Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1854-09-13
Employment Of Women lin France,

| ] am induced to say word upon the very
numerous employments opel TO females in France
which are not open TO them at io,ils. The Books
ot nnetenths OF the retua ships in Paris are kent
by women. do not remember a cafe or eslamiaef
IN the city, the counter OF which is not presided
at by woman. The box Offices Of the theatre.
are tended by women-liot only tliuse OF the
evening, but tnose open during the day for the sale
of reserved places. The box openers and audience
seaters are women. And not only do women act
as sellers in such establishments as are naturallv
suited to them. bur even in groceries. hardware
stures, wood yards, fruit stures butcherirs etc.,
etc. In all these places the EeoL keeper is yto
man, fenced in and separated from the rest BY 4
framework OF glass. The ticket sellers at the
rail road stations are principally women. have
the pleasure OF purchasing seat daily of good
looking young person OF about twenty four years:
From appearances. should say she was engaged
10 the ocaductor of the four O'Clock train. Wo-
men even guard the stations and Some of the less
frequented crossings. Women cry the rate of ex-
change, every afternoon, after Bourse hours. and
more numbers ofthe Presse and the AIousquetaire
are disposed of by women than by men. | negef
yet saw news boy in France. In the porters'
lodges OF the city, there are as many potresses as
porlers and landlord would prefer 10 take. for
man without wife. In small houses, where one
person only is required, that one person Is @o.
man. Omnibus conductors submit their way bills
at the transfer offices, to women. for inspection and
ratification. Women book you for seat in the
diligence. Women let donkeys Tor rides at
Montnoreucy, and saddle them too Women
undertake the moving of furniture, agree with YOU
as to price, and you find them quiet and response.
BILE as men. Without multiplying instances, YOU
will see what number Of avenues are opened to
females here, which in America are closed. At
home. nearly all the situations attainable by them
are either menlal or involve subOrdinaon. Wo.
men are either servants clerks, operatives, walters
or type settlers The foreman is rarely woman,
if may here be allowed the expression Here.
however, females hold positions of authority,
responsibility and consideration, in the various
employments of overseers and book keepers, and
even as heads of establishments. Ii has not been
found that the weakness ofthe sex causes the empire
to be any the less enefgecally asserted, or obed-
ence to be less promptly rendered There are
other capacities in which women are employed in
France, which trust and believe would never
be accepted by women at home brigade ofs,reet
sweepers contains an equal number Of males and
females. There are female chiflouiers, and old
clo' women. complete establishment of fruit
vegetable pedlar, consists of small cart, man
to Shout and sell, and ,coman and a dog har-
messed into straps. to drag. In the country, wo-
men labor in the fields, and thrash and winnow in
the barns might say that from motive of pity,
employ an old grandmother to weed an alley,
tend a strawberry bed and hawthorn grove, in
which take an unnatural interest-consdering
that they grow on land not my own. American
women were not born for such occupations as
these but | think there are many employments
yet monopolized by nlen, to which their labor
might be usefully and conveniently Diverted
Paris Co,respondent NJ Y. Times.