St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-05-27
A NATI0NAL PERIL.
DRAGGING OF WOMANNIND INTO
BUSINESS HAVING BAD
RESULTS.
MARRIAGES FALLING OFF.
FEWER WEDDINGS IN ST. PAUL
LAST YEAR THAN IN
1884.
TO HOME AND FAMILY
Disastrous Consequences Pre-
dicted for the Nation If the
Present System Continues.

Following is the text or a sermon
somewhat out of the ordinary, deliv-
cred yesterday by Rev. DR.. Haupt,
at the Memorial Lutheran church:
81 will therefore that the younger
women marry, bear children, guide the
house, give none occasion to the ad-
versary to speak reproachfully.' First
Tim, W, IA.
The Lord God, at the time Of the
creation of man, saw mans loneliness,
and thereupon set about to create an
help-neet for him in the person and
form of a woman. Men and women
should never forget the great purposes
of the Almighty in this His creative
work. If the world is to go forward
instead of backward; if the nations of
the world are to prosper and be peace
full and happy, we dare not lose sight,
for one moment, of the design of God
in our creation. 1t is, indeed, the work
of the devil to turn men and women
away from that purpose and design
whenever possible, and into illegiti-
mate channels. The tendency of the
age is a destructive tendency, and per-
lis in may and varied forms little
known to the masses surround us.
For what purposes, then, did God
create woman? Her head is not so
large as mans; was she destined, then,
to be his Intellectual superior? No;
and, whilst we have no desire to be-
little the splendid mental ability of
woman, we still believe that it must
be admitted that all great and stu
pendous mental achievements have
been accomplished by men; all the
profoundest philosophers, physicians,
scientists and discoverers have been
men. The muscles of woman are not
tough and sinewy like those of men,
and this ought to teach us that she
was never destined to do mans work,
and that it is sin against Gods great
plan of creation for men to be idlers,
or to cast the burden of support upon
the women, as. is the case among the
savages of the world. The very frame
of woman shows that she was not built
for heavy lifting or great physical ef-
forts. Again, the fact that weman's
body is unprotected by nature, whilst
man is given natural covering to
protect him from wind and weather,
should further teach us the relative
position of man and woman in the
struggle of life. In short, man was
made f,r ne field, for toll. to be
THE BURDEN BEARER
and the bread winner of earth; wom-
an was made as mans helpmeet; to
be the bread maker, the refiner and
the purifier of mankind.
1t cannot be denied that one of the
great purposes in the mind of our
Heavenly Father in the creation of
woman was the family, the home, the
preservation and publication of the
human race. The proper and Cod
intended sphere of woman, therefore,
is in the home and family; but the
tendency of the age is to take woman
out of this relationship and to
DRAG HER INTO BUSINESS.
I was not able to secure any statis-
tics as to the increase of female en-
ployes in past years, as the matter
seems not to have been brought to the
notice of our labor bureaus until very
recently, and to some of them not at
all; but the labor commissioner of our
state can be quoted as saying that the
increase has been quite considerable
within the last few years, as more
avenues have been opened up for the
employment of women. One Of the
direct results of this we believe is
seen in the great reduction in the num-
Der of marriages. We know that the
extremely hard times has had much
to do with this matter of marriages, but
the times alone will not account for the
fact that there were actually less
weddings in this city last year than
there were in 1884, ten years ago, al
though the population has more than
doubled in that time. The number of
weddings in this city steadily in
creased until 49, but they have been
decreasing with one exception ever
since-'S4, 1,127; '85, 1,144; sc, 1926; 'S7,
1,415; '88, 1868; '89, 1,505; 80, 1,437; 81
1884; '92, 1,450; '93, 1,300; '94, 1,125-ac-
tually two less than the number of mar
riages in 'S4, ten years ago, and less
than those of any year since "a. And
this, too, in the face of the fact that
the population has more than doubled.
This is mater of very grave import
ance, and if this decrease continues, al
lowing for the increase of population,
dark days are before us.
And why are our young women
leaving the home and going into bust
ness? Many of them are compelled so
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are not able to support the family be-
cause of the decrease in wages and the
increase in the expenses of living, or
the parents are dead and the young
women are compelled to seek living
by going out to battle with the world
side by side with men.
WHAT IS THE RESULT?
The first result is to cut wages and
to throw men out of employment A
young women has the advantage over
most men, in that she can get her
own meals, and do her own sewing,
and such like, at very little expense,
where a young man is compelled to
board and hire; and is, therefore, at
greater expense. If a young man and
a young woman are both after the
same position the majority of employ
ers will favor the young woman, be-
cause of her sex, out of respect, pity
or sympathy, thinking that it is
easier for young man to be put off
and to knock about to find something
to do than it is for young woman,
and so the young man is out, or if
in, is compelled to work for reduc-
ton in wages. The number of young
women seeking work as bookkeepers,
typewriters, clerks, typesetters, agents,
machine operatives. lawyers. doctors,
ministers, teachers, and in almost all
the different callings of life has so