The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-16

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for sculpture, give her a chisel. II Rosa
| Bonheur has a fondness for dellneating
! animals. Jet her make "The Horse Pair /"
IL Miss Mitchell will study astronomy. le.
her mount the starry ladder. II Lydia
J will be merchant let her sell purple III
Lucretia Mott will preach the gospel, le,
her thrill with her womanly eloqaenee tue
/ Quaker meeting house.
II IL said II woman Il given such oppor-
tunities she will occupy places tina, might
be taken by men. say, II she have more
skin and adaptedness for any position than
a man has. let her have Il. She has a.
much right 10 her bread. 20 her apparel
and 20 her home as men have. Bat II e
/ sad that her nature IL 80 delicate that she
I ~ unified for exbausting toll. ] ask Ia the
I name Oi all past history what toll on earth
Is more severe, exhausting and tremen-
do1s than that toll % the needle 20 which
! FOR ages she has besn subjectedf The bat.
isring ram, the sword the carbine, the
! battieax, have made no such havoc a. the
needle. / would that these living sep1l-
chres IN which women have for ages been
| buried might be opened and that some re-
surrectiOn trumpet might bring up these
/ living cOrpsss In the fresh air and sunlight.
60 with me, andI will show you a WON
| an who by hardest toll supports her chill
dren her drunken husband, her old father
ana mother, pays her house rent, always
has wholesome food on her table and when
I rut can ett some NelguDOr on the SADDttn
| 10 come In and take care OF her family ap-
pears in church with hat and cloak that
are far from indicating tho toll 10 which
she IL subjected. Such a woman as that
has body and soul enough 10 ~ her for any
position. She could stand beside the ma
jOrity % your statesmen and dispose OF more
goods She could go into your wheel.
wright shops and beat One-half OF youI
workmen at making carriages. We talk
about woman rs though we had resigned
20 her MI the light worI and our
selves had sholldered the heavier. But
the day OF Judgment, which will reveal the
sufferlngs OF the stake and inqUisition, will
marshal before the throne OF God and the
hierRrchs OF heaven the martyrs oi wash
tub and needle. Now, say iithere be any
preference In occupation let woman have
II. God knows her trials are the severest.
BY her acuter senstlveness 20 misfortune,
by her hoUr OF anguish, / demand that no
one hedge up Ler pathway 10 a livelihood.
Oh, the meaDness, the despicabilty Of men
who begrudge woman the right 10 work
anywhere In any honorable calling!
go still further and say that woman
should have equal com mpensatiou with men.
BY what principle OF justice is II that
women IN many Of our cities get only two
thirds as much pay a. men and ia many
cases only half? Here is the gigantic injus-
tice-that for work equally well IL no. better
done woman receives far less compensa-
tion than man. start with the National
Government. Women clerks In Washing
ton get 5000 tor doing TINT for which
men receive $500. The wheel OF OPP
preston is rolling over the necks OF
thousands OF women who are nt this
moment in despair about what they are to
do. Many OF the largest mercantile estab-
!ishments OF our cities are accessory 10
these denominations, and from their large
establishments there are scores OF souls
being pitched of Into death and their en-
ployers know il. II there God? Will
there be n Judgment ! tell you II God
rises up 20 redress womans wrongs many
OF our large establishments will be swnl-
lowed up quicker than South American
earthquake ever took down city. God
will catch these oppressors between the
two millstones Of His wrath and grind
them 90 powder.
Why Is It that n female principa, in n
school gets only 1925 tor doing work for
which male principal gets 1859? / hear
from all this land the wall OF wOmanhood.
Man has nothing % answer to that wall
but fiatteres. He says she is an angel.
She IL not She knows she is not. She IL
human being who gets hungry when she
has no food and cold when she has no fire.
Give her no more batteries; give her
Justice! Oh, the thousand OF sewing
girls Across the sunligb. comes their
death groGn. II is not such a cry as
comes from those who are suddenly
hurled out OF life, bat slow, grind
ing, horrible wasting away. Gather
them before You aud look into their faces,
pinched, ghnstiy, hunger struck Look at
their fingers, needle-pricked and blood
tipped! See that premature stoop In the
shoulders Hear that dry, hacking. merci-
less cough Al n large meeting of these
women beld In Philadelphia grand speeches
were delivered, but "a Deedlewoman took
the stand, threw aside her faded shawl.
and with her shriveled arm hurled very
thunaerbolt OF eioquence, speaking out the
horrors OF her own experience.
stand at the corner OF a street Ia some
great city at 6 orr o'clock in the morning
rs the women go TO work. May OF them
had no breakfast except the crumbs that
were lett over from the night before or the
crumbs they chew on their way through
the street Here they comel TheworSing
girls OF the cities. These engaged in bead
work, these ia flower making, In millinery,
In paper box making, but, most overwork
OF all and least compensated, the sewing
women. Why do they not take the city
cars on their way up? They cannot afford
the five cents. II, concluding TO deny her
self something else, she gets into the car.
give her u seat. You want to see how Lai-
mer and Ridley appeared in the fire. Look
NJ that woman and behold more horrible
martyrdon, IA hotter fire, n more agonis-
ing death. Ask that woman how much
she gets for her work, and Sue Will tell you
six cents for making coarse shirts and huds
her own thread.
Years ago one Sabbath night in the vesti-
bule Of our church after service woman
fell in convulslons. The doctor said she
needed medicine not so much ns some
thing TO eat. As she began TO revive In her
deliriUm she said caspingly: Eight cents!
Eight cents! l wish could get 1t done. !
rNaN IL
sleep but l must get II done. Eigh. centsl
Eight centsl' We found afterward that
she was making garments for eight cents
apiece and that she could make but three
OF them in Il day. Hear IL! Three time'
eight are twenty-four Hear IL, men and
woman who have comfortable homes
Some OF the worst Williams OF our cities are
the employers OF these women. They
beat them down TO their last penny
and try TO cheat them out OF
that. The woman must deposit q
dollars or two before she gets the garments
10 work on. When the work is done. Il is
sharply Inspected the most insignificant
flaws picked out and the wages refused
and sometimes the dollar deposited no;
given back. The Women's Protective Union
reports "a case where one OF the poor souls,
finding place where she could get more
wages, resolved to change employers AMI
aud went 10 get her pay for work done.
The employer said, II hear You are going
to- leave meY" "Yes. =" she said. "and have
come % get what you owe me- He made
no answer. She said, Are you not going
to pay me?" Yes. I've said; "i viii pa
you." And he kicked her downstairs.
Oh. that Women's Protective UnioDl Tne
blessings OF heaven be on IL for the merc-
ful and divine work 1t " doing Ia the de-
tense OF toillnS womanhood. What TRACE
dies OF suffering are presented 20 them day
bv day A paragraph from their report;
Can you make Mr.. Jones pay me- He
owes me for three weeks at S2.50 a week.