The advocate., 1894-02-21

Gin this respect the college is only {
smaller city. Indeed I am informed
that caste is not so distinctly marked
in colleges as it is elsewhere. AS with
servants opportunities l saw it al
Golden, and as from the inside l have
observed it for nearly year and hall
at college, society is an association OF
those who do not work for wages with
their hands, and whose parents do not
Almost anything else may be cOndOned
but to work with ones hands for
wages, or to be the son or the daughter
of one that works with his hands fol-
wages, is objectionable"
"I'n be blamed if l can believe town
people are that way everyWheres.
You've been mixin' up with a parcel of
stuck-ups that think It's high-tOned to
act that way, and that don't amount to
shucks at home, as like as not"
''NO, pa. Some Of the sweetest and
most intellectual girls at HaVerhill are
the daughters of wealthy people of as
sured social position. The family
whose guest was last summer is the
highest socially in that place. The
very best people, as society calls them,
defer to the Diegals, and Fanny is a
dear, good girl, although l have not the
slightest doubt that if she should hear
| have been a servant she would never
speak to me again. 1t is not because
they are unfeeling or unkind. Some
intangible something-the spirit of So
ciety-makes people act so. While
have seen it only in few places at
DR.. CarlingtOn's, at college and at the
Diegals' yet l know society is the
same in this respect in every city. Let
me get my scrap-bOok and show you
something"
Kate got up, and after rummaging
her trunk awhile, returned with her
scrap-book and resumed her seat.
II cut this from the Art Interchange,
published in New York." said Kate.
"This will show you what this society
spirit is" And she read as follows:
The congregation of fashionable New York
church Is just at present energetlcally dis
cu'sing the question Of "0ught we TO visit
herr" large majority Of the members, 1t is re-
ported, inciining to the negative. The "her'
u
woman Of irreproachGble moral character and
unobtrusive manners Although no fault can
be found with her manners or her morals, she
has In the past been guilty Of that which de.
termines society OF Christians to withhold
from her the ordinary cOurtesies of social life
Her offense Is that, In former days, in order to
support herself and her children, she pursued
the calling Of WasherWOman and people
which Worsh1ps the son Of carpenter refuses
to extend social recognition to q worthy
t1,n n,4e R..l
loWly duties has aided her son to attain his
present honorable position. This Is an illus
tration OF the spirit exhibited by society to-
ward women who are compelled to support
themselves. 1t Is still disgraceiul for o woman
to work for money consideration. According
20 the code Of society 1t Is far more creditable
for woman to depend ON the grudgingly-be-
slowed bounty Of relatives or friends-tO be, in
fact, p9upeT in all but name-than for her to
60 out into the business world and win q
livelihood for herself. A girl may accept costly
gifts from her male acQuRintances on the most
tiimsy pretexts and not lose caste, but II she
enters factory store or office, the doors Of So
ciety are closed against her. This applies 10
all the industries and to all but few of the
professions. For the great body Of working
women society has only snubs or at best con.
descending patronage. Contempt for those of
the sex who work for wages Is deliberately
fostered In private school In this city the
young girls when instructed in deportment
are warned against walking on the west or
east side avenues at 6 O'clock or thereabouts,
and adjured never to appear on the street with
ungloved hands, and all this that they may
not be mistaken for working girls. Could
snobbishness go further7
When Kate had read about the
preachers mother, Sam Cotterell got
up, and when she had finished reading
that fashionable young ladies were in
structed to keep off certain streets at
certain hours in order that they might
avoid the calamity of being mistaken
for working girls, he began to furiously
walk the floor. Presently he exclaimed:
"Oh. the dodgasted upstarts! Don't
tell me no more about your blamed
upper erusts, Kate. Sam Cotterells
goin' to stick to the farm. l don't want
to get anywheres near no such lot of
Satan'S inns WHY I wouldn't O ha