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WORKING FoR A LIvINe.-The following
excellent article in the "Offering," edited by
the Factory Girls of Lowell, breathes the right
spirit:


whence originated the idea that il was de-
rogatorry TO ladies' dignity, or blot upon fe
male character, 10 labor7 And who was the
irst TO say sneeringly, "Oh, she works for
livingW Sure such ideas and expressions
ought not TO grow on American soil The
time has been, when ladies Of the FIRST rank
were accus .omed TO busy themselves in do
mestlc employment Homer tells US Of prin-
cesses who used to draw from the springs aud
wash with their own hands the finest linens OF
thslr respective families Lucrelia used 10 spin
IN the midst Of her attendants and the wife
OF Ulysses, after the siege Of Troy, employed
herself ~ weaving until her husband returned
from IIhica,"