Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-02-17
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SA"x Facts Giea.e,s
gland Ladys stas,,,@'ssss. ! No.
A Boston newspaper ', ~, s''sr
met in New England ,o ss'tr 'ssaa
who had kept for a numSs ~a assss
s record Of the girls sr s%ss. = ,s's'
nigh nigh school of the village s' ''sa
lives q. after leaving scho ss' and "
striking fact in this record The a
growing number Of those wso VA
unmarried. Eleven yeas. Tao fleming
since the last of the classes ss y sl.pS
ated. and it is fair, theraior. Sas srd4
that their lives are we'll ~ ~ % assn
TN. IN time. Tae first class rsss', ea
~ members. loot whom A. 'r0'asd
IN the second. 10 out Of ia aaaa''
ned in the third. IS out Of ~ - aaar
ON. Out of a total Of 90 % 8, adj
81 are still single. q AZ s'adpaS
and H. it is of some inters., I Y
=, .re a. dead Fad. Of consumption, = !" :. Y
20 . the bitter winds Of the NJ. Fg
gland winter. OF the 4, IVY, aeN u
graduates 81 are school-tsaesSaa.aa ',dd
'.ype-setters, is a proof.rs.as. !, y
head dressmaker in a drv .s ssuet, ]
are dressmakers, s mu,; ss.as neas
has studied medicine anil Il ' Sa
shoe-shops. Only 10, or b,,, n0f1 y
nth OF the whole number, ara y. 'ae
as ''stay-at-homes." Thsss ~ - s,a''sl
did not need to work for ! liv va's'a Y
it is fair to assume that GOOD 70 us ny
ton. at least, had homo duti.. r =
would take the place for thsn sa |,
more active career outside -''u q !
Statistics Of this kind are u,u.,.
celved with an air that implies conn Y
Grafton for so many young women s.''a''
have failed to find husbands. r., sas =
not true that the old theor, th rs' !. y
riage is indispensable to ~.u ual
while it is perhaps only desirsb,, I !.
man, is losing some Of its fores, ~
are inclined to believe that ~, y
figures. and many like them s Sss
could no doubt be had for tie t,v; ;as
prove it. Marriage is, Of cour,s 4.
natural state of both sexcs ~,
80 long as woman is the "ve,l.
vessel" and SO long IS i.
affections are the dominatiu, ,o, ].
OF her characteristic Is to =,
SO long as men and women exist-m,,
riage will seem more desirable 49, !,
women. taking the general ayerap. i
mankind, than to men. But the s;,u
OF the times are lost on those wbo 4
not see that women are gaining dav i
day a broader and frmer foothold 1
their own, and independent Of men 1
modern life. 1t is no longer UNIVERSAL
conceded. as it was once, that
woman's career necessarily begip
and ends in the home. Woms
are pushing themselves into gs,
number of trades and Occupation
where their presence would not hs,
! been tolerated a generation ago. II
> is perhaps more strikingly true in
: gland than here. A table publish.
,, some years ago of the number
women in England following occup
tons Of a light and agreeable kin
! such as post-otfice clerks and the lik
made surprising showing. The NJ
; England list given above is another
stance in point. Four-iifths Of The
,, girls are engaged in active and useI
careers. No such proportion, We We
, ture to say, would have been seen
!, that section twenty-five years ago.
It would be a mistake to ascribs
this to the pressure OF necessi
Women are seeking occupations mi
. and more because there is 4 growi
= feeling of dissatisfaction among
;, sex with the inert and dependent q
u tude too often assigned to them in
economy of life. They are forcing ii
way into the colleges, studying
. fessions, competing with men in nj
= occupations where their greater qu
- ness and readiness give them the
a vantage. not because they feel, in .
case, the need of making living
= often for the same reasons that mel
: -beeause they want career the
sciousness of self-reliance and !
:, pendence. 1t is not an unusual u
:. for such women to marry, someu
~ abandoning their occupations u
h times continuing them. But no"
~ this may be. the movement Is on
= ward a truer equality OF the seA'
% N. Y. Tribune.
e. -..Uver in Chambers County,
,e bama, right near the Troup 20
k line, l found on Sunday the que'
1t distillery l ever saw" said rev
ot Agent Willborn Celqlltt' Of Aa'
of recently. II was with Deputy MAJ
L. julie johnson and Deputy MAJ
Eichelberger, of Alabama lns0'
r of the still had made boiler Oy
m ting a poplar, probably two iee Va =
IN half in diameter, following IL ou'
tn lining it with copper. Ihree ~. "a
g were used as stills, and these VIZ
lie arranged that there was douOls =.
m lation. The worm was iohs VIZ
N with an elbow at each emu III.
e tillcry would doubtless MAKE aTs =
IL gallons of liquor day, VI. ~ "
s. two negroes, but couldh H''
RI Al It'll ~