The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1900-04-19
rHEWORKING WOMAN
= ralmage Speaks Words Of En-
couragement to Her.
... .nd Trust I'm God Afford Com
..,t for Those Who Are OPP
,ressed and Struggling
for a Livelihood.
sconvrieht. 1900, by Louis Klopsch.l
4 W. Washington,

sc.nvrieht. 1900 by Louis Klopsch.l
wv Washington.
r,;e discourse of DIR. Talmage is an
..-.al for mercy in behalf of oppressed
1am.nhood, and offers encouragement
!. those struggling for a livelihood;
81 Ecclesiastes iv., 1: "Behold the
...,s Of such as were oppressed, and
they had no comforter
yery long ago the needle was busy.
:. vas considered honorable for wom-
!. to toll in clden times. Alexander
.. l,reat stood in his place showing
..rments made by his own mother.
m finest tapestries at Bayeus were
rade BY the queen of William the Con-
r,eror. Augustus, the emperor, would
/ 81 wear any garments except those
at were fashioned by some member
Il his royal family. So let the toiler
rrYywhere be respected!
he needle has slain more than the
ord. When the sewing machine was
sh,,nted. some thought that invention
1 ..uld alleviate woman's toll and put
4 end to the despotism of the needle.
All no; while the sewing machine
~ been great blessing to well-to-do
families in many cases, it has added to
tke stab of the needle the crush of the
vheel, and multitudes of women, not
vithstanding the reinforcement of the
sewing machine, can only make, work
sard Is they will, between two and
tkfee dollars week.
The greatest blessing that could have
happened to our first parents was be-
inrs turned out of Eden after they had
done wrong. Adam and Eve in their
perfect state might have got along
Without work or only such slight en-
pigment asa perfect garden with no
weeds in it demanded, but as soon as
they had sinned the best thing for
t1em Wss to be turned out where they
xould haFe to work. We know what
Il Mthering thing it is for man to have
nuthing to do. Of the 1000 prosperous
and honorable men that you know 500
had 70 work vigorously at the begin
ang. But / ON now to tell you that
industry is just as important for a
Ncman's safety and happiness. The
most unhappy women in our communi-
ties to-day are those who have no en-
gagements to cali them up in the
norning, who once having risen and
beakfasted lounge through the dull
iorenoon in slippers down at the heel
and with disheyeled hair, reading the
ut novel, and who, having dragged
through wretehed forenoon and
taken their afternoon sleep and having
pssed an hour and . half at their toi-
=, pick up their cardcase and go out
hnake calls. and who pass their even
mss waiting for somebody to come in
GO break up the monotony. Arabella
Stuart never was imprisoned in so
dark dungeon as that.
There is no happiness in an idle wom-
q It may be with hand, it may be
Wsh brain, it may be with foot, but
work abe must or be wretched forever.
ihe little girls of our families must be
erted with that idea. The curse of
american society is that our young
Women are taught that the first, sec
ona, tnlrd, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh,
.ntn, nftieth, thousandth thing in
u'ear h1e is TO get somebody to take
safe Of them. Instead of that the first
Nsson should be how under God they
WI take care of themselves. The sim
Is lact Is that q majority of them do
aaNe 70 take care of themselves and
3 700, after having through the
.,ase notions OF their parents wasted
IS seafs IN which they ought to have
lned how successfully to maintai;,
emselyes. We now and here declare
s. humanity, cruelty and outrage
.n.t Iaeher and mother who pass
sen daughters into womanhood hay.
s sven then no facility for earning
sheir livelihood.
II sie are Women toiling in our cities
e tWc or three dollars a week who
TT the daughters of merchan,
ne These suffering ones now
e glad to have the crumbs tha,
ieil from their fathers table
- ~ornout. broken shoe that she
- = = the lineal descendant of the
~ I. a'ser m which her mother walked
saae torn and faded calico had an
y magnificent brocade thai
~ pennsylvania avenue and Broad
s'san without any expense to the
ses eonmissioners.
q you live in an elegant resi-
- and fare sumptuously every day
I daughters feel it is dis
sors them not to know how tx
oenounce the idea prevalent
~ that, though our young WON
enbroider slippers and croche-
sil,.-e -e mats for lamps to stand o,
s;.ss, alsgrace, the idea of doin,
1or livelihood is dishonora
= shame for a young woma,
70 a large family to be in
Wnen her father tolls his lif,
g her support.
b g ! can understand. the lin
stability lies between tha
useful and that which is use
women do that which is o
thelr work is honorable.