Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-06

have you yourself gore into the subjrc; of
| the relation between these and progress"
| DID you eve" hear of confoundiug the eff
frct with the cause? Are you quite sure
! tt.at You are n5l furnishing as here with
an interesting example of this kind of
liiL5e logic? Men, according 10 your idea,
Work Oh the proper principle, each in mis-
specially Not only tley Jna't make Their
! own clothes, but chav don't even do as
| they once d!d and hunt their own food.
| Why not? Is Il because once upon a time
| some man sup";io 10 The rest OF his sex
! saw the folly Of such barharOus economy
ara advised against il? Not al all. Sim
ply because lnen generally found il to lie
10 their advantage 10 DO as they do now.
Ana Wnen women generally find II 10 tLer
advantage TO hire their dresses made in
stead OF making tnem they'll do IT, you
may be sure. And you may he sure. too,
that when il is actually TO their advan-
taSc they'll know il. Witness that to
great extent, just as far, in fact, it mas
proved Itself an advantage, they have done
It already. "2m"n once upon a trme
spun thread and wove cloth; they don't
| DO 1t now. They also once made their
husbands and their little boys clothes;
they don't do it now except occasionally
when they have cloth on hand that they
cannot otherwise a1v&ntageously dispose
! OF. This grand principle of the division
| Of labor is rot a fetish that must fail
! down before its very name. When by
| The use OF extensive machinery, by manu-
| featuring things in aggregate instead OF
| sln%ly, by cooperation Of labor, or be
cause of that particular skill that comes
from training or experience in some special
| branch of industry, things can actually
| be produced cheaper 10y others than Wv
| ourselves, ii is not only legitimate but
desirable, that we should allow them 10
| produce these things for US otherwise
mere Is no economic excuse for il.
Home Dress Making.
! Now. as rule at present measured in
the actual expenditure Of labor, the cost
| a IL.
greater tkan the cost of dresses put out
| 70 be made. Tie outside producer has no
| advantage from the of machinery be-
! yoEd what every woman may have in her
own sewing machine. no advantage from
| making in the aggregate, since each
! dress by the dresSmaker must he cut
| and fitted Individually. very little 4d-.
| vantage from cooperation for SGmt-
! what similar reasons, and as for the
| advantage that inheres in the part!"u-
! lar SIKH OF the specialist. that is often
about count-rbalanced by the nome dress
! makers Necessary better recognition Of
| her individual taste and desire ard fire.
quently by her superior intelligence After
All, except ia the most special and tcchni-
cal of professions intelligence is almost
| more important to success than training
Rcnd,-Nndc Clothes.
! That in this We have the gist Of The .aat-
| ter, the real philosophy Ct home dress max
ing. is evidenced by the nature Of The ex-
ceptions to the rule. tho instances in which
women do buy their cloth Instead of
making them. Women, / have said
! though ii used to he CouS l-rri "A pArI Of
I Their work not only 10 sew for them lives
| but for the male members Of the family DO
not do II now. In buying mems ready
made clothing they gain al! The benefits
suggested, of machinery, of work done in
the aggregate and of cooperation: I'm LiI,--
| ing custom made garments tn " have the
benent at least OF better Appliances for
v ofk ami much greater skill 50 as women
come TO demand more and moe distinctive
| ly tailor made garments. they will ,lcpaod
more and more outside la0o- So too
as their dress becomes more uniform. re-
| lAirrs less OF Individual fitting ana adapta-
| ton, they come more and more. as men 30,
| to Cepend on ready made things Il Is
| pam TO what great extent the use of
! shirt waists and loose blouses has already
ofouSnt this about. Note also that The ma
I Jofity Of women now buy rea lv-rl,a.Ie M
oefH ear. In the outside maa,;fartrI.,,a of
lh!s We can See from the very nature of
Ihe case that there must be The same .c
tLal saving of labor and cost -har -n,,r.. e.
IN the case of mems ready-rnai lie garments
As Tar as this particular question of dress
I making Is cDncefhel, the women folks ara
hurry!ng along. Pauline. lust m mo 3Ir,.
u"a you want them 70 take. They are i'm,
peliti by a Steiner law than any man car,
institute, the law that brings EYER. 49,
ming TO pass at the right time. ard IN f,i
lowing their own instincts about sav-i, .
ever II they don't know the a. d. c's Of
poHNcai or industrial economy, .hav ara
fail 'i''' cannot
Legitimate and necessary.
bCt there Is another phase of the o,As
uoh Not only is home di.ssmaLins mr.
hcLy legitimate and not in the least har-
horous under our present syslen, of tho
dlFislon OF labor: it is. as matters nov
stt-hu' even positively demanded in MANY
cases 1t is e%sy enough TO tan, about
hilins COOKS and housemaiGs to do ycr-
I'm, pui there is certain work in every
! Il : mn! mat Is almost impossible to hire
H"he In the first place, a hous.k.ener q
household econ, mist or manager is nec.s-
S@r!. Inc best one that money can get
cen never assume all the responsihiIItv
mat naturally falls on the head of The
nc use. Even if you give uD the whole
struggle. live in furnished rooms bo.rI
ana even reiegate your babies from The ,la,-
OF thelr birth to the care of a hired nurse
there Is Liable to be sonnet hing stiU de-
handing the attention of th. wife and
mother. But most people even if thay fol
IL morally permissible. do not care 70 20
as far as this. The majority of women
however little they may have to do AT
home, Tust at least be there a great nor
ton Of the time. This makes il practic,Iiv
impossible for them to engage in any bIt
GCm nestle occupations unless like Paulir,e
Pry, they are fortunate enough to secure
work that can be largely done at homo
But the amount of work of this kind for
which there is any demand is limited
Even wit! most liberal estimate of tn.
occupations exclusive of homework possi-
BILE for women at home there are NOT
enough to employ half the women actually
restricted to home work by more or less
constant household demands. Let us sup
pose that every woman who could be en-
gagged in special work is so engaged Still
women generally will find their only pos