The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-12-07
WHAT SHALL Young W&D.
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Augusta Chronicle.

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! A young lady, in tozdsy's Gbroni.
icle, pleads to her sex in a way that
| should have "a sympathetic response.
While it is true that some women 10
the South are winning their bread
industriously, it is alsoa true that
many others either have no chance to
do SO or caunot fnd escape fron.a
| destiny that seems to them as inex.
ora6le as it is unsatisfactory France
appears to- have solved this problem
better than any other country. Re-
turned travellers, like our own Wm.
F.cHerrius, are loud IN praise of the
French women and their usefulness.
They even go SO. far as to say that
they are, as class, superior to the
men,: But does it not speak well for
the men that they have, given the
girls chance p
The same questions asked BY our
faira correspondents are asked also at
the North, where women are pre-
sumed to have a better field for their.
talents and independence; than in this
section. And yet complaints areIfre.
quent there. a young lady teacher
says that year after year, even people
who count their income by the thou.
sands are less willing to pay for ed
ucatiop, and an accomplished lady is
upblushiugly offered compensation
which they would not dare to suggest
to cook or lanndress. 4z;s.s -
at the commercial centres, where
the: struggle for life is hardest and
most merciless,u everything is regu-
lated BY supply aud demand. It is
so, to a degree, everywhere. Unfor-
tuuately, when women enter into
competition with men, they are SUBJ
ject to. the same, material impedi
ments,. without the same hardihood.
For females Of superior accomplish
ments there may be a chance, but
the most accomplished woman we.
ever knew failed at school teach
iug.1 because, as she said,, her rich
patrons did not pay her, and she
finally found refuge in Department
at Washington, whera. her wonderful
linguistic requirements we're useful
and appreciated. The trouble with
great mscg. AmericauaWomen is that
they are too proud to become subject
to those who are, more fortunate than
themselves, and, in the South, there
is a, race condition that makes this sn
almost. impassable barrier. A New:
York contemporary, who has been
confronted with this dilemma, as We
are, advises a clever young woman to
keep her; accomplishments we'll out of
sight, and caro- as good salary as
though she we're ignorant; giving the
familiar illustration of the dancing
master 10 Gil Bias who was incensed
that he was offered only four times the
[pay given to the philosopher. If.
says the critic. the philosopher had
had bis wits about him he would
have turned dancing master.
Too many women are taught to be
teachers, and the market, to use a
common phrase, becomes overdone.
What the girls, We dare say, is such
practical training as may ft them for
just such occupations as French
nen7 fill. It would probably. bs 4
blessing ifasoue philaathropist with u
long purse should .eadow a university
where young women could be taught
useful arts. rather than ornamental.
God knows We wish all the girls who
aspire to earn their living had bet
ter chance than now exists! ;e...