Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-05-10

4ea- Eslafal woman, what seeing ;li.
sca5- :1eapi - me- II yGsr heart Lad
Atasa as .Ajaa Las at having to refuse tc
y-F - FCiA or weak WORK, s..rp.y
1ec2gse !: was done oy a woman, Won
w2C.t know what it mean, TO under.
slkct !.a; these are women whe aye
!estu.ag ia; EOIS IS only u value &C,
-c.eils 70 the money il vii. bring.
.f':STs e:.Ts c. rex. GAio.tunAie.y inst.
ltc tlsu:aa.sc l women VINO must work.
Whea tEay hayea't been paid as much
IS iaea !; mas been because ihe.s WORK
was not as good as man ;. Il has been
5eceuse they did not think {. necessary
- commence at the beginning. ami vel,
when they wanted 10 leaEa 10 read, they
lad % start with tie alphabet. The
American man, the American nation at
large, has been too prone to pat woman
on tue back and compliment her for bad
WORK, and We are now seeing the con.
sequences. she believes too often that
her worh should be bought merely he.
cause size IS woman, but, please good.
ness, she is going 70 have tha. idea
SnocGts on: of her head. Her heart
Will ache. Surely. Bat i; vii. be a
good lesson for her, and she will gradu.
ally comprehend that the market price
Is not paid for WORE tina, Is done 81
the prentice, but by the master hand.
WOMEN WHOSE WORK IS is DENA%p.
l looked at the geni.ewomau who
quietly, but firmly, managed this guOa
work and maie IL q success, ard l
thought Of the sAriek!ng sis;eragGa who
were Ao"lirg Tor their rights. Here
was woman wAO said nothing what
ever about rights, but Just wenl ia to
straisLien up some wrongs. She de-
termlned 10 make 1t possible for those
women less favored than she, who lad
to earn their own llyiu-s, to succeed in
1t. she has proved that it is not ncces.
sary Tor them To do it in any but wo.
manly way, because, once their work is
worth selling, there are plenty nf buy.
ers. Il Isn't Tom, Dick or Harry VINO
enjoy tie carpets, OF the wall papers, Or
the GrapeTles. /; Is Mrs. Tom and Mrs.
Dick and Mrs. Harry vino kauw that Oh
the walls is wrought nut in delicate iials
tAe story Of the birth Of tile lo,us is it
goes from the yud To the blossom; tina:
on the tlpDr the Iuy has the Esyptiau
colors skltul.y iHwrUught; tAat the
stained glass over the windDw Is So mar.
yelJus III It's combination of colJrs, for
!. hints OF all the jewels that ever were
dreamed nt-sO why shouldn't women,
with their brilliant imag!natiuns, with
their Keen sense OF cJ.Ur, draw tne de-
signs for the beautiful things that other
women enjoy! surely that IS wUmanly
work. \ thousand times more womanlv
than trotting around inducing ones
friends 10 buy Il chance in painted
PLAGUE that is badly done and which is
a pleasure 10 nobody. To me, who have
seen SO much uf the WORK Of women,
THE GREAT THING IL THIS SCHOOL
is, that the work from the very begin.
ming is practical 1t is not done for
pleasure, though that, Of course, may
enter into it, as it does In all good work,
UGt II is done to sell. By-ile by, must
say right here that on entering, each
pupil pays $50, anu after that, as soon
as she mas progressed far enough u
draw correctly an original design for
wall paper, carpets, for silks, or ere.
tonnes or calicoes, for rugs, or for book
covers, and that design is approved Of by
the teacher, IL is put upon the market,
and whatever it brings is handed directly
10 the worker. And the market does
not mean any semi-Charitabld institu.
ton; 1t means that the designs are put
directly in the hands of the manufac-
turerS, and that they stand their chance,
us does every other one, according to
their merit. And the woman who has
done it all? Mrs. Dunlap Hopkins. 1t
meant nothing to her except that great
something, the teaching women the
practical side of art work. Now, this
lady can look at her work and feel glad.
There were dark days, and days when
encouragement came, for Mrs. Hopkins
had determined that the school should
be selt-supporting. The only thing it
ever asks is this-if you nave any books,
illustrated ones preferably, that relate
to the history OF urt in any country, or
that Will III any way help the workers
along, they viii be gladly received for
the library. thiGk it took u gentle.
woman to create thls school. IL took
| just such woman as Mrs. Hopkins is
| 10 give to II that refined air of woman
illness that should exist where women
work, and il seems to me that
you and ought to be very proud to
| think that it Is an American woman
| who has done this, and that the flower
| OF English wOmanhood is saying to this
representative Of the best type OF women
in America: Come aud give US OF your
| knowledge
PRACTICAL woMAN's WORK APrRE-
GATED.
Enthusiastic? OF course | am. |
have seen SO much that is impractical
IN woman's work, that long ago | grew
weary, and came to the conclusion that
the work Of Woniap was too often medi-
ocre and, more then often, it resolved
| itself into talk. So that when | have
seen, as l did That afternoon, work that
was good, work that was practical, and
work that was womanly in its goodness,
and without sex in its practically,
attn bound TO bow down before it and
acknowledge its full worth. | know
| you Will agree with me, and know you
will agree with me ull the more, when
| tell you that this work, in its two
years Of existence, has been done quietly
uut always with that determination Ia
succeed that is peculiar to real woman
and is the attribute Of woman who
has seen the mistakes of women, who
are, after all, anxious to do what is right
Therefore, it you are man, raise your
hat in honor OF Mrs. Dunlap Hopkins
a woman who realized how women
needed TO be taught ut once their weak
ness and their strength; how they re.
quired to be made to understand that
| good work stands whether it is done by
a man or woman, and in paying this
tribute TO the gentlewoman VINO did il
all, you will greatly please BAD.
/
How's This!
We offer One Hundred Dollars reward
| for any nnsn of I,uInrrh thnt nnnnnt L.