The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-13
WOMEN ANO TRlNSVaAL

our eyes have been turned on South
Africa for the past eighteen months. and
many With the kcenest interest, for they
intend to take up their residence in the
Transvaal after the war. What IL will
be like as a residence for women is dealt
with In the Iadys Magazine thus:
VIII the Beers settle down in peace
with us after the war Is oVer2 That Il
the question which all sorts and condi-
tions Of peopie--women as well as men
are asking. with view to possible mi
grafton To- the Transvaal Eldorado. To
women who contemplate going out there
aud their number Is by no means few-thc
question is one OF even greater moment
than it Is 20 men. VI the country re-
mains unsettled " IL obviously no place
for them War is not a woman's game.
She gets all the discomfort. and none Of
the glory. There is generally enough
savage In "the male man thing To make
him rather ready, than otherwise, To eX-
change pen and books for powder and
bullets. Man also knows that when his
plough share Is beaten into swords again.
war will. at any rate. End him the means
of subsistence. Woman has 10 leave her
livelihood and flee out OF the way
II Is obvious, then. that until this ques-
tion OF the likelihood OF Boer lying down
Briton can be answered with fair
amount OF certainty it VIII not bew.se
for lady workers 60 he in too great
hurry to make the Transvaal their home
For instance. prior 10 the war there
was i'm Johannesburg "A considerable
number of lady clerks. With the expect
ed increase IN the size OF business OF the
famous golden city a proportionately
greater number will probably find em-
ployment in the future.
Another field for the employment OF
tfH4sr ll..f.N IL Ia
though the climate of johannesburg g..
there has always been considerable
amount OF fever, pneumonia, etc.
Salaries TO lady shop assistants range
from cl2 los. TO E25 month In "A gen
eral way, but some command far higher
rates than the latter igures.
For governesses there Is but little open
ing. the market being always supplied by
colonial girls. The class, however. for
which the demand is practically un-
limited Is undoubtedly that OF female
domestic servants. The autoCrat OF the
English suburban kitchen Is a humble
parsonage indeed beside her sister who
finds her way into Johannesburg house
hold Your good plain there wants
ei00 a year, at least, for her valued SER
vices at the fryingpan: while the goddess
of the dustpan and brush viii soon seek
another place 81 her remuneration does
not also come within the neighborhood
of three figures
Even with such tempting wages as
these. the real English servant Is, how
ever. q rara avis IN Johannesburg. In
these days OF "ladv cooks and lady
helps" there Is probably no place i'm the
world that rrui shes such a happy hunt
ing ground as the Transvaal
Their necessary expenses we have now
20 consider. Generally speaking lady
clerks and others who do not have
rooms found for them, live I'm boarding
houses The charges there are usually
from AZ TO "a month for a fairly fur
nished room including attendance, and
about Gi0 a month, Il ~ quite possible
OF washng usually comes TO another los.
or 81 a month.
While Il Is very difficult for anyone 10
cut down his or her expenditure below
about 40 month. 10 Is quite possible
FOR about SIS 60 easily cover all necessary
expenses IL will thus bo seen that any
one getting = salary OF 80 TO G25 a
month has a fair margin 10 put by for
q rainy day, "A trip to the dear home
land, or a wedding trousseau.
Then. again. with regard 20 The price
OF living. We read: Hitherto. the price
Of fruit and vegetables has been absurd
~ high. The elsewhere pleblan cabbage
is. IN Johannesburg. "a dignatary to whom
you feel inclined 10 take off your hat at
sight He sometimes values himself at
half n crown ana not mfrcquently at
ss., with the land in the ncighborhood
OF johannesburg cultivated by English
men. instead of letharGlr Beers. market
gardening viii soon bring down prices 20
"A natural level