Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-01-31

~ urea. lie said that when n man took
up uressmakipg he became n Worth and
women Hooked TO him ms the grentest
atois0 the world had ever produced. in
tnae particular line of work. There werc
he SAID, comparatively few men engaged
III inc millinery business; but those few
were at the top Cooking, ho asserted
was usually regarded as work specialIv
SET aside Tor women but he had noticed
'nat whenever man gave his talents to
Ihat department of labor he excelied in il.
III TACT he said that he knew of one young
man who had mastered the art of good
Dread making in two days, after his wife
hau been failing in her attempts for
months and taught it to bis better half. -
1t seems to me she was very foolish to
learn it, SAID Mrs. Hotella. Pm sure if
my husband had ever acquired such an
ART, would have made him exercise it
during the remainder of our married
life
IF | had husband l should see that
he did good share of the house work any
way. It's mans duty" said Tabitha
Tibbas
Della Simpsilly declared that Tabitha
might possibly have chance yet to put
her theories into practice. Stranger
things had happened although they were
not % very common occurrence. 1t all
depended upon Tabithy's ability 70 catch
il burglar. There was scarcely any
sacrifice that a man in such predica-
ment wouldn't make to escape the peni-
Tertiary.
1t made the goose flesh come out on my
spinal column to see the look Tahitha
gave Della for that impertinent remark.
For moment thought she was going to
box her ears, and | shoudn have blamed
her mite if she had but she RETAINED
The members of the circle maintained
dignified silence, and Dellas attempt at
wit fell decidedly fiat. Ii s really the only
way We have Of suppressing that girl, and
it's quite rs effective as whole tub of
cold water
The situation was becoming a trifie
critical when Mrs. Peppersqueezcr re
lieyed it by asking Mrs. Wasp to go on
with her remarks concerning Dickey
Bustlebuzz.
Il think | was telling about his teach
ing his wife to make bread when they
interrupted me-, resumed Mrs. Wasp.
: Really the conceit Of that man was
simply abominable-cvcn for a man He
seemed to take particular delight in tell
ing me about visit he had once made to
a plush and satin box factory. Hundreds
of women were employed there, and still
the foreman told him that the most
delicate work of all - the adjustment of
the satin Innings. -work that would seem
so peculiarly suited to women-was ali
done by big coarse fingered men. He
declared that the same condition Of affairs
existed everywhere. Men were superior
to women both mentally ard physically,
and comperition in any line of work
always established the fact.
And what did you say to him. we
asked in indignant chorus
6old him that if men had invaded de
part ments of industry once considered sa-
cred to women, it was equally true that
women had invaded departments of in
dustry once held sacred to men. T. h,
could pick out few successes On the one
hand to prove his alleged rule, | could
hand to prove exactly the reverse. | could
show him women who had attained
marked success as lawyers doctors, jour
naiis,s, designers scicnt'sts-in fact that
there was scarcely IL department Of human
activity in this 10Th century in which
thcy had not attained distinction. ] was
willing to concedo that in lines Of mechau-
zeal Skill and ingenuity, and in places
where success was dependent upon mere
brute strength and endurance, men ex-
cellcd women-but nowhere else. 1t Was
assured him, an acknowledged fact that
in institutions of learning, where coedu
cation was the rule, the women bore oil a
lions share of the honOrs. | told him.
also. that the greatest difference | had
ever noted between the efforts of men and
women in various lines Of industry, was
that women went about the duties at
hand more quietly, made less display in
nerforming them, and were not SO much
given to Boosting of their achievements.
And then he told you that the only
rcsnlt of the invasion of the business and
industrial world, was 10 make it more
difficult for men to earn an honest llveli-
hood did he not?' asked Mrs. Pepper
squeezer.
Eyes, substantially that.
81 thought so. There was time when
about the only chance girl had in the
world to secure home for herself was to
live upon her parents until she succeeded
in securing husband. Fortunately that
dov has gone by Today the world is
full of self supporting and self respecting
women. Women have achieved real indie
nendence. They are in position to de
mapd manluess in those who seek them
in marriage 1t is the dawn OF the new
crs for women, and while they are as yet,
hy, no means in possession of all their
rigbts they are certainly in fair way to
secure them. The old barriers of preiu-
dica are crumbliug away. The new
woman is product of the new era, and
she ia here to stay
Mrs. Carfern thought that there was
wide difference of opinion concerning
,ybat constituted the true type CT the
.srew woman She resented the inter
,,artatjon of the term that had so gen
orally prevailed among caricaturisis and
would be funny men 1t was a travesty
On truth to represent the new woman as
course and loud, aping men in dress and
,,,apner. and endeavoring to elbow her
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