Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-13


will do In the next ten years, but hardly
think they will go in for train running.
We see women in the worst and best
phases here. and 1 sometimes think they
would be capable Of manufacturing dyna-
mite, as they say nerve is necessary In
compromising that explosive.
But where you find one woman with an
overabundance Of nerve, you will find a
hundred deficient. They lack the necessary
quality of being sure Of themselves. Now,
watch that woman on the corner seat, near
the dooS. She Is going to Cincinnati, and
the man that announces the departure of
trains has just called out that the train is
ready and also all the cities the train will
nouncement sufficient, but there she goes
toward the poor fellow that has just yelled
his lungs cut, and I'll wager a good cigar
she will ask him if the train for Cincinnati
is ready. CThe official won his bet)
Talk about women running trains. they
do not kEcw how to ride in them" con-
tinued the depot master, with hearty
laugh over the result of his prediction.
Three times out of four If there is any
one missing train it is a woman, and a
person that has SO little respect for being
on time would be out Of place around
railroad. She will start late from her
home, take her time in catching street
car; after reaching the depot she will take
her time buying ticket and then take
heart on for the last week. Then when it
Is too late she flutters about the depot and
almost has Mysteries in her fruitless en-
deavor to make up the lost time.
Make Good Spoilers.
There are positions in the railroad SER
vice that believe women could fill. such as
clerks in the ticket office and 'spotters,'
and especially in the latter I think they
would do their sex great credit They are
N oil Cd wit !,
ness. and in the line of detectives would
keep many conductors inclined to crooked
ness in the straight and narrow path.
would like to see the railroad companies
try the ladies ticket sellers. 1t takes lots
OF patience to wait on passengers without
losing ones temper, but believe they could
do it, besides. 1t would make a great diff
ference to the rough characters that rush
up to the agents about one minute before
train time, and because they are not waited
on instanter swear like Trojans.
1.-The chief grievance of women when II
comes down to working with men Is that
they are not given the same pay as their
brothers. In this think they are mistaken,
as there are a number of reasons why they
should not receive the same compensation,
even when they are apparently filling the
same post, discharging the same duty and
turning out the same labor product. No
worker is ever paid simply for the par
ticular work he or she is doing at a par
ticular time, where the enga cement is con-
tinuous No one weeks work stands alone.
Inc possibilities or work always nave TO be
considered as well as the actual labor.
Take your own business of newspaper
writing. for instance-a woman, though ap-
parently doing the same work as man, Is
worth less. because she cannot be sent any,
where and everywhere because in a big
city she cannot go and come alone at all
hours Of the night through all quarters,
and because in all manner of emergencies
she Is less available. What is true of news
paper work Is true. IN a measure. Of all
work The railroads do not bar on women
because of their sex, but for a variety of
reaSnnI.