y, Special Commissioner Of Investigation
Mass lchuscts Bureau Of statistics OF Labor. etc"
Dr. Amcs shows the great, tho almost nsurmountablc
difficulties under which women must compc with men
in any systematic business such, for instance as tee
grIAy. typcsttus bookkeeping, or tending In stores
lie establishes his points very clearly bat the remedies
! which he indicates Ia me inadequate am con
WINGED that girls ght not TO be engaged III
r. ,uar work-tInt feeble women are uusuited Tor sys
| tcmltic and occupation; ana mat even 'hc
strongest women need frequent vacations thdu
m.1 AMI are N IRE harm ID by stan ling continuously
upon their feet These things true IN pity TIA thcy
are re since the remedy hard To fad For VINO 10
re ly 20 support feeble woman or even The grl OF H.
who has no able ani willing husband father or brother
on whom 10 depcudf
| rrr,t deal of comnllint has been made because
ploycr ia to give his employees many more privileges In
the wav Of vacations short daS stools sill while
men stand, &C., &c, THAI he gives his onpioye" IL IL
natural that should be wiling TO pay them as much az
he pays men DIR. Anes thinks that wiich"od ana
motherhood are the sphere of woman and no doubt
every woman would think too il the right opportunity
offered But 81 the thousands who shut out by
fate from this, their " true spher }" They must work
since unfortunately the Brotherhood OF mankind
Is not yot in active operation toward the unrro-
t,ctcd sisters Of the race. II only they could
work under such conditions az Dr. Ames
SUGGESTS the gain would he infinite not alone to ind-
vidunls but 10 OF course this eau only be
brought aDout ia degcee, by general education OF
public opinion and when that is attsned-wLen
m N are convin .cI that they have no right o employ
women without taxing special care for their b"'th una
CONFERENCE.-The is to hinder them from employing
men in preference. and only opening their workrO1ms
10 women at all as a last RESORT Bat women who need
employment would rather work under present dis'd-
vantsas than not work at all The prob IN Is com
plcate one. DO not think Dr. Am,s has by any means
solved il; but Will give yOu his suS SOns Tor REFORM
as ho himself condenscs them at the end
70 frame laws 10 meet the demands of the principles
have recognized undcr all their varying conditions, Is
no, task for this SPACE nor one be readily accom-
plished but we fairly consider in b,ci, some ot
the cnS specially desirable should the aPpc
ciatiOu OF Che public IL genera An tI' en- oFI ~ par
tcar. an e. l. ta be hoped Will eventually hld Ch1ir
recognition IN law II Is believed
That the employment at labor OF any giil uhd'r 10
We irs OF age should not he allowed.
That t, en- ia. aut of girls uf other agcs-and women
rutraly-ai cIblOynents uns1iT e. their sex sh0nd
lee suffered such en- loynents being determined ny
council of salub1ty, IN France, comp OF those most
| einueutly lit fOr their nigh COlItniSsionl.
| That, In sucn empoymcn.s rs women should bc az
mittod 70, they should he permitted a "pcrlod'ca an
-.ncc without pccunry loss, for such time rs might br
| inst and necessary.
That in employ mcnts where women should he admitted
aud which rcl ue h degrees of IN NJ cOncent ton
with sicl emery. al tiOual vacations OF shinclehl
| cXtcu should be the right Of the employee.
That in all employ s. II should hc obligatory u"h
the employer 10 Tact the processes 0f tc OCCUPATION
under the most advantageous conditions 10 hrtllh ana
tO secure all improvements III th:s sara thdt may pe
come approved.
! That in all larcs manufactures tnf over certain num-
bprs employees there should he speciil sanitary super
vision at the expense Of tile prnpriefof~.
| mat there should nc well established examination
and certifcAtOn Of all emploScS male AMI female, pro-
posing engage in any eerols or burlrn>one en-
p1Y-bly those het' certified who are found IN The
possession Of health not IA be IN uly nni.cd thereby
| aud only such ~ he employed ~ are Ccrllucd.
This is al extremely sensible, 10 doubt hut you per
ceve the Of the difficulty which remains What is
10 secure food aud shelter to thu feeble sisters who
not BE- approved Ivy the Board oi Examiners and who yet
! must work or diet
Another book when r. Osgood Co, bGvc published Is
"Whp and Spur" by Col Ge lrSe L. Warning OF Newport,
collection lively ami picturesque ske chcS all as the
title implies having less 10 do with horses The
readers Of The Apaprc M,atg are pleasantly familiar
with most Of these sketches hut doubt tley-hiv1g
already enjoyed thcm-wu be gal to see them III vol
urne One envcs Col Warng his seat the back Of
some OF these gallant sec L. lie give you allfhc
glow and fervor good dop by his description. and
! ter worth beng acquainted with than most mcu.
| l.. c. NJ.