Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-02-13
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once travelling IL railway Carriage
NLIcA sAs divided into tWJ Cd pAri-
ments. | was alone IL mine, but there
were three young ladies' IN the other.
and, As tie Partition door Was closed.
they either did not notice NV presence
or else we're so unconcerned about il.
that they began to discuss the WAYS of
men as II l were not there to hear
The things they said, the merry wGv IN
which they said them, the extraordinar
lily vivacious intuition which they
evlnced AS to the weak points of mans
character, were all as amusing as they
were Illuminating to listen to. When
the train reached my station had to
get out and pass through the compart
ment where the fair critics were. / say
fair by courtesy. for they were none
of them pretty. They became silent
moment as if abashed, but then Uttered
behind their muffs. and only Redeemed
slightly when turned round, bowling,
and remarked: "Thank you for an
agreeable journey and good lesson,
young ladies'" TRY and remember
it." answered one, with od-humored
sauciness. l am sure she has found
husband since, and trust, for his sake.
poor fellow, that he has contrived to
behave himself.
Here we're plain girls who were bound
to get on in life but there are others
less sharp and mirthful, whose lot is
singularly cheerless. Take the girl who
is positively plain, without any devils
beauty" who is not clever and who has
no money. Her father may be man
with small professional income. just
enough to get on with, and he may OBJ
ject to let his daughter go out to earn
money. So long as he lives the girl
has home, but she knows that when
he dies, leaving nothing, her fate will
be to face the world without having any
means of earning her bread. Of course
she hopes to get married, and this
chance of matrimony which is thrown
like lottery ticket into the lap of every
girl, tends to keep her in day dream
of expectation SO long as her youth
lasts but it takes two to make O mar
riage, and the plain, unaccomplished
girl does not easily find suitors. Good.
ness knows what frantic efforts she
makes to bring her small talents under
the notice OF young ministers, lawyers,
doctors, supplemented gentleman, far
mers and shy old bachelors with money.
She lets it be known that she can cook,
that she can sew, that she loves parish
visiting, Cor looking after farm stock, as
the case may be, that she adores chill
dren, and that she thinks woman's
function in life is to be the slave of her
husband and to make him a comfortable
home. There are some who, watching
these antics, are amused by them to
me they have always seemed infinitely
pitiful. a woman scheming for hus-
band uses just about as much base ar.
tliice as man striving after advance
ment in his profession, but no more
and the excuse is greater in her case,
for the stake she plays is immense,
social custom having made of marriage
almost the only career for women.
There Is no reason why this should he
so, considering the number of situations
there are which men now monopolize,
but which might be quite as suitably,
if not better, filled by women. Why
should not women be employed in gov
eminent offices to do the clerical work
which men do in such slovenly fashion,
grumbling all the while at the poor pay
they get? Women write better than
men they are more industrious and
painstaking. They would make excel
lent post-ottice clerks, lawyers engross-
ers and counting. house cashiers. As to
cashierships, it may be remarked that
male cashiers are constantly absconding
with their employers money if bach
elors. they indulge in pleasures beyond
their means and bet and speculate they
get into debt, and then the big sums in
their keeping offer temptation too
strong to be resisted. This is not to be
feared with women, who, when their
days work is over. go home quietly to
tea, and think more of saving their
earnings i'll driblets, than of adding to
them by brilliant coups de Bourse. l
hope to see the day when the race of
male cashiers will be extinct and mean