The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-10-06
WORK WOMEN.
THEIR CONDITION IN ENGLAND.
statistics Of Their oecupations-They are
Found In Most MASCULINE Employ
meuts-Frsm the Needle to
the PlOw or Anvil.

Female labor now plays very i'm
portant part in English industries, says
The London Times and it is interesting
to note the number of persons thus en-
gagged and the variety Of their occupa-
lions. But lest the figures connected
with this subject and appearing In the
census returns for ISL and 1881 should
appear to be misleading, We must indi-
cate the differences which have been
made in enumeration. For example, in
ISL there were 76i2,0OO females assigned
10 various classified occupations,
whereas in 1881, with greatly increased
population, the whole number given was
only 3,3O4010. This is due to the fact
that in the former wear there
were lncluded under various heads no
fewer than 4,3H,OO0 females who no
longer appear as being engaged i'm labor
on their own account. There were in
England and Wales 3,SS3,000 wives and
Others engaged in household duties
3sS,OOO wives assisting their husbands in
divers occupations, and $1,000 wives,
daughters and nieces of farmers who
inquired in the agricultural class.
After deductng these there has been a
great increase IN the past ten years in
The number of females engaged in va
rious industries, while some entirely
new classes of female labor have been
created. In the civil service there are
3,-l6 female officers and clerks; while
the municipal and other local Authori-
ties furnish employment for 3,0l7. There
are $50 women engaged as mission
aries, scripture readers and itinerant
preachers; and 3 795 appear as nuns and
Sisters of Charity. There are 100 law
clerks, 1916 mdwives, aud 35,l75 en-
gagged in subordinate medical service,
nurses, assistants, etc. In the profess
sion of teachers, females have increased
enormously, the school-mistressos num-
bering 9i,22l, and teachers. professors
and lecturers, 2S,6u5. There is thus an
army of l22,Si6 women engaged in edu-
catiOnal work. Female musicians and
music-mistresses number 1896; inn or
hotel servants, S,481, and domestic SER
wants ,2i0,1O6. In hospitals and insti-
tutlons there were by the last return H.
52S females engaged; in wash-houses
and baths, 1860; aud as char-women,
U,Il4. Some items will cause con
siderable establishment. For in
stance, there were no fewer than
0,9Sa females engaged rs commercial
clerks; III AZ "pointsmen" at level cross
ngs; and 4,l70 as "warehOusemen. ="
There were 2,ZIS females employed in
the telegraph and telephone services;
2O,6li farmers and graZiers, and 40 3l6
engaged i'll agricultural employment
Female bOOk-binders numbered l0,532,
exceeding the men. There were |, %
toy makers and Dealers. 2,074 needle
makers, and zoos steel-pen manuiac-
turors. 1t is not "A little curious that
there were l,3SS women engaged in Vari-
Gus raniiicau Of the building trade.
while 2,O3j were engaged. as harness and
whlp-makers. In the artificial flower
business there were 4,l6I females; | ,SS7
were i'm the match and lirework trade,
and SOS in the tobacco trade. There
were 1880 female clearinghouse keep
ers; l2,72S in the hotel aud public-house
service, and Rps in the beer aud cider
manufacture. There were also 1888 fe-
male bakers, l3O5l pastry cooks, 6,s55
green grOcers aud 26,i22 ordinary gro.
GERS. In the WOODEN cloth manufacture
the females numbered S,50l: in the
making of WOODEN stullls, 63,S0l; in the
silk goods manufacture, 1861, and in the
cotton goods manufacture, 3O2, 3G7-in
the three lasl-named industries greatly
exceeding the males employed. A con.
siderable number of women were EN-.
ployed in connection with the flax, lace
and tuStian manufactures. OF workers
and dealers ia dress there were nc
tower than 6l6.l2l. Female tarriers mum
bered 3Oi5; brush aud broom makers
i,lS5; iapanners, 1889; cane-workers,
etc., 2,525; wOod-turnors and boX-mak
ers, 2595; paper makers, S,277; paper box
makers, etc, S,7lS; coal-miners, 3,O99
lcad.miners, SOB; brick and tile max
ers,, 2,7@S; earthenware and glass manu-.
facturers, q, 49, There were 25,772 wo
men shop-keepers; II 800 costermongers
etc; l,27S pawnbrokerS, and l,i03 RAJ
gatherers and dealers Engaged ~ me
chanics or labnrers, but not specified
usbi Ia. "a
cradle numbers were employed in the
apparently untemnine occupations d
nail and tin making, metal furnishing
bolt, nut, riveJ aud screw making. Al
together large percentage of the
female population of the country were
engaged in some Kind of active employ.
nent.