Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1888-02-23
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al" Sh'i To SEQ, hY Nour last issue,
that the interminablc drljnqucu, lisr is.
like the summer, over ana past. won-
der whether that list would h, loncor or
shorter it the women "managca" aT,irs
| have an idea there would be no on1
if they dia-no first end mean-r,r I
once heard treasurer say that the
women were the best tax payers he had
IN his county. | sec vou have taken tn
the cream tint for your paper "A o7ely
shade! There are So many thin.s hat
You men don like about our tcmnrr.pc,
work that | want to tell vou little
about some departments which. am
sure, you will like and have to ackno owl
edge, are very suitabc. The first is our
''crad'e' department. Now j, has been
admitted, So far as known, ever sine
Adams first boy began to cry ,hat
women were endowed by nature. With
peculiar faculties, for cariu- for the
habics-indeod Darwin, er some other
man, has proven that her foot was sha bed
On purpose to fit a cradle rocker. We
call this department OF our W. c T. l.
the Creche or Day Nursery department.
1t is carried on in this wise: suitable
room or rooms is obtained RIGHT in
among the poor class of our great cities,
generally IN connection with lunch or
reading room, to which the poor won IN.
who are obliged to 90 out to wash or
scrub, can bring the children. who are
too young to be left at home alone, md
have them cared for ty W. G. r. L..
women, appointed for the purpose. L
visited such a one in Chicago last wint r,
There We're big babies and little babies
III in rows in cradles or cots. or tumblnr
round on the il'or, besides plcuty of
children that were not babies. AT nicbt
when the big washin. is out aud t G
little ply is in, the tired m ,thcr com rs
round by the Creche one block, tw o
blocks, or Iour may be, out of h,r way.
al d gets the dear darling. She is sun |
posed To pay ten cents for the care
of the child, but this is uftencr omitted
than required as, the good womcn in
charge todd NE she "hadu't a heart" 10 |
take the money out Of the small earn
in.s. | was there just at evening aud
watched the process Of "4iyiny them
out From one family four chil,lrqn
had beln left and the Oldest a mere child
did good deal to take care Of the baby
and amuse his little sister, while the
third lay asleep near his chair. 1t was
a picture lit for al artist, but under it
should have been written, Rum, Rum.
But l did not need to 90 all the way TO
Chicago to &c. pretty picture made By
rum; l saw enc in the streets Of Lewis
on before that. 1t was little fellow
runding baby carriage, whose occu.
pants he was yainIy trying to hush,
while he had mere tod Her by the hand.
They were on the way alone to a cold
lark house, for "mother's work amt done
1et, he explained while he bravely
wiped his own eyes on his s.eave. One
'aby was shown me whose mother,
light or two before, had dropped it onto
he pavement, she was SO drunk. But
he kind nurse had wrapped it 50
thoroughly, "head and ALL that it went
lown like feather pillow and took no
larm. am sorry to have to admit that
woman ever gets drunk, but, you see,
have done it. Well, women have al a
much right to get drunk as men. II
iquor is so desirable that man will sell
II that he hath to obtain it, surely ho .
ught TO be willing to divide with his Q
'ife or daughter. He'd be ashamed 1
ot to do that with bis plate of honey. I
hen why does he with his cigars
nd liquor? You see this woman's hu.- :
and did probably and she dropped the
ably. "It looks worse to see woman ,
runk than man." Who says so :? d
urely not the angels, for the biblo says il
9 drunkard shall enter into the king
ON of heaven. 1t didn't say no woman
But then, l mustn't preach
r you wont publish this little temper
nee meeting of mine. Next week la
kc to tel your readers something more.