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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1900-3-15, Page 5LABOR IS HONORABLE rICOUSeging Words to VVOtTlee Who Work. NO HAPPINESS IN IDLENESS. • Ta1mal:e Doolaros That There 1 No justioo in tho Prinoiplo That Wonion $h all Peouivo 01.1y Half or Two -Thirds P.ky for the Fame Work as Mon. Washington, March 11, --- dis- oourse of Dr. Talmage is an appeal for mercy in behalf of opPressed \vonianhood, and offers encourage- ment ,to those' strugglingfor a live- lihood; text, E'cclesiastes iv, 1, "Be- . hold the tears of such as' were op' pressed, and they had no comforter." Very long ago the needle was busy. 11 was consetered honorable for WO - men to toil in olden times. AleXall- der the Great stood, in lds'Place showing garments made by his. own mother, The finest tapestries at Bayeux were'inade by the queen of William the Conqueror.Augustus the emperor would aot wear any gar- ments except' those that were fas- hioned by some niember of his royal family. So let the toiler everyadiere be respected! The needle has slain more than the sword. When the sewing machine was :invented, some thought that in- vention. \vould alleviate woman's toil and put an end to the despotism of the needle. But no; while the SOW- kig machine has, been a great blessing to well to do families 111 many cases, it has added to the ,stab of the need- le the crush of' the wheel, and multi- tudes of women, notwithstanding the re -enforcement of the sewing mach- ine, can only make, work hard -as they will; between $2 and $8 a week. The grea.test blessing that could have happened to our first parents was being turned out of Eden after they had done wrong. Adam and Eve in their perfect stale might have got along without work or only such slight employment as a Per-fedt gar- den with no weeds in it demanded, but as soon as they had sinned the best thing for them was to be ti rn- ed. out where they would have to work. "We know what a withering thing it is for a ‘man to have noth- ing to do. Of the 1,000 prosperous and honorable men that you know 999 had to work vigorously at the 'beginning. nut I am liONV tO tell you that industry is just as import, - ant fer 0 womaa's safety and happi- ness. The most unhappy women in our communities to -day are those who have no engagements to call them up ia the morning:, who once having risea and breakfasted lounge through the dull forenoon in slippers down at the heel and1 w.ta c.,Siieve_- ed hair, reading the last novel, and who, having dragged through a wretched forenoon and taken their af- ternodu sleep and having passed an hour and a half at their toilet, pick up their ‘cardcase and go out to make calls, and -who pass their evenings 1. break up the tia on o o ny . Arabella waiting' for somebody to come in and )' Stuart never was imprisoned -10 so dark a dungeon as that. There is no happiness in an idle woman. It may be with hand, it may be with braM, it may be with foist, but work she must or'- be wretched forever. The little girls of our families must be started with that idea. , The curse of American society is that. Our young women are taught that the first, second, third; fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, tenth, fiftieth, thousandth thing in their hie is to get somebody to take care of them. Instead of that the first les-. son should be how under Cod they - may take care of themselves. The simple fact is that a majorityof them do have to take care cif them- selves and that, too, after having through the false notions of their parents wasted the years in which they ought to have learned how suc- cessfully to maintain themselves. We now and here declare the inliurn- anity, cruelty and Outrage of that father and mother' who pass their daughters into womanhood having' given them no facility for, earning their livelihood. Mine. de Steel, said, "It is not these writings that I am proud of, but the fact that I 'have facility in ten oc- "eupetions in a,ny oneof which I could make a livelihood." You say you have a fortune to leave them. 0- man and woman! 