The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-24

III III fsrD1 u = nnofneus0uo QUESTION
MAI suggested by she psssrnf tsn5sncy
vLV 20 change the sphere Of women
wv from a domestic % n business o.
profsss.orsi one. ! beiis<s that
most American parents have always bs<n
and sre too tn5ulgeDt 20 their children. ana
80 their daDgsfsss. sse~ctaj.y There = m
innate spirSs 0f rhsyzIry in almost every
man born on American sosi that makes
him with 20 shisid every female tie from
sny of fh~ bardships ~ iiss. snd ws should
- CORY u wsy. not 40. But ~ the
same time life h 40 fsll Of change and
misfortune that all TOO often dependent
women are teft 70 support themselves ard
their families without The ieaet experience
ss 10 how 20 discharge the responsibility.
Therefore every sts1 sboaA b. taught some
thing practical. somsthing shs could surn
70 account " necessary. but Sse need not
asguN~ SO practice Until circumstances de-
fnsnd it's assumption.
asAs~sl ChssOs n Conditions.
There IN Q difference between the Girls
Of the present and the past. because the
conditions and environments are - pnlsks
fhcse Of q quarter Of century $50. Be-
fore this new worid had become old and
full Of inventions. ard the long list Of
products Of progress. our people were for
she most part agricultural and lived SIM
pie and natural lives. The women were
the homskeepers. mothers trained their
daughters IN all the sSts Of domestic econ
omy. They required but little 10 crafty
their taste in dress. and had but few oppor-
tunitics 10 acquire the accomplishments.
But with the progress Of the 9xs, the In.
PRODUCTION Of iabcr-szving machinery fos
indoor and outdoor work. both sexes be-
gan TO despise labor that required patient
tolling from morn ell night Women. old
and young. found II tedious % DO BY hand
what could be done by machinery. They
turned instinctiveIy from manual 70 nen-
tai occupation, leaving that which had 10
10 done by hand 70 employees. until at the
close OF the nineseenth century there are
none no poor ~ 10 be content with brewing,
baking sewing and housekeeping. From
infancy are In school. where they not
oG:y master tho usual branches Of q CON-
mon school education. but they are taught
20 solve the problems Of business methods.
Young women. thus equipped. have no
taste for household drudgery, a. domeatsc
work IL contemptuously called. Most Of
them would ssther stand behind counter
and try TO ester 10 the vagsries Of whim-
zeal shoppers than 10 cook, clean and per-
form the daily routine duties Of house
keeping. They like the excitement of see.
Ing people. the dress and frfvouty Of shop
NE better than the quiet Of homs.
Paid Mseh Less Thaa Mes.
Merchants end shopkeepery can hire
thcse girls and women for about half what
they would pay boys Or men. therefore they
encourage female employment. 80 from
time 20 time M avenues for women wage
esrners have been opened. not ~ much
from q desire 20 increase their opportuni-
tiM but from tho greed Of the employ
cra Women sre more deft with their
fingers than men: hence. during the days Of
the reign Of peper currency Ia small de-
nominations women monopolized tho han
ding Of u IA tho treasury. Many depart
snenfs Of manufacture require nne manip-
ulasion, conssayettiy IN the manufactuF-
Ing 81 certain pto Sucts YOU ind q ma1o1fy
Of the operatord afs'sh4 and women.
Houssho1d Duties IsksoaS.
THIS female wage-earners generally han
dis their own earnings. and a. a result I'M
consciously acquire o spirit Of independ-
encc that In the abstract 10 very admir-
able. but r. sure 90 divorce them forever
from the enjoyment Of domestic duties On
the other hand = thsri parents or guar
dams claim the fruits ~ their labor during
their minority. II begAs ayariciousness
IN these parents or guardians because
they receive an income from a
rource not usually depended upon In
families where there are more females than
males Il IL Q uzStssr Of importance how
much Of the falyhNd can ts borne BY the