Telegram-herald., 1888-01-09

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l.ad > t1sir pres&9as saxnrioSss sErrcalas-
tiss Ter ths a~t2l struggle - hfs hsto .elez
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have nothlns sefs thssn bGt ceo.cs beSsee2
slsrvssioa sn8 dSnanAtaoa. 1Aere ther 80
alens tas ssre~s as o'cicck II TIE w1atry
nsoTalEeS tATessh tAs ssash and stortn - the
pascs ~ aere t2sy S0sA esrn oz.ly hAlf enough
for subsistence. ne daughters q ones
pEosp<gos.s merchants. lawyers. esergynssH.
srtisss. ha1kers and capitalists ~so broaxht
up taeir ehlkirea unisr ths iafsra<l dsiLaSsoa
tai 4 was aot hsgh toned for ~enlen - le&ra
= preStsble ealing. NO4ag so1n@n t&ks
teis affair in your eva hAR6 aDs 80 tasre -
a. lasafFsctioa IA al pEDsp~roas fs2llles .
bFVokfyB sad Nss York and Caraztsn4Ssa
ca tie p<rt of tse daughters of shis ass. ss
fnssdiRx knswiedgs IN copatioas axe Il yles
ef bSazlse>s ~ ~hick they Sass Dc their osa
dsfsas- aad tseir own support 4 al fsfkeriy
snd hasb4Adly and bresherly h&nds forever
fail them
have sean two sad sights tas ens = ~o-
mas IN all the slery ef her young hfs strickea
by disease, and II week hfeless N koaae of
which sac bad been the pride. AS her hands
were folded over the stiil heart snd her eyes
closed for the last slusaber, and she ~as taken
cut smld the Lamentations Of kindred aud
friends, l thought that Was sadsess inn
measurable But l have seen something COM
pared with which that scene was bright aud
Songful IL WAS a young woman WHO bad
been al her days amid wealthy surroundings
hy the visit Of death and bankruptcy 10 the
household t1Tsed out ON a cold world without
one lesson about how 10 get food or shelter,
and into the awful whirlpool OF city life
where strong ships have gone down. and for
twenty years not one word hiss been heard
from her Vessels last week went out on the
Atlantic ocean looking for skipwrecled
craft that was left slene and forsaken on the
sea q fen weeks ago, with the idea OF bring
ing il into port. But who shall ever bring
again into the harbor OF peace and hope and
heaven that lost womanly immortal. driven
in what tempest, adafne in what conhagra-
ton. sinking into what abyssi . God, help,
O Christ, rescued
My sisters, give not your time 10 learning
fancy work which the world may dispense
with when hard times come, but connect
your skill with the Indispensable OF life.
The world viii always want something 20
wear and something 10 cat and shelter and
fuel for the body, and knowledge for the
mind, and religion for the soul. And all
these things viii continue To be the neces-
saries, and IL you fasten your energies upon
occupations and professions thus related the
world viii be unable to do without you.
Remember that in proportion as you are
skillful in anything your rivalries become
less. For unskilled toll, women by the mil
lion. But you may rise TO where there are
onlya thousand; and still higher till there
are only hundred; and still higher till
there are only ten: and still higher in some
particular department till there is only a
unit, and that yourself. For a while you
may keep wages and a place through the
kindly sympathies of an employer but you
will eventually get more compensation than
you can make yourself worth.
Let me say to all women who have already
entered upon the battle Of life that the time
is coming when woman shall not only get as
much salary and wages as men get, but for
certain styles OF employment women will
have higher salary and more wages for the
reason that for some styles of work they have
more adaptation. But this justice will come
10 woman, not through any sentiment Of gal
lantry, not because woman is physically
/ weaker than man and therefore ought TO
have more consideration shown her, hut be-
cause through her finer natural taste and
more grace Of manner and quicker percep-
/ tion and more delicate touch and more edu-
Gated adroitness She viii, i'll certain callings,
be to her employer worth 10 per cent. more
/ or 90 per cent. more than the other sex. She
Will not get it by asking for it, but by earn
ing it, and it shall be hers by lawful con-
| quest.
Now, men OF America. be fair and give the
women a chanceI Are you afraid that they
will do some of your work and hence harm
/ your prosperitiesl Remember that there are
scores of thousands of men doing women's
work. Do not be afraid God knows the
end from the beginning and ne knows how
/ many people this world can feed and shelter,
and when it gets too full he viii end the
world and if need be start another God will
halt the inventive faculty which, by pro-
ducing machine that will do the work of
ten or twenty or hundred men and women,
will leave that number of people without
work. / hope that there viii not be invented
another sewing machine or reaping machine
or corn thresher or any other new machine
for the next 500 years. We want no more
wooden hands and iron haris and steel
hands and electric hands substituted for men
and women who would otherwise do the
work an6 get the pay eud earn the livelihood.
But God will arrange all. and all we have
20 do is TO do our best and trust him for the
rest. Let me cheer all women fighting the
battle of life alone. with the fact that thou
sands OF women have in that way won the
day. Mary Lyon founder of Mount Holy
oake female seminary, fought the battle
alone; Adelaide Newton, the tract disrib-
utor, alone; Fidelia Fisk, the consecrated
missionary, alone; Dorothea Dix, the angel
OF the insane asylInns, alone; Caroline Her
schel, the indispensable reinforcement Of her
brother, alone; Maria 'rakrzewsks, the heroine
of the Berlin hospital, alone; Helen Cbal-
mers, patron Of sewing schools for the poor Of
Edinburgh, alone And thousands and tens
of thousands of women Of whose bravery and
self sacrifice and glory of character the world
has made no record, but whose deeds are IN
the heavenly archives Of martyrs who fought
the battle alone, and, though unrecognized
for the short thirty or fifty or eighty years
of their earthly existence. shall. through tho
quiniilIion ages OF the higher world. II
pointed out with the adniriEg CRY: "1hess
are they who came out Of great tribulatios'
and had their robes washed and made white
by the blood Of the Lamb.
Let nle also say for the encouragement II
ali women fighting the battle Of lie alone
that their conflict viii soon end There il
one word written over the faces OF many oi
them. and that word is Despair Ny sister
you need appeal to that Christ who com
forted the sisters Of Bethany in their 90
nestle trouble. and who in his las; hours for
got all the pangs OF his own hands and feet
and heart as he looked into the face of mater
nal anguish and called friends attention r
H. in substance. saying: John, canno'
take care Of brr any longer. Do for her Is
would have done II had lived Behold
thy rnotherr II under the pressure n
rlrra-varfaf arsa ,1uerrsrcrsaf afn-d work Won,