1 -lave you not • learned that, like ' vultures, like hawks, like eagles, riches have awings and fly away? Though you should be successful in leaving a competen- cy behind you, the 'trickery of exec:ti- p:at may swamp it in a .night, or some officials in our churches may get up a mining company and induce " your orphans to put their money into . a hole in Colorado and if by the most skillful nmehinery the .sunken money cannot be brought 'up again prove to .thein that it Was eternally decreed that that was the way they were to lose it and that it went in the most orthodox and: heavenly style. There are Women toiling in oso "e5 cities for $2 or $e a week Who were the daughters. of merchant princes. These suffering ones now would be glad to have the crumbs tha,t once Id ll from 'their father's table, That • wornouti broken shoe that ,she Wears is the lineal descendant of the $12. gaiter in welch her mother Walked, and that torn And faded calico had ancestry of magnificent brecade' that swept Pennsylvania S avenue- ,and Broadway clean Without any expense to the street commissioners. Thongh you Bye in an elegant resi- dence and fare sumptuously every day , lot your daughters feel it .is a, di's- graee,for them not 10 know how to works I denounce the idea preval- ent- in society that, though our .young women may embroider slippers and crochet and make mats for lamps , to stand an without disgrace, the , idea of doing anything or ,a liveli- hood is dishonorable. It Is se shame for a young Woman belonging to a large, fetidly to be inefficient 1. "hert her father, toils his life away for her pupport, It is a shame for a daugh- ter to be idle While 4.gr mother toils at the Washtub. It ie ,as hohorable to sweep house, ratlike beds Or trine hats as it is tso twist a watch (elate'. So , far as I can understand, the lino of respectability lies between that which is usciful and that which is useless. If women do teat which is of no value, their work is honor- able. If they do practical work, it Is dishonorable. That our yotaig women may escape the censure of do - file* dishonorablci, work', 1 han par- ticularize. You may knit a tidy for the back of an armchair, but by no means make the money wherewith to buy the 'chair. You May With a de- licate brush beautify a mantel orna- ment, ,but die rather than earn en- ough to ,buy a marble mantel. Y. cu. may learn artistic enueic until you can ,equall Italian, Out never sing, "Ortoaville" or "Od Htmciredthee Do nothing practical if you wonld, in. the eye e of refined society, preserve' your eespeetability. 1 scout these finical notions. I tell you a woman, no, more than a Man, has a 'right to occupy a place in this world Unless she p03 5 a rent for it. If 'we want a place in this world, we muse earn. it. The partridge makes its own nest before it oceupies it: The lark by its morning songs earns its -breakfast before it eats it, and the Bible gives an 10 111 that the first duty of an idler is to starve when it says, "If , he will net work, neither sluelt Ise ant." Idle- ness ruins the health, and very soon nature says: "This man has, refused 'to pay his rent. Out with him!" Societyis to be yeeonstrticted on the subject of ev:oanan's toil. A vast majority of those Who would hal.' woman industrious shut her up to a , few kinds of work, My judgment in this matter is that a wome,n has a right to ,de anything she Call, do well. There should be no depart- ment of merchandise, mechanism, art or science barred agailist her. If Miss Flosnier has genius for sculpture give her a chisel. If leosa Bonheur has a fondness for delineating ani - Ma's, let . her make "The Horse Paie." If Miss :Mitchell 'will study estronomy, let her mount 'the starry ladder: If Lydia Will be a merchant, let her sell purple. If Lucretia ;Mott will preach the gospel, lee her thrill with ,her womanly eloquence the Qua- ker meeting house. It, is said if woman is given such opportunities she Will oceupy ' places that might be taken by men. I say if she have more, skill and adapted- ness for any position than a man has, let her have it! She has as much right to her bread, to her ap- parel and to her home as men have. But it is said that her nature is so delicate that she is unfitted for exhausting tojl. 1 sk in the name of all past history what toil Orl 'earth is more seeere, eximusting and, tremendous than that toil of the needle to which for ages she has beerasubjected? 'The batter- ing ram, :the .sword, the . earls ine, the battleax, have made no such havoc as the needle. 