New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-21
HARPER.

Tho pumhor onens with an excellent magazine
sr,,cls nv Mr John Lille nt!tled "MoOrland Village"
describing quaint English town in South Denvo"shie
remarkable the curOusy primitive character OF the
inhabitants snd ths antique expression OF Inc oo lhn'
the mi and church and the quaint pee uar dwelling
houses The writer struck with the difference in tn
manner the people in tie shops aud that when pre-
walls in the American country stores There was none OF
our hearness of question and response none OF our un
firing curiosity readiness to lie aStonhed or amused
The English vlager has but slight faculty for any such
expresson or emotions grave facts are received with
an unrued calm; grief and Joy seem robbed OF all ex-
citemeni; tic inevitable NeT-Engand want TO Know
Is never HEARD but still there is certain intensity III
their breyit and quiet uteraDce not without draatc
force The bacsmiths shop at the end Of the village,
ALWAYS open busy and erful presented character
ts;ic its Rembrandt Shadows and fiery centres
casting out iurd CLEANS in which tie dusky horseshoers
could be at their work. Outside there was always
a group cf idprs about the horses waiting 10 De shod
Old men stood by in smOck froeks and broad
trimmed hats leaning upon sticks; there were boys
nj overv age from three to twelve; and one or TWO
shy rosy-cheeked girls, with bare red arms ana enor-
NOUS pnafores Above this scattered group was the
dense foliage Of old tree whose branches shetefca
the roof and wide portal Of the forge One visitor after
another, IOunging 10 the spot, would always give
formal greeting to the blacksmith and his men, and acer
tain spice of sarcasm would often lend Zest 20 the talk
For instance: "Thomas Endicott be wbOam again;
hast becrd smith," Gays bad newshies Master JONES'
seen
showed herd 'ad unpleasant surprise" Among the
remaining articles working Women in New-TOrk,"
nv william H. Rideing, treats OF the employments and
nav of the New-YOrk Working Women in different
branches of industry Glowing that large number arc
suec, 10 the severest toll for Incredibly small pit
tsnce wearing out their lives for the sake OF mee
existence which IL embittered as 10 De ntllc
NOR. than a perpetual martyrdOm. The writer de-
scrhes several kinds OF petty fraud which are praeffsed
by the employers. against which the workwomen nave
been unable defend themselves but have now found
En- .tent helper In the Working wOmen's Protective
Iuiou" The employers for the most part, are small
tradesmep, n number Of whom produce work FOR one
largo house. while the houses themselves seldom i'm
Inflated. In some cases. the women make shirts at
thirty six cents dozen, and who could not collect even
this pitance from their employers; Others VINO make
qrits and toll eleven hours day. receive four dollars
and a half q week; while others make payer boxes ten
hours day for three dollars and eighty cents week;
ana still Others who book folders have not been able
to earn more three dollars week. 1t Is singular
fact reported by MIS- Susan n Carter the Principal of
the Cooper Union school, that Of the female grad
ates only onethird become professional artists
teacherp while OF the other tWohrds oDe-third marry
aud the Others are undecided their The
Art School includes class Of engraving, with an aver
age attendance of Twenty-Five In which branch
compereut hand can earn from fifteen 10 twenty-five
dolars week The Decorative Art Society affords en-
ployment TO limited nnmber Of women BY the sale OF
TIER work. but not often at hig prices. Jewery and
photograph establishments, average, pay better,
and In some cases. the from ten TO fifteen
dollars week. The desirable employment Is, per-
haps that OF telegraph who begl0ninR with
salary of twenty dollars month gradually advanced
TO fifty dollars, or very expert TO eighty dollars
mouth Mr.. William II. Gibson contributes a poem in
prose on springtime," companionpie,e to his pic
tnresque Winter Idy in previous number, and there
ore attractive articles "Tbe Country Of Luther" by
j. E. Montgomery, "Captain Nathan Hale" by Henry
pJohnston. "The Old Dutch Masters" and others. The
illustrations which form peculiar and admirable
feature I'm the Magazine remarkable than
usua 10 the present number both for variety ana char
ecteP.