The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1890-01-09
Mrs. LIyermOre'> Lecture.


Nh Mary \. Livcrmore was greeted Will, q fuIl
1"u~c a thc North Church. in this city, Int Thurs
.!ay evening. IN presenting her to the audience
htr n I. Hack aaid tnut the speaker needed no
Introduction from him. for ler llbors during the
"al, when she did Tie WORK of ten women Avn
tunrel- pi men, had given hcr. a national remit.
ton, ann mis- wa~ her third appearance in Belfast.
Mrs. iiyermorc'~ subject was, "What shan We I'D
with our Gill-." The lecture was discur-iye. AL
though never ont Of line with erteHt and mana,
OF the Illustrations were both apt and mirth pro
voking. 1t was a book by Margaret Fuller tbat
c'Ailfhea me bent OF the lecturers mind toward
the Woman lrohlem-a thin little volume bc,1in..
~ ii0 I-tle lage The notices "fr;,ilty thy name
i Noman" and "Ihe earth awaits hcr ouren y
u -reaking ot the condition Of woman at home
ami abroad the lecturer said she lid "a from prr
9"i'tl observations, having several times visited
Europe ana gone up the Nile and in the Ola world
a. wen as the New made careful studies and ill-
Vertigations. In some Of the countries of fur,, o
to-day women are doing the most mental labor fer
p mere pittanre. They are working in the fields.
AT the forge carrying bricks aud mortar to the ton
Of high buildings, Sc, until the wonannood Il.
crushed out of them and they are unfit for moth.
erS It is far different Ill America oar women
are not only the best in the world but are the bet
treated.
MIS-. Ltvelmore spoke Of Harriet MartineaI's
visit Z" tls o"uHtrl, anu OF her book 'Society in
America published in 1877. Mis-. Martinear had
investigated the matter and found that there were
only SIX occupations open to women in this conn
try IN 1874. In 1870 as the result of quie inyes
tiEation, the lecturer had found thirteen employ.
hent5 open to women. In 1860 there were "a
while to-day 342 occupations are open TO them.
AND 50 OF higher education for women At first
the doors We're closed to them, but women havn
knocked at the doors Of colleges and universities
and have net knocked in vain. Nassar was OPENED
to them in lsG5 and to-day there are more of the
institutions Of learning which admit women ON an
equality with men than of those that do not
As the result of opening a wider field for
the industry and ability of women we have
women sculptors who make $4,000 to 350.o00 \
year, women physicians who realize nearly or
quite as much from the practice Of their profas
slons and successful business women earnin,r
handsome incomes in various lines In the state
Of Iowa but three things are now denied women
They cannot serve in the militia or The iurv box
and cannot vote. The laws relating to tile holding
of property by women have also been radically
changed. Not many years ago in MASSACHUSETTS,
the money a woman had herself earned and which
was invested in her own name, did not belong to
her but 10 her husband, and lie could make any
disposition he chose Of it without consulting her.
This has all been changed. These reforms have
come about through the agency Of the a American
men, who are always fol- fair play
Mrs Ltvermore's remarks on dress were par
uruiarly interesting, and Instructive She was
very severe on the use Of corset5 and her are,
9''i9. '''''" ioi'iiie" pS inc horrible cX-
w" !" 'i'o "97ec'ih6 room OF the Phla
eee''eu uhahS"eraOle.
-, . more ''erseii mas never worn corsetS
'0i i''i' "i''o" her oaughIefs 10 wear them, she