The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-01-14


that was left alone and forsaken on
the sea few weeks before, with the
idea of bringing it into port. But who
shall ever bring again into the harbor
of peace and hope and Heaven that
lost womanly immortal, driven in
what tempest, aAame in what conAa-
grafton, sinking into what abyssP o.
God, help! o Christ, rescued My sis
ters, give not your time to learning
fancy work, which the world may dis
pense with in hard times, but connect.
your skill with the indispensables IL
life.
The world will always ant some
thing to wear and sonnet ng to eat,
and shelter and food for I body, and
knowledge for the mind nd religion
for the soul. And all these things will
continue to be the necessaries, and If
you fasten your energies upon occupa--
tions and professions thus related, the
world will be able to do without you.
Remember, that in proportion as you
are sllillful in anything, your rivalries-
become less. For unskilled toll there
are women by the millions But you
may rise to where there are only thou
sands; and still higher, till there are
only hundreds; and still higher, till
there are only ten; and still higher in
some particular department, till there
is only unit, and that yourself. For
awhile you may keep wages and place
through the kindly sympathy of an
employer, but you will eventually get
no more compensation than you can
make yourself worth.
Let me say to all women who have
already entered upon the battle of life,
that the time is coming when women
shall not only get as much salary and
wages as men get, but for certain
styles of employment women will have,
higher salary and more wages, for the
reason that for some styles of work
they have more adaptation. Bat this
justice will come to woman not
through any sentiment of ga!lantry,
not because woman is physically weak
err than man, and, therefore, ought to,
have more consideration shown her,
but because through her finer natural
taste, and more grace of manner, and
quicker perception, and more delicate
touch, and more educated adroitness,
she will, in certain callings, be to her
employer worth ten per cent. more, or
20 per cent more than the other sex.
She will not get it by asking for it, but
by earning it, and it shall be hers by
lawful conquest
Now, men of America, be fair, and
| give the women chance. Are you
afraid that they will do some of your
work and hence harm your prosper
tiles? Remember that there are scores
of thousands of men doing women's.
work. Do not be afraid God knows
the end from the beginning, and He
knows how many people this world
can feed and shelter, and when it Cets
too full He will end the world, and, If
need be, start another. God will bult
the inventive faculty, which, by pro-
ducing n machine that will do tie
work of ten or 20 or 100 men and wom-
en-, will leave that nuLlber of people
without work. l hope that there,
will not be invented another sewing
machine, or reaping machine, or corn
thresher, or any other new machine,
for the next 500 yearsl We want no.
more wooden hands and iron hands,
and steel hands and electric hands sub
stituted for men and women, who
would otherwise do the work and get
the pay ana earn Ine l1VennOOu. Let me
also say, for the encouragement of all
women fighting the battle of life alone,
that their conflict will soon end. There
is one word written over the faces of
many of them, and that word is DE
spair." My sister, you need appeal to
Christ, who comforted the sisters of
Bethany in their domestic trouble.
and who in His last hours forgot all
the pangs of His own hands and feet
and heart as He looked into the
face of maternal anguish, and
called friends attention to it,
in substance saying: John, 1 cannot
take care of her any longer. Do for
her as l would hive done if l had
lived. Behold thy mother~ If, under
the pressure of unrewarded and unap-
preciate work, your hair is whitening
and the wrinkles come, rejoice that
you are nearing the hour of escape
from your very last fatigue, and may
your departure be as pleasant as that.
of Isabella Graham, who closed her
life with a smile and the word Peace