1 eSould that these living sepulchers in which, women have for ages been buriedmight- be opened sand that some reeoreection trunipet might bring up these living corpses to elle fresh air and sunlight. ' Go with me and I will show you a woman who by hardest toil supports her children, her drunken husband, her old' father and mother, pays her house rent, always has wholesome food on her table, and when she can get some neighbor on the Sabbath to come in and take .care ...of her family appears in churoh with hat and cloak that are far from, indicating the toil to which she is subjected'. Such a wonian as that has body and soul enough to fit her for any posi- tion. She could stand beside the majority of your salesmen and dis- pose of more. goods. She could go into . your wheelwright shops and beet one-half ef your w-orkmen at making earriages., We talk about women as thougheve had resigned to her all 'the light work and ,ourselves had shouldered the heavier. But the day of judgment, which will iseveal the sufferings of the, stake and inqui- sition, will marshall before the throne of God and the hierarchs of heaven the martyrs of washtub and needle. ' I go still further and say that -wo- man should have equal compensation with elan. By what, principle 91'eus- tice is it that WOnlea in ma.ny of our cities get ordP two-thirds as much pay as men and in many cases only 'half? , Here is a gigantic. injus- tice—that :for work equally, .well if not better done w-einan receives far less compensation than man. Start with the national government. Wo- men clerks in Washington get' $900 for doing that for which men receive $1,800. , The wheel of 'oppression is rolling over the necks of thousands of worrier' who are ,at this moment in despair about 'what they are to do. Many of the largest mercantile estab- lishments' of our cities are accessory to these abominations, and from their 'large establishments there are scores of souls being pitohed' off into death, and their employers 'know it, Is there a God? Will there be a judg- ment? 'I tell you if ,God rieres up to redress woman's wrongs many of our large establishments will be swallow- ed up quicker than a, South American earthquake ever took down a city. God will catch these 'oppressors be- tween thetwo millstones. 'of . his wrath and grind them to povider. Why is it that a' female principal In a School gets only $825 for doing work for which a male principal gets $1,650? I hear from all this larid the Wail ' of womanhood. Man has 'notli- ing to answer to that wail but ,fiat- teries. Ile sttys she is an angel. ,She 'is, not. She knows she is not. She is a human being who gets hungry, When she has no food. and cold When She hes rie fire, Give her no Mare hattekies.. Give .her justice. Oh, the thousaede of sewing girlet Across the sunlight eoinee their death groan.. It is not such' d cry 'as eomee from those who ere suddenly hulled out of life, but ta slow, grinding, horrible wasting away i Gather them before you look into theie faces, pinched, ghastly, hunger struck. ItOok at their fingers, needle pricked and ,blood tipped. See ch it prelim tiire stoop in the shoulders. Hear that dry, hacking, merciless cough. At a large meeting of these women held in PhiladelPhla grand speeches were livered, but 4 'needlewoman tole the stand, threw aside her ' faded shawl and with ber shriveled arm hurled a very thunderbolt of eloquence, sPeak- big out the horrors of her oeva eX- perieece. Years ago, one Sabbath night an the vestibule of our church, after ser- vice, 0 woman fell in convulsioue. The doctor said elle needed medicine not so much as sonic:thing to eat. As ,he began to revive , in her delirithe she said gaspingly: hEight cents! I Wish I could get it done. I tem so tired. I wish I could get some sleep, but I must get it done. Eight contel Ellett cents '' We found afterwards. that she was making garments eats 8 cents apiece ,and 11 at she could melee i but three of them n a day. Hear it! Three times eight: are 24. I-Iear it, men and women who have comfort- able hairiest Some of the worst vie. liens of our cities are the employers of these women. They beat them down to the last Penny and try to cheat theui out of that. The woman` must deposit a dollar or two before she gets the garments to work on. When the work is done, it is sharply inspected, the most insignificant flaws picked out and the wages refused and sometimes the dollar deposited not given back. The Women's Protective union reports a case where one of the poor souls, finding a place where she 5ou1d get inore wages, resolved to change employers and went to get her pay for work done, The employ- er said, "I hear you are going to leave me'?" "Yes," she said, "and I have come to get what you owe Me." He Made no answer. She said, "Are you not going to pay me?" "Yes," he said, "I will pay you," and he kicked her down stairs. Oh, that Women's Protective union! The blessings of heaven be on it for the merciful and divine work it is doing in the defense of toiling WO - manhood. What tragedies of ' suffer- ing are presented to them