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niHht NefNtCc=s
10 how great au'cxtent are women
OF various classes qualified 10 under.
take the responsibilities attached 10
Offices under Government This mes
tion may be best answered after "A CON
sdoration Of facts bearing on the subject
gathered from dlseront eoun,ries
who're the services 81 women have been
employed by the State.
In Switzerland The Administration
employs women IN The Postal ana ia
the Telegraph Departments. In fact.
there are no greater difficulties for
women 10 enGonnter in ubtamiug an
poinDnehts ia that Republic than for
men. Rwliminary inquiries are made
rs To character and health; those who
have replied satisfactorily tnthesc in
quirivs then pass an educational exam
ination. In Switzerland IL would be
considered quite becoming were the
daughter OF Director-General or of a
Minister TO take-oiliee as q clerk. The
distinctions OF class are maintained.
EXPERIENCE has proved that, in cases
where the estaf IS composed partly OF
women, OF men and OF bows, tho inllu-
ence OF women has beneficial effect
on their associates in official work.
lhe women may marty. but If absent
irom thelr duties iheg have to pay
Tor the services OF q suitable subsu-
tute. The Swiss Administration has
had cause 10 congratulate the country
on the satisfactory manner in which the
duties.
The Austrian Government formerly
permitted the widows Of pogtmnsters
10 succeed their husbands About ten
years since It was enacted that men
named by the postal authorities should
take the active management OF these
oiiiees, while the widow provided means
oil transport. At that time horses were
used to carry the mail-bags When the
authorities ayailed themselves Of the
facilities offered by railroads, fixed
sum was given 10 the widows, on con
sideration OF their using the railways
Tor the conveyance OF letters.
Slnoe 1873, ladies have been employed
N Austria IN minor functions, such rs
the sale OF stamps, registration OF let
uers, and SO forth. Eighty ladies are
employed at post. offices In Vienna in
services Of this character. In the rural
districts OF Lower Austria, where there
are, say, seven hundred postolllces,
about one hundred and iifty OF these
are intrusted 10 ladies', who carry out
the service independently and with
promptitude. Nominations are given
by mo Directors of the post offices, OF
which there are eleven ia Austria. in
The principal towns OF each country of
the Empire, Persons OF influence ire.
quently endeavor TO obtain these places
Tor ladies' IN whom they are interested
They are not open to public competi-
ton. Inquiries are made as 10 the an
lecedents and manner OF life OF the can
didates through the medium of the DO.
llcei nevertheless il sometimes happens
That the person nominated comes under {
the classification of females rather than
iaules. Speaking generally, the employ
ment OF women ia Austria, particularly
IN the country, may be considered sat I
lsiactorYi they are, for tue most part.
remarkable Tor attention and applica-
u0psto their duties. In order 10 obtain /
the5e appointments, candidates must
pass abfxammation OF moderate diff 4
cnity. They receive one lOrin Austrian
money aday. Those who obtain places 4
as p0stmistresses or assistant agents
nave 70 take an oath, like any other 4
Iunctonary OF the State. Th0y must /
not be under eighteen, and while hold I
ing snch4 appointments they cannot (
marry Their position in society is not (
Affected by,their occupying posts under .
government Ladies' are alsoemployed 4
N the Telegraphic Departments. and /
they can marry
IN Italy, ladies work IN The telegraph
galleries; they are expected to pass an
educational test They mix in society,
and their social status is not compro-
missed by the character OF their occupa,
ton. Occasionally, indeed these ladies
belong 70 patrician houses. but this is
rarely the case They are not allowed
TO marry.
The Government Of Russia employs
lad.esi but, as in Italy, only IN the tele.