The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-04
A PEEP INTO FUTURlTY.
Women Steadily Filling Places Once Oc-
cupied by Men.

cupied by Men.
There can be no doubt that women |
are steadily filling the places which |
used to be occupied by men, and that
in all the Offices and public institutions
of the land they are doing as good work
and occasionally better than the men
they have ousted for very much lower
wages than men receive.
Meanwhile their brothers have moth
ing to do but to complain, lounge about
smoke cigarettes and borrow small
change of their wage earning female
relatives. all of which is bad for their
morals and manners. as we all know.
Now, therefore, it becomes the duty or
the matrons of the land to come to the
assistance of these young men. and,
having informed them that they mis-
took their vacations when they took to
desks. counters and Office work and that
the kitchen is evidently their sphere,
show them what beautiful and holy
life is that of general Homework girl
how the health improves while taking
regular exercise with the broom, dust
pan. window washer, kitchen poker and
coal scuttle, how lovely the light that
beams in the eye of one who rises be-
times TO clear out the kitchen range,
LIGHT the fire and make breakfast, how
in frying fiapjacks for relays of hungry
eaters holy thoughts possess the SOUL
how the mind develops while trying to
fry a chop. send up the dumb waiter
| and tell the vegetable man what mlssus
wants today at the same moment; how
nv degrees one becomes possessed OF an
| angelic temper and complexion TO
| match while washing the breakfast
| dishes, getting the lunch ready, wash.
ing the lunch dishes, getting the dinner
ready. washing dishes again, getting
| little supper ready for two or three
friends who come in late, washing dish
es again, and finally tumbling up stairs
with one eve open and the other sound
asleep to repose in the awful close little
room devoted from time immemorial TO
"the girl and something that bites
her dreadfully and that she never has
time to "tend to-
All these joys have been the exclu'
s;ve nroperty of the female domestic
since many decades, but they can now
be mans exclusively. and probably will
he when his sisters and his cousins and
his aunts have elbowed him ont OF the
sbops the Offices and the public depart
ments. from the counters and out Of
the hotels and gone in themselves "a
half price. as English people used &c
see the play in bygone years. Oomesti'
service is all that will be left for him
for it is the one thing that women VII
shake themselves free of as soon as the!
possibly can
After plenty Of lectures, columns
good advice in the papers and unweary
ing efforts to lead these young men Tn
way that they should go they Will be
Gin to be gathered into the kitchens
will sit meekly in the intelligence OIL
fec and show their references from thei
last employer and never 'dlsappoint'
but 90 to the new place with top IA
box and dress suit case, two umbrella
and four canes in bundle and all tina
they need to make them look neat.
Those who do not keep maids OF q
work may be provided with COOK WI
has seen better days at $50 week as
bookkeeper until an erudite spinster o
fered to take the place for $40
A gentleman from the real estate 0
a fee. whose place is now occupied py
j. pretty girl. may do the busting an
sweeping and a youth whose little s, 5,
!. ter "hooked his job may propei u
baby wagon up and down the stree
!. These, with a gentleman from Onii
g in the laundry. will be quite sufiiciel
for an ordinary establishment. AND
/. Of course being inexperienced and dor
it woman's work they must receive 10
d wages the domestic expenses OF maaa
Is will be az much decreased as are tho
/. of monsieur's Office by this exchange
10 smployments by the sexes
a MARY KYLE DALLAS.