Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-01-20

hc had in a book, argued for efficiency
In womanly work in order To success,
and positive apprenticeship by way of
preparation, IA prominent chemist AL
vcrtiscd that he would teach a class
of women to become druggists and
apothccaries if they would go through
an apprenticeship as men do, and a
printer advertised that he would take
q class of women tn learn the printers
trade if they would go through an APP.
premiership as men do, and how manyj
accordiu" Ia the account of the author
css, do you suppuSc, applied To become
skilled in the druggist business and
printing business? Not one!
But, you ask, what would nv
father and mother say if they saw |
was doing such questionable work?r
Throw the entire responsibility upon
rs, the pastors, who are constantly
hearing of Young women In all these
cities who, unqualified by their pre-
viouS luxurious surroundings for the
awful struggle of life into which they
have been suddenly hurled, seemed
To have nothing left them but "a
ton. There they 90 along the street
at o'clock in the wiutry morn
in"s, through the sluoh and storm,
To- the place where they all shall earn
only half enough for subsistence, the
daughters of once prospcrous mcr.
cha>ts, lawyers, clcrgymcn, artists,
hankcrs and capitalists. who brought
up their children under the Internal
dcluSion that il was not high tone for
women To- learn a profitable calling.
G"unE women. take this affair in Your
own hand, and let there he an insur-
rrction in all prosperous families on
the part of the daughters of this day
demanding knowledge in occupations
and styles of business 10y which they NAV
bc their own defense and their own
support If all fathcrly and huSbandly
and brothcrly hands for ever fail them.
| have seen two sad sights. the one "A
woman in all the glory of her young
life, stricken by disease. and in "A week
llfclc>S in Il home of which she had
been the pride. As her hands were
folded over the still heart and her
eyes closed for the last slumbrr and
lamentations of kindred and friends
! thought that was sadness inn
measurable. But | have seen some
thing compared with which that scene
WAS bright and Songful 1t WAS Il
youu" woman who had been all her
days amid wealthy surroundings, by
the visit of death and bankruptcy to-
the household turned out ON cold
world without one lesson about how To
get food or shelter. and into the whirl-
pool of city life, where strong ships
have gone down, and for 20 years not
one word has been heard from her.
Vessels wen cut ON the Atlantic lop.,-
in" for u >hipwrccllrd craft that WAS
irit alone an forSailcn on the s,a u
few weeks before. with the idea of
hringin" il into port. l;ut who shall
ever bring again into the harbur of
peace and hope and Heaven that lost
womauly immortal, driven in what
tempest. atlamr in what coulla-rdtion,
sinking into what abyss? OC;nl. help!
christ. Rescue, My sisters. give not
your time To learning fancy work
which the world may dispense with in
hard times, but connect your skill with
the Indispensable, of life
The world will always want some
thing To wear and something To- eat.
and shelter and fuel for the body. and
knowledge for the mind, and religion
for the soul. And all these things will
continue To he the neccs3arics, and il
you fasten your energies upon occupa-
tions and professions thus related. the
world will he unable to do without
you. Remember, that in proportion
as you are skillful in anything your
rivalry becomes less. For unsllilltd
t oil there are women by the millions.
But YOU may rise to where there are
only thousands; and still higher, TIL
there are only a hundred:-aS-.il i'll
higi till there are only. ill
M her, in some particular 49, Mt,
tin there i only unit ana that your-
selA For "A while you may keep wares
and Dplace through the kindly sympa-
thy of your employer, but you will
eventually get no more compensation
than You can make yourself worth.