The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-05-03
THE WORKiNG-WOMEN,
Thsy Are Moro Contented Than the Idle
Daughters of the Rich,

AAsy arc MORO COntenfed Than the Idle
Daughters of The Rich.
Surely no able-bodied, self-respecting
woman has any complaint to make of the
fact that in the past fifty years there has
been secured to her the right to earn her
living. This is rather an occasion for re-
1olclng. In this age, when the public press
is oevoting so much attention to opening
Fields Of labor for women, when from pul-
pit and rostrum and workshop and school,
room are coming words of help and en-.
enlargement, 1t is curious to hear one voice
raised in lamentation over the fact that all
this means the setting of women to work.
as II they had not. always been working
shaving, in fact-a unrecognized corners
and against fearful odds, as though the So
called curse of labor had not for women as
well as men, concealed the "fairest boon
Gods love could send;n as though there
were any reason in fact for such state
ment as the one that women who are ont
in the world at work are growing hard and
bitter and losing their womanly delicacy.
etc. The writer's experience with several
organizations of working women has been
that among no class of women are there SO
few bitter or disconnected ones Nothing
SO broadens ones life and mind and char
acter as hearty, wholesome work. It is the
greatest OF follies to spend SO much time in
commisserating the hard lot of the work.
lng-g1rl in having to work. Many an idle
novei-reading, discontinued daughter Of
wealth is more to be pitied Pity the con.
ditions under which women have to work.
tne inadequate wages the unreasonable
demands, the cruel oppression and thu
many disadvantages which the agitation of
strong-minded women have not yet been
sufncient to remove but offer your SWIM
pathy to bright, wide-awake American
business tgirl, because she has to work. and
note her astonishment at your views
And who with the score of examples upon
every side Of noble women, supporting
themselves and others, going to and from
their business daily, and maintaining in
every relation OF life dignity and delicacy
OF womanly character that commands the
respect of all. dares maintain that our bust
ness women are losing their delcacy and
refinement? Nor do men lose their chiy-
airy. 1t is the testimony of all who have
tried the experiment, that the best way to
elevate the tone of a business establishment
In which there are many employees. is to
employ self-respecting women and let them
work side by side with the men
An Eastern manager of mercantile BUSH
ness which boasts an Office in every large
city in the Union, DESTROYS of introducing a
better tone of morality and department.
among the employees of his office, tried the
experiment of employing women in several
OF the departments. The experiment was a
decided success. and to-day that office, for
thorough business ability and equipment,
ana Tor the moral and social character of
its employees. is a model among the offic
of that concern, and its example is widely
copied. Men do not respect women .,.ss
for being independent and self-helpful and
the chivalry that only regards protecleo
@omanhood IS worthy Of consideration ia a
poor sort of article that the world is lust a
veil on without -Saa Fraaeisco Cali