The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-17
Women in Japan.

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The japanese are advancing SO rapidly
in the principles Of Western civilization
that it is hard to keep up with tho
changes introduced in the Mikados en-
I iro. Hitherto prejudice has forbidden
to women almost every kind of work,
but several of the principal manufactur-
ers are now experimenting with female
employees. thus far the result is con-
sidered favorable. The work done by
women compares so well in quality with
that done by men that several new cloth
factories are about to be built exclusively
for the employment Of women. The
worst feature of the case is that the
women are kept at work twelve hours in
the day without intermissioh but in
jelligent capitalists may be expected to
detect soon the disadvantages Of over
work.
The Difference.
The male and female clerks in Wash
:ngton are thus contrasted: It is COM
mon enough to see male clerk saunter-
ing through the corridors during Office
hours, alone and unattended, but a fe-
male clerk never. They always are
found in pairs. When female clerk
wants to leave her desk and go out into
the corridors, o similar desire is sure to
seize another female clerk, and they go
out together. There has never been a
case recorded where q female clerk has
left her work during hours and APP
peared in the corridors alone. There are
always two Of them, generally with arms
twined afectionately, and, at the same
al Il, ~
pacing the corridors. This fact is sin
gular, and may be important There
may be scientific, perhaps psyche
logical, reason for this phenomenon. It
can't be because Of their social natures,
for when they leave the departments for
their homes this dual condition of affair.",
no longer exists. They go along the
streets alone, but in the corridors OF the
department. they are found in pairs.
This phenomenon is an interesting one,
and should be investigated, and no
doubt rich results would be obtained
and much light thrown on the vexeG
problem of the female nature.
woman, Wife, Mother.
Great, indeed, is the task assigned to
woman. Who can elevate its dignity :?
Not to make laws, not to lead armies,
not to govern enterprises, but to form
those by whom laws are made, armies
are led, empires are governed To guard
against the slightest faint Of bodily in
trinity the frail yet spotless creature
whose moral no less than physical being
must be derived from her to inspire
those principles, to inclucate those
doctrines, to animate those sentiments
which generations yet unborn and ma
lions yet uncivilized shall learn to bless;
to soften firmness into mercy, and
chasten honor into refinement; to exalt
generosity into virtue, and by soothing
care to allay the anguish of the mind ;
by her tenderness to disarm passion !;
by her purity to triumph over sense to
cheer the scholar sinking under his toll !;
to be compensation for friends that are
perfdious for happiness that has
passed away; such is her vocation. The
couch Of the tortured sufferer, the prison
of the deserted friend, the cross of the
rejected Savior these are the theaters
in which her greatest triumphs have
been achieved. Such is her destiny; to
visit the forsaken; to attend the neg
lected; when monarchs abandon, when
counselors betray; when justice prose-
cutes, when brethren and disciples fee,
to remain mistaken and unchanged, and
to exhibit in this lower world type of
that love pure, constant and inefable,
which in another world we are taught to
believe is test Of virtue. -Blackauood's
Magazine.
strons-Ninded Wonen---Thc Mother
Of the Gracchi.
After months of earnest and somewhat
thorough research we have amassed
a surprising amount of facts.
which prove beyond all possible doubt ::
/ First, that philanthropic endeavor on
the part OF woman renders her more
royal and helpful in her own home, and,
second, that almost every woman who
| has achieved national or worldwide
| fame as true mother has not lived a
secluded, domestic life.
| l make this assertion now without the
/ slightest reservation, because I have 3
wealth of evidence, in well-authenticated
| facts.
| Passing by hundreds of illustrious ex-
amples, let me call your attention to the
model mother, the pet Of masculine ora
tors, the typical woman, the great model
4 ever set before the imagination of girl
/ graduates - Corneha, the mother of
/ the Gracchi.
| Now, tell me, my good gentleman
L friopd honocf confession poyr-6 didn't