The Washington weekly post., 1900-05-22

" lit-lf f'Ilf fia ttlH E1't HNHF7s ft-t'tfH-- -
place where she could get more wages.
resolved 70 change employers and went
to get her pay for work done. The en-
uloyer said. / hear you are going 70
leave me- Yes she said. and / have
come 20 get what you owe me- He made
no answer She said. Are YOU not going
10 pay me- Yes he said. I viii pay
YOU and he kicked her down the stars.
Oh, that Women's Protective Unioui
The blersiugs OF heaven be on u FOR the
Wercifll and divine work IL if doing in
the defense Of t0iling womanhOOd. Wha.
tragedies 81 suffering are presented to
them day by day, 4 paragraph from
,heir report. Can you make MT. JoLes
pay me- He owes me for three weeks al
e - week. and | can't get anything,
and my child is very sick The speaker
young woman lately widowed. burst into
flood Of tears as she spoke. She W9s
nitden 20 come again the next afternoon
and repeat her story 20 the attorney at
ms usual weekly hearing Of frauds and
impositions. Means were found BY which
Mr. Jones was induced to pay the $50"
Another uSragraGh from their report:
A fortnight had passed. when she mod
estiy hinted a desire To know how much
heT services were worth on. my dear
he replied, You are getting To be one OF
the most valuable hands in the trade;
YOU viii always get the very best or!ce.
Ten dollars a week YOU will b. able -
earn very easily" And the girls fingers
flew on with her work at a marvellous
rate. The picture Of SO a week had al
most turned her head. A few nights later.
while on her way home, she overheard
The name Of her employer IN the cOnVeTSa-
tjOn Of girls who stood near: What
John Snipes? Why. Ec don't pay. Look
cut fer. him every time. Hell keep you
on trial, as he calls Il, 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 he paid the worth Of each Of those
days of trial"
Little Hope in Woman suffrage.
Another paragraph: Her mortifica-
ton may be imagined when told that one
OF the two s. bills which she mad lust re-
ceiv5d for her work was counterfeit But
her modification was swallowed up with
indignation when her employer denied
having paid her the money. and insult
ingly asked her TO prove it, When the
Protective Union had placed this matter
in the courts the judge said: You will
pay Eleanor the amount Of Aer claim,
Sj.Si. and also the costs of the court"
I1Oh sAit llleEt tNile 10 De tl dttlCdlt
Some say: Give woman the ballot
should like 20 see the experiment of fe-
male suffrage tried. / wEs in New Zea-
| land just after that experiment was made.
and was told ii worked gTandy. Female
suffrage might correct many evils in our
world. but what effect would it have on
woman's wages? / DO not believe that
woman will ever get justice by woman's
ballot Indeed
mitch as men do. Do not women, as
much as men, beat down TO the lowest
figure .he woman who sews for them?
Are not women as sharp as men on wash
! elwomen and mlliners and mantua-mak-
! ers? II a woman asks a dollar for her
work does not her female employer ask
her If she will not take 90 cents? You say,
/ Only 10 cents difference But that is
! sometimes the difference between heaven
and hell. Women often have less cUmmis-
GRAFTON for women than men. If d woman
steps aside from jne path of rectitude,
man may fOrgive-wOman never, Woman
/ viii never get justice done ner from
vOuans ballot. Neither will she get il
t from mans ballot. How then? God Will
rise UP for her. God has more resources
/ than We know Of The flaming sword tnaC
/ hing at ECcn'S gate when woman was
driven out Will cleaye with its terrible
! edge her OPP ressOrs.
But there IS something for women to
do. Let young people prepare to exec
I in spheres of work and they will be able
! after awhile 10 get larger wages In
! skilled and incompetent labor must take
/ what is given; skilled and competent la
! hor viii eventually make its OWN stand
/ ard. Admitting tha; the law OF supply
/ and demand regulates these things.
/ contend that the demand for skilled lahol
. is very great and the supply very small
| Start with the idea that work is honor
a5l- and that you can DO some one thlns
! better than anybody else. Resolve that
Cod helping YOU will take care Of your
self If YOU are after awhile called int
another relation YOU will be all the better
dualified for it by your spirit Of self-rel
anc,. or if you are called to stay as ycj
are. you can be happy and self-support
ing.
The Woman Whom Everybody Loves.
Poets are fond of talking about man a.
an oak and woman the vine that climb:
il: but ! have seen many a tree fall tina
not only went down itself but took all tn,
vines with It, | can tell you of some
thing stronger than an oak for an ivy t
climb on. and that is the throne OF th
Great Jehov5h. Single or attianced, tina
woman is strong who leans on God an,
, does her best. Many Of you will go sin
I gle-handed through life. and you vii
have to choose between two characters
-oung woman. am sure you will turl
vuur back upon the useless, gisgling, ire
. sprnsitle ncnenitv which society igGo
/ minious!y acknowledges TO be a woman
and ask God To make you an humble
active. earnest Christian. What Will be
| come of that womanly disciple of th
worldo She Is more thoughtful Of tn
/ attitude She strikes upon the carpet tha
how she will look in the judgment; NOR
I worried or0ut her freCkies than her sins
more interested in her apparel than in he
! redemption The dying actress who's
! life lad been vicious said: The seen
2 closes-draw the curtain Generally tn
, tragedy comes first. and the farce after
e ward. but in her life il was first the fare
P Of a useless life and then the tragedy O
3 a wretched eternity.
"Comnara the life and death Of such
r one with that OF some Christian aunt tha
was once a blessing 20 your household.
g I do not know that she was ever asked I
$ give her hand I'm marriage. she live
Q ! single that untrdmmeled she might
. | everybody's blessing Whenever the sic
| were 10 be visited or the poor TO be prC
o vided with bread she went with bles:
- ing. She could pray or sing 'ROck
- Ages for any sick pauper who asked he
= As she got older there were days whe
? she was a little sharp. but for the mos
D.. part auntie was a sunbeam-just the OF
I for Christmas Eve. She knew better tha
= anyone else how to fix things. Her ever
!, layer. as God heard it. was full Of everl
body who had trouble The brighte:
things IN allThe house dropped from n,
- fngers She had peculiar notions but n
r gran st notion she ever had was 10 mai
YOU lappyy She dressed well-auntie a
p wa dressed we'll; but her highest adOrl
, ne WaS that Of a meek and quiet spiri
W \. IN the sight OF God, is of S-ei
u 10 ~. When she die1 YOU all gathere
Z lovingly about her. and as you carried h.
r out to rest the Sunday-school class alno
V covered her coffin with japOnicas. and n
= poor people stood az the end of the ale
4 with their aprons 10 their eyes, sobbiT
" bitterly. and the man OF The world sa
II with solomon. Her price was above r.
1 blrs' ana Jesus. as unto the maiden
/. Judea, commanded, i say unto the
= aTiser
Reunion of Third Army Corps.