Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-06-23
MAN EXCELS WOMAN.
IN SOME LINES OF WORK DISTINCTLY
HERS MEN SUCCEED.
Specialties That Have for Generations
Been Peculiarly Confined to Women Are
Now Filled by the Male scx--women,
However. Arc Invading MONS Domain.

Now Filled by tho Male Scx-Women,
However, Are Invading Mems Domain.
When the historian of the future con-
suits the chronicle of the closing Nineteenth
century most interesting development
incident to the period will be the curious
exchange of industrial occupations be-
tween men and women wage earners.
In the intoXication of unexpected and,
indeed, brilliant SUCCESS, women exploit
| their achievements in mans domain
through the press and on the platform,
| quite ignoring the less sensational but
none the less victorious invasion of wom-
ans province by men. The absolute mon
| archs of the mode which governs woman's
| dress are Worth, Pingat and Felix, and
the most famous milliners and most etli-
| Gent dressmakers are men. The best cut
tiers, filters taiors and cloakmakers for
women are also men.
The most noted costumcrs of the stage,
| those best versed in historical detail, with
| finer instincts in color harmonies and
trucr theories in the ethics of effect, are
| they who never wore petticoat. The
| most celebrated cooks in the world, the
| chefs of the finest hotels, restaurants, clubs
| and private establishments, the caterers at
all sumptuous weddings, banquets and
| dinners are men. Even in the matters of
| ladies' lunches, those carnvals of esoteric
| luxury, man who rose from the rank of
waiter carries the banner for triumphant
| daintiness, woman's supreme gift and
| grace.
There stands on record one prominent
| woman's college. where every Office of re-
sponsiblity and honor is filled by wom-
an, save one-that of the cook. The learned
and diguified president, the professors of
| ancient languages and modern science, the
| eNpounders of law, logic and sociology, all
| are women The genius of the saucepan
| and kettle is a man. Remembering that
one rich mans chef receives Il salary more
than double that paid to Uarvarl's pres-
dent it will appear how important is this
| department of woman $ work appropriated
| by the invaders.
| 1t must be confessed, at the risk of call
| ing down the anathemas of all womankind,
| that the best housckeepers in the land are
| men.
The best buffers, walters, Second serv-
! ants" sCourers of clothing, ironers, deco
ratcrs and furnishers OF houses music and
attendants are men. Even the old and
honorable calling of professional house
cleaner or charwoman is being usurped by
men, and the dreaded ordeal of the spring
and fall insurrection loses its terror under
| the executive ability of the new dispenser
| OF suds and kalsomne.
Woman in the meantime is advancing
rapidly through avenues hitherto open
only to men, and in spite Of tradition and
| hercdity, incXpcrience and the resistance
Of public opinion, is demonstrating her SUI
periOr ability in unexpected directions.
AS cashiers women are acknowledged more
desirable than men because Of the greater
accuracy and less vulnerable honesty. No
cashier, and rarely is one discharged for
small pilfering.
A philosophical youth on a small salary
, explains this superior honesty in women
aS the result of lack of temptation, be-
cause the woman cashier doesn't have to
take the girls out or support all her wifc's
| relations. In the restaurant district the
woman cashier is said to be of peculiar
value in subduing the righteous wrath of
the hungry guest, superinduccd by the
various annoyauces incident to restaurant
discomfort. The winsOmo face and engag-
ing manner of just the right kind of IA girl
cashier reconcile any man, not monster
to such minor ills as bad butter india
rubber steak and a wet napkin.
BY somewhat recent competitive tests
arranged by the government officials at
Washington women have been proved SUI
writer's In the manipulation of the mi
croscope womuns quicker observation of
minute diiierentia, greater accuracy, con
scientlOusness and patience and more del
icate touch give her the advantage over
man. One Of the leading physicians of the
city advocates that the great value of
women in the medical profession promises
to be in microscopic investigation and lab
oratory experiment
1t is II curious fact that men are begin
ming to prefer women auanuenscs and sec
rctarics to men, not only because of their
quicker tact III Brasping and reproducing
the ideas given and the dainty nicely and
correctness of their finished work. but also
because, in spite of tradition, women keep
the secrets Of their employers inviolatc
and are less likely to reveal them through
bribery.
Women train dispatchers, conductors
and switchmen have proved in every in
stance more faithful and capable than
men, rarely if ever being guilty of neglect
or plumbers resulting in accident The
lack OF lntemperance among women and q
keener responsibility concerning the de-
struction of life are said to be the important
factors Of success
Women are practicing all professions
with honor and profit They are found in
the financial and commercial world. They
figure as officers of corporations, as archi-
tects Of buildings, inventors of mechanical
appliances, undertakcrs, blncksmiths, cat
tie breeders miners, contractors, sanitary
engineers, scientific electricians, bank di-
rectors, veterinary surgeons, brokers ard
assayers
A wife in Kansas became mother and a
mayor on the same day, and a wife in Ken
lucky took back to her family n week old
baby with her diploma from the medical
| college where she graduated with honor.
Where is the man who can beat that?
| All honor to the pluck, industry and en-
trgy of the American woman. Without
her the nation would be as desolate as our
banner without the stars on the azure
field, Three hundred and forty-two dis
tinct industries give employment to her
army OF wage earners, and nearly POO, 900
Df her representatives are registered as
/ architects, chemists, assayists, nurses, gov
ernment clerks, public officials and teach