The Washington weekly post., 1900-05-22

hood are subjected. Dr T4image dis
cussed the general subject OF WoTk TOT
woman. TidiculinE the ideas of the daus'-
tiers OF wealthy parents who think ID
improper 20 give their lators 10 ahN-
th!ng they deem men.al. tie denounced
olscriminad don against women In wage
where they 10 the same Work as meA'
and concluded with % description OF the
crueltles and frauds pEaCjiceC on WON %
vaL.-earuers. Dr TaImage took Tor ll-
test. Ecc.esIastes. iVl- Behold the tears
Of such as we're oppressed. and they had
no comforter" and said
Very long ago the needle was busy.
II was considered honorable Tor women
10 toll .u Ol len times. Alexander lAe
Great stood IN his palace showing gar
meuts made Uy his own mother. ne
iinest tapestries al BayeuX were made Dy
the Queen Of William the COnqueror
Augustus the Emperor would not wear
any garments except those that were
fashioned BY some member of his roya!
family. 80 let the toileT everywhere be
respected!
The needle has slain more than tnc
sword When the sewing machine was
invented some thought that invention
would alleviate w0man's toll and put PA
end 10 The despotism Of the needle But
no. while the sewing machine has oeeh d
great blessing 10 Well-tO-dO families IN
many cases. u mas added 10 The stab OF
the needle the crush OF the wheel ana
multlrudes OF women, notwithstanding
the reinforcement Of the sewing ma
chine. can only make, work hard as they
will between s. and s. a week.
"The greatest blessing that could have
happened 10 our first parents was being
turned out OF Eden after they lad done
wrong Adam and Eve. In their perfect
state, might have got along without WORK
OF only such slight employment as a PEI
feet garden with no weeds in II demand
Cd. But as soon "a they had sinned, the
best thing for them was TO be turned ou'
where they would have 10 wO:k We
know what q withering thing II Is Tor a
man TO have nothing 10 do. OF the thou-
sand prosperous and honorable men that
YOU know, Ss9 had 10 work vigorously
al the beginning But / am now 10 tel
YOU that industry is just as important
for a WOmaHs safety and happiness lhe
most unhappy women in our communl-
ties to-day are those who nave no en-
gagements to call them up in the morn
Ing. who. once having risen and break
tasted. lounge through the dull forenoon
In slippers down at the heel and with
disheveIed hair, reading tn last novel
and who, having dragged through a
WretChed forenoon and taken their after
noon sleep, and having passed an hour
and a half at their toilet, pick up theI
card-casa and 90 Out to make calls, ana
who pass their evenings waiting for some
body 10 come IN and break up the mon
I'LL. i'm
prisoued in so dark dungeon as that.
No Happiness for the Idle.
'aThere is no happiness in an idle wo
man. II may be with hand. il may b.
with brain, it may be with foot; but worl
she must or be wTetched forever. Th'
little girls of our families must b. starte'
with that idea. The curse of American
society is that young women are taUgh
that the first. second. third. fourth. fifth
sixth, seventh tenth. fflicIh. thousandtl
thing a. their lie is 10 get somebody Il
take care Of them. Instead Of that. IN
trst lesson should be how. under God
they may take care OF themselves. Tn
simple fact is that a majority of them d.
have 10 take care of themselves, and that
TOO, after having, through the false no
tions Of their parents, wasted the year
in which they ought 10 have learned hOv
successfully 10 maintain themselves. "
now and here declare the inhUmanity
cruelty and outrage Of that father an
mother who pass their daughters int
womanhood, having given them no faci
ity for earning their livelihood Nine.
Stael said: 1t is not these writings tha
/ am proud Of. but the fact that l haV
facility in ten occupations, in any one @
which ! could make a livelihood No
say you have q fortune TO leave them. OF
man and woman. have you not learne
that, like YultIres, like hawks. like eagle
riches have wings and fly away Thoug
you should be successful in leaving
competency behind you, the trickery {
executors may swamp il in HiShJ2 q
some officials in our churches may get Il
a mining company and induce your o.
phans to put their money into a hoe
Colorado and it, by the most skillful m;
chiuery the suHken money cannot
brought up again, prove TO them that
was eteTnally decreed that that was n
way they were TO lose il, and that il WEI
IN The most orthodox and heavenly styl
Oh, the outrageous schemes that professt
Christians Will engage IN until God pu
his fingers into the collar of the hyp
the bottom. NCu have no right, becau!
you are well on. 10 conclude that yOl
children ar going 10 BE- wen of. A ma
died leaving large fortune His son ft
dead in Philadelphia grog-shup. II
Old comrades came IN and said, as IN,
bent over his corpse. What Is the ma
Ter with YOU HUgGScy| The SUrget
standing over him said Hush, He
dead oh. ne j. dead. they said. Com
boys. lvt as 90 and take drink i'm mel
a. IHnEGtk' Have mir
better than money 20 leave your childrel
II YOU have not, but send YOUR daughte
into the world with empty brain and u
skilled hand. you are guilty OI assassin
Ton, homicide, infanticide
Fulse Ideas of " oman's Work.
"Thsre are women toiling IN our citi
for TWO or three dollars week who We
the daughters Of merchant princes. The
suffering ones now would be glad 10 ha
the crumbs that once feu from the
fathers table. That worn-Out. brok
shoe ihat she wears Is the lineal descen
ant n the Sl2 gaitcr In which her moth
walked and that torn and faded cali
had ancestry OF magnificent brOcade IN
swept Pennsylvania avenue ana BrOa
way clean, WItaOu; any expense Q" O
Srrprt commissioners. Though you Ii
iu an elegant residence and fare sum
tgousiy every day. let your dAughte
feel % is disgrace for thu
not TO know how To work.
d,nounce the idea prevalent in socie
that though our young Wome~may a
broider slippers and crochet and ma
mats for lamps 10 stand 0u without d
grace. the idea OF doing anything for
livelihood s. GishoEordble- IL IL shaI
Tor "a young woman belonging to lar
family TO be inefficient when her faith
tolls his life away for her support. IL
"a shame for a daughter 10 be- idle. Wh
f,r mother tolls al the washtub. IL is
honorable 20 sweep house. make beds
trim hats a. ly is To twist waich-chai
$50 far as can understand. lhc line
responsibility lies between tuat which
useful and thar which Is useless. u "
men do thar which is Of 10 value, tn
work i5 honorable, II they do prtcI'
work. " is d.snoEGrable That our sou
women may escape The csnsGre ut do.
aisH5soTabl. work ! shall Ia-a .ular!
You m5y knit q fidy f"r me back ~
ann chair. but by no means MAKE
money wEeFcwilh 10 tuy iEe chair. ]
NAV cltn delicate brush beaIiiy
W.UteI ornament bet die rather IN