The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-07


Totals. 3ii.dS7
Besides the old occupations we i!ud women
planning houses and decorating them: in tho
chemical laboratories, alministcring gas and
pulling teeth, designing and inventing, and Crap
plInG with the difficult problems Of civil engi-
nerriag. She is on the road as theatrical agent
and manager. and in the role OF veterinary sur.
Rcon administers to the ailments Of dumb ami
mails. Note also the great increase VI women
journalists from IS in 1870 to SIS IN $500. and
rs authors from l5g to @.725. There AFRO
siX times rs many women on the stage or
returning themselves AS actresses In 1890 as in
1870. three times rs many professors and
! teachers. ten times a. many women boNern-
| nIpnt officials. nine times ns many women ply
sicians and surgeons. more than forty times ~
many women lawyers, six times as many women
musicians and teachers of music, twenty-five
times n many artists and TEACHERS OF nrt. while
the number Of women occupying the pulpit
has increased from ~ In $50 TO ,l.l43 twenty
years later. summed up we Ind an army OF
over 100000, or about nne'third or all persons
engaged w professional, services in the United
actual increase. but relatively To IN" men the
number OF women is greater than in 1874.
fcssional life. let Ms follow woman's progress IN
what the dry tables OF IN" Census Or,Cc Gencrl:
caIly term domestic aia professional service
BESIDES the old standby occupations. lodging
house keepers. lanndrc>>es. nurses. midw!vr-,
and servants, we find the new woman pushing
into heretofore unhcard.oi professions. As u
barber. her deStrons ,neers lishtly remove
mans EriIGlN beArl. Nineteen women brave
the wI!ds OF forest and mountain a. hunters.
t%rapper-. guides. And scouts, while. more singu-
lar stu tweniy,elght eyiTce no fear ~ gi,"si'
tiou OF sections; and seven times as many
women commune with other Kind ot spirits AS
saloon keepers and hartcnders as In 1870. There
are three times as many women hotel keepers as
in 1870: nearly twenty tunes as many %ianitors.
while entirely new oCcu pHtions for the gentle
sex have been discovered a. engineers aai fire.
me- mot !ncuinOttvc), aud as w~atChmcn. police
men. and detectives. under which last head 30
! urD returned.
Its Ia trade and transportation that woman
has made her tremendous record between 1870
and 1910. From lD.s2S to 22s.I2l means that
over two hundred thousand Intelligent, indus;
honest way Of making n living. A. bookkeepcrs,
clerks. typewrtcrs. stenographers. cashiers,
telegraph and ,eIephone operators. women hnyo
not better, In the largest class. book eepers.
clerks. and statesmen. the Increase has been phe-
nomenal. especinl!y in the ten wears ended in
$50, from 10000 in 1870 to more than III 900
and collectors The number Of women Increased
from only % In 1870 to4.sT5 in 1880. There
merchants and dealers In 1880 rs there were In
1870. and over thirty times A. many under the
in 1880 $500 women. From $40 operators IN
1870. women telegraph and telephone opera.
number a round, ten thousand now. While
women seem TO flourish and increase and mul.
trlyin trade and TRANSFORMATION, A. bankers and
brokers. commercial travellers airytnen hack.
men and transfers, Rs hnrtl"r-. huckstcrS and
pcddlers, w%eighers ard %raugers, rs bank OIL.
clal~, ~ sailors. AID ~ the mellow atmosuhere
OF funerals ~ uud.r'akcrs. rs Ructiou-crs. boat
men, and pilots women have met with no sue
cess. Their" Rrr fewer women auctioncers now
than in 1870, fewer %hDatnen, while the solitary
woman pilot who occupied = whole line In the
ponderous census volume OF 1870 turns up miss.
ing In 1880 aid r"a ppcHrs ike n lone star on tht
statistical armament OF 1890.
In manufacturing and mechanical pursuiti
women have found some new and importanl
industries between 1870 md 1870, and have moi
tnnitV thua afforded for DTeAlMIunIux. Their,
were five times as many women book bind,
ers; nearly four timss as many ENGAGED
, as many employed In box making: clock and
watch making gave employment In 1870 Z
, nearly five thousand women, and In 1870 to onlj
seyrnty-tvs. TIE increased demand for con
: fectioncry OF all kinds increased the number o
/ 1870 to 6,u74 IN 1890. About ou".third va
added to our cotton operatives. The ttemcn
: dOus Increase In dressing the women aud chill
. dren OF the republic may he studied In the fac
: that Our army Of dr"ssnakcrs, miltiners, Hnt
i: i rST the psri"a m nsmga. between m%ts 'H IS9o "S and TIE isSc
0 more tiihu 100000 women were added. TIT
greatdcvelonment of our hat aud hosiery indus
Try gave employment over $4,000 more woinei
:, than In 1870. Tho Manufacture of lace, emplny
= Ing i.i31, women N 1880, ala not Appear IN th'
cpnsus Of 1870. There were ten times a. man!
women photographers In 1880 rs Ia 1870. Gu
\ pottery industries gave, new emnloyment I,
into Tho business OF printing and Autograph,
: has zen marked. the number increasing: From
l.5O4 IA 1870 to l2,O5S In 1880. Our rope an'
: rnDhe~ factories have found employment 10
r nearly S.OuJ additional women operatives
Shirt, collar and cuiI, maker have Increase
from 9,Sl2 H. 1870 10 1919 In 1880, While on
= six mills found new employment for iron
1 70. 900 to "a. 900 women. An army of wnme
X has invaded the tobacco and cigar industry
Y ana tho hummer thus employed has Increase
j. from u it'll" over 1000 in 1870 tn nearly $500
o n 1890, u net increase of about $4,000 women
n A. II whole. the number of people engaged
manufacturing aud m"Chnnical pursuits has In
r &, "a. ed from J53.0n7 in 1870 to l,O?7,nio T.
y l"p.. This is about n threshold increase. Dur
: ING ~ same period the total numper OF bot
seNe- engaged about doubled.
In these industries We mud the American We
o man literally taking "a hand In all branches. =!
Z n BLACK NTH, she plies the hammer on the anyi
n and makes the sparkle fly. She binds booh'
" makes bottles. brews beer, and works In brio
and tile yards. As q contractor, she build
l. houses. and rs plumber and gas fttor perform
8 the most intricate and mystifying work for I'll
n householder. She works In all the metals. IN
% GLIDING gold and silver. She cuts stone. lay
a. brick. plasters walls. shingles your roof and thu
II the CUTTERS. IN the capacity OF whltewashc
woman engages IN the aerial occupation {
whltewashing your ceiling. while, one woma
returns herself as engaged as y well-diEger.
- Tina Anas tha usntlpr sex closely fOllOW ma