The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-01-17


tered through my note books. do nc
know whether these averages on abou
!, 700 will hold true with 100000. The
at least serve as q basis for teputabl
conjecture; and bring the subject, in It
entirety, home to all who give though
to sociological questions with unusua
impressiveness.
Daughters OF farmers, villagers, and o
various employees on estates OF the Brit
ish nobility, 200; daughters of small
tradesmen, PA; publicapB' daughters
sisters and other female relatives, 1877
factory-giTls, 81; ssamstresses and mil
liners, So; divorced wives, IL; school
mistresses, "; drapers', and other
clerks, 80; telegraph operators and pos
tai employees. @; actresses, variety and
otherwise, 10; cashiers, %; canvRsssrs
IL; unsuccessful singers and music
teachers, A; mission workers, Sunday
school teachers and "Salvationists," 81
photograph colorists and "artists" gener,
ally, 10; literary" persons-so Of whom
had written poems, Q, pamphlets, 4, bal
lads, and 2, books, all Of which "had
been published" the balance Of whom
might be classified as "human various
50; while IS had been domestics; IS,
scullery maids; I, governesses; and So,
as nursery maids, originally had the
molding OF the minds and morals Of the
British youth.
l took these figures to q very noted
English thinker, leader aud writer, o
man whose name is familiar one in
every newspaper and household
throughout the English.speaking world.
He examined them carefully; seemed
lost in reflection for time; and gave his
views regarding the sociological study in
rapidly.propounded return questions,
after our true Yankee I shion.
"You have q great many women in
America at the present tune known as
'sgitators' and 'retormers, have you not
Aud has not each one mission or
scheme, ora divine call, to gallop, plunge
and cavort about, shrieking out all man.
ner of notes Of warning regarding the
enslavement OF her sex?
"Aud do no: these females sound tim
brels, beat tom.toms, and override every
thing established, tender and sacred, in
an effort to attract attention to them
selves, until the grand true wives and
mothers OF your country are whipped
into partial endorsement, the clergy
bullied into silence and your editors,
through torgivable chivalry, infuenc-
ed into lending then quasi support?
"Well, sis, precisely the same female,
or rather nntemale, qualities, which,
through these mental harridRns, are ac.
comprising the gradual unsexing Of
American women, and the revolution
tzing and destruction OF the American
nome, are at the the root OF our cursed
barrnaid system. It is simply a differ.
ent form OF expression OF the Same erig.
inal evil-a female passion for some
manner OF notoriety. Your oyer-shrewd
and under.principled American female
who cannot endorse home.making,
through the pretense Of some heaven in.
dDrsed mission, at once enters upon q
career Of home.breaking, She poises
and poses, higgles and wriggles along a
gamut OF isms' and 'iBts' from female
suffrage past score Of reforms to Chris
tian Science, theoaopby and spiritualism
into the capacious bosom OF the Over.
Soul itself, meantime pansing anywhere
just SO long as she may continue dis.
turbing element; ever thrilled and &C.
static over any manner Of notoriety con-
duciug to what she Historically imagines
has become career Our barmaids
are Just that sort Of male females; proud
of tap.room publicity; eager for tawrdy
uotoriety; consumed with ambition for
public career. But we are the most
fortunate nation. With US, rigid and
nealthful social limitations force these
characters into proper place Mt once.
Your female birds Of prey detile and
fatlen upon your tenderest and most ga.
cred social and domestic institutions,
Ours, impinge only upon our lowest
national weaknesses"
Many will consider this British com.
parison and estimate of our suffering
sisterhood as very severe one. Some
will be ungallRnt enough to regard it as
an unjust classification OF British bar.
maids themselves. AS rule, have
found them Woodworking women. Few
ever know holiday. They are on their
feet from twelve TO sixteen hours per
day. Whatever their natural tendencies,
they are perforce honest. The British
rnr system is entirely different from
ours, and still retains much Of the favor
OF the old custom OF the publican and
nls wife sitting in their own private
room and serving customers with
liquors through little shelf.bottomed
window; while the publican, his vile,
or some member Of his family, is never
absent from the bar during business
hours. This is much protection to the
personality OF the barmaid. Though
you may regard her as lost 10 all moral
sense, and the Significance OF words,
through the endless repetition OF in.
famous language in her presence hy
drunken brutes, brainless Cads and
clever roues, Ia tho main she remains
measureably free from rough treatment
The modern British bar is practically a
walled extension OF the ancient British
bar window. There is no access to it
from the public room. 1t is as high as
your chin. The baEmaid herself, be.
mind her silver beer and ale pumps,
stands two feet above you, a charming
study in black, white and carnation--a
black perfect fitting gown, dainty
white apron, the glory OF the rose in, or
on, her cheeks and lips.
She lie, in fact, just as most men love
to see woman suggestive OF domesticity
in her raiment, charming in figure and
face. But after a day and evening Of
banter and wiles, through which scores
OF pockets have been emptied, brains
beciouded and her master further en-.
riChed, the highest and lowest are re-
moEselessly shut from sight OF her smil.
ing face. 1t sad, Yearied, tired face
now. She Ia practically prisoner
there. She lives with the publican's
family. She goes to q room not tit for
dogs keeping, snatChes q few hours'
sleep and is Hgain at her post behind the
bar 10 cheer and wheedle the trembling
drunkards OF the early morning hours.
Her meals are snRtChed between fero-
cious rushes Of customers at the bar.
She must know everybody be cognizant
Of something about everything; have q
soothing word for the rum.bedeviled
tempers; placidly listen to discussions
Of herself like those upon an animal !;
accept direct and infamous insult with
invitation in her eyes and honeyed