The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-04-30
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acknowledgements
WHEN WORK FITS WOMAN.
Elevate Domestic Service and Check
the Ma Rush OF Girls for Business

Elevate Domestic Service and Check
the Mad Rush OF Girls for Business
Life.
Edward W. Box, In Ladies' Home
Journal, considers editorially "When
Work Fits Woman" a text under
which he enters emphatic and vigorous
protest against the mad rush of
women to seek employment in mercan-
tile and manufacturing Establishments.
The article Is evidently inspired by
the recent public u%tterances Of one of
the largest employers of women in
Pennsylvania, who, in raising his voice
against this evil, asserts that more
wrong has been done to thousands of
girls who have gone into our CONNER
cial houses than the world dreams Of"
and urges young women who are seek
ing positions to engage as domestics
where they are safe from danger,
where their surroundings would be
elevating and c%ongenial. and in a field
which greatly needs them. Mr.. Box
emphasizes these u%tterances and goes
farther, saying: 1.-THE fact cannot be
disputed that no single factor in mod
ern life is doing so much to degenerate
our young womanhood as this mad
race on the part of girls, impelled by
necessity or not, to go into the bust
ness world. These may sound like
strong words to the ears of some, but
to those who are really cognizant of
the immensely of the evil results that
are being wrought, they will simply
altogether too many Of our commercial
fit the case and not go beyond it. In
and industrial establishments, stores
and factories, the men into whose
hands - ~t-Nyn %L4 oryo 10 p,v1ox
and control girls are not fit, from a
moral standpoint, to herd swine. And
yet thousands of our young women are
allowed to go from their homes to
work under the influence of these men
and in the atmosphere vitiated by
them. And why? Simply because it
is considered more respectable to be
employed in an Office, store or factory
than to be engaged in domestic serv-
Ice. The very word servant has a
faint about it that the majority of
young women dislike, and from which
they flee. But what else are they in
business establishments than servants,
pure and simple? There can be no diff
ference but an imaginary one. That
Is all. Far less leniency is shown in
our business houses to women en-
ployeS than is shown, as a rule, In our
homes to domestic help-infinitely
less" Mr.. Box further argues that if
the mistress would seek to elevate do
nestle work, to treat servants with
greater consideration, and to have the
daughters of the family show some
active interest and participation in
household work, better more intelli-
gent and more reliable women would
be attracted to the kitchens of our
homes, and the destructive rush of
young girls to work in stores, count
ing houses and factories, would be
largely checked, and a modern evil to
a great extent curtailed.
A FIowered Frock for a Youngster.
A dear little Powered frock for a
girl Of seven years is sketched here.
II is Of soft white wool delaine, with
punches of brightly-tinted flowers scat
tered over it, and it Is finished by a
wide sash Of deep rose-pink satin,
while bows and bands to match finish
the sleeves.
The skirt reaches just below the
knees, and is made very full and in
godets like the skirts of elders. 1t is
stiffened with thin muslin and lined
with white taffeta.
The bodice is just a short, full, baby
waist, drawn in at the belt by the
wide sash, which is tied in a bow at
the back with long ends that hang
down below the bottom of the skirt.
1t is cut round at the neck a bit for
the necks Of little girls are always
lovely, and it is too bad to cover them
from sight.
The sleeves are in two pouffs, sep
arated by a band of rose ribbon about
the arm. The low neck Is bordered by