Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-08-11
TYPEWRITERS WANTED.
Matrimonial Chances of Professional
Women.

Women.
short time since, while turning
over a pile of weekly papers, came
upon a table which purported to give
the number of professional women
and the profession to which they be-
longed-who had entered the mar
rage state during tie recent year,
writes Geraldine Bonner in the Argo-
naut. The table was neither lengthy
nor elaborate. 1t simply gave the
number of matrons that each profess
sion had contributed to the holy state
Of matrimony during a twelvemonth
But it was interesting reading, not
alone as indicating what percentage
OF professional women married, but
as showing the superior attractive
ness Of one branch of workers over
another.
The chances of marriage of the
women in certain professions are I'M
doubtedly more numerous than those
of the home keeping women Of the
middle class or the more brilliant
world Of society. Of these vocations
the one which, according to my table,
furnishes most recruits to the ranks
OF matrons is that Of the typewriter.
This is rather a surprise, for the type
writer regarded from the standpoint
of intellectual distinction, is far be-
low some of her capable and cultured
sisters. Among professional women
she is certainly at ''the bottom of
the heap" What, then, is the secret
of her attractions? Propinquity, OF
course
She is the center of an Office full OF
men all day long She is generally a
bright girl, or she could not retain
her position, sharp, quick-witted and
industrious. There is bound to be a
certain amount of conversation be-
tween her and her employer and his
clerks, as she sits among them day
after day, writing at their dictation.
She comes to know much Of the bust
ness Of the Office. Her employers
interests are of moment to her. He,
or one of his subordinates, finds that
it is pleasant to talk with this intelli-
gent, business-like, clear-sighted girl,
who has no nonsense about her."
but is all alertness and attention.
Her very lack of feminine softness
and fascinating folly may have it's
charm to men who find softness and
folly trife tiresome now and then.
With mind engrossed by his work
man finds it hard to suit his CONVEX
sation to the delicate ear of the girl
he meets in drawing rooms, whose
life and it's interests is as far re
moved from his as Dan is from Beer
sheba. The office typewriter, if she
loses in beauty, gains in interest by
comparison. She knows all about
the subjects that are vital to him.
She can talk about the things that
just then loom large on his horizon.
There is none Of that dislocating Of
his mind to adjust it to her different
world and mood. She belongs to
this world of work and struggle, and
some day he wakes to the realization
that she is Ie0t only one of the most
understanding and sympathetic of
companions, but one of the dearest of
women as well.
After the typewriters the self-sup-
porting women who exercise most
charm over the masculine heart are
the sick nurses. This is an entirely
conceivable hypothesis. From the be-
ginning Of things a woman is sup
posed to be at her best in the sick
room When pain and sickness
wiring the brow she is or she ought
to be, ministering angel.
These two professions stand far
ahead of the others as furnishers Of
wives to the annual crop. After them
comes the actress.
After these the rest of the profess
siOnal women are Jumped together in
an unmarrying mass. The female
writer's, painters, musicians and doc
tors straggle far behind the foot
prints that their more engaging sis
tiers leave in the sands of time as
they bend their course altarward
Can it be that the more advanced in
tellectually women become the less
interesting they are to the other sex :?