Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-06-23

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nature sass: This man has refused TO pay
hi: Felt. Out with him
Society is TO be ~reconstru tied on the sub
iect Of wonan's toll. A vast majority Of thosa
who would have woman industrious shat her
up 70 4 few kinds OF WORK. Ny judgment in
this matter Is that Il woman has a right 10
do anything she can do well. There should
be no department Of merchandise. mechan-
Ism; Art cF sclenea haired against her. II
Miss Hosnnen has san.Es Tor sculpture. give
her a chises. II Rosa Bonheur has 4 fcnt-
ness fsr del.neatins animals, let hef make
The Horse Fair" II Miss Mitchell will
ssuiy s,ronomy. let her mount the starry
iat.-r. Lydia Hiil be- a merchant. les her
sell purple. ULucre,ia Mott will preach the
Gospel. le, her thrill with he's wonanls eic.
au-nce the Quaker injecting house.
/, is sail that II Il Sdnan u -i.-r such op-
p~nrtunIiies she will occure places that might
lie taken BIZ mep. / say If she have more
skill and adap;einess tor any position than a
ran has ies her have it. She has AS much
RICH, 10 her bread. TO her apparel and TO her
| horr As men hav-.
But il * said TIA. her nature is 50 delicate
| that she - undttei FOR exs1nst'ng toll. l
ask in thu aHu1e o. all past history what toll
| on earth i. c,ore severe. axhausting ard tfe-
mrrdohs than tina: toll Of the neefla To
which for ages she has been subjected? The
bait ring ram. the sword. the %caroIne. the
haitieax. nave ma e 10 such havoc As the
| needle. would that these living sepuichres
in which women have for ages been buried
might b. opened. andthat some resurrection
trumpet might tr.n, up tIese living corpses
tothe fresh air and sunlight.
Go with me, and | will show you a woman
who hy hardest toll supports her children.
her drunken husband. ner Old father and
mother. pays her house rent. always has
wholesome food on toe table. ant when : IL
.on Oaf Coma paivhhnP on fha Sachatu To
come IN and take care Of her family appears
In church with hat AMI CLOAK that are far
from Indicating the toll TO which she is sab
jectef.
Such n woman AZ that has body and soul
enough TO fit her for any position. She
coutd stand beside the majority of yOur
statesmen AMI dispose OF more goods. She
could go into your w~healwrlgnt shops AMI
beat one-half OF your workmen ut making
.~arriages. We talk about woman as though
w- had resigned to her all the light WORK.
md Ourselves hal shoulderel the HEAVIER
But tn- day % ia -n"nt. Wdtci wall r-T-ii
h. suT-rin IS OF the stake aud inquisitiou.
will marshal before the throne OF Col an!
he hierarchs OF heaven the martyrs of wash
10 ANIL nee lie.
Now. Isay. il there be any preference in
occupstion. let woman have it. God knows
her trials ara tne sev.rest. By her acuter
,ensitivenDss TO misfortune. ly her hour o.
/ III III l lUrtt Jo OiC uCuNC ~ tiIt
ounwy 10 I livA!ihoot /. Oh. tbs meanness.
he despicahility OF men who beSru1ge Il
woman the right TO work anywhere in any
honorable calling
| go still further and say that women
should have eqnal compensation with men.
By what peincIp'e OF justice is it that women
II many OF our cities get only two-thirds as
much pay as men. and in many cases only
ralf? Here Is the gigantic injustice-that
work equally we'll If not better done woman
receives iar less compensation than man.
Start with the nat,onai government. For a
on2 wiiie women clerks in Washington got
$500 ,or dong that Tor watch men received
$500.
To thousands Of youn one in our cities
o. lay there is only this alternative- starvo-
ion or dishonor. Many Of tho largest mepS
camille establishments of our cities are ac-
,essory to thesa denominations. and from
heir Iar2. establishments ther3 are scores Of
souls being pitched off into death. and their
employers Know it
Is there a God? Will thnr, be q judgment?
tell you. it Go rises up to redress woman's
wrongs, many OF our large establishments
will be swallowed up quicker than a South
American earthquake ever took down 4 city.
Sod will catch these oppressors between the
:wo millstoncs OF His wrath an grind them
% powder.
l hear from all this land the wall OF wo,
HiAuUOu. lubl HAS Hoii'uS u duSW6I u
hat vail but batteries. He says she is ~
angel. She is not. She knows sh. is not.
She Is n human being. who gets hungry wheI
,he has no food anil cold when she mas NJ
IRE. Give her no moro fl ~,tteries. Give he
Justice,
There are about so. 00) sewing girls in New
York and BROOKLYN. Across the darkness o
his night I hear their death groans. 1t j.
not such y cry as comes from those who ar
sntiaplr hIrrla3 ~ 0f ifo hut u cln TX
grinding. horrible wasting away. Gathei
Them before you and look into their faces
pinched. ghastly. hunger struck! Look n
their fingers, needle prickel and bloc
tipped. See that premature stoop in tn
shoulders! Hear that dry. hacking. mere
less cough!
At q large meeting Of these women. he'll,
In a hall in Philadelphia. grand speeche
were delivered. but u needle-woman too
the stand. threw aside her faded shawl. an
with her snriveled arm hurled a very thunder
bolt OF eloquence. speaking out the horror
. OF her own experience.
: Stand at the corner OF n street in NeT
!, York In the very early morning "a the VIC
men go to their work. Many of them ha
!, no breakfast except the crumbs that wer
} left over from the night before or a cru,
they chew on their way through tn
: streets. Here they cone-the wors
I log girls OF the ety. TnesA engaged /
. bSoA hhOoO IA A'"tA sA hs'''
cry, enamelinc, cigar making. t~ookbindin:
]. labelling. feather picking, print colorin
! paper box making. but. most oyerworked
: all and least compensated. the SEWN
women. Why do they not take the city cal
on their way up? They cannot afford IT
= five cents. II, concluding TO deny herse
{ something else. she gets into the car. 81,
= her seat. Iou want 10 sre how Latim.r Al
Ridley appeared in tue Are. LooA at IN
. woman and behold IA more horrible marty
dom-a hotter Are. a more aconizing deaf
One Sabbath Night. in the ves,ibuie OF II
9 church, after service a woman fell in CO..
r vulsions. The doctor sail she naeted mci
o cine not so much rs So netting II eat. 4
. she began 10 revive. in her ,!eIiriun she 81
gaspinGiy light cents Eight cents Fig
y cents. wish l could ~, j, done, am
tired. l wish l rcuih get some sleep. but
must set It done Etgu s.et.ts. Eight vents
y We pun asterWar / that s1e "ls nlakif
garrent nj airht rnu,< -.-sr->. an .taat =
. could make but three o,them in a dsv. He,
it Three times eight are tw an,y-!our. h
Y il. men and women VINO have eonse.sb
IS homes.
{. Some o. the worst villains OF tho city a
a the employers OF these women. They -
u l rhHm dawn 20 tto Iaut - 49, =.