Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-10

carried in as she supposed dead, and wa.
inclined to find fault with "a philanthropis
who would build libraries for people who
had no time to read, instead of paying
wages that would insure bread and butter
and leave few cents over and above for q
| newspaper or book that could be brought
home to the wife and family" 1t was no
use to explain that the books in public
libraries could be taken home to be read.
These people are loud in protesting that il
sufficiently remunerated for their work they
could build libraries in their own name, and
have comfortable homes besides
The Women the Real Sufferers.
Be that as it may, pity those women
from tho depths of my heart They are the
victims of the mistakes, whether made by
employer or employe. I don't like
to be raven and croak, nor q
crow to sit on blighted pine tree and
cav, nor to fall into step with kickers nor
strikers. nor butt against things that can't
be cured, or at least over which can have
no control, but those heart-rending sights
among women at Homestead have moved
me to word In their defense, which those
claiming to be their protectors should hear
first of all
heard several groups of men discussing
and 'cussing" as we'll the Mckinley bill
and giving their opinion of that protection
which fails to protect, in language that reads
best written in dots and dashes, and won-
dered how many of them had lived up more
nearly to their promises of protection to the
women made dependent upon them than
had the political measure which just now is
coming in for 80 full measure of their
wrath.
One Of my discoveries had been that all
homes were not comfortable according to
the mouey earned. Here family would be
found to be living better on 81 30 per day
than another at twice that sum, and It nearly
always fell cut that John Barleycorn was q
permanent lodger at the first house. If
had my way, every man who took drink
of rum while his family needed one creature
comfort, should 60 to Jail for every such
robbery. And If had my way, women
should not work for the support of any
man s family unless that man was incapaci-
tated
Men Enough to do tho Work.
Every bit of hard work should be done
by men. There are men enough in the
world, strong and able, to support all the
women. I would level tax on every male
adult who remained unmarried, and such
revenue should 60 toward the general sup
port of old maids and widows. would
found beautiful homes where all unpro-
tected women should be cared for, where
they could tarry together and acquire and
maintain the sweet amenities Of life.
There they should sing, paint, do fine
needle work and teach girl children to be:
como what the Lord intended them to be,
delicate, pure, high-minded and womanly
beings, and we should have the salvation of
the future race assured.
I could not but wonder what kind of
women I found in some of the worst homes
would make, and could not even imagine.
From my heart wished could rescue
them, and it seemed to me I would like to
own the mill, to-day so hateful in their
sight, for just one year that I might give
them all its earnings for that long time
and see if they would make the wise use of
it they now think they would.
What the Women Suffer.
am strongly of the opinion some would
have it all at the end of the year, and that
the women would get as little proportion
ately as they do now. But less care they
could not get under any circumstances.
Our grandmother china is better guarded
than are women. The china is carefully
locked behind glass doors, while grand
mothers flesh and blood is forced into hard
and bitter usage. Small wonder that it is
so often rudely marred or brokeni
1t seems to me the gift of motherhood
should ordain women and set them apart
from the harsh dealings of life, and that
every man, high or low, in remembrance Of
of his mother. should do all in his power,
even to dividing his last dollar, to relieving
her from the wear and tear of life and take
the load off from both back and heart for
sake of future generations
MARY TEMPLE BAYARD.