The Red Cloud chief., 1894-06-15

VIZ GantcrS Ill Wnlcn her motne walked,
snd that torn and faded calico had an |
cestry Of magnificent brocade that
swept Broadway clean without any ex-
pcnsc to the street commissioners.
Though you live in M elegant residence
and fare sumptuously every day, let
your daughters feel it is a disgrace to
them not to know how to work. l de-
the idea, prevalent in society,
that, though our young may cm-
broidcr slippers and crochet and make
for lamps to stand on without
disgrace, the idea of doing anything for
q livelihood is dishonorablc. 1t is q
shame for u young woman, belonging to-
q large family, to be inefficient when
the father tolls his life away for her
support. 1t is q shame for u daughter to
be Idle while her mother tolls at the
washtub. 1t is as honorable to sweep
house. make beds or trim hats as 1t 10
to twist o watch chain.
Finicai Notions.
As Ear "a I can understand, the line
Of responsibility lies between that
which is useful and that which is use.
less. II ONE do that which Is Of no
value, their work is honorable. II they
do practical work, 1t Is dishonorable.
That our young women may escape the
censure of doing di%shonorablo work l
shall particularize. You may knit q tidy
for the back Of an armchair, but by no
means make tho money wherewith to
buy tho chair. You may, with delicate
brush, beautify o mantel ornament, but
die rather than earn enough to buy o
marble mantcl. You may learn artistic
music until you can squall Italian, but
never sing "Ortonvillo" or "Old Hun.
dred." Do nothing practical IL you
would in tho eyes Of refined society pre-
serve your responsibility. / scout these
finical notions. I tell you no woman.
any more than man, has u right to &C.
cupy u place in this world unless she
pays u rent for IL.
In tho course Of q lifetime You con.
sumo whole harvests and drovcs Of cat
tie, and every day you live breathe 40
hogshcads Of good pure Dir. You must
by SOME kind Of usefulness pay for all
this. Our race was tho last thing Great.
ed--the birds and fishes on tho fourth
day, the cattle and lizards OH the fifth
day and man on the sixth day. II geol-
ogists are right, the earth was a million
Of years in tho possession Of the insects.
beasts and birds before our race came
upon it. In one sense we were innO-
vators. The cattle, tho lizards and the
hawks had presumption right. The
question il not what we are to do with
tho lizards and. summer insects, but
what the lizards and summer insects
arc to do with us.
If we want u place in this world, we
must earn it. Tho partridge makes its
| own nest before il occupies it. The
lark by its morning song earns its break
fast before it eats 1t. The Bible gives
an intimation that the first duty Of an
idler Is to starve when it says il he
Twill not work neither shall he eat. "
Idleness ruins tho health, and very soor
nature says: "This man has refused Il
pay his rent. Out with himV"
The Toll OF the Needle.
Society is to DO reconstructed on til,
subject Of woman's toll. A vast majorit!
Of those who would have woman indus
trious shut her up to q few kinds O
work. My Judgment in this matter 1
that q woman has u right to do anything
she can do we'll. There should be no do
partment Of merchandise, mechanism
art or science barred against her. l
Miss Hosmer has genius for sculpture
give her n chisel. If Rosa Bonheur ha
q fondness for delincating animals, 10
her make 1.-THE Horse Fair" II Mis-
Mitchell will study astronomy, lot he
mount the starry ladder. II Lydia viii
DO q merchant, let her sell purple. /
Lucretia Mott will preach the gospel. lie
her thrill with her womanly ~eloquenc
the Quaker meeting house.
1t is said if q woman is given sucl
opportunities she will occupy place
that might DO taken by men. I say i
she have more skill and adaptedness 70
any position than q man has let her hav
II. She has rs much right to her bread
to her apparel and to her home as me
have.
But it is said that her nature is 80 deli
cate that she is untitled for exhaustin
toll. ! ask in the name Of all past his
tory what toll on earth is more severe
exhausting and tremendous than tina
toll of tho needle to which for age
she has been subjected? The batterin
ram, the sword, the carbinc, the battl,
AK, have made no such havoc as th
needle. / would that these living sepu
!, cheers in which women have for agt
!, been buried might be opened, and tn,
some resurrection trumpet might brin
up these living corpses to the fresh a
and sunlight.
: Go with me, and I will show you
woman who by hardest toll supports h
children, her drunken husband, her oil
| father and mother, pays her house rem
always has wholesome food on tho tabl
and when she can get some ncighbor {
the Sabbath to come in and take care
her family appears in church with III
/. and cloak that are far from indicatiI
! tho toll to which she is subjected.
Trials Of Women.
r Such a woman rs that has body M
sOul enouph IN AT her for any nOsitio,