Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-08-30
FRENCH BUSINESS WOMEN.
How Women Have their rights /
Paris.

ratls correspondence ofthc baltimore Amoricau.
In examining the French department.
II great many Of the exhibitors appear
before the jury accompanied hv their
wives, who take MI active part III de-
Scrlhing the moacut manufacture ot the
goods, and eNpatlate most voluhly ON
their superiority aud the useS Tor which
they are intended In many cases il is
evident That tho wife Is the master mind
ui the establishment. and knows more
about the business than the husband.
II is II Wcll.knoMn fact that there are
few really prosperous business men III
Paris who do not owe il great deal Of
their success to their wives, Indeed,
there arc very fcw establishments in
Paris, wholesnleor retail III which wo-
men do not occupy most OF the impor
hnt positions vi trust and responsibility.
III many Of tEc largest and most suc-
cessiul establishments the wife Is the
principal business manager American
merchants who como here annually to
buy goods state that they transact most
Of thcr business with the wives Of the
merchants, who are generally ON du;y
IN the wholesale houses during business
hours. When purchasing goods nearly
MI important questions are answered Ivy
the female clerks or snlcswomcn, the
made clerks beng mostly engaged III the
handling of goods, leaving nll tho braun
work foI the women. In many eases
the wife is called Upon t. make agree.
mcnts or answer questions when the
husband II present indicating that she
is the BRAINS of the establishment
Jennie June would 10 delighted with
this feature Of lnrlsinn life, though she
would like Ia SEQ tho signs changed and
madamcs mime substituted for that Of
the husband However, there are
many widows who continue 70 conduct
tic business Of their late husbands, and
some Of them IN their own names.
There can be no doubt that the average
French woman n superior 10 tho aver
age French man N business tact and
enterprise, IA she il also superior til
him III physical development and nd.
dress. When passing thc small stores
at night the wife il seen ~ thc desk,
pen III hand, keeping books, and thous-
ands oi thcsnallcr stores IN Paris are
kept by women. Theyundoubtedly have
great business capacity, energy, and en-
tcrprise, aud take more than their full
share IN supplying the means for the
maintenance Of the household. 4
French man remarked III our hearing
the other day that hc believed there are
~ many women III Paris who support
their husbands ~ there ARE husbands
who support their wives. The prudent
wife manages to live free Of rent by
renting Hat of rooms and sub-lctting
enough Of them To pay for the whole.
The American ladies who visit Paris
and spend 80 much money that they
had no part Of the earning generally re-
turn better satisfied with their lot III
life and convinced that their destiny
has been moro fortunate than that Of
most Of the sisterlOod IL the Old World.
However, il business woman is seldom
an unhappy woman, as the business
man who makes money IS more happy
and contcntcd than the man WHO does
nothing but sauandcr money that he
did not make.
Mn. ~ GAr1oS says as reported in
the Royal Geographical proceedings,
that lie has no doubt that an extension
Of the methods Of illustrating the facts
~ physical geography arc used by
Prof. 1yndall and Pr. Carpenter on u
small scale, and on lecturc-room table
ID perfectly feasible. Thus ~ every
thandershower shows III the streets the
phenomena Of erosion aud deposition,
he has no doubt that, on u lcctnre-able,
with 4 can ~ supply water, and with 4
certain quantity Of sand, gravel, and
clay all tie main phenomena Of river
action, such rs the sitting Of materials,
the qualification Or deposits, and the
formation of deltas, might be success
fully shown.