Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-04-13
Martindzie. 4. p Milis. Henry Adzit.W
b Turner. Anir-w Fyfe. Harr, White.
WoMAN's wosto m PARAGRAPHS

- oAstisA LsAss We Are Destined - Geo.
~sss." ssys Aias ptsssss-
Mis- Belle herscn. . coInpOsitor on
~ New Albany Ledger. has lately bssu
appointed stAts orgAaizer VI the federsr
ti1a u Labor for Indiana A Late NUM-
her VI Tbs Courier-J Journal contains .
delightful sketch Ut this young LADY.
Gallant Colonel Heuri Wstterson's pa
per hes always good word for women
workers. II - tho duty Of Nias herson
n hsr new once 10 travel from town 10
sovH in Indiana. call maaa me~tings
make spsechss and organize Associs
tons u working people. From The
Coari~r-JournAls sketch NO hnd that
Miss Pisrson has pluckily supported her
elf st types-ttins since the age Of 10.
ehs now supports her mother also. From
sitting typ many . printers ambition
has scared to preparing the matter that
b put into type. and this aspiration has
struck Miss Person too. She writes
considerably for the press on labor ques-
lions. particularly those matters in
which workers Of her own sex arc con-
csrned. She expresses IL - her fr,n
conviction that In tho departments OF
quer. So they are. But ono statement
! regret 10 find this brave. bright girl
making. IL Is that woman 10 woman's
worst enemy in the labor ranks. and that
when . girl engages IN u work hitherto
Gone only BY men she Is numbered ~
much ~ possible by her own sex have
not found il sd. certainly. have found
that the dearest. warinest. truest sympa-
thixers with working women are women
themselves. Perhaps IN that funny but
rigid system Of caste prevalent in small
towns . printer girl would Do looked
down on by lazy girls and married wom-
On who call Intensely a. the sociAl leaders
Of the ridiculous little Aristocracies they
always set mp. but in the great throb-
hing life Of the city people Of intelligence
are recognizing the dignity and worth Of
the woman who earns her own living
Miss Persons statement about wom-
ems being against working women re-
minds me. however. OF An experience Of
my own in . certain funny little town.
II was village Of few hundred inhab-
itants. Fate and my own adventurous
disposition had set me down there de-
termined 20 learn typesetting 1t the Office
Of the village newspaper. Two or three
women who regarded themselves Of moro
importance than tho Vanderbilt and
Astor ladies have ever seemed TO do dis
approved Of the idea was waitet on
and informed in due order that the ladies
would never think so much Of M again
or care to associate" with mo If went
into that newspaper ONCE. Then I'll
Be surc to do it," answered, and did.
II amused me not little that society
was going 70 sit ON me. Il always does
amuss me when any body. man OF
woman. tries TO sit on me. Moreover.
let me say this for the comfort Of tiInid
souls who fear 70 do some honorable
work on which their hearts are set
for dread Mrs 9rundy win frown.
Go brsvely on. Do your chosen work
royalty and splendidly. with all your
soul in IT, Let nothing discourage you.
and by and by you will mako a success
OF IT, Then Mrs Grundy will come 70
you and lay her choicest laurels At your
feet.
II gives one . feeling Of pride and tn
umph to know that every portion Of tho
beautiful building devoted to tho wom-
ems department at the Worlds fair was
designed by women. its construction su-
perintended by women and its contents
arranged under the direction Of women.
We do not hear the expression. -
woman Of masculine intellect" % much
a we did any more. Women have como
10 that point in the worlds development
where they are allowed to have intellects
OF their own.
The late Mrs. F. c. Etting Of Phila-
6elphia made great success In the busi-
ness Of raising fresh eggs for market
She went into It - extensively that
she spent 81 800 in incubators. chicken
houses, etc. but abe realized over 20
per cent profit on her investment annu-
ally.
Don't fall into that lazy. despicable
way OF saying that men can learn things
and understand things that women can
not. Say always. can understand any
thing that a man or anybody else can.
Mrs Harriet Strong Of Whittier. Cal.
last year raised 1000 900 plumes OF tho
beautiful pa,npas grass 20 much used In
decoration aud sold them nearly all. Ono
million will adorn tho buildings Of the
Worlds fair. and she exported $50. 900 70
Europe Mrs. Strong has been the first
person 20 grow these pampas plumes e1.
t<nsively IN North America Formerly
they all came from South America The
last presidential campaign Was lucky for
Mrs. Strong. ioO. 900 Of the pluaaes being
used in parades and decorators
Mrs. Bes,ley. . Philsielphia woman.
invented the cooperage machine which
turns ont Thousands Of perfectly finished
barrels every day. She u also the In.
veu;or II life raft which may Be toss~i
into thu sea in any shape. but will al
ways night itself instantly and float safe-
ly. II contains pockets which the go
cannot enter that are always filed with
water and provisions for use Of the ship
wrecked
The subjects chosen fQr pub bile lectures
BY Miss Cora A B~nneson. graduate Of
Michigan university and member q the
Illinois bar. show what women are think.
ing about One ~ her lectures IL on the
annexation ~ Hawaii. another sbout
Our Diplomatic Relations With China
and the Restriction Of Chimes. ImmigrA.
ton
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