Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-16

tain amount OF iieXihillty In any general es-
innate. hut am quitn within tho bounds Of
moderation when / put the minimum living
wage Of the pafisan working woman-who
Is single and aione-at 40 cents a day for
900 days In the year. How do they earn M
These yoatnakera. shirtmRkers. iloworlnak-
ers, emhrolderors. mlllinera. oloalmhkors,
washerVomcn. ironera. matchmahurs lead
workerH-thls army OF toiling women
Not throo-fourthA Of them earn this little
wage, Tho FIRST working drl with whom
discussed this question was a trino moro
Intelligent than her class. She had come
from Auyorgno and had been nve years
In Paris. She worked In match ftctory
In tho Twontieth ACCOMPLISHMENT, out near
La Nliiettc, II Is work 10 which a certain
amount Of technical Instruction ia necessary.
and Ia consequence, tho wage comparea IA,
yorably with that OF othur cmploymoutB
open To women
"llow much do you make a dayf" asked.
y mako 30 sous a day all a woman can
mate IN Paris she replied. "nnd that is
not enough TO live on
This 20 conta u day ia moro than tho ma
jorlty Of women earn
II havo a room over thnrc." and sho
pointed to one OF tho cardboard tenementa
which are being lcrry-huilt In all that region
between Pore Ia ChGise aud tho basin Of
la NlilVtto, "and II costa mo 40 cents a
week l have $3.50 a wecly tor food and
clothes and medicine. I have to take modl.
oino--thata on account OF tho sulphur"
DO you 1.-Two on thatg'
81 can't she erid. bread Ii 8 and .
'ceuts a ldlogramme Ia loaf Of about two
poundS). milk Is 10 cents quart. tho
oheapeat kind OF noat.--becf mean.-costa
- cents pound. I have TO have fial and
light. II cannot be done. tried Il for a
year Rnd waa Starving all tho time I
ahnuld have been dead by this time IL /
bad kept II Up. Nowg Oh. now am not
honest "
i Is to be remembered that this gIr had
como from the country she was used To
heavy food and the open air; the pfivations
u a workngwoman's Ito were moro 10 her
than to ono 10 the manner born. In addition
she probably had not the art Instructive In
mo FarlAlan sirl, OF awaiting her sous aud
huylng To tho heat advantage. / met plenty
OF Parls women who kept Themselves alive
and kopt Themselves from vlee on 40 cent,
day. or eoursc, they had neither happl-
ness nor comfort. but they had exlstrnee
Ihnt was assured thom as lclg IA thev ,vern
able 20 worl, sixteen hours a dAy, II IL rail
mat sixteen houra Of continuous work IL
tho Limit Of womans endurance. Tblrtnen
hours Is the average loaNh Of tho woman, a
working day In Paris,
wi1h 10 state The condition OF tho wo,pan
worhcra OF Paris as fairly and phleg,natical'
" as ! can. II would bc easy to sophlTtlenta
a plain matter by sentimental dpscrlptlons
OF those poor wretchea---Ot the bitier hs.r,,,,
vicious hyea they are forced 10 le,d nni
u Il not very profitable TO SPEND onos lima
sentimentaiislng over the pioturnaon. siJs
OF poverty, lhe rarisian worl,ln,-vsn,,an
are lust shade woraa or than their sla,e,,s
OF New York and London. On thia side AZ
my woIl, ~ ni events, tho condition OF tho
lpultn lHlNfeFa han - fN'H
ceptibly worAc during tho last qiinrlrr N a
century. IN London ~ Ia Paris, When Tom
Hood sang tho Song OF tho Shirt" mo
EngliEh-speaklng world went lntn na,dilr
spasms OF pity Yet In those DAYS London
needlowoulen were paid threo cents Tor max
lnE shirt; to-day for tho same work thSv
arc paid exactly one cent and a h,lt And
tho lriea paid In Paris Is ono eent and a
quarter. The neodlewomun employed In ira
big shops like tho Louvre. thn Bon Marchc
the hello Jardlni0re fare better Than ria
81 course. One OF them, woman IN rc,,,,
ar esnpleyment' tod mo that wlthln tho
last year there had been "cut'' In thn
prices paid Tor all work at those bl, sa.ah,
lishmonts. She laughed cyhicalls Whom 40
added; But done mind 90 much AZ so,nc
o. the othefu--l'm young yet and nreity :.
J raw no occasion FOR joining IN her iaush-
II make wcmen's underEarmen,, -.
told me, Then she described tho d,ro-.n,
fanclful. articles cho made polgnolrs r,,ni'
soles and all tho other pretty AFFAIR." IN i,nnr
which women wear under their froslts i
DO not know the English naino for VIA.
ny Rirl called caminole; however. il h
iocso Inca rarmoat uHuaiiy emhroiaeres =
sort q Al under waiktccat, sh.,iS ,t,r,.
Yer thcee the storea pny y cents sseh y
she saic, hut the work IA al farpsI e,,t =.
forewoman. She paya only 10 CENT. ~. n I
eomrleted garment The REQ. 10 hsr nron,
Working ter twelve hours day can max,
Two and half gartronie. That Ia IL ce,,,
DAY. nut II ian't regular work. For in.
stance. July and August are tho dead 80
son' ara 4 Ect very little work. rak,ng h