The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-04-01

-. IIpmeut III tnc uIu
nj. m south Africa - Three Women
n,l,cairs Mt til" Fhrs Exp"s'ti"h'
.,,,., lies Of the next census In regard to
-.,,oge q, increase In the numbc Of women
uer. IN business viii be examined with a
ee~S,aJ.,,blc interest. This IL one Of the
VIZ Questions of thc day and a very important
We, IN, yrca, economic problem, which grows
~ ,s,.,d of less cumIl icato 4 One element,
~o.n,ed in press. pulpit and the lecture field.
w. The prevailing habit Of "dcnouncinG tho
|.rc. ~ woman into what are called the wage
ing OCCUPATIONS and demands that she
90 in those Of the household, which never
r Vs.. c,rsdrrcd worth paying for They calmly
w.. ,bc fret, that the latter have been almost
ea,.,v taken out Il the household and trans
...d n factories. and that, In entering these,
"ausn lnye only followed their legitimate
L They lose sight also Of that other fact
,., the women in factories, Offices and stores
..,o, working for their health or their pleasure,
o., %, exactly the same reasons which keep
.., drudging Offer any Of these ,ollers a home
and see how quickly she will accept It, This Is
an, If The principal objections TO women In busi'
r,s- that rs soon as they get a good opportunity
a. marry they throw up their job"
The attacks uf the Rev. Samue &. Smith oil the
,coples Church, 81 Paul, formerly Methodist
,,ldinr elder Of that district, are still fresh In
,ind. In when the woman In business was de-
,iced As almost criminal. The Rev. II. A. White,
,.,,o, q the stewart Avenue Universalist Church
,h,c,co declared recently: Women workers
=. tho greatest curse that has ever come To the
xold ot labor The woman wagc-carner Is re-
srcnsibl. for many II the army OF unemployed
h,srr about the streets and stealing from the
,,sser.bv or entering the houses OF the peaceful
and rbbing them II their hard wages"
There IS a grca, deal of he sweet gospel Of Thirst
IN his ism tthrr,' The reason given Is. OF course,
,b,, every woman Is keeping some man out oil a
Mace which Ire is longing to fill. To a number
a Young men who entered a similar complaint
me 81 LoYts Post DispGtth a few days ago made
te following editorial reply;
For sham young men Your course is urmnnly.
Van AZ. in a rendition Of mind that Is damaging 10
character. You have neither reason nor sentiment
nyour avor,
mis- fact that the ma lOTity Of women who work
in oHrr. shop or store 90 50 because of dire necessity.
ns tue that our CtaEdnlothsrS did not follow this
rolrs. Iut how many Of them trod the spinning
Wheel or loom, nlikrd COWS, kept chickens and carried
ou mcny household Industries that have been made
impossible BY the growth Of cities ana the Invention
oimaCsinrry'
Sap then, the typrw rtter, department. store and
rlr new things have opened up employment for
v5ncn away nom lom', But during the same
pfod, hundreds Of new ratings for men have been
made possible. Look at the army Of ncn employed
On railroads ard street ears, 'eCtrlc lighting. engt-
4 nrrrr. plumbing, ron holdings. machine coal
mining. S,ereoyping, power press running, with
rnny other industries Unknown TO our vrandiathers.
Under such cnanrcG conditions. why should wo.
urn he confined 10 houSework' wake up, young
nn. Don't be mtnu spirited. Il yoa find women
y pressing into your Inc 81 work, Co 1t better than they
an, OF ind something else. Give the girls chance.
Rirpsr's Bc-dr said in an editorial March
Il: Woman has sought 10 gain economic indie
y1dence by an assault upon the industrial EN-.
ra Of men. True economic Independence for
woman mus, proceed from a recognition of the
Industrial empire Of the home But how is she
n going TO recognize lis when she hasn't any
N kne, or anybody 10 provide one Such writer's
also proceed upon The hy ro'hcsis thatcvery woman
has a home and a supporter that she wiliully
sandons 10 rush out into the world oi labor and
alp q job away from some nan who is furnishing
bone and q support for some other woman.
This same editorial says that out Of every hun
trd women who engage in industry, eighty seven
rtre Oh bing married" This looks as il woman
we're making IAN assault on mans empire" only
until some one OF those "emperors' married her
i such is the case men have he whole matter in
their own hands. They have only 10 marry their
competitors as quickly as possible. They may
say, however. that some Of these women are TOO
I'D for marriage, or that they have too many
49, 80. ~
Inc theory that they have entered mans EN-
| Ie" solely to take Ia. work away from hin, and
Il Places them in the same Wndiion as himself
-oiing through necessity for daily bread, strug
fling 10 keep soul and body together, and 10 pro
vide for the dependent members Of their family.
Il We recognize this 10 be Tho case, then surely,
b. all the laws Of fairness, Of justice, Of common
%hlManity, they are entitled t. an even chance
h. the market @! labor
This editorial critirues by saying that man
hind Is divided into two cla' fes consumers and
folucer-, ana in the former, women and children
r. classed." When lie writer Of this column
Fed that sentence she asked herself how long
Se would he permitted 10 keep On Consuming
a her hotel leiorc size was required 20 produce
Ne p1ce Of her board. II is a Law Of economics
bateyery person rnr AGED ih productive industry
trduces more wealth than he consumes, and
r'steS also a demand for the labor Of others.
Inc woman in business not only requires food,
clothes and other rccessarics, hut has the money
hpey TO- them, The mere consumer is a burden
lpn others, There was u line when man alone
Va, in the words IT Prof Felix Adler, the pur-
Nyor 0. money, while woman took tho rude coin
and transformed /, in;0 real wealth Inc things
Of ua anI l,,tt toe ,I., -. q. al 49,, H., l-..p
ms Is sill the case among tie SO cailcd middle
aid upper classes, but SO much OF the former house
hd work If women has hecn Transferred 10 the
04'Sd, that II those Of ,he poorer classes still
Nnaincd IN the home they would have no em-
Roynent ard it would he impossible for their
rlG relatives 10 support them. The idle con-
'lfe' necessarily must he a burden upon the men
h' family or upon The community.
Under modern conditions it Is inevitable that
women must be employed in industrial occupa-
IONS outside the home. Taey ore in the labor
iS~nd hnh they are there to stay. Neither preach
TX nor lcElSlatirg, neither protest nor abuse,
WI alter this TACT The situation must b- met,
K. WIN attempts 10 drive them out, but with
snesI ennrt &c, ~rcadIust conditions So that this
s,s regime viii not work Injury 10 either men
rnoIrtL tiStoo vast q subject 10 be considered
S Sr put one assertion nay be made. Working
srn always have found II 4 disadvantage 10
SSsS,spre win a DISTINGUISHED Glass Of labor; for
,s,since, with the nrgrneS before tie war, and
v" NE ChineSe at the present day.
sI.e'e Is n persistent mmor tina, before the
,Tiihh African war l.. ended the Iioer women
r .M De IN the ranks, Z. X. Bishop, Of the Rand,
wv N this country SAYS:
Ahhn@, nocr woman Of tC day Is used TO a He full Of
III. gthai'l n, and porilS. She has learned 10 be
"a, ~ nacG Sayarr with her rihe when her husband
h, s i1Sy on TIE 'eldt. Why should she not turn