Milford chronicle., 1904-09-09

peH7'' y mntber's benedcent influence on
her children.
The working Woman
Weld TO no man in my adInlru u'iOn
for the Girl who, being left IatneIieSS
and having no brothers capable .,
oa,ning n livelihood for the bereaVeu
esmilv goes forth to toll for the sup
MORT of her widowed mother ana nei
fatherless brothers and sisters: 'any
a noble girl is doing that ana desel .
IN he honored for her cOnd1%: Many
a GIRL unsought in marriage seeing nel
fotber gradually losing by age MS
conacitv for work, takes up the Dur-
den of helping to provide TOT Tue
family which he is no longer aoie "
hear alone. All honor to her tor tne
assistance she is rendering, ana loI
the sympathy and reverence lor nei
Parents which she displays in renew
ing them of care and anxiety. Many
widow. clinging to her children anu
shrinking from the pam OF ua'i"5
tbam scattered in the charitable homes
of relatives or friends, finds employ
ment by which she can support ana
educate them and fit them for tAelr
duty in life. God bless and helP al
such and give them the strength they
need for their arduous lot! They should
have our hearty sympathy ana our
cordial help in their self sacrincins
labor.
But the spectacle of what such wom-
en- are doing has stirred the amDltloh
Of another class Of women. These are
they who voluntarily and by choice
elect TO do a mans work in the world.
In order that they may escape the
drudgery Of domestic service or the
WEAKNESS of school teaching or In Or
der to obtain money for extrayagant
dress and ornament or for luxuries
which their fathers cannot provide
they thrust themselves into business
pursuits, displacing some man VINO
was earning a higher salary, and they
help to depress the market rate OF
wages.
protest against a system which
makes it impossible for a strong, able
bodied man to find work, forcing him
10 stav at home and live upon his
young daughters earnings when they
themselves should be at school or help
ing their mothers at home. There are
only two ways to rectify this evil. EN-
ployers should hire their employees
in two ways. First, when an applicant
comes for a place give the preference
to men who are husbands and fathers
and the heads of families; second, alb
solutely refuse to employ any young
girl In a store or factory unless that
young girl is fatherless, brotherless
and has others dependent upon her for
support. 1t is high time that some of
our female clerks who are working in
stores for little extra spending money
should 90 back to their homes and
domestically help to care for their
mothers and fathers and younger sis
ter and brothers, where they belong.
Labor Problems of Today.
The aflictions Of the industrial work
ers of America are very great. Indeed,
l sometimes think they are about as
badly off in America today as were the
Israelitles in the Egyptian capital over
three thousand years ago. In blunt
way l have tried to present three or
four of the difficult labor problems
which confront the laboring classes of
America at the present time. Do not
however, even for moment suppose
that I consider these problems and 9th
ers like them impossible of solution
The same God who led the children OF
Israel out of their enslavement will YET
lead his American children to freedom
from their industrial troubles. In 1898
from the top of the great pyramid OF
Gizeh, had two visions. In the first
vision looked toward the ruins of the
capital of Memphis, in the midst OF
which l saw Pharaohs palace, where
lived the cruel tyrant Isawthe mighty
river Nile changed literally into a river
Of blood. l heard the cries of anguish
as the poor Hebrew slaves grOaned
and moaned in torture. But then
turned and looked to the far north
In my second vision saw another
sight, for there l saw the promised
land of Canaan. I saw Moses an(
Joshua. l saw Jerusalem cleaning il
the glowing sun. l saw the rich grape;
Of Eschol. l saw David and Solomon
in all their glory. AS Moses led th'
children Of Israel out of Egypt anC
through the Red sea, see some othel
man, heaven sent, as was Moses, raiset
up to lead the American laborers anC
American capitalists out Of their self
ishnesses and meannesses. see Amer
lea in my second vision as the land O
true freedom. see all men, both Ia
borers and capitalists, living togethe
in harmony and love all living a
Christ woIld have them live. May al
of US, whether we work in brOadclotl
or in overalls, try to speed that millen
nial day by doing to our brothers a
we would have our brothers do to us
Then all labor troubles will not b.
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