The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-09-12
What The Government Census Says
About The City by The James.
WOMEN WHO EARN THEIR DAILY BREAD
yurprising Invasion of the Industrial Field
by tho Center Sex-Wouderful
Variety of Industries in
This city.

lion. A community like this resembles q
lusO machine. which depends Hpoh ''l'
harmony OF inulutudinous parts TOT lts
proper running. Let "a coz slip here OF
- non drou there. and the whole appa-
ratus comes to "a stop. being I'M own Out ol
gear The COgs, bolts, wheels, bclt7' 'tD',
OF the mechanism polite are repieseh'cu
by the various trades, professions anu
Other occupations in which the peopie
are employed. They arc an busy loselheI
TO use another metaphor pushing
ahead the chariot of progress.
WOMEN EMPLOYED.
What Is most surprising is 10 discover
,,baf large part Is being taken by
women iu running tho great inachiHe
The gcuucr sex twenty years ago nau
a comuarativcly small snare in the nous
trial lifo of this city. To-day the women
work shoulder 90 shoulder with the men
q, the most active cmplOymcnts. lheie
are Inn Richmond at the present moineul
nffv-fhrce women musicians ana ttichOi ?
Of music. uincty-nyo women aitlsts anu
teachers OF art. as women pioleaSoiS an"
school teachers. and eight women physic-
i.lns. .,..
Occupations Of these sorts necessarily
,eot,ire cxrrpuOnal education, as Well ar
eouipment iu the way or brains huI
nowadays there are lu0 aNOcauois open
10 the sex whore there was one perhaps
"A couplo OF decades ago. IN hlChiilollu
and clearinghouse keepers. 1N women
Iouec-kccpcrs and stewardcsscs, l'lz5
1suu6rceeoe $50 nurses ana mdWlNes'
thirteen women restaurant ana saloon
KEEPERS. 4lN women servants IN houS''
holds. twCnty-siX women book-ktepeIs
and accountants. l45 women CLERKS anu
copvists 16O women merchants ana deal
~ a93 salcswomen. sxty-three women
stcnographcrs and typewrters thirteen
women shoemaker and conblers' ana
eighfv-f0ur girls are set down IN the
census list as apprentices 10 various
trades.
no "a thinking person it is really Won
dcrful 10 notice how the women are pro-
crossing in the serious activities OF Ire.
They are broadening the field OF their
energies every day. and. barring such
emplovments as those of the soldier and
the railroad engineer they seem 10 ne
doing about everything that the men 90.
Nobody dare say that before many years
have gone by they might be handling the
locomotive throttle and shoulderng the
reglmentai rifle. la Richmond at TINS
very minute there are 223 women paper
box makers 100 women cotton and other
textile mill operatives. LISP women dress
makers. fifty women printers, engrdV-
ers and binders. Cighty-Onc tailoresses
0GS women tobacco and cigar makers
and fourteen women messengers ana
porters. -...,.,
THE MEN EMPLOYED.
Richard Grant White has said that
women are sex set apart Tor repro
ductive purposes" explaining that the
men are the race" IL may be so. hut IL
is certain that the hand that rocks the
cradle is oxerting a large-sizcd pull in
affairs nowadays AS for the men. 10 is
very interesting to note how many OF
chem are engaged in contributing each
kind Of product of brain or body to the
the city of Richmond lot OF tuel ls
needed. and the elements composing 1t
must be numerous and varied.
This city. To- begin with, requires the
services Of twenty-nine professional gar
deners 90 keep It's urban grounds and SUI
burban lawns and howerbeds beautiful
But the real estate. as well as many
other matters. needs for purposes Of dis
putatiOn iGj lawyers. Their business Is
TO propagate sQuabhlcs. whereas the pro
motion of harmony engages the atten-
ton Of siXty-scVcn musicians ana teach
ers Of music. Government officials locally
established TO the number OF lii draw
their salaries without much care for
laoL politics. one hundred and hfty phy-
scians are equally sure Of pcrmanct cm-
ploymcnt so long 9s disease germs do
not lose their activity. As for BARRIERS,
no fewer than 22O of them are busy al
the year round shaving and cutting the
better for tho latter il they swore on
alcohol but. as IL u.s. $50 bartendcrs are
constantly kent busy serving them with
whiskcy mint-julops and the gullet-eX-
pandng beer.
OTHER OCCUPATIONS.
Two hundred and thirty-ninc engineers
and hremcn run engines Of various sta
tiOnarv kinds ion Richmond And Just here
II is worth mentoning i'm order TO get
Of O. I. .
OF the miscellaneous sort attend 10 an
the odds and ends OF work that have 10
he done within the precincts OF tho town.
They are not interesting. of course. IKE
the restaurant and saloon-keepers, VINO
feed the hungry population. these num-
hcrine ninety. or male servants the ma.
meration is ll3i Two hundred and thirty
one watchmcu and policemen guard the
city's peace.
Real estate agents. Insurance agents
and collectors are necessary in any cCn-
ter of population There arc 402 Of them
in Richmond. Bankers are equally indis-
pcnsahlc. though the mass of the people
have no use for them. Put them down
together with brokers and officials i'm
banks, az To-. Clerks and b0ok-kCeDers
are "a big lot $50 ir this city. or COM
mtrcial ira .cllcrs 2l9 claim residence here.
though upon our knightly word. We might
have imagined that "a COmmis-Voyageur
would distain TO own up 90 such q thing
as "a residence. being like a sea serpent
in that respect The hackmcn and team
stcrs are I'M evidence everywhere. nut
thcm down 40 go. Nobody could get along
without the liverymen and hostlers; there
are IA of them. OF merchants and ned
oilers there are ISIS. Most OF them en-
ploy messengers and porters. and OF these
the roster calls for i2N Put statesmen
down at N5 and manufacturers and pub
fishers at 345.
RAILWAY EMPLOYEES.
Steam railroad employees are numbered
among the city's residents. though they
are travelling nearly AN the time Eight
hundred and fifteen Of them contribute 20
the local population. To these must be
added l58 street railroad men, They trans
port the people from home to business
and back again But al home the ciu-
zens must De fed and of the stam OF LIE
a suflciency ia furnished by ll0 bakeras.
The head OF a family is apt 20 be dis
gusted 90 see his bills for living expenses
running up. despite an he can dO-not
realizing that the minor expenditures OF
individuals so this town support 81 black
smiths and whcelwrghts. 30 shoe-makers
and cobblerg. no brick-makers aud pot
tiers. nincty-Onc butchers us cabinet
makers and upholstorcrs. I. 055 carpenters.
90 coooers 500 iron and steel workers.
so machiuists. 32s marble and stone cut
A'iN' -'' iit.r'i." lN biltN anu stone oiN
painters and GLACIERS l32 plumbers. gas
filters and steam-httcrs. 396 printers. en-
gravers and boOkbindcrs. 1u tailors. l2i
timers and tin-warc makers. l.269 tobacco
and cigar factory operatives. and eighty
one wOOd-workCrs.
Zach industry 20 employ one more
metaphor puts SIS product into the hcap
which is for the use OF an The sum-totai
IS the resultant of t-c labor Of the COM
munity and is distributed again for gem
cral consumption. II may be braiu-work.
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