The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-02-28
Noman's Department


ting is now done almost exclusively by
women. The first process Of diamond
splitting-that Is, separating the large
stone full of flaws into several flawless
stones-is done by men. Women then
handle the diamonds, which they round
with diamonds, removing all angles
AS some of the diamonds are so small
that several hundred of them weigh
less than a caret, the work is very
hard on the eyes. The last process by
which the stones are facetted is done
by steam.
The strangest position filled by any
woman in the country is probably that
occupied by Mrs. Mary Preston Slos-
son, chaplain Of the Wyoming pene-
Tertiary. For two years Mrs. Slosson
has had charge of the moral and spirit
! ual welfare of Wyoming's convicts.
She has endeared herself to nearly 200
convicts some of whom are notorious
Western desperadoes with many MUIR
ders on their heads, and such an effect
has this little woman exerted over the
men since her appointment that breach
es Of dicipline have decreased nearly
so per cent.
Women have taken up work in nearly
every profession, but Cleveland prob
ably has the only woman stationary
engineer and fireman or Cire wonan)
in the United States. She has taken
the place Of her husband recently de-
ceased, and fills the position accent
ably. She has often been her husband s
right-hand man in in his work, and
so learned the ms and outs Of his trade
The day after his death she went to
the office of the building and asked for
the position that had been her hus-
bands. The owners of the building,
knowing that the family was in poor
circumstances, and that the woman
for her familiarity with the engine, was
capable Of holding the position, gave
her the place, at the same salary that
had been earned by her husband.
There is janitor in the building who
carries the coal, but the woman handles
the shovel and does not shirk any task
She keeps the engine room as spotless
as such a place can be, and the engine
shines like a new piece of machinery.
In recent years women have en-
gagged in many novel occupations but
perhaps lOL udLy would nave the COur-
age to follow the one chosen by Miss
Emily l.. Marden, Of Milwaukee, Wis.
This young lady is a. full-1edged game
buyer, and for this purpose travels ex-
tensively through the woods of the
northern part of the state. A writer
in the Chicago Chronicle tells of this
young woman's achievement in this
way: For three months in each year
she goes from shipping point to shipping
point, buying direct from the hunters
when she can or from the dealers to
whom the. hunters bring the game they
have killed. This has to be done as
rapidly as possible and there is little
rest or sleep for the young woman until
She has gathered pr+: a sufficient
quantity to make it worth while to take
the long and tiresome tripNback to the:
city. Uuder. the game laws no ship
ping is allowed and this means that
every time a consignment Of game
reaches town some one with hunters
liscense has brought it down from the
north as personal baggage. With Miss
Marden this personal baggage is at
times excessive, and she has brought in
at one trip as many as 1000 birds
which she had gathered up in the course
of two or three days travel through
the woods.