The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-07-14

n 70 confess this new applicant Tor admissio
he does not chew nor smoke she does not drink
she does not swear. Unhappy. unworthy an
plieaHt She does not carry pistol and
i horrible 70 confess, she mas hip-pockel il
'e which 70 carry 10. If she did How shall yoj
:. endure the Srsnding rebuke Of suca a pres
q ence IN your midst l half suspect that th
= emil conservatism which cries cut aCains
: woman right 10 win her way in the legal frs
: teFnity i Tue offspring Of stolI3 salhshnes
ana luFlacIbie sex prejudice In law, il
mealcIae AID elsew here, any human beiu.
7 without regard to sex has natural in3efeasI
l ( BILE right, unless disqualified BY physical
I mental or moral IntrmIties OF def0rmigIes, "a
4 enter aud labor and live | am prepared tg
o SO = step farther in discussing this question
: as 10 -ttnuS re atei to the profession OF my
own cholce-a profession which l. in common
with my brothers the world over, esteem the
noble>t which can engage the affections and
powers O. ratIoual beiEgs-aud assert that
the admission generally Of woIas an to oGr~-ank k
/ would bring Uncomfortable o. esSlugs 10 the
profession itself in the elevation CT the social
intellectual and moral tone OF its present men,
bership.
There i another profession for which We
man has marvellous adaptation, and between
which and woman the klndest relations have
always sUbsIsIc1- 1 refer. OF course 70 that
OF medicine. Her keen sympathies. her intui-
tive discovery of the weaN spot. her accuracy
of diagnosis, and her almost me-meric eura-
tive powers OF presence, touch aud speech, all
. combine 10 make her the physician IuNalua-
f BILE ally. This she Is anu this the liberal
. minded ply Ician Is ready enough 10 ackuowl-
T edge, bar further than this lie viii not 90.
/ FaradoXlcaI as 1t may appear, the alert ami
progressive physician, next 10 the lawyer,
stands ca tradition. usage, precedent. lie Is
/ nothing If not exclusive and conservative His
Incompatible ally must not dare to put her
foot over the invisible line of professional eli
I 4uet which separates the female ally from the
/ male practitioner. Let her only ask lei ad-
mission TO the sacred ranks, and she drops out
/ of the regard OF the physician who has known
/ and valued her a lifetime.
/ She Is competent to administer las emetic
and adjust his blister, but let her not dare pre-
sumo TO do more. And Yet why should not
{ woman practice the healing art How sur
/ prisiuglg near woman is to membership with
/ the learned doctors IN spite OF her woman
! hood aud in spite Of their incredibly. She
I seems designed by nature Tor its gentle minis
/ tratons, and it, in many of It's branches,
seems equally and peculiarly designed for her.
! Is eclatiy IN the theory and practice OF medl-
ciue-In the treatment OF diseases OF woman
and children aily-she has already, de-
spite her lack of technical learning, shown
the bent anu reach of her genius.
Why should not women have her diploma
| in medicine and test her ability TO cope with
disease and suffering wider plane 2
There Is, a. was limited in the case of our
legal profession, ityle danger OF woman : de-
grading the brotherhood to which she aspire7,
while the danger TO herself from the assocIa-
ton may remain an open question. Why
shall not women be permitted TO enter this
wide held ami reap the harvest awaiting her
coming2
Ii intellectual fitness, if moral fitness, if |
physical fitness, even, avOucu her entire com /
potency for filing the post of healer, comfort /
er, restorer, why, l ask again, shall she not /
enter, with generous good wishes upon her |
work The which, during the present |
generation, gave Florence Nighttime gale to the |
mInlstery Of mercy in crowded and pestilen-
thai army hospitals, Is al least entitled TO be /
fairly heard and honestly tested by the pro-
tession in whose service her most respondent /
achievements were wrought This simple |
English country girl at the cry OF such dis
tress shocked the sensibilities OF Europe |
and filled the surgeons with dlsmay, quietly !
took into her young hands the stupen1ous task
of caring for the Indebtedness OF great
army, actively engaged in the field. Without
notes, without OstentatIOu, this gentlewoman
erected hospitals, organized her work, sys-
tematIZed it in all It's details, and herself
experimenting the roll OF all its vast machin-
cry, brought order out of confusion, health
and recovery out of wounds and diseases and
rescued and saved and resurreeted tens Of
thousands of human lives from official stupid
lty and blunderlug All this and more, she
DID, and thrilled the hearts of millions of men
and women Ia every part of the wide universe
with the wondrous story of her love and sac
rihce And the sisters of this shall
be denied entrance at all in that profession
for whichs she oiled and planned aud triumped
in far off Crimean hospital!
