St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-14
WOMAH IN TIT N "
Rev. Thomas MeCIary Tells
Us How She Should Be
~ Treated. : @
,xests
Woman Should Enter All Po-
:. sitions She Is Qualified
to Fill, s.'oazi
Taf
But There Should Be No ps-
elimination in Salariesfae
Paid. s. a,i5
The Terrible Drudgery En-
forced by Employers ON
Working Girls. 10


1.-THE Treatment Woman Should Re
ceive in the Industrial World waScdis-
eussed by Rev. Thomas McClary i'm the
prelude to his sermon last evening in
the Bates Avenue NJ. E. church. The
reverend gentleman treated the subject
III a very able manner, and his remarks
deserve the closest attention of humani-
tarians. as we'll as legislators and re :
formers. There was no beating about
the bush, and the address evoked the
liveliest interest of large audi
ence. Mr.. McCIary'S ideas of the treat
mtnt woman should receive in the in
dustraf world are here set FORTH: ,
First-She should be allowed to enter
upon any position. for which she is quail
flied and which she can fill. She should
not be excluded because she is a
woman.
Second-She should have heaIthfuI
places i'll which to toll, when this is pos
Slble. This, of course, may be said of
men. 1t Is likely there are positions Of
great danger from accidents and bad
surroundings that cannot be made
healthful. but the majority of places
can be. There should be good air, nat
ural light, proper temperature aud free
dom from the infections that surround
places of filth.
| have often looked upon men and
women toiling in banks and Offices from
which the sunlight has been excluded
by the construction or location of the!
buildings, and wondered why more care
is not taken to furnish natural light
and pure air to these. Why spoil the
eyes with
Artificial Light,
and the lungs with impure air when
God supplies enough that is pure for
all? The wreaking, filthy places i'll
which some working girls toll are enough
to bring pub lie condemnation upon the
heads Of those who employ them. there
have visited some places in which
many women are employed in this city,
and so far have found them rather inyt-
ing. One place where clothes are man
ufaetured is well ventilated, we'll light
ed. and the odor of the room was not
offensive. There were not too many
persons in the room for the space. The
girls have their toilet room; place to
take their lunch, with chance to make
tea or coffee, hot and cold water, etc.
They leave their clothes at the factory
nights, and, nicely attired in clothes for
the streets, give no exhibition of the .
labor they have been doing; but this is I
in great contrast with many places in !
neighboring cities. There are places
Where women Toll,
so foul, so dark, so damp, that man
would not think it fit for a Stable.. L Z
hope that i'll our young cities in the (
West employers will see that wonIefi
have decent PLACES in which to toll, ard
that the law recurring that they Shall
be provided with seats in Offices and
shop, when not actually waiting upon !.
customers. shall be enforced. L know a
firm in Minneapolis that refused to their
girls the privilege of seats from morn
Ing till noon and from noon till nlgllr,
even when there was no demand for
not business. The laws of this state re-
quire such provision to be made by EN- /
ployers as will preserve the health of
the girls they employ.
She should receive courteous treat
ment; kind word or look. a gentle
bearing, may throw sunlight on a path
all day.
In France. am told that the reason
why the general people are SO polite is
because the higher social circles are
courteous to the laboring people. A
banker in France will
Lift His Hat
to the girl that answers the bell and
call her mademoiselle. There are floor
walkers in some shops who like to show
authority, and by cruel words, unkind
actions, give the girls to understand that
they are bosses. The woman is no less
a lady and deserving OF kind treatment
because she is earning an honest living.
[ think, as a general thing. men who
labor i'll the stores and offices and fact
cries with the girls, are courte Gus in
their treatment; and Oh the street and
street car, the women of our land are
held in high consideration. Let wo men
be careful and return the civility and
there will be no danger; it will be con-
tinued.
Women should. for equal work in
quantity and quality, receive as good
pay as men. There IS no reason in the
world why it should not be SO except it
is that employers can, owing to neces-
sites, get them cheaper. Why should
discrimination be shown in the public
schools, where women are acknoWl-
edged
To BE Mans Equal?
Why, in our office, where, side by
side, men and women do the same work?
Why in any service where she is worth
as much to her employer? The wages
of women in the whole country are
ruinouSly low. being only about s. a
week; some more or less, but it aver
ages about that.
There are business firms prospecting
on the labors OF poor girls and women
who toll for them at starvation wages.
There are girls working from 7:3O a.
m. to $3.50 p. m. and getting for their
terrible drudgery III the horrid places,
81 or s. week. There are families
fourishing in this country on the.
hard earnings of white slaves.
And there are firms in this
land, called respectable, which pay ruin:
ously low wages, and when the girls
complain that they cannot live on what
they receive. the proprietors or thair
representatives tell them to seek aid, of!
some gentleman friend. And many, al
girl is by these Judases pointed the way
of dishonor as a means of supplement-
ing her small earnings. The morals,pfI
the working girl are as good as thosefofi
any in the country, but the morals of
many for whom they work are so bad
that shame and everlasting contempt
Will be their portion, when they awake
in the light of the Judgment.
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