The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1920-03-11

tory and Office they spend their days.
In 1900, 1873 per cent of all the
women in the nation were engaged
in gainful occupations other than ag-
riculture. $4,000 young women con-
tribute their labor to the industrial
life OF Chicago. Fall River has a
population Of l04, 1868, Of whom 49,
no are wage earning women. Low
ell has an enrolment Of II, 800 wage
earners, Of whom 5000 are women.
New York City has 100000 women
workers; Iowa has 100000, Michigan
10000. and New Jersey has $50, 900
sixteen years of age and over. A
recent report gives one Texas city
$4,000 and another 10000 young
women wage-earners.
In many cases these have become
wage-earners because of necessity.
Thousands Of them have no home of
their own, hence, are thrown upon
their own resources and the only
thing 10 do is work Again: their
presence in industrial life is due in
organization Of civilization. The wife
no longer spins and weaves the fam
ily's supply of clothing. These are
made by the factory and purchased
from the merchant. The making Of
butter and cheese has been trans
ferred to the creamery; the cannery
cans the fruit, and the baker deliv-
ers the bread and cakes TO our door.
We have transferred the activities
Of the home 10 factory and store and
thither go the daughters, wives and
mothers to supply the demand for
the labor once done in the home.
Quite naturally the daughter seeks
some means of expressing the inner
ent energy Of mind and body and so
turns to some gainful occupation.
This breaks up the solidarity Of
spirit of sympathy and cooperation
the home. Unity of effort and the
are fearfully weakened, and in many
instances lost sight of altogether.
Daily absence from the home ST.
lently but surely weakens the deep
err affection for ii, and interest turns
elsewhere. II is significant fact,
and universally true, that great num-
bers of our working girls who marry
continue their work in preference TO
the quiet and retirement Of the home.
In such cases there is danger that
the wife may forget that marriage
Is the most precious Of human rels-
tons; that the home has the first
claim upon her; that motherhood Is
woman's queenliest crown.
This by no means intimates that
woman's activities should be restrict
ed TO the home. Her influence has
been welded nightly p the social
and moral spheres for the uplift of
humanity. but we must recognize the
fact that society pays terrible price
for the economic activities OF woman
when such activities lead TO the
weakening Of the home.
With the toiling wife and mother.
it's influence on the home goes deep
or still. and strikes still more VI !
tai point. When she Is absent from |
the home, family life Il broken up,
home loses it's charm and almost be- |
comes a meaningless word.
Nature has not endowed the av-
erage woman with physical strength |
necessary TO carry properly the large
social and economic burdens plus the |
cares Of the home. The average moth
~ thids herself wearied from the or |
binary round ~ family cares during |
the day, often her face besrays a /
csfs-woFn expression ~ the evening |
shadows fall and the days work u !
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efisn goes ch.ldIsss. hat In ease chill. |
lfsn a. come, they come with lower.
ID vitality. the price of the heavy |
nufdpns borne ~ ths mother. ini
.iihsf e.ssi ses'sls salFss .ed The |
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