The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-03-25

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purpose of advertising itself, get up a
subscription fund to buy few necessa.
ries for the support. but the average cit
izen reads the little story without emo
ton. 1t disturbs him no more than a
view of the dirty streets or struggle to
get seat in an elevated train
WHERE WOMAN NEVER STARvES
And right here it may be asked, in
view of the present condition of work
mgmen, "Has any one ever heard of a
woman, sticking to the old limited
sphere of working women-domestic
service suffering for lack of the neces-
saries of hfeT' The newspapers record no
such instances. One would be such a
novelty that the am bition of the museum
men to secure unheard of curiosities
would be aroused.
The fact Is that the only women de-
pendent on their daily work for subsist-
ence who are comfortably situated, with
a few exceptions, are the domestic serv-
ants. All the thrifty ones have their
bank accounts, and they don't know
what it is to want for food or clothes.
Moreover, their labor is comparatively
light, and they have real homes.
So thoroughly is this fact recognized
that the societies devoted to improving
the conditions of working women and
helping them in their difficulties with
employers exclude servants from their
range of work.
Mrs. M. J. Creagh, superintendent of
the Working Women's Protective union,
| gives the reason, as follows:
1.-The working women in stores, fac
tories and offices need all the assistance
the union can give. for they are the suffer
ers. Women who work as domestics
may sometimes have reasonable grounds
for complaint, but their condition is so
far above that of the other working
women that they can always get along
comfortably. They can get places when
ever they want them, receive good wages,
don't know what hunger is. and are well
acquainted with the looks of bank
book. They don't need help
1T is this poor saleswoman, the over
worked factory girl and the sewing WON
an that has to be helped to live.
/ MRS. CREAGH'S OPINION.
Considering the board matter, they
do not get one half or one third as much
as the servants and have to work longer.
Besides, they are often cheated out of
their scant earnings. If they are sick
for a time they lose their little pay, and
perhaps theiNplaces are filed before they
recover. The servant girl, on the other
hand, gets her wages right along, and
/ if she is in good family she receives
such medical and other attention as the
store girl cannot receive. She is, in fact,
settled, while her sisters in the world of
business depend on their weeks salary
for food and lodging the following week.
Gov 4 800 %l.
starvation and inadequate attendance or
a journey to a charity hospital.
Therefore this society gives all its at
tention to women outside of domestic
service As women go further and fur
ther into the business world we have
more to do than ever. Every day we
have brought to our notice cases where
rich employers try to beat women out of
sums varying from twenty-five cents to
$50
THE records here show, better than
anything / know of, the slavery into
which women have been brought of late
years Employers know that women
have not the money to pay lawyers to
sue for them, SO they take advantage of
their helplessness whenever they can. 1t
Is remarkable, however, that they settle
up with great rapidity when the women
come here to complain. Our counsel
conducts worthy cases free of charge
and has got verdicts in the civil courts
for more than $50. 900 since the union be-
gan its work
When Mrs. Creagh was asked why the
wages of girls m factories, stores and Of
fees were SO small, she answered in al
most the same way as Miss Van Etten
did. ~ - -
Women. she said, took the places of
men in many occupations without or
ganixing themselves to obtain fair com
pensation.,s They took anything they
could get. They expected to get married
some time, and their work was tempo
rary expedient, at first to obtain pin
money. Now many of them find that
they have really to support themselves.
and their meager wages won't do it.
Still they bear their hardships, waiting
ever for the gay cavalier who is to come
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