Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-12-06
. FULL RECOGNITION.

men Oh INC DDAfu Nu' wv iN@AN
a mutual admiration society.
FULL RECOGNITION.
The southern woman IS perhaps tne
most influential factor IN the lie OF tne
New South. j he home, the school, the
church, the lighter industries, literature
art and society are as she makes tnehi:
Much could be said on the impOssibility OF
showing at any exposition all the work OF
southern women Their care, thougn.,
and tender watchfulncss over husband
homo, and children can never be exhlolteu
the pest Of their work cannot be recog-
nized By anv prize or material acknOH-
ledgment bu. in an exposition which Is
70 be industrial, histor cal, ana arllsto
they should receive full recognition Oh
what has been done and IS being done oy
them.
In this and all our nelghboring States
there are many women who, IN spite Oh
gentle birth ard breeding, must earn IN
some way the daily bread of parents or
children. or work 10 educate younger
brothers and sisters. There are many
others-the daughters Of farmers or meI
chants-who have often at great sacIl-
fee acquired an education with view 70
self-support. These women and girls nave
A rugged path TO tread. They are restrict
ed to few and often uncongenial employ
ments, and subjected 10 fierce cOmpeu-
a.. ekaav.
ton. Many occupations upon which theT
northern sisters have entered are closed
10 them. and those that are open are
sadly over-crowded. How rough road Is
theirs They only whose weary feet nave
pressed it can tell.
SOUTHERN FARMERS WIVES.
There is besides another class of women
workers who command an interest ana re-
spect because Of their faithful ana ehclelt
service. though they are perhaps the hard-
est worked and worst paid OF all-the
farmers wives of these southern States
women who work from day 20 day ana
from year TO year, generally with made.
qlIate help and frequently with none az
all. Their daily household cares and the
manifold duties. of farm life absorb their
whole time and attention, leaving no room
for recreation. reading or mental culture,
scarcely enough for the requisite ana
loving care of their little children
The labor-saving machinery now IN use on
most farms has not vet reached the farm
house kitchen, and the farmers wife per-
forms her monotonous duties with few I'M
proved methods and with no other cOmpen-
satiOn than the satisfaction OF giving her
whole lite 20 the general prosperity OF the
family and of raising her children TO DE use
full men and women. These can scarcey
be classed as wage-earners. though 1t IS
very ttIlhlu illtN thl III 'NbAF N'AAh 49, -
and generally good deal more.
Ali of these women should look with IN
terest and hope 10 the great gathering OF
the worlds workers at the Column ban EX-
pOsltiOn and "a MANY a. possible or them
should see it, Apart from the pleasure and
enjoyment Of the wonderful scene, they
may there receive strength, instruction;
and encouragement. In that universal
comparison Of the industrial and economic
IS Ill and Of nll0r eITIlT-
zatiOus, in the evcr-wldenlng avenues CT
labor. in the constant increasing labor
saving inventions OF to-day, may be found
new, better or more cOngenlal means OF
self-suppOTt or many ways OF Tightening
the labors and Frightening the days OF the
women Of the farm.
MAID-OF-ALI-wORE.
just here may be mentioned feature OF
the Exposition which will be of absorbing
interest 10 every woman who visits IT,,
whether she be eastern, western, northern
or southern, This Is q house TO be erected
on the grounds according 20 the most I'M
proved scientific and sanitary plans. The
fortunate woman of the future who resides
in such model mansion will have but
one servant. But this mald-ot-ali-work
will be the giantess, electricity; She VIII
ring the dOor-bells, light the lamps, ana
sound the burglar alarm: she will warm the
rooms bv electric radiators and cool them
nv electric fans She will cook the dinner
on an electric range, send It in on an electric
dumb-walter, aud wash the dishes IN an
electric dish-washer. She will scrub the
floors. wash the windows, and PLAY the
piano; she will sweep the carpet and
/ burn up tho dust! And. unlike, some
| other dOmestics Of modern times, she VII!
| be perfectly under control and Will not
want two evenings out every week.
BREAD-wGSSERs.
There are many bread-winners among
the women Of the South. The noble army
! of school-teachers, the matrOns III ouI
| charitable and refOrmatory institutions,
| the book-keepers in our mercantile houses,
| the nosts of girls who stand behind our
| counters, who mould OF decorate the clay
| III our potteries, the women who Work III
| our diaries or creamerles, or prepare the
! fruit aud vegetables in our cannerles, the
| seamstresses who fashion our garments,
| the girls Who stitch shoes IN our factories Of
! make boxes or roll cigarettes; the humber
! toilers, white or ColOTed, VINO strip tobac-
| co for our warehouses, or scrub IN our
/ laundries, or prepare the meals IN or,
| kitchens--all these belong 10 the hosts OF
! labor. all these are important factors IN
! building up oar great New South, All these
! are TO be more or less directly influenced
/ py the comparisons and competitions OF
! the industries of the world IN tue great
! international Exposition of 1893.
There is Just now going on in the various
papers and magazines a continuous dis
| cussion pro and CON Of southern woman
kind-its various grades and classes, lts
| abilities and disabilities. Let southern
women seize this grand occasion 20 show
! TO the nation and the world that they are
standing brayely in their lot, assisting tC
| build no out OF the material and intel,
lectual wealth around then. splendid
! civilization which may get be the cher
glory and strength Of our America.