Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1898-05-07
NUMBER 43.
ASHAMED OF TOLL.
The Average Working Woman wor.
ships Unlimited Leisure.

The Average Working Woman wor-
ships Unlimited Leisure.
The average working woman has lit.
tie respect for other working women.
This doesn't mean that she is without
respect for herself. of a certain self
that self-respect is not broad enough to
include Difference for fellow wage
earners. and it must logically follow
that it is very low grade of personal
regard. The woman wage Garner whom
one most often meets has but one
standard of gentleship-unlimit lei
sure According to her. the worker. no
matter how creditab bic or remunerative
her labor may be- is something just Il
little to be asha med of: beyond the pale
Of all those who sit with folded hands.
no matter how much more content.
not to say comfortable. those hands
might be if engaged i'll good. honest
employment 1t is but another puaSe
of the false and one time all-prevalent
Suuea amiShnesS as to confeSSing tinan-
cial straits. modern development OF
that spirit that Il decade ago led an lnl-
poyerished family to declare that they
only took boarders for company A
successful woman teacher who did
really love her work. used to say that
she was the only member of her fam
Ny she ever met who taught because
she had to-all the rest did it Just FROM
pure love of it," A girl whose family
have recently lost everything disposed
Of some embroidery at the womans
exchange. When an intimate friend
congra tulated her upon her good luck
at finding way of making money, the
girl. out at elbows and patched as TO
shoes as she was. FASTENED to say:
"Oh, it wasn't the money. You see.
have SO much idle time on my hands
now, and this embroidery does enter
tain me so The new phase of the
old subject was brought the other day
to the notice Of the head of an eXclu-
sive and very prosperous girls school
In this city. The principal desired
stenogra pher in place of the amanuen-
sis she had heretofore had.
sented themselves. and with each one
the principal found some cherished no.
ton as to the good sense and stability
Of the modern business woman laid
low If it wasn't one thing it was an
other, but she at last realized that they
We're all imhued with the mas good
as-you-are idea. The principal finally
engaged a young girl who was less
"nppish' than the others and whose
spo,ted veil was not quite so obtru-
sive. At the end of one week the girl
resigned her place. "Why, pay you
81 a week more than YOU were getting
In your downtown office. said the
teacher. Yes" said the girl but
like it better in the Office. It's more
fun for one thing. and then" She
paused. but the teacher begged her to
continue We'll. it's this way" the
girl finally blnrted out: you see. it's
sort of more honorable for me. 1t isn't
by 81 lady, but you're d lady who works.
Why. none of my lady friends do any
thing except one or two. and they re
employed by gentlemen in downtown
offices: | don't know any typelady
who is employed by {; woman who
works. and to tell the truth, we think
it a little beneath us. I'm Sorry with
A conmiSnrai ing glance at the teacher,
but the s., a week extra couldn't make
up for if. You know" The teacher
steadied her voice for one question.
Don't your men employers in the Of
fees work. she asked. "Oh, yes, in
deed. was the answer. but then
they're men. It's different with wom-
en- 1t may be Of interest to add that
this teacher subsequently secured
man stenographer. he having no objec
ton, he said, Ito being employed by \
woman who WORKED With such
standards as those in the minds of the
rank and file the business woman has
a good many lengths to go before she
can hope to attain even quota of that
which her apostles declare for her
ph;1aInlr,bia Times