Why you ask. Let the same starched re-
probability, the same venerable conservatism
that surrounds the legal profession, be the ex-
PLANTATION and answer here also. But you,
who stand within the charmed circle, tell me
why woman shall not earn her bread and win
her laurels, too,sf she can, inside the splendid
ranks Of the medical profession
The doors which guard the exclusiveness of
these two learned professions having yielded !
10 womaB's demand for entrance, but little ,
difficulty viii be found in winning her way
to every other department of active useful {
ness. The aristocracy, as they esteem them 4
selves are inrenched in the legal and medi- !
cal lines-the common people we shall see her
easily reach, and receive most cordial wei a
come to work and live with them. 7
Let me invite your attention to a few call f
ngs in which woman has work and fellowship !
offered her
TeIegraphy and typography, present open r
and most inviting fields OF usefulness, with
sure reward. to the woman really ANXIOUS 10 ! /
make her own way in the world The quick =
ness of her perception and the delicacy, the a
,elerIty and the accuracy Of her touch ought b
% enable her TO command the situation of Z
successful rivalry. And, do not say it light $
Y or sarcastically, how congenial, in many of /
Il aspects, is the occupation. In the case, Y
he transmIssions Of messages around CONT 6
lents and under seas-the putting the wing v
If the lightning the word that may save n
army or overthrow emplre-the word that Il
nay thrill nation heart or break a womans n
the word that whispers to the mothers fear, o
safety with victory or, dead on the plain over t.
which the c0nqueror gallops. Thinks, if you 0
Will and IN Imagination see with what prodi- t.
salIty OF nervous force she puts the Joyous z
Message on the journey Of gladness and with G
{
Ter silent mercury down his narrow highway
md gives herself no pause till from its desti- e
ration she Eears-it is here--it Is delivered Il
md If The writing be mourntul. how Hnger- d
ngly her eyes rests Oh 1t; how teuderly she d
avs it before her. and with what a subdued a
,entleness she touches her key-looking the Il
While if face to face with the sorrowina one t,
md longed to comfort her. Her little battery e
becomes part Of her very self, and her bust
Tess takes hold OF heart none the less than her l.
lands Be sure il will be lovingly and faith b
thi srb,,1 cf ,1a ~,
where woman takes rank easily. she IL geneT- | s.
Usly welcomed. The work itself is not ardu- b
us and the surroundings are all pleasant, and II
he reward liberal and sure Would that hun | u
reds Of girls thoroughly understood and b
'racticed telegraphy, whore we now find one. o
he topographic ART too. presents an attrac- II
i've aud eminently proper scene for the dis t,
lay and cultivation OF woman 3 versatile b
lifts. In the higher departments Of the art G.
reservatiye Of all arts the opportunities tor I,
xercse of all the mechanical artistic quail a
les in woman are patent to the superficial Ii
bserver. Here, a critical eye, a cultivated d
lste and dainty hand all find abundant en- v
loyment- c
Why greater numbers Of women do not take h
ervlce IN the printing house is a matter Of a
stonis hment Perhaps, however the aston il
shment would not be so great II we were e
lade acquainted with the opposition woman r
leets in trying 10 win her way to independ- | u
wee IN the printing house As nearly related | ii
D this it need only be said that work the +,
ews pa per affords varied employment for all ri
he diversified CUTS OF woman, ana with The n
Characteristic hberalitY OF the free press Of / b
rec America, it be truthfully said that, on ! D
journalistic work-writing of every conceiv- ! a
BILE character, encouraged and paid for by h
ewspaper men-wnmen struggling for some W
hing better than domestic slavery, finds her b
lost satisfactory labor and reward. In en- Ia
raving and designing, in drawing and paint W
lg an cUlpture--in all their higher And low et
r torms-woman may and should find dssir- c,
bic engagement and honorable work, with
arisble compensation.
WOMAN HAS, FURTHER, =
ght TO employment in Government service | Il
u ali the departments and bureaus at the seat h
{ Government, State and Federal in custom 2
ouse and post-offlce; in revenue and census ii
-ork strictly clerical work of every descrip- | q
on in the civil service, woman has right 10 81
nd should receive appointment and promo N
h. ,bo1, .