The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-01-13

presence OF hospitals, orphan asylums.
homes for the destitute and charitable,
that the population is so great, and the
pressure of competition so severe thax all
cannot live as easily as the generations be-
fore us did. True, we have machinery. and
the DEMENT'S OF all the new inventions that
are common TO our day, but the working
classes do not rejoice in them as do those
who can enjoy their benefits.n +.
In answer TO question, she said, ~
women are trying to remedy the evils
which lie IN our present social system. and
are seeking to reform it so that they may
have work and wages, and larger CHOKE
of occupations under the new adjustment
OF industries. The women of Russia have
some advantages over the women Of En-
their own homes, and have revenues from
them. The middle and the better classes ia
Russia, among women, find market zoe
their spinning and weaving, and farm prod
ucts and hereditary vocations are carried
on there without opposition. The country
has work for its male population outside OF
these industries and empl0yments, and
Won 4 still enjoy monopoly of work which
of our sex, and is done in factories 1ow
and by men, mainly. The idleness of wom-
en- is enforced, and vet the popular idea 10
that the sex is weak and helpless For -
long = the duties of the home-ife occ1-
pic I, but now there are SO many moro
We ebsu men that we are forced 70 rec
og their painful condition. You know.
of course, the grand work done BY many
noble women in finding work and homes
for single women in Canada. the 6tatee and
in Australia, but the evil is too great TO be
overcome with emigration.
1--WE are trying IN our country, and you
in yours, to educate women to be epecial>
lists, so that they can get foothold In the
trades and professions monopolized by men.
Necessity cOmpels thousands to work who
have nothing to do. and their urgent e1iorfe
TO get standing-room in the industr2al and
professional world makes the outcry which
we hear against 'woman's rights, In tho
rural districts, where women have much OF
the work of the farm to do, their condition
is greatly superior TO that OF women IN inc
manufacturing regions and IN cities
women will enable them TO have all the ad-
vantages the leaders of the woman move
ment demand for themi'
1.-The better education of men and women
will accomplish it, and as soon as women
are educated to the point where they VIII
know the history of their sex from the pe~
ginning they Will be able to correct p0pulex
fallacles on the subject. -
If an intelligent workingman onc21 1{-S~
allied that women suffer through ~ iecie
of employment for minds and lands. and
that they are anxious and unl3okpv in fh6
contemplation of their holpiessness. he =
concerned to know what cpna. .oe 10 Qbes-k|
the matter The tr?ublS he Is sna5 sns 1spe5 =:
home life is unsa<s1sIactofy Decou4e - q
full of children 20 cannot properly provide
for, and some Z of whom ne knows will
not take csrae OIL dnemsefvee nc ne nns' NJ
il is much easi 5r to talk to you about exist
ing Conditions than it is to tell you how
they are to be- remedied YOu Americans
have not yet come tot to the 9. place ,s xhers the
portant as with us. The-tax-poycxs- -cf
England contribute an iumenee Sum of
money for the supPoEt OF institutions that
should not exist ID the extent they do, and
wGud SnsfaS not if Ss f9s Ss s" q saa & Ss
Much that England does to-day tQr her poof
Do Sou think hin & that sisins the same Legal
rights to women will put {esm e their fest
Let us say that it viii pat mon the5H
feet, because it will be q relief 20 them e
have fewer people to support We are NOS
living under the simple agricultural moQo
of life that makes your country ~ Arcadia
| things which compels whole gehcr9f1Qno 6
men to exist and die in the dirt ara x1fe 1k
| cities without ever orektl,z<s - 70 -
| of the country. s..
| for men, because their interest: are zoentI~
| cal, and when their opportunities TOT use
| fulness In the world are increase6 Honlen
will make life happier lot Of men noc,et = c,asssS
are treated de as they are by their mea e be.
cause they are less useful than t1ey sno119 tl
| be or would lite to be. really tnlqk LuAy
our present CIVILIZATION LII e. IL ~
effort eff H Of the edncafed S}asses to ame1iorato
| the condition of women by 9. e2 49,. ~.
ures until the world advanced 49, ~ 4-SS3S' :
| to put them in possession of the thzIs
each human being must have TO DO napPy
/ and useful IN this life.n '-..- 4
| do yon think, Mrs. Gladstone, thQt 42
| ballot will be given to women 7nXoU Q&1
| sit is theirs now to some ex<Q-k 04Q
| there viii be no retrograQe SOP kIu- pm
| / cannot foretell when or how tbe &Ay1ucG
| step will be taken. Meantimo tho< 0uU
| find nearest at hand to do, II 70 44lj4 61De
| who cannot help themselye8--cWMfe< Ats@
| and then the sick and the destitute, s94 th<
best service Is rendered through cl9en -
don the poor are always with us, and thG
condition is so miserable that they need
| that is done for them.' - & q.
What do you think could be donc f1f
| outcast women of East London, fac
stance, by the charitable1" asked
I'VE reach them thscugh the hon
| and convalescent homes, and, WhoxtT6r
can get them to leave London we do - T.
| dividual cases are saved In that Nay. bu1
the rank and file must die as they aro ~
ing fear. The awful burden Of ign
| rance and vice IN London IL bone
the hard-working, taw-abiding Doop16
| and the Taxpayers cannot 10 nero fI&U
| maintain order and compel the obscrvnnrc
of such sanitary rules ae viii pr8ycnt eD<
| denies. The reformafoTy work muS< ~
done by women, and the real need - <|
hour is recruits from the faobionabB
| the idle classes. More teachers md lead -
TO cope with the mighty work .0f uo<oni<E1
the lower grades of eociety eze Wepfe : p
these are to come after while. Vhen otbeI
higher classes among women are cducatc'l
to right knowledge Cf their duty 70 them-
selves and the race. But. NV dnnr- 6H1
giving you sermon, when You wanted "a
ask me questions. am sorry, but lot ne
ask you if your country women are 1u!Iy
cognizant of the demand existing Tor thu
higher education of womenl Have your
schools and colleges for women Increased
as rapidly as they ought, in comparison y
Certainly not, dear LADY, bat heer-iz
mind that we Americans are, after ~, lug
lish, German. French, Italian and, IN a
word, European stock and NO aro eoYanc-
ing there no faster than 1ho llDeralltY o1
the voting class permit4 HPvexer eur txe<
schools are training free Giz1A X1o. ~ uuzc'
will demand more than the pZo9enf 0czcz1r
| tion expects to achlevc-" - ~
Mrs. Gladstone was interrupted o{ no|1
| from some member Of the 1ouDc1Ql4- a0I
She sent word back that - xSuld cons
presently. / therefore relu9>nu1ly xo1o q
81 came 70 ask you many lhjnu nov tpQ
late to be discussed MA GLADSTONE Out