The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1886-08-26

tAc uuuAncN u Aouleu Nu0 aEs 4atE-
ing an independent living n this
country is increasing very lzpldly ahd
that during the Last ge1efalion the
incTesse Ia tbo nunbef 81 women
meney earheFa has been most sur
pTlslng. She aays e e hard % fore
tell the result Of this pressure Of e.
male labor upon.th market ana fore
bOdes that u will encourage American
men In idle dependence upon the Ia
Dor 81 tnelF female relatives and
Warningly polnts ut T. counffiss and
tribes Whoss women perform the labor
Of msn and beast while the men do
the ornamental and aesthetic work Of
life. This anxiety seems % u 20 he
IN warranted BY The general symp.
toms Of the case. There is % reBeral
trend In that direction pointed Odt By
Mrs. GriswOld. Women must earn
their OWa living 10 many States Be
cause there are not enough men 70 do
II for them, and u Is not that women
have only just begun 10 work, be-
cause they have slWays been hard
workers, bat tits that they are nov
getting paid fof their woFk and De.
handing work that commands good
pay. The difference is that women
have learned that thsi 40 sgen -
work In other aud better paid lInss
than teaching, sewing and house.
work, and that the bread Of indie
Pendenee is sweet, and they may
carve out for themselves snccess and
fortune as do their broshers. And %
they refuse 10 continue 10 burden al
ready OveF-buTdened fathers and bro
thers as has long been considered
grnteel and proper for women 20 do.
i fear no letting down 81 masculine
energy and spirit from the departure
OfOGr women from bitter, humillatins
and pinchlng dependence 10 the erect |
position Of bread winners. And the |
giri graduates who 20 from our
schools and voluntarily seek some re-
munerative employment, are happier |
than those who 20 home % make
crazy quilts and wait Tor husband 70 |
come and create come diversion in j
their Lives, while they are 90 the same /
time gaining strength and experience |
which will enrich their future. These |
working women by their very self. /
dependence gain the admiration Of !
men, who nnd very refreshing the /
sight Of purest, truest Womanliness
combined with the power 70 take care i
Of herself The ivy woman who /
would choke 10 death on the bread Of /
independence Il gone out Of fashion /
and the woman who can earn herowR
money instead Of begging & and take 4
care Of 70 Whelher abe earnsd or IN
herited lt, has come into her King
dom, not 10 depicts our men ofeuergV
and self-reapeet, but 90 D. their heb
mates on the plane Of social. flnaHesaI
and political equality.
It u argued that there 8 q tendency
for men 20 live Ia dissolute idleness
upon the earnings Of wives now that
wives are 50 often wage eaFners. and
this theory Is brought up as an argu.
ment against the encouraging Of Wo-
men In industries. But the truth Is
that this class Of creatures, unworthy
the name OF man, lived upon the
earnings Of wives when Ihe nnmber
OF women engaged Oh any labor cut
side her home was very small and
their pay the smallest. The world
has always had In Il these cOntemptf-
Die beRsily parasites who have iin-
posed on the weaker creatures within
their power. and the world VIII al-
ways contain such al least up 10 the
dawn Of the mlilenuiRm aud dark
indeed, would be the lives Of the
wives and other female dependents Of
these men, u there we've no paid en-
plOyinent for them. Many OF these
unhappy ones have found their way
into the light Of comfortable exis-
tenee through the later openings for
the employment OF women in BUSH
hess sud profession. The lives Of wo-
men are trammeled and restricted
enough. Let Us hope that America !
viii put no ban upon the Increasing !
Of women. To push VIC
men out Of the industries, even the :
sOarsening lhbOrious toll performed
BIZ ihef pii-broW women WurkerR in
England, would only drive them la
deeper degradation and u the en-
.ranea 81 women into various indns-
.ries does now cheaper lebor. thai
wrong will in time fight itself The s
anne cry Wus raised 10 Amerira when c
entered the schools a. teach :
IN, but the en- haue living wages {
pet.
I am more than willing 70 admit b
hat this world Wtuld be much more +,
n women could decide
lpOn the quality and quantity Of |
heir work aud choose their own time
or Its performance but women must
york OF starve, and N they are 10 be
lenied the chance TO avoid the latter
alternative u would be more rneroifuI
o plunge the surplus embryo women e
nto the 0anges at Gn early STAGE Of e
heir existence. The dispensstiOn Of ].
'rOVtdence appearB 10 point out for
ar study The fact that the goadinR Of
l8oesSlty oOes have q most benef cent 1 =
iioOt upon mankind, but cur men
must all TAR, far below the average
iandard Of American ma7llnesa BE- a
Ore the Industry Of Women &c money 3
aFneFs Will serve % deplets them OF Il
nergy OF Industry Ia business, or
make them willing 20 depend upoD
he earnings Of their women relRtiona
We will always have Instances Of this
aFtlcuiaF kind Of shameless depravI. er
= am0ug men, bat q Was not born Al v
entrance Into the indusfrIea
or generated thereby. This sort OF =
Ian always leans upon another man
he can the difference Is that the .
other man" pushes him OF 20 shin
y himself; bat women through their
range faculty for loving, through
leir motherhood and their relation,
hen bear the burden as long &c they 3
~ support u.
To my mind the spectacle Of an n
BE bodied woman unencumbered A
7 children, depending With folded 81
auds upon the labor Of husband or ..
ItheF, who tOtters ID feeble health or NJ
q age under q lOsd Of care aud Labor =
hicu she could lift, Is quite as IN "a
.velv A the reverra az fh6 nsoa