The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-09-25

ment this winter 20 ST lesst 400 additional
rr--en al rgmuusftige wngei Whhs the
.,-,,. in'e. box aud other establishments unN
der way will msks room for about oUO
more. ,oooo
There are 10 New Ot!eaas ab1u! 40 900
womon two.thirds Of them Whit capable OF
working and ws hmlY believe, willing to
work. This leaves q 600 working women,
of whom ou'v about 900 now nHyn ems
nloyment ou .e Ct domestic service. Those
employed should be divided into four class
e.:
Sewing women and those engaged In IN
dustriea whore the principal work Is sewing,
2200.
Women engaged in literary and art work,
such AS teaching, copying, singing, paiatlng,
ate, 800
wouon engaged in manufacturing work
prop 900.
Wvml tending shop, mostly corner gro'
ceries ior their husbands, 1000.
SEWING WOMEN.
While the women engaged in sewing are re
ceving very fair wages, there is too greAL Z
tendency shown by tho female sex to en-
bark in this alone as If womsn's only sonp
was to be Hoods Song of Shirt and rs i
she WAS incapable of becoming moro than 4
mere seamstress. The sewing profession II
fall to overlooking in this city.
APPRENTICESHIP IN EUROPE.
1t is different in Europe where every
business requires n long apprenticeship. A
girl has 10 serve five years M apprentice to 4
waaherwomau before shs can practice The
trade in Paris Lace m,king and embroidery
require four years practice and aftllciS
| fowers three. There ara few girls here ex
cept those brought up abroad and with for
eign ideas who arc willing TO serve long
term without remuneration simply to earr
q trade that will pay them afterwards at the
rate of 500 TO $50 a month
and yet in tho last two industries embroidery
and artificial flowers there il
an earnest demand for labor in this city, an(
nearly any intelligent girl can got employ
men,. Even in cigar-msking. whore thG
term of apprenticeship is very short, ONLY
six months, in which time any person o
average intelligence can learn 10 roll cigars
some disinclinaiion is shown TO learn tn
trade, and the supply of labor is always {
little behind the demand; because our womei
do not comprehend shat what they acquire
during the six months apprenticeship i
worth great deal more than the pay 70
tina. period would amount TO.
In Europe whore thess matters arc thor
oughly arranged, each industry is dividet
off into dozen or more branches, so tina
the earnest and energetic apprentice cal
riso step by step, her wages growing at ever,
change.
woMAN's INDEPENDENCE.
There are several things in connoc
ton with the employment Of womel
which aro very conspicuous in thos
countries where largo numbers o
them work. One is that the opening o
new fields to women gives them indopend
: ence; that il increases tho educational stand
ard Of the country; md that |! adds to ih
general wealth and prosperity, and to tn
individual comforts OF each family.
There ia no portion Of the world whore,
wo except bad biscuits nnd fried steak, thor
is more general comfort than in MAssachu
sotis, aud this Is due, beyond doubt, 10 III
largo number Of women employed there
Nor is there any country with more woalt
stored away. The returns OF tho Massachu
sets commissioners of savings banks, whio
show that two-llfths of the population 0
that state have deposits 10 these banks, an
that these average 5000 to oach deposition
ought 10 be IN earnest plea in favor OF every
body laying aside old ideas and prejudice
about women working, and tho adoption c
those that have made rocky Massachuseti
rich, prosperous and comfortable.