The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-03-04
The Enemy Unawares.

''While men slept, the enemy came
and sowed tares among the wheat.p
Sometimes people sleep when awake
While the good man was in his study
looking up Israe's shortcomings of three
thousand years ago, or preparing for a
pitched battle with Darwin and Huxley,
the enemy was sowing tares all over
that parish. While the father was full
of business the enemy had the boy in
hand and filled his life with evil thoughts
and the seeds of ruinous habits. While
the mother was careful for many things,
the daughter was up stairs reading a
book which the enemy gave her and
which put blighting thoughts in her mind
to stay there until the judgmen comes.
The remainder of this Article for the
reader to make out for himself Be-
ware of the enemy who comes unawares.
l-AdUdnce.
Nv Working- women in the Large
Cities" was the subject of an instructive
and deeply interesting address given in
Washington recently by Mr.. Carroll D.
! Wright, Commissioner of tn Labor
Bureau. He said that the traditional
sewing girl, leading sad, hard life in a
garret, has given place to another type,
which Howells has portrayed in Lemuel
Parker. This modern working girl is
fond OF pleasure, rather free, but indus
trlous. There are now in this country
from million to million and half of
women engaged in manufacturing and
other kindred pursuits. They congre-
| gate in large cities, and, as class, claim
our sympathies more, perhaps, than any
other class of workers. AS to the con-
dition of the working women. Mr.
Wright says that the average weekly
pay is only $5.17. There are many
causes to keep wages down. Working
women form a new industrial element,
and are earning money where they earn
ed nothing before. The relation of the
welfare of society of this new economic
element is confessedly one of the most
serious problems of the time.
The Farmers Alliance Convention, in
Omaha, passed the following resolutions
Resolved, That the laws regarding the
liquor traffic should be so amended as
to prevent endangering the morals of
our children and destroying the useful
ness of our citizens.
Resolred, That we believe women have
the same rights as their husbands to
hold property, and we are in sympathy
with any law that will give our wives,
sisters and daughters full representation
at the polls.
The great cause of social crime is
drink. The great cause of poverty is
drink. When / hear of family broken
up and ask the cause-drink. If 1 go to
the gallows and ask it's victim the cause,
the answer-drink. Then 1 ask myself
IN perfect wonderment, why do not men
put stop to this thing? Our legisla-
tors will come together and pass every
measure necessary to the welfare of the
people, and yet pass laws sanctioning
the sale of liquor through saloons.@
Archbishop ireland.
Stanlav hoe decided 70 da,-o+o Ill 4lo
gifts received from royal personages in
Europe, to General Booths scheme for
helpidg the poor of London. Their
value is about half million dollars.
I General Booth of the Salvation Army
announces gigantic scheme for the re-
clamation of social outcasts, including
homes of refuge industrial education and
| religious instruction.