Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-13
WORKING WOMEN.

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article. thinks that the "mannlsh Wo-
man" as he styles the woman VINO
has invaded the avenues OF employ
ment in competition with man ana
whom he calls the third sex, mas
seen the zenith of her career
In support of his conclusion ne
quotes some figures. In lSo9 only
tharty-five women and children are
said to have been employed n rae
tories in the United States. Thirty
years later found women il bu. seven
gainful occupations n this country
and of these only ur-'Dookelndlng,
teaching, typesetting and labor In cot
ton factories-took them away from
home. In 1920 women had gaioed
standing in twenty calliaSs, While, III
1890 $50 out of 1863 occupations mad
been invaded by nearly four million
women The present number IL gain
full pursuits he estimates 1T fFe mil
lions. The women of Europe are Sill
more advanced In 1890 the per
centage of women in Sainful pursuits
was only IL in America; in Germany
it was 25; England, p; while IN
France 40 per cent. Of the workers III
industrial establishments were ie-
males.
While such gains lave been made
in the employment OF women, l: is
pointed out that 322 out of 472 Ameri-
can colleges and universities in Amer
lea were coeducational. The attempt
to metamorphose women into men
has, according to Mr.. Finck, assumed
the most threatening aspect Ill the
sphere of politics. In 1867, only LABS
women signed the first petition for
woman suffrage in England. The last
one, in 1898, was signed by PSI, 900.
Wyoming was the first State 10 grant
woman suffrage in 1869 and since then
three other States-Colorado. Idaho anG
lege.
Mr.. tinck argues that if this ratio
should be kept up for another century
1T is obvious that womanly women
are doomed, and that at oest human
society will resemble an ants nest or
a beehive, which, as Sir John Lubbock
writes, contains three kinds of indi-
vdduals: Workers, or imperfect fe-
males, (Which constitute the great ma
jority), males and perfect females
But Notwithstanding the formidable
array of figures lined up against his
deductions, Mr.. Finck maintains that
the tide has turned. He quotes public
men of Colorado against woman suf-
frage, which it is declared is ruining
the homes. He believes that if again
submitted to vote 80 per cent. OF the
men and three-fourths Of the women
would be found opposing it, He
agrees with Cardinal Gibbons that the
women suffragists are really tho worst
enemies of the female SEX
In conclusion Mr.. Fihck quotes what
he deems significant figures showing
that the number of female government
employees has been reduced from ID
to per cent. in one year Eight
thousand women in business positions
in New York, Boston and Chicago
have been replaced by men in three
months. Large western railways are
discharging female employees and re-
placing them with men in order to
have some one in line of promotion
Even women stenographers, he holds,
are not in the great demand Of for
mer years. All these things indicate
that the coming century will witness
splendid spectacle of prodigal wives
returning to the domestic sphere un-
der the stern tyranny of the truth they
have learned about themselves.
OF course, this will make the woman
suffragists frothy with Indignation.
But, really, is it not worth their seri-
GUS consideration?