Show WOMANS WORLD IN paragraphs ie skilled labor we are Deit loed to conquer say ia bieron ri eron miss bolle pierson a compositor on tho now albany ledger has lately been appointed detato organizer of tho federation of labor tor indiana A lato number of the courier journal contains a delightful sketch of this young lady gallant colonel henri Watter sona paper hae alfaye a good word for women workers it is the duty of miss pierson in her new office to travel from town to town in indiana call mass meetings make speeches and organize associations of working people from the courier journals sketch we find that miss pierson has pluckily supported herself at typesetting since the ago of 10 she now supports her mother also from setting type many a printers ambition has soared to preparing tho matter that is put into type and this aspiration has struck miss pierson too she writes considerably for the on labor questions particularly those matters in which workers of her own sex aro con sho expresses it her firm conviction that in the departments depart menta of skilled labor women are bound to conquer so they are but one statement I 1 regret to find this brave bright girl making it is that woman is womans worst enemy in the labor ranks and that when a girl engages in a work hitherto done only by men she is hindered as much as possible by her own I 1 have not found it so certainly I 1 have found that the dearest warmest truest with working women aro women themselves perhaps in that funny but rigid system of casto prevalent in small towns a printer girl would be looked down on by lazy girls and married women who call themselves the social leaders of the ridiculous little aristocracies they always sot up but in the great throbbing life of the city people of intelligence are recognizing the dignity and worth of the woman who earns her own living miss sons statement about being against working women reminds me however of an experience of my own in a certain tunny little town it was a village of a few hundred inhabitants fate and my own adventurous disposition had set me down there 1 determined ter mined to learn typesetting at tho of the village newspaper two or three women who regarded themselves of m oro importance than the vanderbilt and astor ladies havo over seemed to do disapproved of the idea I 1 was waited on and informed in due order that the ladies would never think so much of me again ay iy caro tp with went u be sure to do it I 1 1 it amused me bot a little thill was going to bit on inc ft alwayn ia amuse when anybody lua luaiki ii woman tries to sit on let me say this for tho comfort eonia who fear to do some work on which their hearts wt for dread mrs grundy will frowd ao bravely on do your chosen burk royally and splendidly with all your soul la it let nothing discourage you and by and by you will make a success of it then mrs grundy will chiae to you and lay her choicest laurels at conr feet it gives ono a feeling of pride and triumph to know that every portion of the beautiful building devoted to the department at tho woride fair waa designed by women its construction en per intended by women aud its content arranged under the direction of women we do not hoar the expression a woman of masculine intellect so much we did any more women have come to that point in the worlds development they are allowed tobago intellects intel lecta of their own the late mrs F 0 etting of phila delphia made a groat success in the buel noss of raising freeh eggs for market she went into it extensively taftt she spent in incubators chicken houses etc but she realized over 20 per cent profit on her investment annually dont fall into that lazy despicable way of saying that men can learn things and understand things that women cannot say always I 1 can understand anything that a man or anybody else can mrs harriet strong of whittler cal last year raised plumea of the beautiful pampas grass so much used in decoration and sold them newly all one million will adorn the buildings of the worlds fair and she exported to europe mrs strong lias been the first person to grow these pampas plumes extensively ten au north america formerly they all came from south america the last presidential campaign was lucky for mrs strong of the plumes being used ill parades and decorations mrs beazley a philadelphia woman invented tho cooperage machine which turns out thousands of perfectly finished barrels eveia day she is also the in peutor of a life raft chich be tossed into the sea in any shape but will always right itself instantly and float safely it contains pockets which the aea cannot enter that are always filled with water and provisions for use of tho shipwrecked the subjects chosen for public lectures by miss cora A benneson graduate of michigan university and member of the illinois bar show what women are thinking about one of her lectures id on the of hawaii another about our diplomatic relations with china and the restriction of chinese immigration the arkansas building at tho chicago fair was planned by a young lady miss jean loughborough gb who also had charge of its construction the marquis of continues bis crusade in favor of a plurality of wives but the noble marquis is very narrow selfish and one sided in Us views he is quite also to allow a plurality of husbands hus banda the president of aho mount pleasant national bank is a woman mrs annie moore i ELIZA |