The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-03-17

port: "a fortnight had passed, when
she modestly limited a desire to know
how much her services were worth.
'Oh, my DEAR he replied, you are get
ting to be one of the most valuable
hands in the trade. You will always
get the very best price. Ten dollars
a week you will be able to earn very
easily And the girls fingers flew on
with her work at a marvellous rate.
The picture of ten dollars a week had
almost turned her head. A few nights
later, while crossing the ferry, she
overheard the name of her employer
in the conversation of girls who stood
near: What, John Snipes? Why, he
don't pay! Look out for him every
time. He'll keep you on trial, as he
calls it, for weeks, and then he'll let
you go, and get some other fool!' And
thus Jane Smith gained her warning
against the swindler. But the union
held him in the tolls of the law until
days of trial"
Another paragraph: "Her mortifica-
ton may be imagined when told that
one of the two five-dollar bills which
she had Just received for her work was
counterfeit. But her modification
was swallowed up with indignation
when her employer denied having paid
her the money and insultingly asked
her to prove it. When the Protective
union had placed this matter in the
courts, the judge said: 'You will pay
l 4r o1n.Dx q On
and also the costs Of the court"
How are these evils to be eradicated?
Some say: "Give woman the ballot"
What effect such ballot might have on
other questions 1 am not here to dis
cuss, but what would be the effect OF
female suffrage on women's wages? l
do not believe that woman VIII ever get
Justice by woman's ballot. Indeed
women Cypress women as much as
men do. Do not women as much as
men, beat down to the lowest figure
the woman who sews for them? Are
not women as sharp as men on washer
women and milliners and mantua
makers. If a oma nsks one dollar
for her work, does not her female en-
ployer ask her if she will not take 90
cents? You say: "Only ten cents diff
ference" But that is sometimes the
difference between Heaven and hell.
Women often have less commiseration
for women than men. If a woman
steps aside from the path OF rectitude,
man may forgive; woman never.
Woman will never get justice done her
from woman's ballot. Neither will she
get it from mans ballot. How then?
God will rise up for her. God has more
resources than we know of.
But there is something for women to
do. Let young people prepare to excel
in spheres of work, and they will be
able after awhile to get larger wages.
Unskilled and incompetent labor must
take what is given; skilled and COM
petent labor will eventually make its
own standard. Admitting that the law
of supply and demand regulates these
/. things, l contend that the demand foz
: skilled labor is very great and the sup
. ply very small. Start with the idea
that work is honorable and that you
, can do some one thing better than any.
! body else. Resolve that, God helping
= you will take care of yourself. If you
are after awhile called into another
, .elation, you will be all the better
qualified for it by your spirit OF self
+ reliance, or if you are called to stay as
!, you are you can be happy and self
g supporting.
Poets are fond of talking about mar
Z as an oak and woman the vine tina
climbs it, but 1 have seen many q tree
fall that not only went down itself, bu'
took all the vines with it. l can tel
f you of something stronger than an oal
, for an ivy to climb on, and that is tn
throne OF the great Jehovah. Single o
afianced, that woman is strong VIII
leans on God and does her best. Man,
CT you will go single-handed througl
life, and you will have to choose be
tween two characters. Young woman
l am sure you will turn your back upol
= the useless, giggling, irresponsible
nonentity which society ignominiousl
II acknowledges to be q woman and as
God to make you a humble, active
"A earnest Christian. What will becom
of that womanly disciple of the world
:. She is more thoughtful of the attitud
she strikes upon the carpet than ho'
she will look in the Judgment; MOI
worried about her freckles than he
~ sins; more interested in her appar'
~ than in her redemption. The dyin
actress whose life had been viciol
NC said: "The scene closes. Draw the cul
y tain" Generally the tragedy come
~ first and the farce afterward, but j
" her life it was first the farce of a us
" less life and then the tragedy of
wretched eternity.
Compare the life and death of sue
:. a one with that of some Christian au1
~ that was once a blessing to your hous
:. hold. 1 do not know that she was ev,
asked to give her hand in marriag
- She lived single, that, untrammele
she might be everybody's blessin