INFORMATION FOR WORKING WOMEN.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5973, 28 October 1890, Page 4

INFORMATION FOR WORKING WOMEN.

It is a boast often heard that there are a greater variety of occupations opan to women nowadays than over before. Yet the fact is not without its drawbacks, for women are thus tempted into scores of positions for which thoy are not fitted, with much consequent misery. Thousands of girls, especially in America, sit all day hammering at typo-writers and telegraph instrument*, stand on their feot for a dozen hours at a stretch in shops and stores, and bend over desks at somo sort of writing, till their muscles and head aoho together. In both Englaud and America they labor in factories long hours over hard and monotonous tasks, often in a fearfully bad atmosphere, and for small wages. Whon thny break down, the expense of having physicians, couplod with other costs of illness, is apt to consume their littlo savings. Therefore any information which will onable them to lesson such an outgo must be welcomed by tho host of working women.

On thi* point a recent letter received by us may throw a ray bt light. Tbo writer Rays : " When a woman has to depend upon her fingers Rolely for a living it is a terrible thing to fall ill, oven though it may be only for a fow days or weeks This was my .own situation when I was first taken bud about ten years ago. It begati with what I sball have to describe ns a heavy wiuking feelinir at the pit of the stomach, and a sensation of giddiness and faiutnes whilst nt meals On rising from tbe tahln I would often bo attacked wi h palpitation of tho heart which beat so I didn't know what to do with myself Some day a 1 would not eat a mouthful of solid food, so much afraid was I of tho pain it gave mo. I have gone without food for three consecutive day. aud nights, till I thought I must surely starve At the same timo the desire to eat was _o great I could havo clutched eagerly at the hardest piece of stale bread. I got so bad I had to lie in bed for days, and grow so weak I could scarcely raise myself on my elbows. I consulted doct-ir after doctor; I think I must have had not less than a dozen altogether. Ono called my illness by one samo, and tho others by other namos. No two of them agreed as to what it really was that ailod mo. None of them did mo any good, though my money went fast enough to pay thorn, and to buy tho medicine they ordered.

" One day I saw in the Christian Ago an account of Mother Seigel's Curativo Syrup. Yet how could I believo in it? I had trusted and hoped, and been deceived so often. Unless—whioh seldom happens— people get tbo right medicine at first, it iaa wonder to me how they ever get it at all. What made mo feel that Mother Seigel's remedy might bo of some use I don't know ; but j think it was because it was dincovered and made by a good woman who bad been oured by it herself. At all events I sent for it and began to take it. Up to the time when I write this lettei I have take-n it eevon weeks, and the change it has produced has astantsbed all who know mo. The pain about ray heart is entirely gone, and I gain strength every day." Notk.—The writer of tbo abovo letter requested that her namo should not bo published. Wo feel bound to respect ber wishes, although we have no doubt she will consent to our giving her namo and address; to any of her own sex who may desire to write to her, either directly or through us. A somewhat similar caso is that of Mrs Annio West, of Manor road, Bournemouth, Hint*, who writes uudor a late date : "I desire to inform you of my wonderful recovery after taking Mother Seigt-1 . Curative Syrup. I was so low as to be unable to rise from my bed, and thought I should uever sta-id on my feet again. But by tho blessing of Gud, and the use of tho Syrup, I am so far recovered as to be able to return to my work. lam a poor widow and have to work for my living, and havo on one or two occasions sold some of my things to buy Seigel's Syrup. For years I could not deep any food down and suffered from terrible headache. Now that lem well ouco more, I shall soon earn back a hundred times over tbe prico of tho good medicine that drove away my complaint."