The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-15

animals lot her mako "The Horse Fair
II Miss Mitchell will study astronomy, le
her mount tho starry ladder. II Iiydlf
will be u merchant. let hor soil purple II
Lucrotia Mott will prench the gospel, lei
her thrill with her womanly clu1uence tn,
Quaker meeting house.
It is said IL woman Is given such oppor
tunitics she will occupy places that might
bo taken by men. / sny, II she have more
skill and adapteduess for any position than
a man has. let her have It. Sho has as
much right to her broad, to her apparel
and to her home as men hnre. Dut 1t 1,
aaid TINT her naturC Is so dollcatn that she
10 untitled for exhausting toll. | ask In the
name OF all past history what toll on earth
Is more severe, oxhaustlng and .tremen.
dous thnn that toll OF tho needle to which
for ages she has been subjected? Tho bat
terlng ram, tho sword, the carbinc, the
battleax, have made no such havoc MS the
needle. l would TINT these living sepul
chres I'm which women have for ages been
buried might bo opened aud that some re.
surrection trumpet might bring up these
living cOrpscs In the fresh air and sunlight
Go with me. aud I will show you u WON.
an who by hardest toll supports her chill
dren, her drunken husband. her old father
and mother, pays hor house rent, always
has wholesome food on her table and when
she cnn get some ucighbor on tho sabbath
tC come In and tako care OF her family up.
rTGrs in church with hat and cloak that
are far from indicating the toll to which
she Is subjected. Such u woman as that
has body and sonl enough to llt her for any
position. She could stand beside the ma.
iOrity OF your snlesnou and dispose Of more
goods She could go into yoar wheel.
wright shops and beat half OF youi
workmen ut making carriages. We talk
about woman as though VIC had resigned
to her all the light work aud our
selves had shouldered tho heavier. But
tho day OF judgment, which will reveal the
suffcrlngs Of the stake and inqusitton, will
marshal before the throne OF God and tho
hiernrchs OF heaven the martyrs OF wash
tub and needle. Now, fsay IL thero be any
preference Ia occupation lot woman hnvu
It. God knows her truis are the severest.
BY her acuter sensltiveness to misfortune.
by her hour OF anguish, 1 demand thnt no
ono hedge up her pathway TO livelihood,
Oh, the meauness, the dcspicabillty of men
who begrudge woman the right % worl.
anywhere in any honorable callingl
go still further and say that woman
should have equal compensation with men. a..
by what principle OF justice Is 1t that
women In many OF our cities get only two
thirds rs much pay rs men and IN many
cases only hnlf2 Hore is the gigantic inius
tlce--that for work equally woll IL not better
dono woman receives far less compensa.
tlon than man. Start with tho National
Government. Women clerks Ia Washing
ton get 5000 Tor doing that for which
men receive slsOO. Tho wheel OF op.
preston Is rolling over the necks OF
thousands OF women who are mt this
moment In despair about what thoy are to
do. Many OF the largest mercantile ostab.
llshments OF our cities are accessory to
these abominatlons, aud from their large
establishments there uro scores OF souls
being pitched OFF into death, and their ON
ployers know 1t. Il there n God? VIII
there be II Judgment? tell you II God
rises up to redress woman's wrongs many
OF our largo establishments Will bu 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 so powder.
Why Is it that female principal In q
school gets only 1895 for doing work for
which n male principal gets S16j0? hear
from nll this land the wall OF womanhood
Man has nothing to answer to that wait
but batteries. He says she is an angel
She Is not She knows she Is not She f.
a human being who gets hungry when she
has no food and cold when she has no fire,
Glvo her no more batteries; give her
iu-tlce! Oh, the thousand OF sewing
glrlsl Across the sunlight comes their
death groan. 1t Is not such cry az
comes from those who are suddenly
hurled out OF life. but n slow, grind.
ing, horrible wasting away. Gather
them before you aud look into their faces,
pinched, ghnstly, hunger struck Look at
their fingers, needle-prlcked and blood
tipped! See that premature stoop In the
shouldersl Hear that dry, hacking, merci.
less cougbl At n largo meeting OF these
women held In Philadelphia grand speeches
were delivered, but needlewoman took
tho stand, threw aside her faded shawl
QhriynlnH ri
thunderbolt of eloquence, speniiug out the
horrors OF her own experience.
Stand at tho corner Of n street in aome
great city ut G OFT o'clock In tho morning
as tho women go to work. Many OF them
he'd no breakfast except the crumbs that
were left over from the night before or the
crumbs they chew on their way through
tho street. Hero they comel The working
girls OF tho cities. These engaged in bead.
work, these In flower making, in millinery
in paper box making, but, most overwor
OF all and least compensated, tho sewing
women. Why do thoy not take tho city
cars on their way up? hhoy cannot afford
the five cents. II, concluding to dony her.
self something else, She gets into tho car
give her II seat. You want to see how Lati.
mer aud Ridley appeared in the flre. Loot
ut TINT woman and behold u more horrible
mnrtyrdom, hotter iirO, n more agoniz.
ing death. Ask that woman how much
she gets for her work, and she will tel YOU
six cents for making coarse shirts and Enda
her own thread
Years ago ono Sabbath night in the yost..
bule OF our church aftor service a woman
fell In commissions. The doctor said srn
needed medicine not so much as some.
thing to eat. AS she began to revive in nor
delirlum she said gnspinSy: "Eleb. conts,
Eight conts! / wish could get /. done.
am so tired ! wish / could get some
sloep, but must got II done. Eight conlsl
Eight cents'' Wo found aftorward that
she was making garments for eight cents
apiece and that she could mako but thIeo
OF them in II day, Hear IL! Three times
eight are twonty-four. Boar It, mel and
woman who have comfortable holnosl
Somo OF tho worst Williams OF our cities arc
the employers OF these women. They
ana try tc chcut them out OF
shat. Tho woman must deposit n
dollars or two before she gets tho garments
to work on. Whea tho work Ia done, IL Is
sharply inspected, tho most insignificant
flaws picked out nId tho wages refused
and sometimes tho dollar deposited NOT
given back, Tho Women's Protective Union
reports case WhcrO ono of tho poor souls
hndtnS place whero gho could get more
wages, resolved TO change employers and
ana went TO ,i.ct hor pay for work done
The employer said, II hear you are goinp.
10 leavo me?" "Ycs," she said, '"aDd have
come to get what you owe me-" He made
no answer. she snld, "Aro You not going
70 pay me?" "Yos," he said; "I will pny
Yon." Aud lie Kicked hos downstairs