New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-29
ECONOMIC VALUE OF HER WORK.
Place Of Woman in the Industrial Field
Described by Miss Shaw.

Nobody Will ever hear me say anything against
the man dressmaker" said the Rev. Anna Howard
shaw. IN her lecture al the Brooklyn Institute on
Friday evening you know" she said how
meekly and timidly We have been asking women
d~essmakers for years - We might not have a
pocket And they always said. so severely. Don't
you know there's no place in the modern gown
Tor pockets?
We'll after many years OF hard work, saved up
money enough 20 90 10 man dressmaker And
really, he a most estimable person. He was
the most ladylike gentleman have ever seen. After
while ne got down on his knees Now, have
read poetry enough TO know that when man
gets on his knees 10 a woman she has the advan-
tage OF him. So 7 said vimorously 'Could-could
have pocket why certainly. ma'am' he said
as many you want
"'Oh could I have two I exclaimed why
certainly said he
and here they are" And Miss Shaw drew back
certain folds OF tailored gown and displayed two
pockets into which she fondly thrust her hands.
while her audience laughed aloud
You'll never get me to say anything against a
mar drossnalzer as long as those pockets last, %
she said.
Miss Shaw was discussing IN this. the second
lecture 0f her course. The Economic Value Of
Womers Work" I'm SO doing she canvassed the
invasion os men iuto feminine fclds. and her ma
i've humor dubbed over.
'T know man who owns "a millinery shop IN
and not q woman among them. u always strikes
ne es humorous 20 see two hundred pound man
trimming bet about as big hts hand. At least.
r. is about as hig as that when he begins. But
when be finishes ten acre lot wouldn't cover - =
IT'S IN front % you az the theatre.
Since history began IL has been considered the
frl duty of woman TO cook. That has been three
iourths Of her lfe mission in the past But travel
Up and down the country as CO and see who cooks
ior YOU IN Restaurants. hotels and the homes OF The
wealthy Man. proud man, is tire cook par excel
ience to-day. Only. man is never q cook
woman who cooks IS "a cook whether she is
tooa bad or Indifferent az her trade But a man
nIo cooks is always "a chef or professor OF GU
mary arr and a cook gets s. q week and a chez
- ~" a year. Tor many years the chef at the
'--'Al house i1 ho@t0n rot the same salary as
vac pesidenJ OF Harvard.
"e read thar i1 The cd Greek cities a cook
'0-snt me same price as o PHILOSOPHER IN the
- market So we may see how the Athens OF
- Heaos upon the heels Of her classic name
Gent" o''A as Hlsh as college presi-
vvo-.-- slaN led uD TO this by a concise review OF
work from the beginning
primitive DAYS man was The 5sfens,,,s ana
--,s'e FORCE she said: woman was the only
-. sAe was the productive and inventive
ho,,s ! - "orlc. She was the nrst carpenter and
,,- 'lsfi The first toolmaker and manufact-
cisr-.s an man took uD her Industries ana spe-
a 49,. ''7,l ne seems 20 have Invented them. AS
- o. Tact. there Is not an Industry in the
b.,s. -as that cannot be traced back TO the
s ~ o. primitive woman And It Is wonder
ms ~ al perfection she carried some OF her
~ sises,-o asketry and weaving. prOduced under
'Nov- ffa.-tages they were
chs1res ~ ana when did this state OF affairs
trba f,,--tt changed az the exact moment when the
pro5Yce ~ IT was prOnta BILE for the men 70
hem -s-..les than % fight other tribes and steal
srrop -A man laid down the spear aud bow and
poYpbet-e own weapons, took up the hoe and
ns1fe -. me wOmans most important imple-
cor+. lAoie ihat agriculture had been Of no ac-
As .-y war and hunting had been OF account.
ri-Irr- as men began 20 cultivate the soil. agri-
nor5-- iesin 10 be 81 account and a mans iTn-
hose - .estn 10 De reclOned by the Land or the
tst.s- las been So with every Industry men have
49, W ~ the hands o. women-and they have
t.lefn al out one after another.
"a assumption OF any lire OF Wornau's work
rair. ill4-tilately given that work economic
hon ~ len spinning and weaving were done at
firt...t-l'5 hal no economic value, any more than
arl o.-.NB has now A. az men put spinning
I'it 3D. factories they assumed great eco
~ falle. 20 matter how much women spun and