The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-06-06

WIFI 1alndRes VINO Is now Oh HIS louAu-
the-world journey. has chosen as the sub
Ject for today Martyrs Of the Needle"
the text being Matthew xix, "a. 1T is
easier for a camel 20 go through the eye
of needle"
Whether this "eye Of the needle be
the small gate at the side Of the big en-
trance of the wall Of the ancient city, as
is generally interpreted. or the eye Of a
needle such as is now handled in sewing
a garment l do not say. In either case
1t would be tight thing for camel to
go through the eye of a needle. But
there are whole caravans Of fatgues and
hardships going through the eye OF the
sewing wornan's needle
Very long ago the needle was busy. II
was considered honorable for women TO
toll in olden time. Alexander the Great
stood in his palace showing garments
made by his own mother. The finest
tapestries at Bayeux were made by the
queen of William the Conqueror. Angus
tus. the emperor. would not wear any
garment except those that were fash
toned by some member Of his royal fam
lily. So let the tOiler everywhere be re-
spected
The greatest blessing that could have
happened to our first parents was being
turned out of Eden after they had done
wrong. Adam and Eve. in their perfect
state, might have got along without
work or only such slight employment
as a perfect garden. with no weeds in
it. demanded. But as soon as they had
sinned the best thing for them was to be
turned out where they would have TO
work. We know what a whitening thing
it is for a man to have nothing to ~.
Good old Ashbel Green. at fourscore
years. when asked why he kept on work
ing. said, Il do so to keep out Of mis-
chief" We see that a man who has a
( large amount Of money TO start with has
no chance. OF the thousand prosperous
and honorable men that you know. 999
had 10 work vigorously a the beginning.
Idle Women Unhappy.
But 1 am now to tell you that industry
is just as important for a woman's safety
and happiness. The most unhappy wom-
en- in our communities today are those
who have no engagements to call them
up in the morning, who, once having
risen and breakfasted. lounge through
the duh forenoon in slippers down AT
1.-The heel and with disheveled hair. read
ing the last novel, and who, having
dragged through a wretched forenoon
and taken their afternoon sleep. and
having spent an hour and half at their
toilet. pick up their card case and go
out 10 make calls. and who pass their
evenings waiting for somebody to come
in and break up the monotony. Arabella
Stuart never was imprisoned in so dark
a dungeon as that.
There is no happiness in an idle wom-
an. II may be with hand. ii may be
with brain. il may be with foot. but
work she must or be wretched forever.
The little girls Of our families must be
started with that idea The curse of our
American society IS that young women
are taught that the first. second. third,
fourth, fifth. sixth, seventh, tenth.
fiftieth thOusandth thing in their life
IS TO get somebody 70 take care of them.
Instead OF that. the first lesson should be
how. under God. they may take care of
themselves The simple fact is that a
majority or them do have TO take care
OF themselves, and that, too. after hav-
ing. through the false notions OF their
parents. wasted the years in which they
ought 10 have learned how successfully
10 maintain themselves We now and
here declare the inhumanity cruelty and
outrage OF that father and mother who
pass their daughters into wOmanhoOd,
having given them no facility for earn
ing their livelihood. Nine. de Stael said:
1T is not these writings that I am proud
OF. but the fact that 1 have facility in
ten occupations. in any one of which 1
could make a livelihood
hicneA hANe NlnEh.
You say you have a fortune to leave
them. o man and woman, have you not
learned that, like vultures. like hawks
like eagles, riches have wings and fly
away? Though you should be successful
in leaving a competency behind you. the
trickery Of executors NAY swamp il in a
night. or some elders or deacOns OF our
churches may get up a fictitious company
and induce your orphans to put their
money into IL, and If It be lost prove 10
them that il was eternally decreed that
that was the way they were TO lose it,
and thai IL went in the most orthodox
and heavenly style.
Oh. the damnable schemes that pro-
fessed Christians will engage in-until
God puts his fingers into the collar Of the
hypOcrite's robe and rips II clear down to
the bottomi You have no right, be-
cause you are well off, to conclude that
your children are going to be as we'll off,
A man died, leaving a large fortune
His son fell dead in a Philadelphia grog-
shop. His old comrades came in and
said as they bent over his corpse, What
Is the matter with you, BOggsey?" The
surgeon, standing over him, said Hush
up; he Is deadp' "Ah, he is deadr' they
said. Come, boys, let us go and take
a drink in memory of poor Boggseyr'
Have you nothing better than money
90 leave your children? If you have not
but send your daughters into the world
with empty brain and unskilled hand,
you are guilty Of assassination, homicide
regicide infanticide. There are women
tOiling in our cities for So and 81 per
week who were the daughters Of mer-
chant princes. These suffering ones now
would be glad TO have the crumbs that
once fell from their fathers table That
wornout. broken shoe that she wears Is
the lneal descendant Of the twelve-dollar
CATERS in which her mother walked, and
that torn and faded calico had ancestry
OF magnificent brOcade that swept
Broadway clean without any expense to
the street commissioners. Though you
live in an elegant residence and fare
sumptuously every day, let your
daughters feel II is a disgrace to them not
TO know how to work. l denOunce the
idea prevalent in society that, though
our young women may embroider slippers
and crochet and make mats for lamps to
stand on without disgrace, the idea of
doing anything for a livelihood is dishonor-
able 1t is a shame for a young woman
belonging TO a large family to be in
efficient when the father tolls his life
away for her support Ii is a shame for
a daughter to be idle while her mother
tolls at the washtub. 1t is as honorable
10 sweep house. make beds or trim hats
as IL is to twist a watch chain
The Line of RespectabiIity.
As far as I can understand, the line Of
responsibility lies between that which is
useful. and that which is useless. II won-
en- do that which is Of no value. their
work is honorable. If they do practical
work it Is dishOnOrable. That our Young