The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-10-22

Try and We presume IN the civiiized
world generally, though nowhere else
are they 90 marked al here. says the
Boston Transcript. The old basic Oc-
equations have shown q nhrinkage. at
least with respect to the number Of
persons engaged In them. This In true
to larger extent Of agriculture than
OF almost anything else, though the In
creased use Of machinery probably
more than offsets in the results the re-
duced personality. A comparison Of
the figures for 1880 and 1900 show
very interesting and significant changes
for the double decade. Domestic and
personal service has fallen or, indi-
eating q tendency toward contraction
Of the home life. The professions have
increased normally, although the pro-
portion Of lawyers is considerably
larger than that Of doctors. which may
account for the fact that the average
OF individual rewards In the latter pro-
fessiOn are larger than in the former.
Women have taken a more prOmln-
ent place In the ranks OF the worlds
workers than ever before. The num-
Der engaged In various occupations has
increased from 2.64T,15T in 1850 to
o,319.S9T in 1900. or over 100 per cent,
The demand for entertainment and
amusement Is reflected In the fact that
the number of actors and ahOwmen
has increased in twenty years S6T.s6
per cent. and literary pursuits 5O7.sT
per cent, though In the dramatic pro-
fession and In the literary world there
are no such shining lights as studded
the more contracted ornament Of a
previous generation.
Artists have swollen their ranks by
179-21 per cent and architects, design
ers and drafters by 6049. The den
lists show q growth in numbers OF
1900 per cent and journalists OF
144O6. But the profession that leads
them all II that Of electrical and civil
engineering. which has attained the
phenomenal growth Of 1.O87.34 per
cent. OF course. In some Of its now
prominent branches It's showing was
comparatively small at the beginning
Of that period and twenty years OF its
history likewise covered the rapid de-
VslOpment Of applied electricity for the
various purposes In which It Is now
employed. There IL nothing surprising
In these figures when we consider them
in connection with a service which In
its almost Infinite ramifcations II hard
ly more than a quarter Of q century
I'D
These figures are enlightening. They
snow numerous departures and indi-
cate that the present generation must
adjust itself to different conditions
from those which furnished the goals
OF endeavor for a previous one. The
greatest increase In any one class Of
employees u in the street railway ser
vice. amounting to 5000 per cent. and
that can also be accounted for on sim
liar grounds As the years go By other
new oecupa lions. vital to our expand
Ing civilization, will be added and the
largest successes await those who can
most clearly and practically anticipate
them. But while we admire the versa
tility and the mental force that have
covered such a great expanss in that
comparatively brief period, It Is the
exceptional man" whom we stlIl
await IN these several phases OF newly
developed activity. There Is 4 splen-
did mediocrity expanding everywhere,
but the fixed stars that shall hold their
places for all times are net yes visible
to the naked eye.