WORKING FOR A LIVING.
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The following excellent article in the OFFER
ing, edited by the factory girls of Lowell,
breathes the right spirit


"Whence originated the idea that it was
derogatory to a lady's dignity, or a blot upon
female character, to labor? And who was the
first to say sneeringy, 'Oh, she works for a
living Surely, such ideas and expressions
ought not to grow on republican soil! The
time has been when ladies of the first rank
were accustomed to busy themselves in domes-
tic employment. Homer tells us of princesses
who used to draw water from the springs, and
wash with their own hands the finest of the
linens Of their respective families. The famous
Lucretia used to spin, in the midst of her at
tendants; and the wife of Ulysses, after the
siege Of Troy, employed herself weaving until
her husband returned from Ithaca"