Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-06-08


ask in the name OF all past history What to'
on earth is more severe, exhausttng ana ire
nendous than that toll OF the hee1ir 10
which for ages she has been sublerteds lhe
hatterIng ram, the sword, the eafoine, ths
hattleax, have male no such havoc as the
needle. would that these living sepulchres
I'm which women have for ages been hur,el
might be opened. and that some resurrection
trumpat might bring up these living corps,s
to the fresh air AMI sunlight
Go with me- aud will show YOU woman
who by hardest toll supports her children,
her drunken husband. her old father AMI
mother, pays her house rent, always has
wholesome food on the table, and when she
can get some neighbor on the Sabbath 10
come In AMI take care Of her family appears
la church with hat aud cloak that are fAr
from interchangeable toll TO which she Is sab
iecte1.
Such woman as that has body and soul
enough to 1T her for any position. Shs
could stand beside the majority OF your
salesmen AMI dispose OF more goods. She
could 20 into your wheslwriSht shops AMI
beat one-half of your workmen ut making
carriages. We talk about woman IA though
we had resigned to her all the Hight worS,
and ourselves had shoulierel the heavier.
But the day OF judgment, which will reveal
the sutferings OF the stake AMI iuquisitlol.
Will lnhESnal DtlOEt llt IuEOut OF TO IA
the hierarchs of heaven the martyrs of wash
tub aud needle
Now. say, II there be any preference, In
occupation. let woman have il. Col knows
her trials are the sryare5t. By her Hcuter
sensitiyeness to misfortune. 10y her hour OF
anguish, demand that no ons hedge up her
pathway toa livelihood 1. oh. the meaun'ss,
tho despicability Of mon who begrulg5 II
woman the right TO work anywhere IN any
honorable calling
| go still further AMI say that women
should have equal compensation with men.
BY what principle OF Justice is 1t that women
In many OF our cities get only two-thirls Ms
much pay As men. and in many cases only
half? Here Is the gigantic injustice hat
work equally well II not better done woman
receives lar less compensation than man.
start with the national government. For
long while wO men clerks in Washington got
$500 for doing that for wh!ch men receW5l
$500
To thDus lnls Of youu; women in our cities
to- lay there Is only this alteru ltiyh -3tarvt.
lion or dishonor. Many OF this largest mer-
ctntilo establishments Of our "lt - arc NJ.
ccs Org to thes' ah)minattous, and from
their large estahlishm 'uts thrrt ARE scores %
souls being pitched of into death, au / their
employers know IT
Is there 4 III? Will there bn judgment?
l teI' YOU u to rises up 10 rel tSsS W' mn
wron %, many Of our hrss establislm 'l;s
VIII De sW1liowe up quicker thih Sol'n
american etrthqudNe ever too\ iowa "c..y'
Hoa VIII "a''h enSIr "pPVcS'oFs oe'"r'A '''
Two mlIlstohes oil ms wrUh ah Srlhl III IN
to powder,
| hear from all this lani the wall Of wo-
manhood. Man has nothing TO answer 10
that wall but batteries. He says she Is m
angel She is not Sh1 knows she is not
Hne Is h""'h ne'hs WAC H''s huuSrS "ncn
she mas no Iool ana col Wheh sue mas no
Hre. ""o ne IA" 'HoFe Il "'eFics' uNe hcF
lustre
There are about 50 OOl sewing girls in New
York and BROOKLYN. Across thu darkness Of
this night hear their Il" nth grosus. Il IL
not such u cry ~ comes from those who are
suddenly hurled out OF lie, but a slow,
grinding, horrible wasting away. Gather
them before you AMI look into their iarss,
pinchel, CHASTITY, hunger struck Look At
their nSers, n-alle prckc AMI blool
tipped See that premature stoop In tho
shoulders Hear that dry, hacking, merci.
less cough
Al a large meeting Of these women. held
in hall In Philadelphia, grant speeches
were delivered. but nee lie woman took
the stand, throw aside her ia Ie shaw aud
with her shrlye!eiarm hurlala very thuu Ter.
bolt ot cIoquenrr, speaking out the horrors
OF her own experience
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thrv chew on thrir Wv rh,on the
strss,s H.ra thev rn,pa-tha w,r..
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ha9 IworL ,bes,. IN n9,y .r m,lyin, IN 1niIiin.
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iii nnJ lanst rn,,n.r.nt.I tha ssvIn,
women WIZ do t"nv nnt ,nra the cIty rtrS
on thair wtvIny T1.y ,,mnot arnr1 the
Ave rnnts If min iiny To- deny bert.lf
snn.tbin,olss eL,. oats intn IN. S,r diva
herseat Won want ~ s.,, how Iati,n,rnnJ
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