The Portland daily press., 1896-05-16
THE HON
How a woman Can Help Women.

| How a Woman Can Help Women.
| In The Housekeeper the question is
asked How Can Women Help Women"
and some of the answers of subscri bers
we quote
"There are few things that woman
should never be guilty of doing. She
should never laugh when sighting re-
marks are made about one of her sex.
| She should never speak of her efforts as
| very we'll for o woman She should
never belittle her own sex by assuming
| ignorance of or lack of interest in ques-
tions that arc Of vital Importance to
thousands of other women. A woman
with an assured place in society can help
those less happily situated by frank mir
Of comradeship. She can help those who
are struggling for livelihood by giving
work and speaking of its excellence to
Others"
| "By making their own individuality
such that it can justly claim respect.
| By helping others TO work out life's
problem. When woman wants honest
work by giving her the preference. By
removing and caring for the weak mind
ell, who would easily succulnb to temp
tatiop. By union in all public work. By
showing her pleasure in the success of
other women. BY extending the hand
Of tenderness and charity to all women;
| by making it u hand which can crush the
wrongs to which she may find her sub
ject. By sisters standing by sisters, as
brothers have stood by brothers for ages"
"By dropping at once and forever, the
cruel uncharitableness with which they
pass judgment on one another. By
adopting and living up to Christ's COM
mands, Let him (her) who is without
sin cast the first stone and Love thy
neighbor as myself When we cease to
condemn, When we learn to love, when
we thoroughly awaken TO the knowledge
and belief in our common sisterhood,
and that what soils one reflects on all,
ways be present without the need of
searoh.n
| "Ths world is filed with discontented
women, who want more than their right
full share of the good things of the world,
!
aud are willing to do almost anything
to get it. A woman may work for half
price in order to get sealskin sack, but
| by so doing she helps rob a mans family
of bread. She commits crime, and it
is to be hoped that she will suffer for il
some time. A girl who can live at home
comfortably has no business depriving
the homeless girl of needed emp loyment.
1t should be a creed in churches that
the Christian girl has no business to
| work as long as she has father and
brother to support her, unless it is in
some employment in which there is not
much competition
| women may help women in one way
| by seeing that workers are not driven
first, to want, and next, to vice, by re-
ceiving starvation wages only. 1t is
woman's business-however she may
shirk ito insist on unfortunate sisters
being fully recompensed for or, and
| to Sc such an example herself not sit in
In Aury and idleness letting those in need
of assistance or sympathy, do as they
can, on the plea that she is not her sis
| ter's keeper. She is The proper study
of womankind is woman! Looked upon
in til is way, love will show us the best
thing TO do ct varying times and places. "
| Let the woman of means cease TO buy
cheap clothing made at starvation prices,
! but pay fair price for what she buys
hire women TO make her clothing rath-
Ell than to buy that made with their life
| blood. Let her strive to bring about
equal pay with men for equal work.