Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1881-04-07

t.'tH" NW'ttfN7s thtSe latileS are uSu-
ally related 70 officials Ia tho service Of
tbe State. They must be acquainted
with four languages They are well
received in society. Sometimes nouli-
nations are given by influential per-
J sons. IN
In Germany the employment of
women has not met with the success
which has attended efforts IN that di-
rection IN other Countries. The cause
OF the may. perhaps, be found when
we rocplleet that German women are
Essentially esiod housewives, lnseh OF
their attention being usually bestowed
on what we may call the domestic
science OF cooking, plying the busy
needle, and min stering themselves TO
the comforts OF home In fact. they
study domestic economy in the most
practical manner.
In the Netherlands ladies are now
eapla}ed rs clerks ia the post. Office,
and'also IN the capacity Of assistants.
/ The system Ot open competition has
been introduced; but we have no data
by which To Judge OF the results.
The Belgian Government has shown
a disposition to try the experiment of
giving official occupation to women.
Many women Of the bourgeoise class.
not ladies, are employed in small post
Offices and as telegraphists. At Namur
an attempt has been made TO employ
women ms clerks. They are nominated
by NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 1t is too early
to speak with confidence rs To the re-
snlts
The French Government employs
women in various departments OF the
state. The Financial Ministry avals
itself of their services in tire ~ Bureau
de Tabacn These posts are given by
nomination TO the widows and daugh-
tiers of military men, magistrates aud
officials. The Bank Of France employs
women in the branches OF classification
md control. In the Educational De-
partment thcy act ms teachers. and as
superintendent of infant schools.
Women are employed by the post-oiliue
Ms receivers Ia the central administra-
ton as accountants, in the registration.
and in minor occupations. Candidates
90 up for an educational examination
They have TO be provided with testi-
monials rs TO character by the Mayors
OF their respective places OF residence.
or by police superintendent. Women
employed by the French Government
may marry, but If they do so while ill
ing official positions they must notify
their intentions TO the Government In
quiries are instituted rs TO the charac-
ter and circumstances Of the intended
husband, and the requisite authorize
is only granted il the information proves
satisfactory. The position in the social
world OF women thus employed depends
on their family. their education, and q
variety of other circumstances; but,
generally speaking, those occupying the
higher posts in official life meet with
consideration in society.
The English Government has en-
ployed women as telegraphists since
January, 1870. Nominations TO COM
pete are given by the Postmaster-Gen
eral; the limits of age are mot under
fourteen or over eighteen They re-
ceive eight shilings u week; and they
work eight hours a day between the
hours of eight n. m and eight p nj
They formerly worked in separate gal
lciSes, but it was found desirable to
place them in the same galleries us the
men and boys, and their society and
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beneficial results. The female teleg-
raphists belong to the class from which
assistants behind the counters of shops
are recruited; these posts, however, are
open to women Of all grades, Great
accuracy, general Intelligence and
quickness are required for the work,
which Is, as a rule, satisfactorily accom-
plished. 1t Is doomed ineSpedent 20
employ females IN night work At the
present time nine hundred aud sixty
eight female telegnphists are employed
hv Government in London, Edinburg
and Dublin. A large number of women
of the same class are employed as
counteT1women and returners of unde-
livered letters. These situations are
all most eagerly sought Tor Years
sometimes pass before candidates ob.
tain appointments In the year 1875
the thought occurred 20 Sir rJohn Tilley, |
X. g. B., then Secretary, that the clerk
ships In the Post-cfice Sayngs-Bank
might be filed by genllewomen of linn
ited means, daughters Of officers in the
navy and army, OF civil officers of the
Crown, Of those engaged in the clerical |
legal and medical professions. of liter
ary men aud artists.
Nominations 70 compete were given |
by the late Postmaster General, Lord |
John Manners, who took great interest /
in the plan, The ladies who raeeved
nominations had to pass competitive |
examination by the Civil-Service Com |
mission for the limited number OF APP |
TO DO filed up. The noui-
nations were given, as lar as possible, |
TO gentlewomen Of the class for whom |
they were intended, it being felt that.
in the existing constitution OF society, |
ladies are practically excluded from |
many occupations which women OF the |
middle class and Of lower social station
enter as a Inatter of course. Candidates |