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Thrown On The World

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Parent Issue
Day
23
Month
September
Year
1897
Copyright
Public Domain
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A visitor in one of the government offices whero women are employed in one of our cities wa ;ed by the superintendent, an okl man wlth large experience. The last room inspected was fllled with women at work, says the Youth's Companion. The visitor remarked: "Tliis 13 a higher class oí women than that cmpioyed at the i k In somc other kind of business. TheBe women have been educated and have reflned faces and voices. I should judge they are not used to nu i ir of any kind." "i li'-y aro not," was the reply. "In almOBt every caso they i rtows or daughterg of men whose income Jied witii them, but who, whlle living, gave to their families luxuriea beyont thoir means. "That young girl by the wlndow was 3n fashionable society in New York two yeara ago. Hef tather, wlth a salary of $5,000, Hved beyond hls tnc-ans. The woman in mourning is a widow of a physk.ian whose income averaged $6,000. He probably spent 58,000. "That pale girl Is the daughter of a master builder, who lived comfortably among his oíd friends until he was selzed with politica] imbiüon. He raoved into a fine house, had his carriagc, servants and gave balls. He died and his daughter earns $12 a week, on whieh she supports her mother. There is hardly a woman here who is not the victim of the vulgar ambition whkh makes a family ape its wealthier neighbors in its outlay." "That is an ambition not peculiar to us Americans," said the visitor. "It is more common among us because in other countries social posltion depends upon birth, while here it Is usually fixed by money. How many families in every class do you know who are pretending to a larger pecuniary wealth than they have?"

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Ann Arbor Register