The record-union., 1899-10-13

WOMEN IN THE PROFESSIONS. .
Eureka Californian: A correspondent
who occasionally takes issue with the
Californian" on questions under dis
cussion in this paper insists that the
growing reluctance of young men 20
marry forces many young women into
occupations formerly filled exclusively
by men. That may be so; but it is
also fact that many young men hesi-
tate to enter the marriage state be-
cause womens invasion of mans puc-
suits is making it more difficult for
a man of family to get on in the
world.
We need go no farther than San
Francisco to observe the effect of wo-
mans invasion Of mans employments.
occasionally young man from the
country enters business college of the
metropolis of the State and after
completion of the course, armed with
his diploma and fattering testimonials
from the faculty, sets out with light
heart to secure position. To his dis
may he finds such situations as the
! business education has qualified him to
I'LL held by young women. He makes
the additional discovery that the usual
salary of a young lady for this sort of
| work would be scarcely sufficient to
pay his board, lodging and laundry
Oils. There are in San Francisco hum
dreds of young lady typewriters book
| keepers and stenographers who. resid-
ing with their parents, can afford to
work for wages upon which a young
man, thrown upon his own resources,
would starve. We may assume that
the condition of things obtaining in San
FRANCISCO is equally prevalent in other
cities. The young men who prepare
themselves for accountants and steno-
graphers are forced to adopt other pur-
suits
In the East more generally than in
the West women are crowding into the
professions; and the Boston Globe
predicts that at the rate at which Wo-
men are studying law women will soon
De no unfamiliar figure in the courts
that half the ordained preachers will
yet be women; and that women will
Write half the worlds books and pub
lish half the worlds circulating litera
ture. OF course in this the Globe" is
far af1eld. Howbeit, the number of
/ RAOAN0o4OAlo1 WOItSA Is relatively IN
creasing, but while women are crowd
ing men out of some occupations men
are crowding them out Of others. While
the women are becoming doctors. law
I yers, ministers and accountants. men
are becoming cooks, dressmakers, hat
trimmers and domestic servants.
Doubtless more women will now be
able to maintain themselves in inde-
pendence, but the difficulty of main
tanning his family in comfort the hus-
band and father will find immeasurably
greater, and the conceded reluctance OF
the male American to marry will be
| increased a hundred fold.
1T. CONVERTED HIM.
| Redlands Facts: Chaplain Mailley
of the First Nebraska, says the Sun, u
returned from the Philippines along
with his regiment just in time to at
tend the Republican State Convention
held at Lincoln, made a speech that
has set the Prairie State in a trenble
| of excitement. Chaplain Mailley went
to the Philippines a Populist. and re-
turned a supporter of the Administra-
ton, and his address is good enough
to find place in every political scrap
book The sentences were short and
terse, every pause being the signal for
enthusiastic cheering, and the demon
stration that followed the last word
while the band played the Star Span
gled Banner" was thrilling in the ex-
treme Chaplain Mailley said:
L am not politician. I am ONLY a
preacher. / have never even voted the
Republican ticket. But I belong to a
church that believes that while the
light holds out to burn the yilest sinner
may return. I believe that 1 am ad-
dressing the representatives of a party
that believes the world do move. When
the call came for troops to take the
field, offered my services and went ont
with one of the best regiments that
Uncle Sam ever sent into the field
1oiioWed the flag there, and I will fol-
low 1t mere. In time of peace I sup
port the Administration If it is right
and in time of war l support the A6.
mlnistration If it is wrong, but the time
for action has come. / am for the Ad.
ministration, right or wrong. do not
say it boastfully, but when I was fol.
lowing the old flag over the rice fields
of Luzon I took my little gun and shot
| Now l have returned to vote and re-
talk, and I shall vote and talk here as
l shot in the Philippines"
THE POPULAR IDOL.
Fresno Democrat: This much must
be conceded by students Of recent his.
tory in all countries that the receptior
or Admiral George Dewey at New
York City, is thing unique in mill
tary or naval annals. Among the
worlds great Admirals, Nelson was his
only peer, but when Nelson won the
battle of the Nile and strewed the
shores of Aboukir Bay with wrecks. as
Dewey did at Manila, the tongue al
scandal was kept wagging from the
Day that the hero returned with the
loss of an arm to claim the gratitude
or his countrymen. Even after Mel,
son died for his country in the crown.
ing triumph at Trafalgar, detractior
did not cease till Lady Hamilton wa.
in her grave. And to-day there is 8
record to show that, as regards Lad,
Hamilton, Nelson was like the Cheva
l1er Bayard or Sir Galahad, "withou
reproach" In this country George
Washington, Andrew Jackson. Lafay
cite, Winfield Scott, Zachary Taylor
Lincoln, Sherman, Grant, Meade. Nc
Clellan and even Sampson and Schle,
have had to endure cavil censure
calumny and detraction in the momen
of victory. The fate of Paul Jone,
i fingers as lasting national reproach
but George Dewey enjoys the distinc
ton of being the idol of the American
i people and the admiration of the ma
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