The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-02-09

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but one day he gets his feet wet. and
IN three days pneumonis has closed his
life. and the daughters are tufned out
on a cold world TO earn bread. and
there Is nothing practical that they
can do. The friends come In and hold
consultation. "Give music lessons,"
says an outsider. Yes. that is useful
calling. and II you have great genius
Tor II, go on In that direction. Bat
there are enough music teachers now
starving TO death IN all our towns and
cities, 10 occupy all the plano stools
and sofas and chairs and front-door
steps OF the city. Besides that. tho
daughter has been playing only for
amusement. and is only at the foot
OF the ladder. to the top OF which
great multitude Of masters on piano
and harp and flute and organ have
climbed.
Put the bereft daughters as sales
women In stores" says another advi-
ser. But there they must compete
with statesmen OF long experience. or
with men who have served an appren-
ticeshlp In commerce and who began
as shop boys at ten years OF age Some
kind-hearted dry goods man. having
known the father. now gone. says, We
are not Ia need OF any more help Just
now. but seud your daughters to my
store. and will do as well by them
as possible" Very soon the question
zones up, why do not the female em-
ployes OF that establishment get as
much wages as the male employees?
For the simple reason. In many cases.
the females were suddenly flung by
misfortune behind that counter. while
the males have from the day they le't
the public school been learning the
business
How ls this evli to be cured? Start
clear back IN the homestead and teach
your daughters that life Is an earnest
thing. and that there Is a possibility
II not a strong probability. that they
viii have 10 tight ,he battle Of life
alone. Let every father and mother
say TO their daughters. Now. what
would you do for a livelihood II what
[ now own were swept away by hnan-
elal disaster. or old age. or death
should end my careor2"
Well. could paint on pottery and
do such decorative work" Yes. that Is
beautiful. and u you have genius for u
/ 90 on In that direction But there arc
enough busy at that now 10 make a
line Of hardware as long as yon Penn
sylvania avenue.
Well. I could make recitations IN
public and earn my living a. drama
list: could render King Lear or Mac
beth AN your hair would rise on end.
or give you Sheridan's Ride or Dick
ems Pickwick." Yes that Is a beautl-
ful art. but ever and anon. a. now.
there Is an epidemic OF dramatization
that makes hundreds OF households
nervous with the cries and shsieks and
groans OF young tragediennes dying In
the hfth act. and the trouble Is that
while your friends would like 10 hear
you. and really think that you could
spfpass Ristori and Charlotte Cush-
nan and Fanny Kemblc OF the past.
/ ID say nothing OF the present. you
could not. In the way Of living, In
ten years earn ten cents
My advice 10 all girls and an unmar-
ried women. whether IN afiluent homes
or In homes where most stringent
economies are grinding. Is 10 learn 10
do some kind OF work that the world
must have while the world stands. I
am glad 10 see a marvellous change for
the better. and that women have found
out that there are hundreds OF practl-
cal things nat woman can do for a
I living II she begins soon enough. and
that men have been compelled 20 adj
NIT u. You and can remember when
the majority Of occupations we're
thought Inappropriate for women: but
our civil war came and the hosts Of
men went forth from North and South:
and to conduct the business OF our cit
ics during the patriotic absence. wo-
men were demanded by the tens OF
thousands 10 take the vacant places.
and multitudos OF women. who had
been hitherto supported hy fathers and
brothers and sons. we're compelled
from that time 20 take care OF them
selves. From that time q mighty
change took place favorable 10 female
/ employment
Now, men OF America. BE- fair. and
/ give the women q chance Are YOU
afraid that they viii DO some OF your
work and hence harm your prosperi-
ties' Remember that there are scores
OF thousands % men doing women's
work DO not De- afraid God knows
ihe end from the beginning. and he
knows how many people this world
I can feed aud shelter. aud when u gets
I too full No. viii end Tho world. and
/ 70 need be. start another God viii
halt the inventive faculty. which, by
Z producing a machine that will do the
work of ten or twenty or a hundred
.