every day! A paragraph from their report: "Can you make Mr. Jones pay me? He owes me three weeks at $2.50 a week, and I can't get anything, and my child is very sick.' The speaker, O young woman lately widowed, burst into a flood of tears as she spoke. She was bidden to come again the next afternoon and repeat her story to the attorney at his usu- al weekly hearing of frauds and im- positions. Means were found by which Mr. Jones was induced to pay the $7.50." An paragraph: mortifi- cation may be imagined when told that ,one of the two $5 bills which she had just received for her work was counterfeit. But her mortifica- tion was swallowed up with indig- nation when her employer denied hav- ing paid her the money and insulting- ly asked her to prove it. When the Protective union had placed the mat- ter in the courts, the judge said, 'You will pay Eleanor the amount of her claim, e5.S3, and also the costs of the court." Irow are these evils to be eradicat- ed? Some say, "Give woman the ballot." What effect such ballot might have on other questions I am not here to discuss, ,but What would be the effect of fernale. suffrage on women's wages? I do not believe that woman will ever get justice by woman's ballot. Indeed women op- press women as much as mon do. Do not women, as much as men, beat down to the lowest figure the woman who seees for them? Are not women as sharp as rnen on washerwomen and milliners and mantua makers. Poeteare fond of talking about man as an oak and woman the vine that climbs' it, but I have seen many a tree fall that not only event down it- self, but took all the vines with it. I can tell you of something stronger than an oak for an ivy to climb on, and that is the throne of the great Jehovah. Single or affianced, that woman is strong who leans on God and does her best. Many of you will go single handed throligh life; and you will have to choose betweea two , characters. Young woman, I am sure you vill tuen your back upon the useless, giggling, irresponsible nonentity which society ignominious- ly aoknowledges to be a woman and ask God to make you a humble, act- ive, earnest Christian, What will be- come of that womanly disciple of the world? She is more thoughtful of the attitude,she strilces upon the car- pet than how she will look in the judgment; more worried about her freckles than her sies; more interest- ed in her apparel than in her. re- demption. The dying actress whose life had been vicious said: "The scene closes. Draw the curtaiii':'' Gener- ally the tragedy comes first and the farce afterwards, but in her life it and then the tragedy of a, wretched Millard's Liniment Lumberman's Friend, was first the farce of a ,useless life d .8712. EL E.'. git6 C.S3 • 1151 he. Sreele,I3rig SEED C.). R LEAN Unlike any other variety. Grows three-routihs, ifs length out of ground. 'Roofs larL,i,e, clean, of a beauti- .ful rcse color, flesh white, firm and of firiest feeding quality. Easily Harvels.ted EVERY GROWER SHOULD TRY IT. Weat an English expert says of this new Royal I Giant" Sugar Beet ; I should like to express my highest opinion of the G, special strain of Sugar Beet you Chewed me e: .a.tyour: trial grounds. I have never seen any- .; L- thing so uniformly good before, size, form and / weight are /perfect, and there is absolutely no I E: LCIIel waste. For dairy farmers in a country like yours it rnust , be simply invaluable" CUALany/ng cut (printed in colors). tri accomp Supplied in sealed packages as represented in I Z.S Price (post-paid), Sec. per lb. SUPPLIED IN STELE, BRICCAS' SEALED PACKAGES ffi 55 anisnaugr,ar b;e9I A leading and favorite sort, supplied in sealed R10 fel T 0. packages only. ONT , Price. (post-paid) 50c, per ib. ASK YOUR DEALER FOR THEM. REMEMBER. --7f you cannot obtain Steck, Briggs' Tamous Seeds from your Resident lilercbant, send your orders' direct. EXAMINE CAREFULLY PAGES 92 TO 101 OF CATALOGUE, MAILED FREE 1111. STEELE BrilCCS SEED CO 3 a 5 12reed TORNIO, ONT. RECESIEL ' steelefieVeiSeNeeseeetWeesee From Dexter to Toronto Welcome News is Sent. Toronto, March 7.—An example of the great distance to which good news is carried, in the shortest possible period, is furnished in the letter quot- ed below. In itself the communica- • tion is deeply interesting, as showing how some people face and conquer difficulties of an apparently insur- mountable nature. ' -Dexter, Sept. 8, 1893. Arnold Chemical Co., Limited. Dear Sirs.