INFORMATION FOR WORKING WOMEN.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8924, 4 November 1890, Page 4

INFORMATION FOR WORKING WOMEN.

It is a boast often heard that there are a greater variety of occupations open to wome'a nowadays than evci before. Yet the fact is not without its draw backs," for women are thus tempted into scores of positiooß for which they are not fitted, with much consequent misery. Thousands of girltf, especially in America, sit all day hammering: at* type- writers and telegraph instruments, Btand on their feet for a dozen hoars at a stretch in shops and stores, and bend over -desks at some sort of writing, till their mnecleß and. be^d ache, together. In both England aqd America they labour .in factories lung hoare over . bard . and monotonous tasks, often in a fearfully bad atmosphere, and for fcmall wages. Wh'en tbe^break down, the eipenjpejql bHyidg physicians, coupled witn other cqsJb of illness, is apt to con sanie their little eavings. Theiefore any information which will enable them to lessen such ap outgo, must be welcomed by the host of working women. On this point a recent letter received by Us tray throw a ray of light. The' writer says : " When a women has to depend upon her fingers solely for a living it is a terrible thing to fall ill, even though it may be only: for a few daj a or weeks. This was n.y own situation when 1 was first taken bad about ten years ago. 1 ' began with what I shall have to desoribe as a heavy, sinking feeling at the pit of tbe stomach, and senßation of giddiness and faiotness whilst at meals. On rising from tbe table I would often be attacked with palpitation of the heart, which beat so I didn't know what to do with myself. Some day I would not eat a mouthful of solid food, so much afraid was lof the pain it gave me. I have gone without food for three consecutive days and nights, till I thought I must surely starve. At the same time the desire to | eat was so great I could have clutched ! eagerly at the hardest piece of stale | bread.. I got so bad I had to lie in bed for days, and grew so weak I could scarcely raise myself on my elbows. I consulted doctor after doctor ; I think I must have had not less than a dozen altogether. One called my illness by one name, and the others by other names. No two of them agreed as to what it really was that ailed me. None of them did me any good, tboagh my r&oney went fast enough to pay them, and to buy tbe medicine they ordered, " One day I caw in the Christian Age an account of Mother SeigePe Curative 8j rap. Yet how could I believe it ? I bad trusted and hoped, arid been deceived so often. Unless — which seldom happens r- people^ get the rjj,bt__a,edicine, i ,at JirßJj, % \»» wqudur to qae how they ever ee.t, it \t ii% What made me, ftei; that MJotfiefr Siege's remedy : mlghtTje 0% use I '3oVa*t know ; but I think it was because it was discovered and made by a good woman who bad been cared toy it herself. At all events I sent for it and began to take ii. Up to the time when I write this letter 1 have token.it fceven we^ke, -and ib» change it has^rodncjed. jail who know me. The pain about my heart haja entirely gone, and I gain strength every day." None— The writer of the; jstjove letter rtqnea.tea that her name should not be published. We feel bound to respect her wishes, although we nave no doubt she will consent to our 'giving her name and addre«B to any of her own sex who may desire to. write to 'her, either directly or through us. A Bomewbat similar cassis that of Mrs. Annie AVeßtj of Manor Road, Bournemouth', Hants, who. w.riieti under a late da'e: I desire to inform yon of my wonderful recovery after taking Mother BeigePa Curative Syrup. I waß so low bb to be unable to rise irom my bed, and thought I should never Btand on my feet again. But by ' the bleßeing of God, and use of tbe Syrup, lam so iar recovered as to be able to return.to work. lam a poor' widow and ha?e ta.work for, my living, and have on. one or two occasions sold some of my things to buy Seigel's B,)rup. !Fwr ye^ajc'd I'cduld not keep any food down and Buffered from terrible headache. Now- Uaat I ata well once more, I , qbail „toon •' earn back n Lu~ridred times over tho pnee wf tbe gqojl niediciae that dtovq away my complaint." 4