The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-10-09
WORK WOMEN.
THEM CONDITIONS IN ENGLAND
s,s,l.,ir, ~ rheif Occupations fhey are
Tuund Ia Mo-t Masculine impioy-
ments-Frsm the Nesdle 10
~ Pillow ar Ansn,

Female labor now plays n very i'm
portant part in English industries, says
Tho London Times and IL N interesting
10 uotc the number of persons thus en.
payrd aud the variety ~ their occupI'
iiup,. HIT lest the figures connected
with this subject aud appearing IN mo
,tusuh returns for ISL aud 1871 should
uppeur to he misleading, we must iudi-
cato tho differences which have boon
made la enumeration, For example, IN
1871 there were 7,di2,on females assigned
Ia various classified occupations,
whereas In 1851, with ngregtly Increased
population, the whole number given was
onlN a,3Di,uO. This - due % tho fact
that in the former yenr there
were includ0d under various heads M
fewer than i,bii,01 females who no
longer appear rs being engaged In labor
on their own account. There were In
England and Wales 3,SSl,0O wives and
others engaged In household duties;
3S,OOJ wives assisting their husbands In
divers occupations, and H2,UD wives,
daughters and nieces of farmers who
figured In the agricultural class.
After deducting these there has been "a
great increase III tho 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
3,2l6 female officers n clerks;iwhile
the municipal and other local auihori-
ties furnish employment for 3,Ol7. There
are 1850 omo engaged as niissioI-
aries, scripture readers and itinerant
preachers; and 1916 appear rs nuns and
Sisters of Charity. There are 100 law
clerks, 2,6i6 midwives, and 35,l75 IN
gagged in subordinate medical service,
nurses, assistants, etc. In the profos,
sion OF teachers, females have Increased
enormously, the school .mistresses num-
herring 9i,22l, and teachers. professors
and lecturers, 2S,Gh5. There IL thus an
army of l22,Si6 engaged in cdu-
cati0nal work. Female musicians and
music, mistresses number 1886; inn or
hotel servants, gi,iS7, and domestic ser
wants l,2,O,i 0b. In hospitals and insti-
buttons there were by the last return H.
52s females engaged; in w~ash-houses
and baths, 1860; anu as char-women,
92,47i. Some items will cause con-
siderable establishment. For in
stance, there were no fewer than
5,9Sg females engaged as commercial
clerks; III rs "pointsmen" ut level cross
ings; and 4,l19 IA "warehousemen."
were 2,32S females employed In
the telegraph and telephone services;
2O,6li farmers and %graziers, and 4O,3i6
engaged i'm agricultural employment.
u tlliilt bDoN-uliiuVIS w iN,'p-, |
the men. There were ,23'
toy makers and dealers, 2,014 needle
makers, and 2,5O3 steel-pen manufac-
turers. 1t is not "A little curious that
there were l,3SS women engaged in vari-
Gus notifications of the building trade,
while 2.O35 were engaged as harness and
whip-nlakers. In the artificial flower
business there were 4,i6l females; l,SS7
were in the match and tirewcrk trade,
and SOS in the tobacco trade. There
were 1850 female clearinghouse keep
ers; l., rs in the hotel aud pubiic-house
service, and 3,72S in the beer and cider
manufacture. There were also 1888 fe-
bakers, l3,05l pastry cooks $3.50
green grocers and 26,i22 ordinary gro
cers. In the wooden cloth manufacture
the females numbered S,5Ol; in the
making of wooden stuffs, 63,S0l; in the
silk goods manufacture, 1864, and in the
goods manufacture, 3O2,36I-in
three last-named industries greatly
exceeding the males employed. A con
siderable number of women were en-
in connection with the flax, lace
and fustian manufactures. OF workers
and dealers in dress there were no
bered 3,645; brush and broom makers,
1855; iapanners, 1889; workers,
etc., 2.525; woOd-turners and bOx-mak-
ers, 1855; paper-makers, 8,211; paper box
makers, ETC., S,7lS; coal-miners, 1909;
lead miners, 1908; brick and tile max
ers,, 2,73S; earthenware and glass manu-
facturers, 2l,49O. There were 25,772 wo-
men shop keepers; II $3.50 costermongers,
etc.; 1878 pawnbrokers, and l.403 rag
gatherers and dealers. Engaged as me-
or laborers, but not specified,
there were l7,769 women, while consid-
numbers were employed in the
unfominine occupations of
nail and tin making, metal furnishing,
holt, nut, rivet and screw making. AL
q large percentage OF the
female population of the country were
In some kind Of active employ
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