—Kindly send me by re- turn mail, three large boxes, and four sample boxes of your pills, which I want for friends of mine. Our local physician treated me for three years and I took so much medicine, with- out effect, that I believed my case I hopless. Seeing your advertisement I decided to try Dr. Arnold's English Toxin Pills, and I must say they have made a xtew woman of me. No wo- man ever suffered more from irregu- larities and womb troubles than I did. I often had to quit my work entirely. Finally we all thought I was going into consumption. When I began us- ing your pills I weighed 97 pounds, and was so weak I could hardly stand. Now I weigh 107M pounds, and am a new woman entirely, all through using, Dr. Arnold's English 'Rain Pills, which have banished my pains and irregularities—for ever I am. eonfident. Minnie Livermore. Dr. Arnold's English Toxin Pills, the only in.eclicine that cures disease by killing the germs that cause it, are sold by all druggists, at 75ca box; sample box 25a, or sent, post , paid on receipt of price, by The AT- nold Chemical Co., Limited, Canada !Life Building, 42 King St. West, Toronto. eternity. Compare the life and death of such' a one with that of some Christian aunt that was. once a blessing to y,olir household: I clo riot know that she was, ever asked to give her hand in marriage. She lived single, that, utitrairuneled, she might be every- body's blessing. Whenever the sick were to be visited or the poor to be prtivicled with breacl she went with a blessing,. She could pray or sing "Bock 'of -Ages" foe any sick pa,uper who 'asked her. As she got older there were days when she was ,a lit- tle sharp, but for the • most part auntie was a sunbeam, just the one for Christmas eve. She knew better than auy one else' how to fix things. Her every prayer, as God heard it, was full of everybody who ' had trouble. The brightest things in all the house dropped froni her engers. See had peculiar notions, but _the grandest riotion she ever had Was to 100 10 you happy. She dressed well -- auntie always dressed well—but her highest adornment was that of a, Meek and quiet spirit, which, in the sight of Cod, is of great price. When she died, you all gathered lovingly about her, and .as srou carried eer out to rest the Sunday school ela.ss a,linostcovered her coffin Wjill japoni- cas, and tlie poor people stood at the end , of the alley, with ;their aprons to their: eyes, sebbing bit:Leidy,' and the Man 01 Ilia V orld so idi, -itit S' ol 0- ni 011, "Il'er Price was above rubies," and Jesus, as unto the maiden in ,f e den , coMmatidecl, say unto then. Sow's Mil it for Babies. A novel petition has just beau sub- •tt d to the n h chamber of tie titles by .a woman resident in the Finistere department. She proposes that steps be taken to test the quillity of soev's milk as a form of nourish- ment for babies. Donkey's milk, as is well known, is superior to cow's for the parpoee, but the employ- ment of the domestic pig has the merit of novelty. Several doctors have already pronounced in favor of the innovation, however. An Unnecessary Accomplishment,. Instructor—You are wasting your time here. You will never learn to draw. Art Student—That's all right Pm gong to be a poster artist. .6111.6.2141•NennileniZIMA.V014413.11' dICY.4110.12,11710e1 T H E wow,. JOHN LABATT, London. Are undoubtedly Testimonials froth 4 Ohomists, ie medals, 11 diplomas. The most wholesome of boveraaes, Recommended by Playsiolaties rer,sale every. veleta The buran, or snow hurricane of the Pamirs, is a metooroloeical phenome- non of great interest, Even in inidsum- mer the temperature during a snow buran frequently falls to 14 dee: f' while in the wiuter of 1892-3 it dropped to 45 degrees below zero at the end of Jan un ry. The burnt] comes with startling sud- denness, the atmosphere growing dark with whirling snowflakes where setirce- ly a minute before the sky was per- fectly clear. Deafness Cannot be Cured by local applications-, as they cannot reach the diseased lortion of the ear. There is only one way to cure Deafness, and that is by constitu- tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in-. earned condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. Wben this tube gets inflam. en you have a rumbling sound Or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed Deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and.this tube restored to its nor- mal condition, hearing will be destroyed for- ever; nine cases out of ten are caused by ca- ta rh, whiehis nothiug but an infianecl con- dition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can- not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars free. F. J. CHENEY Ss