The morning times., 1897-01-10


as those of Marcus DAILY, of Montana, who
employs ten thousand men in his mines, his
smelling works, his forests on the noun
tains or whether itmerely concerns thelittle
affairs of modest shop girl. Every one
is a unit in the great multiple of life andef
equal Importance before the Great Judge,
who letteth not sparrow fall to the
ground without concern
1t is the little shopgirl whose cundi-
tiops 1 have been studying, and that is
of great Importance when one considers
how many shopgrls there are just in
Washington. They reach into the thou
sands, and life is as mighty drama to
them as to the Marcus Days of the coun-
try.
When l approached big merchant the
other day and told him l wanted to talk
to him about the economical conditions OF
his employees, he said: THAT is Il very
deep question, whether you realize it Or
not He realizes it, and is doing much
to help his girls solve the problem of
getting on in the world and reaching a
comfortable old age He is an employer
who looks ahead for his employees, and he
does much to wake them up To the needs
OF the future, which Is doing actual philan-
UHOp1C W0rh tllaU Will TELL
Women Must Work.
Things are not as they were in THIS
country few years back. The time has
come in America when the women must
work as well as the men. The sons OF n
rich house go into business at about 25,
having finished their collegiate course. A
place is made for them and they are en-
couragcd to forge ahead. The daughters
OF a rich house go into society, but it is
becoming general thing to give girls
some sort OF training that will make them
self reliant If an evil day should over
take the fortunes OF the family.
The great ma jority, the overwhelming ma
jority, of tile world are poor. 1t is not pos
sible in most homes to keep boys in school
until even an academic course is finished.
Salaries are smaller for men than formerly,
and the daughters, and even the wives,
go forth to work, and contribute their
quota to the general expense of living.
Some people regard this as an unfortunate
condition, but when i young man comes tO
marry lie viii find his problem much less
complicated if the wife he chooses for his
heIpmeet has had to face the world and
learn to econoniZe and plan. In the first
place she will not have the old idea which
las caused so much restesSneSs and re-
volt among the daughters that the man
had the best OF life all around, and that eX-
istence for him was one long picnic. She
will be a better comrade, a More earnest
hclpmset
The ancient thought that it was a dis
grace for woman To work has died
natural death one still finds the Hnger
ing traces Of il i'll tile speech of some ladies
WHO declare to you on numerous and trying
occasions that they never had to think Of
money in other days; that they never hired
a servant or bought an article. One feels
sorry for these people-sOrry for their help
lessness, sorry for the bitterness they have
to live through in their own unfortunate
temperament. But one rejoces the more
in the new woman, the healthy -minded,
self reliant creature, who goes bravely
forth to her daily work and comes trudging
home at night the better in spirit for duty
done, which is ever the souls fireside.
Paid Small Salaries.
The great ma jority of women cannot
earn large salaries. They are usually Iaid
smaller salaries than men, which is just,
when all the conditions are considered,
though it may fall heavily ON individual
cases. But most sensible girls can earn
enough to clothe and take care of them
selves, and that is a great burden off the
shoulders of many "a. a.struggling father,
whose family has grown up around him
faster than his means have increased. ia
The shop girl is wonderin the economic
world. What she can do on slender
salary, and what sweet factor she can
make of herself in life's battle is always
surprise. A walk through any big store
will bring that home to one. Stop and buy
bit of stationery, a cake of SOAP neck
scarf, anything, and watch the young
woman who waits on you. She is tidy,
trim, cheerful. She looks refined and
agreeable, and rarely is she unhealthy or
irritable in her personal appearance How
does she manage?
In the first place the average shop girl
! lives at home. She may or may not con-
| tribute to the expense of her home, but she
can easily take care OF her own wardrobe
and lay up money besides Her average
salary is from Sc to $40 a week. The society
young woman will exclaim over this:
what, dress on $40 month";
Yes, my dear young woman, onmuch less
| than this, and dress neatly, sweetly and
completely.
! 1t was figured outrecentiy by some pains
! taking individual that the New York So
! ciety woman could, with economy, dress
well on 900 a year. That would be
| as great surprise to the little shopgirl as
her economies are to you. Thethings she has
| to consider are rather different. And she
| is just as important, every whit, in the ire.
| mendous affairs of life.
A wise girl looks at her problem of ex-
istence in two ways. She has to consider the
outside world; her environments; what she
| can wrest from it by hard work and goo(
| thinking; and development of her business
f! faculties. The second thought is of the life
within; what she can do to make her wants
| less; how she can restrain her own desires:
how she can lay out her few dollars to the
best advantage of present and future.
Harmony Is Needed.
| The adjustment of life always demands
| two tensions one to regulate self and
| one to deal with others. Happiness can
| not be attained until one secures harmony
| between outer and inner conditions. This
is perpetually active process. 1t cannot
be settled once and for all. If the soprano
| changes SO must the bass, as Anna Bracket
| says in her admirable treatise on the
technique of rest.
When a girl starts in to work she will
| get about So week. She cannot make
| herself worth more than that until she
| has become experienced and has studied the
business with which she is connected. But
| she need not despair on that account. She
will rise IL She is made of the right stuff
| The Boston House and the Paiais Rnya