The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-11-08
A ROYAL ORATOR
Trying to Find Employment Tor Impov-
erished Gentlewomen


The Duke Of Abcny's speeches are so in
vsrisbiy models OF good sense and graceful
diction that tits unnecessary to compliment
him Oh the tact with which he addressed
his Glasgow fellow.citizens on Saturday.
The main object which the patrons of The
Needlework Revival have in view is 10 find
profitable employment for Impoverished
senilewomen. The task is diRicult-tbere
Is SO tile that such people can do which
the moneyed world cares to have done
! Tor It, They cannot be cooks or houge.
maids, or even that disguised servant. the
lady help. And when they bring
their poor little accomplishments to
market the dealers appraise them at a price
infinitely below what girl capable of
sweeping out a room or roasting a Lee of
mutton may safely ask and chrerlully re-
| celve. The best Of education would hardly
support the suggestion of poverty. The
land resounds with the wall of governesses
! anxious to teach but unable to find en-
ployment. When the alumni of NEWMAN
aud OF Lady Margaret Halls or graduates OF
zurich and London are prepared to teach
all Tue arts and halt the sciences for about
quarter the salary which is demanded by
preparation OF the outlets, what chance has
the lady who has never been TAUGHT
anything except to sit, walk, talk
dance and pour out tea like a lady2j
when she offers her pretty painted card.
boards 10 the proSalC owner OF "the line-ort
emporium" he oiler price which hardly
bears out the encomiums the drawlnp.mas-
ter who finished the specimens sent home
At the holidays years and years ago. 1t is
the same with everything else. Some In.
dles nave tried printing and engraving. but
setting. type and handling a BURN are both
arts which need long practice and even
WhSh the ladles acquire the requisite skill
ana md employment these means of
livelihood are not fitted Tor tho nm.
fortunate gentlewoman who, by some
sudden misfortune, must earn money
Oy which to provide food, clothes, fire
una ROOF Tor herself her paralytic father or
her widowed mother, left totally unpro.
Vlued lor.' IL IN the same with everything
else. EVERY employment is crowded with
eager, struggling candidates for bread
Every trade men compain) is so full toi
oNeruowlnE that If women are to enter the
ilsls thousands OF other women and chill
uren must starve, for in all the recognized
professions there are hands for every hand,
lul OF work to do. If distressed womer /
must labor and yet let others labor to LIVED
II Is Imperative to discover or invent som /
new profession into which, for a time /, |
least, men will not push Us rivals. |
Ialhting on china and terra-cotta, whio I
Is the pastime aud profession of hundr,s }
OF scandinavian Ladies of the highest raG $
some OF the best specimens on sale in b. /
ton being the work of a cabinet ministfs !
Wlle and daughtGr-have of late atl0rtd {
employment for gcntlcwomen cndoed I
with the requisite skill. But onty ne {
most deit pencils can obtain u ready ale
Tor thelr work, the cXquisitely pated | /
luacques and vases sent from Denmark 4
IehHerlng the buyers cruelty critical. En- \
oroidery has accordingly been seized d as d
Il moro generally promising field. Nede. (
WORK mas indeed been the layorite Oclpa- )
ZION OF women from the cSiest /
ages, though 50 little of il has suryiyh the /
moths and mice, Tapestry and rtCdle. ,
work still require to become populat and /
as customers are not always gettini mar.
rleui ana christening are rare eyelB, the ,
demand for trousSuauN and baby hbCs is
not equal to any extraordinary Apply.
80, TOO, the moment there is any rtat de
MANI Tor any kind of needlework bisy pro-
lessional fingers and mills will croN ont of
the ilold the feeble efforts of vel. prn folk
VINO have still to learn the art of working
Tor living" Meanwhile, however, they
nave al least chance OF establishing them
selves, and all praise is due TO tiOse who
IRE urging them to make the most of 1t
wl'!c they may London STANDARD, Octo.
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