The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-16
Hints for Girls Who Want Employment
Inter ocean,

What field Of labor would you choose
to enter? Our cities are full of miliners,
dressmakers, teachers and clerks You
have no profession. You have not expe.
rience or ability to fill places of response
bility. You would shrink from the toll,
the ceaseless, patient, laborious study and
the care and anxiety Of literary labor, or
if you would choose this in preference to
other employment, you may not have the
ability or talent it demands or the years OF
study it takes to begin in this department
of labor
But there is field of labor in the
city and country that needs hearts, sym
pathy and determination to do the du-
ties cheerlully and well. Girls would soon
win the appreciation and respect of their
mistress, and if in true goodness, and no.
bleness Of character they are her equals,
they will be treated as such, and find
themselves esteemed members of happy
families. By doing their work systemati
caly they would have many leisure hours
for culture and set.improvement. But
they must learn to appreciate the fact that
nothing can be won without hard labor
and to be cheerfully what necessity com.
pels them to do. Our American girls
have not been taught tine dignity of labor,
but they are the girls best adopted TO ele-
vate the work that must be done in our
homes.
"lf girls would 60 to these homes with
kind willing, competent hands.-The
overworked wives and mothers OF our
country are begging for efficient help, and
ignorant foreigners cannot supply this
need, There is demand for intelligent,
competent girls who can take little of
the responsibility and care upon them
selves, and thus relieve our women Of
one Of the greatest trials. MANY of you
look upon this as beneath you, and some
Of you will read this with a feeling of
scorn, and yet this work is far easier bet
ter and pleasanter than many of the enjoy
ments that you are engaged upon, with
your experience, as elegant, easy and re.
fined, With a months experience YOU
could become good cooks or housekeep-
ers, and you could take with YOU to vour
labor all the dignity, sweetness and graces
of your wonanhood, and thus dignity the
work you look upon as beneath you.
"There are thousands of women who
would give intelligent, faithful girls al.
most the love and consideration thev
would their own daughters, if they found
them worthy of their regard, and would
willingly assist them in their efforts at
selfimpr~ement. Let our girls see the
plain, unvarnished truth of this matter.
Let their ambitions be to become useful,
industrious, wonamly woman, and if they
find they are too poor to dress and move
in fashionable best society, leave such
society There are plenty Of worthy, in.
telIigent poor who are quite as good, and
often better company for our girls. That
girls are not paid well we admit, but they
would be better paid if they would give
more study and care to their work. 1t is
not the work we do, bur the spirit in
which we do it; that elevates or degrades
us, and the girl who sweeps room cheer
fully and thoroughly, makes as royal an
instrument Of the broom she holds as the
golden sceptre of a queen