, 1886-08-14
NOMINATING WOMEN.
EFFICIENCY OF THE FAIR SEX IN THE
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT.

w.w.r ~.r. m. p..t Clerk. I'm tn.
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Who work by the OF Gov
ernment Employ.
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Washington 70 noted for its brainy men
1t ought to bc. more noted for Its brainy
women Our national capital has more
sharp, business, money'making females In
proportion to its size than perhaps y
city in the world Its women get better
salaries, do higher classes OF work, n arc
further advanced In all the attributes OF
modern civilization than thoee OF any other
city. In the government departmenA
alone TIVE 1000 and 300 women are
employed, and these do the work which
two decades ago was considered only pos
sihle for meG. Some of these women are
translstors In the state departments
some arc examiner IN the PaDent o.nco,
and = large number hoid otnef .poss.Ions
"nere tns Work roquiross kvov sreo-
a bright intellect, ana = caretui JuaRuen-
Many OF tnem nave 10 answo. io.oefs. ~
wnich tney mus. Juage a., 70 INC ies~'i'y
o. pension cases orougn' oeloIe .nepi, sue
oeners nave rospon<loie pos,.'ons 'n'
treasury nnu pos.onaco
women MAKE Tue oes. "y
ueParthsnts OF inc soseInnen. so.'Aoo-
.ney are more pronnpt III .noit
lnAh men, anu are, - a ru,o' hnofo vi
sc.enIious IN uoins 'ne'r ~.
s's anu ~hAnuenses 'ney .ro usuAiAy nees
NJ e1nc'anu as'ypo- "t'vo's suoy sutpn.s
'ne o'nei se1- As " nony a
coun .no' - :
" meh Aney eau eouu. ~. snHu m .",,
nv !" III =" ~. n
q oau u ny ieeiins :. VIII ne eyos snu
Inc n " u Ino = %.yJ
anu .'eto 1 aoou. INV euP"sou y.
-nave oe,y lespoumSiD'e posi Ono =
q INV clelA III 'no inlernai teNehuo y
pAr'nn., anu sue ean prepaIo a TX,
eiua I",I nnn. a,.s~yn, ,hars
orpmsnmo u,hn do Az ,,inP 4, tba draw.
inc ", ,ha n,ants ~ shins and Tho mn ior
at ~ 10 daad Ia,,ar ne business ia
rrona hr ,,onan,s nnnars
r ~
nis,,9. 1aa'y y y ""o
SA =, 20, 80
pn 70 r" - u no
naNo Juss poAon LOS IA " - 10
seNe go" pel "nu ous lnisei nu
=, one $3.50" az p"-
-oo - eop'ie's 49,
90 !" 10 60 - .neIe > a inlse "
. = ~ "no
~ S ~ TaA 49, 49,
iuIeu III q i"e'o.y. ne saiarieu oieiAs
800 u novn ine' "a,
VI tneir eNenings 10 'neanse,Ves, anu nese1
.aNo my "olA no,ne wi.u mem. ines ~
'ne'' pay 'ekuia.ty az i'vn ooun
t,n a.n e"en VI nen.
n"' ".a.'on 49, 'eai
,snn pay ming u .n lney liz
- py-s"'' ~ " a
dne AZ VIZ ""' =" '''
~
IN "a Pii"ns
ny "'o '' az "a ~ 'He p'eeo =.
~ s" u"'' Vi" p"'e VII aN
sL'S aaay' .here are over i'ovv women
so employed iney s'itch run
nuiiperihe "acnines' ioo anu Pasoe ior
,he pihuery' ana they 40 IN iaco nearly
every c'a-s III WORK done IN the govern
men, printing ONCE some Oh Inenn sc.
type, anu uhese receive % cents an hour'
ana their average salaries are so month.
n ihrHe huhoer Oh guiues are employed al
the bureau oil engraving ana printing
uhu 'hese are marry VI women. a. army
oi s"eepers anu Scrupoers Is empioyeu 10
eieah OUT .he treasury department every
nay anu me woman VINO presiues over
onein ee'S aoou, cow yeai' ihese sweep
ers anu soruopers U, .ne various depart
theh.S lorIi hnotner ciass Vi .he WORKING
women Oh washington, anu cohhecoeu
WIN 'hehh ~ d ciass "ho re" carPe.s "a
.he treasury ior 'he governments ouiiu-
ings an over 'he country. ihen mere ~
,he coiohy ot "a~sperwoineh, "no WASH
Tue tnoushnus Vi 'oWeis useu III each ue
pai''hen'' anu .no Numerous "oH"e" VIM
suppiy M oierAs WIN ZOO III 'ne ie''""
r"h'S VI hoS kioas ouitu,ie
ln"osNSp' VI phiohi "onLN.
ou'S'ue Vi .ne govelhihen. enhpioy onere
are .nous"nus women ""o ninho
eoou nVlhss IL .ne national, caPi'aL ine
pension anu pa.ene i"Myeis ehnpioy nun
uIetS as "ineis, s'enosr"pnets' ahu
c,erksl ahu so'ns in'o II ouieaus III
,nese oii0es . N sotns Nueo oue y. ~
i"isoH.i ~ " &c. i
p"i'- ""Jol.'' :. - "
,neuiy soous alru o VI "a ~
ins'o" w "ou "nu - III
nh'y y ~ WI nuni
per o, "oln n o"n 'oies III "ns,on
anu u 10 con "nu ~
y ~ i'oueo e y. ye" COZ
French woman, who | am told has made
a fortune AT the business
You can count the women lawyers and
physicians of Washington upon your
fingers, but there is a number OF noted
persons among the few. Belva Lockwood,
the well-known presidential candidate,
Is the most noted of the lawyers, and Mrs.