The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-06-16
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Here is . memory picture which the
writer carries about with him, and the
presentation Of which will introduce q
few words dedicated respectfully to the
Thousands of girls who are honorably
and laboriously earning their own hv-
ing:
Up, stair after stair, carpeted below,
but oil-clothed farther up, into little
room in what-in English houses
would be "the attic" but fat-roofed
American house has no attic'' proper.
She is perfectly right to have this room,
for though it is high in place and high
in price, it is in q respectable house,
and she means to be respectable. A
little room-but clean and neat and
airy; with q little bed; little "clothes
press" q little carpet and little win
dow. And she is on the little bed, q
or as good as without them, with q
fair, frank face, only so pale and thin.
and small hand, only it is ieshless
and limp, and the look of one who will
not long require an apartment above
ground. For years she has toiled with
her needle. The manager in the ware
house says: "She is A l." But health
gave way. She could not always 20 to
the workroom. Then bits Of work
were sent to her, and the casual dollars
supported her, for she never thought of
charity. Then poor health made this
effort impossible. Then the hospital
and much gentle care; and the doctors
opinion: "It is only question of time;
nothing can be done for her."
So she is carried back to the little
room and the bed. The hospital has
brought her to the notice of some who
are, at once, refined women, and true,
practical Christians; and now she will
not-blessings on their often weary
heads!-want for care or comforts, or
that better nutriment of sympathy and
love that feed the hunger and slake
the thirst of a forlorn and desolate
heart.
There are many toilers of the class of
which my dying friend is specimen.
Their parents ought not to thrust them
into it unless it is imperative. For q
father, mother, or a step.mother to
'bundle off" young creature from a
home in a quiet, country place, to fight
her way in a great city, is step which,
1 venture to think, will be difficult to
explain satisfactorily to the Eternal
Father.
Nor ought they to rush into this posi-
ton of their own accord, as undoubted-
~ they sometimes do. from overstrained
ideas of independence, from overween-
ing conceit of their own capabilities, or
from an impatienco of control, or q
oro u; no for fro dom of 1ifo
A young girl should usually cling to
parents, brothers and sisters, and the
neighbors who know her. If she saws,
IL care for nobody" aud goes off. she
runs the risk of the other limb of the
sentence, land nobody cares for me-"
A little that q good girl has in the
safe shelter of her own home is better
than great wages among the perils of
large city.
But where, from choice or need, the
step has been taken, and young girls
are making their own way, the follow
ing hints are given them, as they would
be to younger sister, by one who has
seen life in many forms, and who COM
prehends, in part, the position of those
to whom he speaks.
l. Never advertise in such a way as
to authorize any one who pleases to call
upon you and learn your circumstances.
Where it is proper to do it, get advice
and shape your advertisement SO that it
will be clear, Ineligible, and only put
you in communication with reputable
persons in need of your services.
2. DO not go into any boarding or
lodging house until you have evidence
of its being respectable. You are not a
pauper; you are not coming under any
obi CATION to the HORSEPOWER. You
are bargaining on equal terms. You
are entitled to ask references aa he. If
ne IL wlso aud good, will require them
of you. You may unwittingly fall into
a place or a neighborhood that will
throw suspicion over your standing.
The same remark applies to persons
Offering you employment. II they are
not brought into connection with you
in such way as to give you assurance
of their responsibility, you will do your
self no harm, if they be what they
claim, in asking for references. It is q
painful thing to write down, but there
are pretentious people who do not
scruple to keep seamstress out of her
hard-earned wages.
8. Do not make acquaintance or
friends until you know who they are
whether they be men or women, and no
matter how nice and agreeable they
may be. There are persons. of both
sexes, whose words are as sweet as ice
cream, but whose hearts are as cold as
ice, and whose attentions to you are
the Shiny coils of the serpent. They
will give you the impression that they
are fascinated by you, devoted to
you. and your bosom friends. Be will
ing to wait good while before falling
into their bosoms. Virtuous men and
women do not usually 60 into ecstasies
over .'working-girls at first sight.
The friends whom you can count upon
will not esteem you the less for your
giving your condolences slowly, and
only where they will be respected. On
the same principle do not accompany
such gushing devotees wherever they
would take you, unless you know them
well.
4. Exercise prudence and caution re-
garding your health. 1t is the only
fortune you have. To imperil it in q
work-room, or sleeping-room, or with
bad food, or with unhealthy habits or
dress, is self-destruction of the slow
kind. Your life is trust your Creator
gave you. and you have no more right
to throw it away slowly than have the
poor creatures who fling themselves into
the river, or shoot themselves, thinking
that they are brave, when they are
only weak and cowardly. Req. John
Hall, D. D., in NJ 7. Ledger.
The Anti.Jewish Riots In Russia.
A Russian paper, the Novoe Hrensya,
contains the following:
In the city of Elisavetgrad, in the
province of Kherson, the Hebrew ele-
ment predominates in everything; the
land trade, industry and the city ad-
ministration are all in the hands of the
Jews. The means by which these get
the better of the orthodox Russians are
very obnoxious To the latter The hate