Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-11-16
WOMAN WORK Frs,
The Field They Have In Washington
Some of Their Triumph..

place in the universe for women-th,
happy hunting grounds where the bean
se.re have won recognition, and com.
pete fairly with stcrncr stuff in ever,
profession of life.
The first woman admitted Ia practice
before the bar of the Supreme Court is
resident of this city. and the very
judges Of this, our highest tribunal. look
like a coteric Of old dowagers in solemn
black silk tea gowns, purring and prmp.
ing at kettledrum. Here the women
are acknowledged physicians, lawyers
and claim-agcnts. They are engaged
in all branches Of journalism. They
are bookeepers in banks and brcweri.s
They keep hotels and cafes, besides con.
trolling the great monopoly 'of mann
featuring hash. They are engaged In
telegraphy, telephoning. shorthand and
type-writing. They are as necessary o.
the press printer in the bureau IA his
press, and the light tonch of women :
fingers and her quick mind are of far
more Importance in the monetary system
OF the government than the figure head
OF Secretary of the Treasury.
Women are employed by the hundreds
in the varied details Of the Government
Printing Office, and although not mem
bers of the union, should they strike
during a session OF Congress the times
would be out of joint. For then the
maiden speeches Of members could not
be embalmed in ink for the bencf, II
their admiring constituents. The three
beaten 3aths, or ruts, rathcr--,hc needle,
a school or boarling-house, one II which
educated and refined women were com
PEELED to choose in order Ia merely exis,
a quarter of a century ago-have widened
out into hundreds Of pleasant and diver.
sified roads OF independence and pros.
perity.
Women are Interested in scientific ob.
servation at the Smithsonian. They are
busy investigating nature under other
phases in the Agricultural Department
They are rapt students of form aud
color at the Corcoran Gallery. At the
garden a winsome woman
arranges the flowers that grace the tables
of the highest officials.
There are talented, patient lawyers
among the ladies' employed in that
branch of the Interior Department, and
there are women IA thorough and well
up in the rulings Of the Pension Ofiic.
as any man serving under Commissioner
Dudley.
All honor TO those women who are
now social queens and make public
opinion who were once working women
and earned their bread The wives of
two distinguished Senators were school
teachers and they are proud TO avow II
one in New England and the other In
Ohio. The wife of the most popular
Speaker of the House Of Representa-
worked in a Lowell cotton mill, and
often said should misfortune ever bring
want to her door she was sure she could
obtain employment in the same place
again. Mrs. Costin, the widow of the
inventor Of signals bearing his name, IL
a remarkable woman and an indciati.
gable worker. She has visited all the
commercial countries of Europc, and
these signals have become international
by adoption. She has been received by
the Emperor of Russia and Napoleon
Ill, when France owned him a. a ruler
The United States navy have purchased
the right TO manufacture the signals for
its own use. While she retains the
right to make them outside, the royalty
for their manufacture gives her q splcn.
did income. She Is regal appearing
woman, pre-eminently social and q great
favorite. From that much malgncd de-
partment, the Treasury, has come the
most brilliant woman socially. and gifted
mentally. One Of the most elegant of
women, the wife OF Cabinet officer
under Hayes regime, earned her living
in that department. But woman'r
weakness cropped out in the fact that
she tried to ignore even having been
there. The most affable and pleasant
woman of the Cabinet Of the present
administration, the daughter Of former
Secretary of the Treasury, resigned "a
become the wife Of one Of the rising
lawyers of Philadelphia. One Of the
best of women, because il is only noble
to be good, left the Treasury, where she
worked to support step mother and he,
children, to become the wife o. wealthy
nobleman in the diplomatic service In
Belgium. She is now the happy mother
of great brood Of children. whcr
friends from this side Of the sea visit
her in a grand chateau, where she Il
housed like queen, il is with happ,
thoughts that she speaks Of early trial
that were merged in such grand triumphs
because it was in her power 10 do y,
much more for those she loved.
The wives of the editors Of the tw,
morning papers-the Post and the Re
pubiicdn-were formerly clerks In tina
department, and might 90 on cnumcr
ating those who have achieved ether dis
tinctions than rank, riches and socia
position, who were esteemed for thei
individual work when earnest worker
in that busy hive and belonged to tina
gIild which the world Of false idea
sneeringly called Treasury girls.
The grand old department, like q gen
erous friend, has helped women B
broader fields: women Of genius, VIII
are to-day successful in the drama; a
artists in literature, ~ singers and mu
sicians; women who glorify their talent
and are proud 10 acknowledge wher
their industry and perseverance, first wo
its reward. There are many, very man
others, that the great world will neve
hear of-those who grace happy. peace
full homes-noble women disciplined D.
honest endeavor and free from falls
PRIDE. who all bring up their children I
respect honest labor for its own cnns
bling influences-that belonged a. tha
grand army Of earnest and purposef,
women known as Treasury girls"
| KATHLEEN.
| Two ladies' were discussing "A thir,
who was, of course, absent. "She
really charming" said one; "and
above all, she has an air Of intell
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