FEMALE MECHANICS.
"'" ,r " : **• ■'' : '-' ' '•» " ■■ v.- ' >■■'■"■ The Brattlehoro, Vt^ « Standard'***' lates ,^he following anecdote. of^=in brg^h mauufaciurer who employs wo. men m his faotoiyf — <iQersairiJ of'hw wor^mop Jau<Hly cemplain'ed ; that' woWtn^had neither the strengtj. nor ■ skill iojt the duties agiigned them, !
They Panted to the orgins into which women's had gone and declared that they were failures j that any skilled ear could detect inferior workmanship, Ac..' The grumbling continued for moptbs, and, finally, the malcontents 'came to the deacon* counting-rojm and declared that they woald not be employed any longer m a factory where such frauds upon the public were permitted. At this the good Baptist brother became righteously indignant, and hurled at them a bewildering rejoinder m words like these: •You wiirbe:^p^iToff;*a^you-may letfvp as/seonjaa^ycjuVlike. While you were out _ carefully selected the pieces of niachinei^S men and Vjlaced\%m r 'o_ ; jrou* jrork benches, puitihg your worJr uppu those of the' womenj T_^ brgansybu have praised coatain- the women's work, while those you bare declared unit to sell contain your pwn." l
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 279, 29 October 1883, Page 2
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170FEMALE MECHANICS. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 279, 29 October 1883, Page 2
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