Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-28
fortune. She is very handsome blond
New York Recorder.


Women in the Census Department.
In the history of the collection ard
compilation of facts in almost all de-
partments of the present census there u
not an inquiry or tabulation but there is
woman in it. A recital of her work
would record an epoch in the history OF
woman's employment.
When fully equipped the census oficv
numbered in its local force about $500
clerks; over half OF these were women,
some divisions being composed almost
entirely Of them.
Regarding the work of counting on
the electrical machines, punching and
tabulating the punched cards, the super
intendent Of census asid:
eff l were to undertake this work
again, having had the experience I have
had, / should have no one but women on
any of these three machines. have
found steadily from the beginning that
women did more work and that more ac-
curately than men. suppose their SUI
perior delicacy of touch and alertness of
vision are largely the cause of it. but ]
have also found women more conscien-
tious. If an enumerator writes poorly
man is more apt to guess at his an
swers and punch accordingly. A woman,
l have found, will in the greater num-
Der of cases take pains to deciipher poor
writing and record the fact correctly"
The head of the pauperism and crime
division when organizing his force made
a request for only women clerks. The
request was of course granted. 1t is of
interest to know that the entire census
report on the momentous subject Of the
and tabulated by women under the di-
rection of the only two men in that
division.
A few women are heads of sections,
and one woman has been until very re-
Gently an assistant chief of u division.
Three women have performed valued
services as special agents collecting in
formation concerning the Indians and
fisheries, aside from those in the farms,
homes and mortgages divisions.-Mar-
garet N. Wishard in Chautauquan.
why Women Have Sore Throats.
"It sounds like an exaggeration, but
women who are devoted to society very
often suffer from peculiar throat trou-
BILE as direct result of their social du-
ties," said a Pittsburg doctor. sit is not
caused by decollete dresses, as might be
supposed, either, or the rapid transitions
from hot rooms to the cool outer air, al
though these things are not conducive
to robust health. The affection l refer
to comes from straining of the vocal
cords, and often takes on the form Of
tonsilitis. Any one who has attended q
half dozen fashionable receptions, and
especially those at which women only
were present, must have noticed how the
clamor of many tongues in crowded
rooms make it necessary to raise the
voice to be heard.
"The fact is that when fifty or hun
dred women meet in parlor-often a
ridiculously small room for such gath
ering-the average woman who wants to
get word in even edgeways must shout
at the top of her voice. Let her keep
this up for half an hour in general SUI
perheated atmosphere and her throat is
bound to suffer. When she gets home
she feels as if she had caught cold, and
very likely for day or two after she
will have an aching in her throat, which
she will blame on the abominable eli
mate, that stupid girl Jemima, who
would have the dining room window
open, or some other innocent thing or per-
son. She is literally paying the price for
making Rome howl, and l tell her so
when she comes to me and wants me to
diagnose la grippe in her symptoms."-
Pittsburg Dispatch.