CO., Toledo, 0. serSold by Druggists, sec. Nature's Own Shoe Polish. There is a species of plant grown in New South Wales whose showy flowers contain a very large quantity of gummy juice of a black, glossy tint. Chinese ladies use it in dyeing their hair and eyebrows, and every boot worn in Java is covered with the same liquid as blacking. The great lung healer is found in that excellent modiciee sold as Bickle's Anti Consumptive S3,rup. It soothes and di- mintshes the sensibility of , the membrane of the throat anti ,.tis passages, and is a sovereign remedy for all coughs, colds-, Lianas:less, pan or soreness in the chest, bronchitis, etc. ,It has cured many when supposed to be far adyanced 10 cousiunp- sion. Tout 1110 prath cor Once. "That fortune teller said if I paid her half a guinea she is reveal to me why I don't get rich." Dicl you give it to her?" "Yes, and she told me I had a great weakness or fooling away money." Health for the children. Antler's Worm Powders. KINARD'S LINIMENT is the only Lin he en t, asked for at my store and the only one sve,keep for sale. All the people use in. HARLIN FULTON. Pleasant Bay, C.B. ' Another Triumph—Mr, Thonine S. Sunderland, writes: "For four - teed years I was afflicted with Piles; and frequently I was unable to walk or sit, and four years ago 1 was cured by using Dr. 'Thomas' Ectectric Oil. I have also been subject to letiinsy for over forty years, but Eclectric Oil cured it, and it was a pertimnent cure in both eases, as neither the Piles nor Quinsy have troubled me since." The Age of Silk. Industry. A book published in attpan 1,000 years ago notes that at that time good silk was Already produced. in 23 pro- vinees of that country. t, Milier's KAideetlyelvPi/blancekndf for 50 laltere.en Prof. Spring reports on his experi- ments of many years to explain the color of water. He has come to the conclusion that a mire bine is the natural color of water, for when we look througli a line tube filled with distilled water against a brilliant white surafce, a pure -blue is seen, such as shown by the Lake of Geneva in quiet weather, a color which is not influenced by superficial or in- terior reflection. Sure Regulators.—elandrake and dan- delion are known to exert a powerful in- fluence ou the liver and .kidneys, restor- ing them to healthful action, inducing a regular flow of the secretions tuid hnparts ing to the organs complete power to per- form their functionsl'hese valuable in- gredients enter into the composition Of Parmelee's Vegetable Pills, and serve to render them the agreeatile and sabitary medieine they arethere nee few pills s effective ns 1111\ 111 their action. The British Income Tax.. Statistiee furnished by the -lucerne tax commission of Great Britain show that out of a total adult male popula- tion of 12,500,000 more than 10,000,000 earn less than $860 a year. The in- come tax is collected at the rate of 16 ceuts on each five dollars above $860, and the total tax, which last year amounted to nearly $100,000,000, was contributed by not more than 2,000,000 people. • RflEt. Is Terribly Prevalent in Quebec, and Tortures Young and Old. Dodd's Kidney Pills the Only Cure Pox. It --They Are the Only Medicine That Removes the Cause of the Disease. Levis, P. Q., March 5.—The climate of this province is such that Rheuma- tism is a very cominou disease. Almost every family in the province suffers 'from its ravages. Young and old are victims. Thousands of people_ are crippled for life by it. A. medicine that can cure Ilheuina- tism is a God-sencl. Experience has proved the.t lini- ments and oils are of no more value than is cold water rubbed on the cheek to cure toothache. That Rheumatism is due to diseased kidneys allowing poison to remain in the blood, instead of filtering it out, has been abundantly proved by the remarkable success of Dodd's Kidney Pills, whicI& act solely on the Kid- neys, and • which have cured ever case of Rheume,tiem for which they have been used. A specimen case is that of Mr. M. L. Ilinchey, of this town, Mr. IsTilichev says e—"I have for yeare, been tortured by backache and Rheumatism. "My ease was very severe, and my sufferings very great. 'I tried several kinds of medicine but they did me no good. "I was induced to nee Dodd's Kid- ney Pills, end 1 tun happy to state that three boxes cured me, frilly and thoroug,h1v.'' If Dodd's Kidney PilIs cured this severe case of Rheumatism., they will certainly cure others. Are you a sufferer from PsheilMa- tiSM? If you are, use a box or two o 'Dodd's Kidncy Pills. They Will vol taiuly cure you.