Morning journal and courier., 1893-05-20
HE OLDEST DAILY NEWSPAPER IN THE STATE
NEW HAVEN, CONN.,, SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 20, 1893.

spirited people of Frederick could d.
would be to erect q statue of her upon tn
site of her house. to symbolic loyalty an,
courage, and let her evernnore hold the fis
of Freedom and Union on high, while
"Peace and order and beauty draw
Round that symbol OF light and law;
And ever the stars above look down
| On its stars below in Frederick town.
| aYMNAsTIcs.
| The Woman's College of Baltimore Il
now making gymnasium work q regula
and compulsory course. Its gymnasium
fs unsurpassed in its equipment, and IT
corps of teachers of physical culture are o.
superior ability, the department ranking
equally with those of the entirely intellect
ual order This idea of making physica
culture compulsory is to be commended to al
other educational institutions for girls and
women. It used to be said, and believed
that the higher education meant physical
disaster to the woman student, but thu
college girls of to-day are usually q vigor.
GUS company, with healthful minds In
healthful bodies, and thoroughly prepared
to take their chosen part in the worlds
work with energy and spirit, whether 1t be
to track a comet In its coS.se, or, in Col.
lege Settlement to teach poor women the
gospel of neighborly kindness in new and
approved methods of cooking and sweep
ing and mending.
A NOTE OF WARNING.
Various associations In Chicago, includ-
ing the Women's Club, the Temperance
Union, Christian Association, Kings
Daughters, and Young Women's Christian
Association, with the Protective Agency
for Women and Children are issuing a
warning to parents and guardians against
permitting young girls to answer adver-
tisements or accepting the offers of agents
who promise them eight work with good. :"
wages. 1t Is stated that such bids from Chi
cago may be looked upon with distrust,
many Of them being the "snsre of the
fowler" from which, being once caught, it
will be difficult to escape. No one should
go to the city taking the chances"
chances will be against her. The
Aid Society, the Protective Agency, and
other associations are already taxed to
their utmost in caring for girls who are
far from home, their money all spent, and
no prospect of obtaining work. It is said
that more people are now seeking employ
ment in Chicago than could find 1t If the
Great Fair were running more successfully
than the most sanguine stockholder ever
imagined. Hundreds of letters are re-
ceived daily at the Employment Bureaus
from women who wish to secure any posi-
ton, from that of dishwasher to interpret
er of half a dozen languages. and they
phrase: eve know of no vacancies"
al &hn~
in the line of intelligent, thoroughly
competent domestic service. Women seek
ing such positions may safely truet the
Bureau of the Columbian Association of
Housekeepers, the employment agency of
the Young Women's Christian Association,
or that of Hull House, which is q free
bureau of information. In order to guard
against serious dangers which are threat
ening the unprotected, q committee from
the W. g. T. o., wearing the society's
badge, will meet ever incoming train. A
room in the Womsn's Temple has also been
given up to this work and the sooiety's
agent will be there to direct those who are
seeking employment. Information as to
respectable localities for board and
rooms may also be secured by call
ing at or addressing the Women and
Children's Protective Agency at the Opera
House building. The advice given by the
Union Signal Is, ''Do not go to any place,
upon any offer, unlesstyou are sure 1t is
all right. Do not 90 unless you know just
where you are going" It Is very evident
from the tone of the warnings sent out by
these associations that hey are assured of
the magnitude of the dangers prepared for
the unprotected and unwary, and that they
have combined, with a good deal of wis
dom and courage, to defend inexperienced
strangers, But 1t would be better not to
have to call upon them for assistance. If
young woman must 60 alone, thinking to
find employment by which to be supported
during her stay, then by all means, let her
etay at home.
WOMEN IN THE CENSUS OFFICE.
Women were employed as clerks in the
Census Office by General Walker in 1870.
He found them especially fitted for COM
putting and tallying. and the forcs was
gradually increased to seven hundred.
Nearly two thousand are now employed.
Mr.. Robsrt P. Porter, who has under his
direct supervision eighteen hundred wo-
men employees, says that they show great
aptitude and dexterity in handling the
electrical devices by which counting aud
tabulation are mechanically done. They
are very exact In touch; more expeditions
in handling the schedules, and more deft
| in adjusting the delicate mechanism of the
electric apparatus than are the men clerks,
while in computations they are generally
more accurate.
One fact brought out by the examiua-
tions for computers, oopyists and clerks,
| which are open to men and women alike, in
| that the women are often obliged to &C
| cept subordinate places on account of theil
| ignorance of arithmetic. The very girlf
| who failed in simple addition, fractions
and percentage. were "highly acoomp
lished," knowing good deal about foreign
languages, art, music and science, ano
they doubtless were considered brilliant
scholars at the schools from which they
were graduated. This was especially
noticeable in girls educated in seminariel
and convent schools. If women must
work, and most of them must In one way
or another, 1t is essential that from th'
beginning of their education much atten
tion should be paid to practical details
Superficial accomplishments are OF httl'
value when the struggle for maintenance
begins.
4 good arithmetician who can write
legible hand, who can spell correctly, ant
compose and punctuate business letter
reasonably certain of remunerative en-
ployment, and If she does not need 1t, sh
is none the loser, for upon this solid basi
she may build up all the culture and ele
CANT accom- plishments of which she is car
able. Bat what people seem to be strivtn
for most Is general culture, rather tina
thorough education in essentials which
somewhat like beginning to build hous
| At the roof rather than at the foundation