The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-10

| country b. the labo.ers, concessions which
although not absolute, are interestingly in
c~icative, viii intoxtcate, North and South
the heads Of labor and their colleagues.
Last OF all, perhaps. will those forgotten
and waste tracts of sandy country, wherr
!, the poor white trash" work day and nigh,
be reached: but it will not be very lonl
when these remote districts are thorough,
represented.
PRACTICAL EFFORT OF
THE PH1LANTHROPIST.
There would be less disbursement ant
skepticism regarding practical effort II tn,
philanthropist, instead of rushing in wit,
a handful OF improved theories, would study
the people from their own standpoints, anc
divest himself of parti pris-a difficult thins
TO do in the eminently original present age
The cotton spinner is in no condition &c
brook experiments: and 1t will be found
that the c.ass is slow TO respond to thso.
reticaI philanthropy.
Indeed, the mill hand IS likely to tell you
II she supposes you hsv any innovation
to suggest in her manners, customs. Tia,
she is "all right and does not need you"
The value Of the work in The Woman
Who Tolls lies very much in the closeness
of standpoint 1t has been able to establish
between the writer's and the daughters O:
labor.
AN ~. SbASt "a WOuI0 10 HID -Or
a year weave cotton cloth and spin: who
would herd with the toilers and sharsethei.
bed and board, other things being equal.
would be likely to evolve IDEAS and reach
conclusions of value and Vital interest 10
the economist, to the manufacturer and 10
the laborer.
The best Of all Is to let the people speak
I'd us. II once given 4 chance, they will
not be slow to reveal the truth Of the
whole situation. and to ask. not 50 much
for what they want but for what they
need.
It is a privilege reserved for the rich to
have they ant.
We begin. when we have nothing at. all,
to demand h we need, and are thankful
II We get 1t. In q certain State OF this Union
q little while ago q vote was taken amons
the factory women employed In a mode
factory " The factories had supplied
numerous and kindly reforu,aL
There were lectures, baths, reading -rooms
amusementS gymnasiums, Bible classes,
footstools, trained nurses. elevators, shor1
hours. recess, hot food at noon, ventilation
and clean, floors.
Now. p~ropagators of educational ideas
now, subtle readers Of the needs OF working
women-wil- YOU be so kind as to note wha,
these N machines honored with theil
preference? 1t seems to me that in tht
above list are. pretty well represented the
uitra-age advantages which America o6eri
to its extremely progressive women.
Even a spinster Of the leisure class, Will
nothing but her OWE Improvement at hear
and the development OF her OWN selfish In
dividualism before her eyes. could in this
HIST find sufficient material to transform
herself into the ambiguous type of modern
woman. the suffragist, short-skirted, ath'
letic and progressive"
These factory gtrls. who had before then
the prospect and back of them the memory
OF years, of toll and Of needs-let US say
'wants'-yoted in the majority-an the
large majority-voted for hot food, first O;
all; second, for ventilation and clean floors
third, for short hours.
After this the figures are 30 divided tina,
they yield no great point Of interest 7,
may be noted that calisthenics go WAY
down in the list, which proves that the ath.
letic woman. the SPORT Is not at a hipl
premium in the laboring class, or, possibly
It reveals that the working woman is toe
tired to develop herself physically.
I Blu. it shows US surely, in INV bunh,s
opinion, not that gymnastics and BibIt
, classes and amusements and education ar,
undesirable things. but that for a vomar
who works from ffty-four to sixty-sf,
hours a week they are only wants
scarcely needs.
AMERICAN WORKMAN ASKS TO
BE PROPERLY ENv1RONED.
] The want deals primarily with the hod,,
which must win its daily bread and claim