Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-27
HANG THE RUBAN RACEo
Eho Bitter Fruit of a Moro Perfect Civil
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8. Pa.l GIlha.

Ehe Bitter Fruit of Moro PerHeot Civil
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g. Pal GlIbe.
Orators have numbered from the res
lrum, men and women have rushed into
pm. 70 inquire what shall we DO with
our girls? Advancing civilization has
settled the question, End the subject for
inquiry now is, what shall We do Withou.
them? The work, suppose.
This seems 10 be tie one course open
70 as. The Gay long agO predicted when
We shall see the custer and mop OF the
u met Nora aEd Bridget. IN the public
museum beside the interesting foot of the
last 6Cdo Ia at hand. Saves have be-
come working girls, from working girls
have been evolved working ladies; now,
with tears in our eyes, we behold the
working ladies' passing from the border
iau1s Of utility TO reappear on the other
side, ladies unqualified. We are power
less to stay progression n i's Dlad csreer
or 10 keep our hands from the inevitable
tlsAw8ter thst 81 zzlcs dismsiIy all over
cur hopeless III .ure. The lingering spec
iLgLe Of the departing species
CT which we still retain Ges-
nersse aojd possess u1chSceed lust one
feature OF those who have gone before
hem. They draw thai. pay. They are
bound to Us by 70 tiz5 Of sffec-ion, nc
sense Of duty, No desire 20 serve. Moth
Ing but the golden CIsin our cold cash
links scout them, uoites their destiny
with Ou.s. Thy viii take our money on
condition thL. IL IL the only thing they
sAS,l be expected 20 take from US. We
bow to fate, and accept from them The
iesst possible qusOtigy Of work and any
quantity Of impudeaCe.
TheEe is 2 striking parallel between
our working women who would be ladies',
sLd these ambitious angels, who come
considerably snd uHComfortRbly short of
being g0ddssses. -
Aspiring 10 be gods II angels fell, 4sac
Aspiring - be ladies, cooks rebel.
Against the same uuoeEdirg law Of No.
tursl selection, ana l hope heaven Rl&
extend the parallel until cur cooks ARC
back to earth SIS precipitsusly sBsfhe
other sngels orCe dropped few miles
lower. This is sadly anti progressive
spirit to * libit. know II. It shows q
sinful disregard for the elevation Of the
human race. l know this, too, and ssy
OF the human rsca IS GrsnE once said Of
the poor Indian: "Hzng the human
race! I want e resi-"
The slippery, evolving msid-seTvant
has coquetted with me, until whstever
progressive spirit wss endowed with IN
the beginning, has been drowned in dish
water snd now decsys in an early grave,
where the on-rushing tide Of the sewer
may hsye borne it. l have no longer sny
individuality, 90 how can longer be sen
timengsI over the fste Of the human race?
As the dying deacon said, turning from g
consideration Of his wife's future to his
own, "B0ther that WHAT'S going to
become of me, Is Wnst l want to know"
l en- now merely the ways and means
through which ne smbuous working
lady seeks lie satisfaction q her desires.
Ols young lady la:,iy Presided ever me
Ill my grscstu! submission to her will
msteTi.I z3d in { rev spring suit.
AS soon as she called taia hers she re-
leased me from ny thraldom, packed up
her trunk ana went vis.til G for the sum
mer.
Organized labor is having its pleasure,
AM ne who cree knew something Ct