New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-21

OCCUPATIONS FOR HORhING WOAEN.
The public is tolerably familiar with the sad
story Of the unhappy lot of working women. The
notable Prisoners of Poverty papers lately con-
tributed to THE tribune brought together
great array Of startling and most mournful Sta
tistics. Everybody knows that thousands of work
ing women are overworlted and underpaid; that
it is only by wel-nigh ceaseless effort that these
wretched creatures manage to keep soul and body
together that their daily tasks are done amid re-
pellant surroundings that are constant menace
to health and the consequent ability to struggle
on. What is the remedy for this profoundly dis
tressng state, Of things2 Philanthropy and po-
litical economy have many answers ready, but none
that is comprehensive enough. 1t Is easy to mill
gate the evil-it is being mitigated every day
but the problem OF its eradication remains un-
solved.
Without stopping to look for the solution, cor
RESPONDENT Of The Baltimore American" makes
several practical suggestions TO working women
which some of them may find worth their atten-
tion The correspondent-who would seem 10 De
q practical person with patent reform scheme OIL
her own for which she is lobbying-coutents her-
self with asking working women to consider three
vacations calling for great investment OF elther
cash or ability in which money is to be made Inc
three sources Of income which she names arc ''o
chicken, the bee and the sill1worm L Kno"
lady, remarks the correspondent, VINO borrower
money enough to buy an incubator, ana the hrsO
crop Of chickens raised from it paid the "nolc
o~ropse Honey always finds a ready
market at nearly uniform prices, and very sirah
bc,inn,np Of one swarm OF bees will often lead 10
a.a.,trI ros,lts have letter before
m. from little girl out West, only twelve years
of are. who says she has for four years aVerAscu
...,tl I, xrArr r.
nearly $500 from her silk business win very ns
tle HELM. and has not lost one day from scnooi'
OF course it will be said, In reply, that 'hese eii
nlovments are crowded, and that where ONO suo-
c..as In them a dozen fail But such regui"'ion
objections are for the timd, the lnehcleh'' 'no III
dolent. They certainly arc not cacul@'eu 70
Hanl;rv women Of sense and fOrco Of character
-. -, ON. can do for some prisoners Of pow
.rt, Is "a pcstow aims upon them. Buo VneSe
80, from, a svmnathetic woman to her struggling
.,s,ers are net for tho ne'er-do-wells Iney arc
for the sslf-reliant, energetic PRISONERS WIN
resolutely bent upon helping themselves.
Tn olosiro her letter the correspondent asks
this salient question: ,,n
~ Lilo these advantages are offered, why VIII
wonsn work crowded factoss or N osh' md good
ap.sns tx ; s , :ce enough to eat whom
.sn sasrt hey ssud secure ono Of these s' yiS
srus y,.' SS:r s.a a.; soo S't .S nI and
y AlAraA
NAV in time swn h?ne that Will % " 'n'i
Of beauty and Joy forever ....
The alternative IL one that cannot be Zoo often
bronoht 70 the attention Of working women. FOE
the tendency with them with the rest OF man
hind ia "a bear the ills they have rather thah 10
ov 70 others that they know not OF. Many
nasoner Of poverty long ago would have senslpiy
;,nproved her condition but for the want OF inc
courage which Is necessary to make the plunge in'o
new employment Hence the oftener WORKING
w.n.n have It impressed upon them that there ID
within their reach easier employment larger re-
enumeration, pleasanter surroundings the oct'es
for them. 1t will not take long for the ntVesO o.
them to summon up resolution enough to try
promising experiment. They may not set on WIN
chickens nor bees nor silk-worms but II they To-
main eotient and perseverins, utilize what they
learn in the school OF experience and cultivate VnY
habit of observation the chances are thao ey VIII
find something to do which is infinitely to be pre-
fsrred 70 the remorseless grind which they aoan-
don. Every day new employments are opening 10
women. There never was time when prisoner
# peverty of the worthier sort had SO much reason
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