The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-10-29

OF women IN Offices and shops, how snp-
ordinate soever their positions, mas an
iupcrtant bearing that is the result Oh
Massive rather than active influences Olls
during the mast five years. believe lay
v,ernen be9orne the heads OF hrms aiu
the owners OF trading estabhshIle i.'S,-
that "a. % any great extent Anu ~
opDaarance I'm this new role has proubis
no iu another form, the problem eIn'
presented itself when young s"i9
entered counting rooms. 49,. oir,s
Then Il was declared that tno go,
,.ero driving out the boys, 4 dett youhe
w. -, Al 0gurcs neat end active
uyas content with much less Aalaiy l"'' va,
~ 80 and In many respects she proved
. ,orc connpeteut Thus IT has come
,i,,,,,t mat many n clever youth can ma
,1,,,t,o a. do while his sisters readily
..,,1,,re clerical situations The result is
-, ora of arguments 90 proye that the
GIRLS should stay at home ana give 'nc
| hovs n chance Now, as i sald, the Dust
moss woman finds that many Of the quail
ities peculiar 20 her sex gives her an 4d-
VANTAGE against which male competitors
have no way Of contending. An agreeable,
obIiefng refined lady can secure more
patrons than any dun, prosaic, matter Of
fact man.
Wei. along comes a social economist.
This win never 90. says ne, for the men
have wives and children TO support, and
w0man's sphere is the home. Then he
sits down and writes an article-and
leaves things exactly as ne found them.
Now, at the risk of being dull and
of seeming 10 wander from the point i
viii point out what seems 10 me curious
oversight IN al this. Women must live,
must they not? II yes, may they not live
we'll provided they 90 so In proper wayY
And ~ business affords women the means
of living. 10 one should forbid them 10 en-
ploy that means without providing sub
stltute equally good. Marriage Is not 10
be considered in this connection Tor very
obvious reasons. SO, as ! stated IN IHe
bceiouing there IS nothing left but 70
oisarrcl with the social system. II Us aD-
/ sird TO find fault with the women w men
on innocent man. charged with MURDER
I dies on tine scanold, it is not the nanSmah
/ who is TO blame 49,
NV very first business experiences con-
/ WINGED me that women can teach men
/ 1ot- IN trlurs about barter and sale. We all
/ know that the gcuucr sex is pronounced
DoesiUv about TRIES. Many business
mon ,youIl compel women TO look TO their
laurels I'm this respect. in fact, l think
women generally have far better notion
Of the value of time than men. In the
numerous little emergencies That arise. l
ma men curiously incapable Of acting
quickly They want time to think when
woman would do the right thing with
ont hesitation. Again, women can man
age details far more successfully than
man. Men are always so eager TO be
doing great things that they have no eyes
for the little things that lead up to them.
I'm short men are by nature on better
adapted 10 business than women.
am told statistics show that ninety
out of every hundred business firms estab-
Hshed have ended I'm failure. This is, as
suredly. q credi,able showing for the men,
II appears further that honesty I'm trade
IS so elusive a thing that corporations
are organized TO pay a certain stipulated
sum to firms that are cheated. In adj
dition to all this, insurance policies are