Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-08-05

THE BLESSINGS OF PROTECTION PICTURED
IN FREE TRADE NEWSPAPER.
Homestead (PaO Letter TO the N. Y.

THE BLESSINGS OF PROTECTION PICTURED
IN FREE TRADE NEWSPAPER.
Homestead (Pa.) Letter to the N. Y.
World (Dem.)
To the man who knows the women the
reason why it il the model town of all
manufacturing places Is no longer a Sc
cret. 1t is because the women rule the
town through their husbands, and the
women are good
Perhaps you think the workmen of
Homestead are not well educated. There
you bluDdCr. 1t is almost impossible to
find one who has not graduated from the
public schools, and scores of them have
been graduated from the normal schools
and academies which are scattered about.
In this part of the country they do not
permit their women to work in factories.
They think it is the place for the men. 1t
is the mans duty to earn the living the
duty of woman is to make the home pleas
ant. They live up to this philosophy.
The girls 90 through the schools, train
their minds and absorb as much OF books
as they can. Not that they may 90 ont
into the world aud be independent, but
because they expect to become the wives
of good men and want TO help them as
much as they can, for in this country
there are fewer men than women and
good wives are always waiting.
When q woman is married her first de-
sire is not to have as many dresses as she
can get but to have a home. She wants
it we'll furnished. She wants to STOW
what a good housekeeper she is. She
wants place where she can display those
dainty feminine tastes in decoration.
Why. do You know that such a thing as
a divorce is unknown in Homestead and
that there has not been a domestic scan
dial for years II sometimes happens that
a man forgets himself, bat he is quickly
convinced of his error. The home is holy
in this town of 1900 people.
The women are rarely seen outside of
their homes. They visit but little with
one another unless sickness or other neces-
sity demands their presence. The ordi-
nary social calls are not popular.
1t is probably the only small town in
the country where gossip is unknown.
The strike leader, O'DOnnell, owns
house and lot, as pretty and inviting as
one would care to live in. 1t is worth
more than 50 900 and it IS all paid for. 1t
is delightfully."- furnished The parlor is a
COOL coy room. The Brussels carpet is
of a pretty figure and there are beautiful
pictures on the walls. 70 the corner is a
bookcase, with a little desk. There are
good books in that case-bistorles, stand
ard novels and economic works. You will
find these in the houses of nearly all the
skilled wOrkmen.
These books are not there for show
They read them. The wives have taught
them that There is an Encyclo edia
Britannica in the case. Nearly every man
in town seems to have subscribed for the
big works.
There are taste and comfort in every
ROOM The kitchen is furnished relatively
better than the parlor. But above all are
shown the exquisite neatness and clean
illness. This is not peculiar to this mans
house. IU is shown in all the houses of
the town, The excessive cleanliness is
oppressive TO one who had wandered about
the fats occupied by the people of New
York