New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-02
~WOMAN IN BUSINESS. p
THE SUBJECT DISCUSSED BEFORE THE
LEAGUE OF UNITARIAN WOMEN.
-, ,,,rv-prsT1NG PAPER ON ECONOMIC CHANGES
AND THEIR COST READ 81 MICS
1ARNED- MISSIONARY WORK.

-, >,rv,prsTrNG PAPER ON "ECONoN1c CHANGES
,,,D THEIR COST READ BY MISS
1ARNED-MssIoNARY WORK.
,r.. >-ou,-yorl League Of Unitarian Women met
yesterday morning in the Second Unitarian Cnulo
prooLlvn with an attendance OF one huHu'eu o"I
.,xtv The meeting was called 10 oIueI a.
o'clock by the president, Mrs A "ehue" 'No
IT, r,ou Boas read the secretery's report anu
~. .-easrrer's report. read by Mrs Knownon'
- . balance in the treasury Of over $40.
III, pAUsious News Committees report was read
-, NJ WEBSTER. 1t told Of new society FORMING
snonr the students at Bryn Mawr. WhiCh meets
every Sunday afternoon to hold Unitarian SCI
-,oa opd where usually one Of the Rev. MI Slcer
sermons IS read and discussed The aciNlIS III
,o,ss,on work was commented on. and the various
changes in Unitarian pulpits enumerated. Inc
brigham H. Roberts affair was then orough' up
and set Of resolutions read and passed, pray
ing that he may not be allowed TO remain IN INC
House
The subject for the day, Industry" was then
taken up The first paper on Economic Changes
end Their Cost" was read by Miss Augusta Larned.
The speaker began by comparing conditions OF In
dustry fifty years ago with those obtaining to-day
and especially those in America. She said in part;
II the history Of science in this century is fairy
tale that OF INDUSTRY + the FeS last ffv Years
mas been the age Of rapid waste ana repair, the age
of prOltS,
etstms NJ millions and is still so rapidly changing
ne Conditions Of the economic world that about
every ten years requires an entirely new ADJUST
1nenf OF our mental vision In the industrial field.
AS the first great axiom of industrial science we
NAV set IL down as self-evident that clNllzatlon
could not have advanced beyond that OF Century
ago without the application OF steam 10 Hl aTns
new worlds TO human enterprise as Ine toyase nd
Columbus rounded the Western hemisphere anu anu
condition OF the iron trade has become the delicate
index by which the prosperity OF 0 San cI
g great extent measured: ohCe low granarY Of the
world Countries less richly endowedi populdsIoI1aa
less gifted with inventive tacuIies Inines OF the
world furnish our opportunities. We are waking up
70 the meaning Of our time 70 tne s ing Ne are be-
ginning 10 see the vision Of beauty through CLOUDS
Of dust and smoke and through CRIME ana usnie's
Miss Larned concluded her interesting paper by
quoting from "McAndrews's Hymn" by Kudyard
Kipling.
'Woran IN Business" was discussed by Mrs
Emma F Pettjngill IN paper In which she said In
part:
No land can show such century of PROGRESS IN
ali lines Of business. Six thousand inventions have
1een patented by women Inc 5d tba odtme Sim
picity OF lie is gone Woman in business has
come 10 stay she has always risen 10 NEE. S tpe
possibility Of growth in her and hep 70 others
Harriet Beecher Stowe. Mary Llyermore' h tSa
movement. and now the progress OF the woman IN
business Is truly wonderful.
The speaker then discussed the question OF the
dependence and independence Of women and It's
development through her entrance into business
fields. She spoke also Of the temptations 10 whon
many women subjected in the environment OF
business life. but said that women were not IN
any more danger from them than men
AT the close Of the paper the meeting was
thrown open for discussion Of the subject MISS
Chapman spoke on the proportion in tho number
81 women IN business compared TO that existing
few years ago, and gave long table OF statlsucs,
showing the exact number OF women engaged IN
dnerent occupations. ,,,,. u.
Mrs D. ". Wilson spoke on the advisapihty OF
giving d free hand 10 girls who wish 70 enter
business or profession Mrs. Sargent spoke OF the
isfge number Of mddle-aged business men as wen
g women thrown out Of employment by the lntIo-
auction Of new methods and ideas, and pleadeo TOT
a Consideration Of what should be done Tor thls
arge and ever Increasing class. After spirlted
discussion the meeting adjourned for luncheon and
d social hour in the Sunday school.