Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-04-15

no practical bearing upon the case.
What can such an one possibly know
OF the anxieties of getting and keeping
situations; OF the demoralizing intiu-
ences of too close an association with
the black side of life; or of the results
to which precarious bread-wiDners are
daily subjected? His affirmed, and
not without foundation, either, that,
under all circumstances, discrete
woman can preserve her self-respect
and her good name but any one who
possesses knowledge OF the worlu
must be aware that in order to
do so she must be uncommonly fl M
and clever. In this particular, the
servant girl, as is already stated, is
almost as much guarded as is
daughter or a wife; for unless she
seeks danger it does not of neces-
sity come to her. She may or she
may not be tempted, but so may or
may not her young mistress who
makes night hideous by pounding on
a bad piano or picking at a cracked
guitar. There is no law by which cir
cumstances o. temperaments can be
regulated; while in abstract cases
neither home, nor society, nor honor
can save girl from herself, or some
one more potent than herself.
A teacher, too, treads a beaten
path, and can be as .prim
and as decorous as she desires
without the slightest fear OF losing
her situation. Indeed, there is sort
of sanctity about the proverbial school
ma that is frightened rather than
disparaged by the dignified preserva-
ton Of a purity that is not at all likely
to be assailed. ~ would stake my life
on the honor of any woman who has
passed the rubicon OF ten ptation," a
very unprepossessing old lady said to
me recently, in tone of profound
self-congratulation. "What is the
world to me? l care nothing for it,"
should not think she would.
A shop-girl, unless she is goaded
to desperation by poverty or
vanity, is also closely hedged
in by social defenses; her associations
being mainly with the mem bers OF
her own sex. But actresses and can
vassers, chamber maids and wait
resses, and in Vulnerable other bread
| winning women are confronted with
difficulties as countless as they are
grave. In any of the above men
toned occupations, it is impossible
for woman to be reserved without
being regarded as a bore; while if she
is ssgreeable she is certain to be misun-
derstood; and in both cases,
such estimates are disaster
Gus to her welfare. The moment
a young woman appears in
the arena of toll, she becomes the
target of all of the INSCRIPTIONS men
she chances to meet; while the very
best efforts she puts forth in her
anxiety to succeed are likely to be
mistaken for the wiles of coquette.
Yet when she is misconstrued, and
even insulted, she has no redress. A
chambermaid, for instance, is thrown
hourly into positions which not only
weaken her self respect, but absolutely
imperil her personal safety. To init
mate that such is the case is to open
upon herselfthe fire of suspicion, while
to complain to those in authority
is simply to insure her immediate dis
charge. The position OF waitress is
even more precarious. If she is not
on good terms with the cooks and
the dish-washers she is sure to have
her orders badly prepared, and there
by to arouse the ire Of those upon
whom she is in attendance. On the
other hand, if she permits Tom or
Dick or Harry to squeeze her hand or
kiss her in shadowy corners, she is
just as sure to be spoken unfavorably
of by all her associates. A canvasser,
too, is the most hapless and
defenseless of women. Her bread
and butter, fuel and roof are rep
resented by her sales. Unless she
has resources outside of her toll, she
cannot afford to be scrupulous, sensi-
tive or select. She must, on the con-
trary, go straight ahead, irrespective
OF cruelty, ridicule or indignity, and
it she sells books enough to lift her
self above want, she must expect men
to hint and women to assert, that she
does not honestly come by her reve-
nue.. Still, white-handed jury sits
in judgment upon her; while that in
exorable censor of public morals, So
ciety, pronounces her guilty, not
guilty, or questionable, according to
the character OF the evidence.
The Family Guilds
Which Mrs. Eliza Turner is laboring
to establish in Philadelphia, is GER
tainly a philanthropic departure. For
some time she has succeeded in keep
ing one such resort successfully be-
fore the public; and encouraged by
the way in which it has fourished she
is now trying to start several other
branch enterprises. The Family
Guilds are mixed clubs, where all of
the popular amusements can be en-
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