The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-18

ary'' persons-S of whom had written poems,
pamphlets, 4 ballads aud books, all of
which had been published" TIL" balance OF
| whom might be classified rs human varI-
| ous'-39 while - had been domestics, Is
! scullery maids; g0vernesseS, apd So as
nursery maids, originally had the modlng
| of 1.-The minds ana morals OF the BRUSH
! youth.
| | took these figures to a very noted Eng
| lish thinker, leader and writer-a man
| whose name is familiar one in every news
| paper and household throughout the Eng
| disappearing world. lie examined them
casefully; seemed lost in ref elton for a
| time; and gave his views regarding the
Sociological study in rapidly prop0unded
| return questions, after our true Yankee
fashion.
GU have great many women in Amer
lea at the present time known as agitators }
| and reformers,' have you not?
And has not each one mission or
scheme or a divine call TO gallop, plunge
and cavort about, ShTieking out ali manner
of notes Of warning reg riding the enslave-
nfent of her sex?
Aud do not these females sound timbrelS,
beat tom-tomS and override everything es-
tablIShed, tender and sacred, in an effort to
attract attention to themselves, until the
| grand, true wives and mothers of your
country are whipped into partial indorse-
men!, the cIersy bulled into silence, and
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! influenced into lending them
QUASI SUPPORT?
Well, sir, precisely the same female, or
rather untemaIe, qualities, which, through
these mental harriGanS, are accomplishing
| the gradual unSeXlng OF American women,
/ and the TcYolutuniZing and destruction of
! the American home, are at the root OF our
cursed barmaid system. 1t is simply diff
| ferent form Of expression of the same origl-
| IA, evIl-a female passion for some manner
of nOtoriety. Your Oyer-shrewd and under
prncip!ed American female who cannot in
dorSe hume-making. through the pretenSe Of
some hcayen-!ndorSed mission, at once enters
upon n career OF hOme-breakng. she poseS
| and pOlSeS, higgleS and wrlggles along a
gamut OF iSms and lists from female
suffrage past score of reforms to Christian
science, theosophy and spirtualism into the
capaclous bosom OF the over-soul itself,
| meantime pauslng anywhere Just so long
as she may continue a disturbing element ;
ever thrilled and ecStatlc over any man
ner OF nOtOTIety c0nduclng to what she
| Historically maglneS has become career
| Our DarmaldS are JUS that sort OF male fe-
! males; proud OF tap-ruom publicity; eager
! Tor tawdry notOriety; consumed with am
1 bltlUn Tor public career. But we are the
most fortunate nation. Wth-us, rigid and
heIlthful social limitations force these
characters into their proper place at once.
| our female birds OF prey detile and fatten
| upon your tendeIest and most sacred social
and domestic institutions. Ours impiuge
only upon our lowest national weaknesses"
Many will consider this British cOmpari-
son and estimate OF cur suffering siSttrhOOd
as Il very severe one. Some will be ungal-
liant enough to regard 1t as an unjust classt-
cation OF British OarmaIdS themselves. AS
rule, l have found them Woodworking
women. Few ever know a holiday. They
are on their feet from twelve to sixteen
hours per day. Whatever their natural ten
denotes, they are perlorce honest. The
British oar system IS entirely
DIFFERENT FROM OURS,
And still retains much OF the flavor of the
old custom Of the publican and his wife sit
ting in their own private room aud serving
customers with liquors through little shelf
bottomed window; while the publican. his
wife, or some member OF his family, Is never
absent from the bar during business hours.
This IS mach protection to the personality of
the barmaii. Though you may regard her
as lost 10 all moral sense, and the significance
OF words, through the endless repetition of
Infamous language in her presence by
drunken bruteS, bTainless cads and clever
roucS, IN tie main she remains meaSuTably
free from rough treatment. The modern
British bar Is practically "a walled extension
of the ancient British DaT-windOw. There
Is no access TO 1t from the public room. 1t
is as high as your chin. The barmaid her
self, behind her silver beer and ale pumps,
stands two feet above you, a charming study
in black, white and carnatiun, a black per-
fect-httIug gown, dainty white apron, the
glory OF the rose in, or on, her checks and
lips.
She Is, in fact, just as most men love to
see women; suggestive of domesticlty IN
her ralment, charming IN figure and face.
But after day and evening o. banter and
WI!es, through which scores Of pockets have
been emptiad, brains beciouded and her
master further enriched, the highest and
lowest are remoTSeleSsly shut from sight Of
her smiling face. 1t is a sad, wearied, tired
face now. She IS practically a prisoner
there. She lives with the pubiican's family.
She goes to a room not tit for a dogs keep
ing, snatcbes few hours sleep and is again
NJ her post behind the bar - cheer and
wheedle the trembling drunkards of the
early morning hours. Her meals are
snatched between feroclous PUSHES Of Gus
TONERS at the bar. She must know every
body; be cOgnZant Of something about
everything; have soothing word for rum
bedeyiled tempeEs; placidly listen to discus
sons of herself like those upon animals;
accept direct insult with
INVITATION IN HER EYES
And honeyed words upon her lips; sympa-
thetically receive condolences OF the most
sacred or damnable character; in brief, to
the end Of her days, remain marble Venus
for the worship and slavery OF Bacchus'
cTazed and maddened victims.
For all this she receives from to 90 shl-
linES Ter week and keep" Some masters
provide gowns and aprons. The inconceiy-
able degradation of her calling can only be
limited al in the statement of fact that there
is but one place in Great Britan-at the re-
freshmeut bars Of leading railway stations
where refusal to serve one who insults her
would not lead to her immediate discharge
without "a character" The lowest grade in
her vocation Is among the sailors Pubs"
in the slums Of Maryieboue, Liverpool, and
East End, London; the highest in the
gorgeous London West End cafes. What
becomes of them? Many die at an early
age OF lung diseases, the result of their
foul environment. Few drift into the I'M
namaDle classes. Ever seeing the worst
side OF men, they are armed, though
roughly, against temptation. Some be-
come managereSSeS oil inns, Pubs" of
railway Tefreshment-rooms and cafes with a
bevy of younger barmaidS under them, of
cheap museums and al manner of enter
priseS at seaside resorts. Many marry repu-
table men but drift back into their old lives
English nubility's ranks have been recruited
from their number, and recently a wealthy
young American Of Baltimore welded one Of
the most beautiful and good OF their kind in
the three klnSdon!S-au Irish BARNARD at
Cork. No honest man can speak of them
unklndly as class. The bower behind
them IS responsible for the evil they accom-
plsh. That Is incalculable. Because of
their presence countless British women find
it easy to become drunkards. Because of
their agreeabiIiIy, sympathetic kindness
and outright Establishments all grades and
conditions of men are more and more en-
Iiching the British dram-shOp with all that
should preserve and sanctfy the British
home. EDGAR L. WAKEMAN
#C0pyTight 1891
The next sketch to be furnished by Mr..
Wakeman, and to be published January
18th, will he one descriptive of Bowes and
Dotheboys' Hail.
SPEED OF INSECTS.
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