Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-07-25
THE FLEETING SHOW,

An earnest look of purpose high and sweet;
beckoning hand, and parted lips as one
Who calls from strife and stress to love and light.
A little ragged slave girl looked amazed
On that white loveliness-delayed, and passed
Toturn again, lured by the potent charm
OF sculptured purity and strength ideal.
When next she came her elf1n locks were smooth
And clean the little slender limbs-again,
And her poor garments showed the needles art.
Daily she sought that wondrous influence,
And thus the untaught child was guided on
To lofty purpose and to noble deeds,
And lifted from the slavery of the soul.
Oh, so to live that those who see may say
Surely, this one to Honor points the way
"DosE wEEM'N."
Said an imported citizen of unorna-
mental exterior, as with a companion of
the same standing and appearance he
watched the rapid passing of cycle girl
on Elm street. each! dose weem'n. Dey
do ev'yting-now days"
He said it with mournfully expressive
emphasis and gesture, as one oppressed
with dismal foreboding. Doubtless weem'n
in his own transplanted family would note
the awful fact and assert their independ-
ence, and rebellion, civil war, and his de-
feat might ensue. A new country-new
manners. each! dose weem'n."
He was not far out of the way. Women
do everything nowadays, or at least have
the right to try to do that for which their
strength, ability, education or talent
adapts them-a fact that needs no prov
| ing. The line of invention seems to at
tract many of them, and they are accom-
plishing good practical work as our patent
Office records can testify. Mrs. Susan
| Hall Wheeler of Little Rock, ARK. daugh-
ter of well-known cotton-gin manufact-
urer, has patented device for cleaning
the saws of cotton-gins. Many attempts
have been made to construct an appliance
that would remove the wet or gummy lint
from the saws in a perfect and expeditions
manner. But this invention, which has
been most thoroughly tested, is pronounced
the best, being of simple construction and
having the advantage of forming part of
the gin proper, 80 that no additional pow
or or expense is required to operate it.
The first Kiln ever patented for firing
china by the use of gas is the invention of
Mrs S. S. Frackleton of Milwaukee, a lady
we'll known in art circles as a color maker
and decorator.
Mrs. Mary Lowell, a scientific electrician,
lays her kitchen fire at night. Wires in
the kitchen communicate with her bed
stead and on awaking in the morning she
has but to press a button. When her
toilet is completed she goes to the kitchen
and finds the fire cheerfully burning and
the matutinal oatmeal steaming, the cleo
trical "brownie" having done the rest
Among the numerous patents granted to
women since May of the present year are
| these:
Carrie McGrow, Cincinnati, card holding
attachment for typewriting machine.
Anna M. Rothest, Brooklyn, upper case
treadle attachment for typewriting ma
chine.
Marie Mahondeau, Paris, France, process
for extracting sugar from molasses.
Louisa Ashby, Lafayette, Ind, process
| for manufacturing mattresses and pillows
So much, or 80 little, for inventions
which often seem to follow naturally from
a study of household conveniences Wo
men also excel in many handicrafts. At {
recent exhibition in London three classe,
) of art-work stood out prominently, th'
, | contributions of women in embroidery
wood carving and leather work. Design
! for stained glass, rugs, tiles, table cloths
| calicoes, towels, repousse work in silver
gold, brass and copper, for furniture ant
= gas fixtures, are in demand, and man,
< women have taken up practical designing
1 as means of support and are succeeding
. admirably. There is work for many more
as there is q demand for patterns whicl
this country, and manufacturers sent
i. abroad for thousands of dollars worth o
! patterns yearly.
In literature, architecture, sculpture
!, and all forms of art women are winning
h new honors the world over. Civil engi
: neering is profession in which they hay
10 not yet figured conspicuously, but fo
o some years two sisters have worked il
f their fathers Office at civil engineering
, with their brother, J. Edgar Thompson
:. the railroad msgnate. Also in the ofic
IL of the surveyor general at Denver wome
: are employed, and have, with the exceI
! ton of the heads of two departments
J. filed as high places as any employees Q
the Office. AS explorers they are not ye
prominent, though Mrs. Piper, Mrs. Pear
d and Mrs. French have shown whs
=, women can accomplish or attempt in thi
line.
= The energy, ambition and progressiv
10 education Of women is deplored by some
- results to follow the emancipation c
a t'dose weem'n." But matters are not g
x alarming as they may appear. To quot
;" from an unprejudice writer: HThe trainin
"a which is necessary for the. bar, for th
3 practice of medicine, for the higher kin
~ of literary and artistn work, by develop
is ing woman's faculties, stimulating her er
g. ergies and widening her knowledge of lii
and its enevitable conditions, adds In
measureably to her mental gasp an
power. Certainly in the practice of th
liberal professions there is nothing to 'ur
Q. sex woman, but much that tends to max
h her wiser, stronger and happier, becaus
W more independent. Woman as well 6
!. man needs knowledge, training, develol
10 ment, to enable her to cope with the real
1t ties of life."
Is It is undeniable that women worke,
id are taking the places hitherto filed onl
= by men, but the world has need of man
IN workers, and if God bestows gifts an
st powers upon women it is because he d,
e. signs her to develop and make use
~ them in whatever field they seem to |
most required The lesson of the parabI
10 the reward of the faithful servant and ii
to punishment of the slothful servant WI
hid his Lords money in the earth, is n,
for men alone, since his gifts and bIessin,
to are not for men alone.