Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-18
INCREASE OF CRIMINALS,

1t has been pointed out lately, in the
press that women are invading" In
ever increasing numbers, the occupa-
lions In which men are engaged At
tentlon has been called to the fact that
In Chicago alone there are about 1900
women engaged In various kinds Of Ia
Dor, including heavy manual work
There are not only women janItors,
watchmen, bankers, brokers' dentists,
doctors, journalists, lawyers, and photo
graphers, but there are also stock
raisars butchers, draymen hackmen
and teamsters, livery stable Keepers.
paperhangers, harness and saddemak-
ers. sawmll and planlng-mlll employees,
engineers and flremen. contractors, mar
BILE and stonecutter, elaeswolkey7 iron
and steel workers, plumbers, gas and
steamftters machlnists, architects, de-
sgners and draughtsmen, electricians,
policemen and fremen, undertakersand
we are sorry TO say bartenders and
saloonkeepers. The city claims FIVE
women hodcarrlers. and II is only a
question OF time when there will be
feminine soldiers and sailors, miners,
and so on.
A leading English womans Journal
comments on the aptitude Of the Amer
lean woman for the various pursuits of
life, 1t sa-s;
I'VE cannot but admit that her Eng
fish sister has q good deal to learn
from her In the matter Of entering
more thoroughly into mans life and
mode Of thought, and claiming from
him as a matter Of course an equality
Of treatment, both IN the practical and
Intellectual planes Of life. Vulgartes
OF expression are douby offensive when
they come from the mouth of a woman,
and an undue familiarity with the
ways and slang Of her brothers does
not tend 90 increase a mans respect
for a woman. on the other hand, an
intelligent and appreciatiye interest IN
the life and work Of a man adds very
largely to the attraction of the woman
possessing IT,"
There is another side, though, to this
subject
II Is claimed that juvenile crime is on
the increase, as a result Of the growing
difficulty Of obtaining work for boys.
As an illustration; The ST. Paul Globe
says that Of the forty-one prisoners in
the Hennepln county Jail. not one is
above % years Of age. And a Hennepin
county judge, commenting on this fact,
states his belief that the increase Of
crime among young men is due to their
being forced out Of many sources Of
employment by girls Whether this
is correct or not the fact remains. Il
seems, that the penal institutions OF the
country contain more young offenders
than they did a few years ago. and that
is important enough to call for an in
yestlgatlon OF causes.
II would not be possible TO turn the
tide back TO former channels, even II
il were desirable TO do so; but II should
be possible for parents, with or with
out the aid Of the state, to provide for
the practical education Of boys. II
should be- possible TO discourage the
tendency TO study for the professions,
or for positions IN stores and Offices,
which are generally oyercrowiad, and
to encourage a taste for the trades. II
should be possible to discourage the
habit Of stufing that kind OF learn
ing into boys that fills them with
vain ambition, but disqualides them for
productive work
Young men well occupied have no
general tendency to law breaking The
trouble Is with those who are idle. par
ucularly II forced to idleness by cir
cumstances beyond their control The
question OF manual training and om-
ployment, go ably dwelt on by speak
ers at the last conference, is one OF the
utmost Importance TO the family and
the state. II is question Of morals
as we'll as Of economics