The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-07-20
WOMEN AS WORKERS.
FAIR DAUGHTERS OF Toll
How the softer Sex OF Milwaukee Turf
az Honest Penny-SucCessful in the
Lighter Labors, But Always
IA Mark for MatrimOny,

Yoek the SaGllS ana stores IN the DuSl-
, nes; ceAters of the city seem to stimuli
taneouslv open their portals for the exit
of the army OK human machines who
nil day ag.cl day' in the same cycle of
monot0ny. The ubserpaut wayfarer who
nauseS 1t such time on Grand avenue,
and watches the hurrying throngs, is
struck by the large proportion Of wo-
men and girls who constitute these
working forces, and in ScrutiniZing
their appearance and faces is enabled
TO make many comments upon
the employment of women,
which subsequent Investigation viii
Justify. The major part of these Girls
and women are employed in stores as
clerks or as artisans in the shops where
fashion dictates the harmony of color
and shape. The clerks, upon invcstiga-
ton, are ascertained to be mainly young
Urls whose school. days are over, either
6v inclination, necessity, or because of
completion. If the latter, they are gem
orally possessed OF American independ-
pnce md seek their employment as a
lp.m@ 10 occupy their time, to yield
LENA yi1-Wnucy source of revenue, or
l...,.,.t .at bridget work at home. If
tn ,,'r': ~ object is generally to
at IIt' to the family excheduer
The wales paid for such labor are SO
small, rs rule that the gicls would ibe
unable to support themselyc ors them
did not they pc sCss q home. In The de-
partment were skill is required the
employment is more renIuncratiye.
"Why ISL, was asked the other dav
of a lady VINO has paid con siderable
attention to the current problem of
woman's employment, why is it that
Young girls prefer to clerk in store at
- orSj II week To learning a profitable
trade?
THEY WANT To BIZ NARRiED.
She answered.: because every Girl.
no matter how homcly aud unattractive,
expects to get married, and invariaI
they expect the bait to be bitten befo. e
they reach the dreaded old maid period.
Arguing that they will get married any
how, and will not have recourse to Il
trade as a means OF support, they prefer
to measure so many yards of calico and
count so many buttons. Strange what
Il horror girls have of becoming old
maids. / have known Of refined,
Intelligent young girls accepting thci
hrst proposal, though they did not care
an atom for their SuitOrs, simply be-
cause they were afraid they would not
obtain another chance. speak now
more particularly Of what might be
termed the middle classes. In the lownr
classes You find girls and women who
are worked harder than the mon. re-
ien0t only TO those whose occupation
is similar to those Of tho almond-cycd
inhabitants. There are shoe shops i'm
the city where girls are engaged i'm
making shoes. IL would surprise Won
70 ind out how generally women ara 81
n hA 4,
, mcnts Of trade which have been sup
posed to he occupied exclusively by
men. In the northwestern part al Nil
Waukcc Is woman sWiicnluNu. her
husband was killed Mt the crossing, amt
she has taken his piarc. she Is known
as on" of the most faithful employees ui
the road
OTtER MASCULINE ENVIRONMENTS.
Girls are employed in great numbers
IN the cigar manufacturers of Mil
Waulioc. They are nearly all of them
residents Of the Polish quarters, and are
conceded To be adcpiS in their trades.
The printing and telegraph offices all
over the country are SpIAkluu vita
women cOmpOsltOrS and operators. 1t
is said tUt In those branches their ac-
cessions are GispropOr,iOnatc in mapm-
Jude 20 that oil the opposite sex.
The traveller who leaves Milwaukee
fertile North at the proper season az the
year, meets with the surprising sigut,
IN few German colonies on
the lake shore, of fields cultivated ~
much by women rs men, and IL not in
frelUehCly happens that while the fomi-
niue gender OF the household is prepar-
Ing the earth for the seed, the lord of
CREATION sits on the rail fence rumiu-
ungly smoking cO6-pipc, and survey
lhglnc domains over winch he rcignS rs
monarch. \ traveller, who arrived from
ile North Yesterday, saw six women
pl0wing in the field. In autumn il IL
customary among the daughters ufmany
farmers IN Wisconsin to seek employ
ment us binders, and even rs drivers of
harNeslers and rCapers, II is about that
VINE that Ia the smullercitcS there is an
exodus OF servant girls, who prefer To
work IN the harvest fields II ~ Il day to
"ashlhg dishes ut II Il week.
WOMEN IN SALOONS.
III 'ho larger cities women are often
NmrlpEeu AS hur-tendCrS. EN-MuyOr
'pNell refused several sdloun-keeprrS
q" uvehNe because they insisted upuu
,'nNlug thelr daughters tend bar. Nh
, ""uhvG Is also SAID to have murc VIZ
.,.Vu Saioon-Seupcrs than ANY other city
o. us size IN the i'n,tCd States. rhcv
'v nlaIlN Of th"m widows. rae sans
,tp''aloh rs to number is enjoyed h,
49,. Nj u'S as regards the practice of niU-
an ~ ihrN number several hundred,
",," "o't ol lnem claim to have cortii-
~, ,' ~. rom European colleges, ia which
Wv" r,,' are supposed to have guHe through
"''Sular course of study.
M iENALE l. twYERS Asp pOrroPS.
lhe Practice of law mas not attracted
many female yotaries so far, ON account
n uo general opposition To which the
s ""'nen VINO have attempted il have been
suyvcteu. Kate Kane trIed IL in Nil.
' "suNee Tor Il number of years, ana after
s.ay',S'lhS Tor that period ON small fees
, ,"u ili,oefal quantities Of hope, removed
- yhlcagO. She il now reported To be
" ,.g wei financially and growing more
Massive" MS Lady Jane has 1t, every
uN' About twenty female physi-
iIi Tm have struggled along in
,auwaukee, and some now enjoy
,y'y lucrative praciiUe. idlvrdttiru mas
a aiso large number of followers in this
wy Oh cream and beer. As they have
not all published scarlet bound vol.
Jules ams vita a tropical title, they ARE no,
~. ~ known 10 fame, and their contribu-
ssons' when accepted, ARE generally rv-
"Tued with several copies of the issue
m winch published" Claiming "A NJ, :
y,Lnu,cousinship 10 tho blue-stockings
s no BOOK agent, a truly original conceI
NIL ~h' ,ihey are generally associated
"un iightning-rod agents and lite-in-
, ~ solicitors when person wants
~ mention trio of "nuisances," but
ny e female book-agent goes right along
I hnS lhe same, reaplny the rich
,nn ,N VEST OF much assurance and
az WY words. During the sessions
or .ne Legislature, Madison has for sew
~ years iult the sunshine of u widows
nn, ms, she Ia book agent, and
S ", sdrcossiul one. Sho Informed n |
oS ,su q reporter that az the lust session |
of h nu Legislature She sold SI,VW worth |
as Ibn" > msklhy a clean prOdt of $1,000 |
A. the result Of three months work
nns,i s!ii 10 wax angelic, ana the way she |
sea,i V Vi etose To rural SCION, with navy.
1 Itn ,u ms hair AMI looking trisiinvly |
N,.n,' yes AnEcd BIN u tako Il bD1k !