The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-08-24

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II has been repeatedly asserted thaA
although wemen's work In quite eqnea
70 that of men. the scale OF payment y
much lower. owing TO the p~rejudice
which stu exists IN the minds OF men
against the sncroachment OF women IN
the labor market and "a tho compsd-
&c among women themselves on Nc
count OF b cver-increastng numner
who are forced 10 earn their own hvets-
hood.
As a matter OF fact. however. except
IN rare cases. women's work 10 nos
equal to that OF men. not because tney
are not equally capable OF doing IL or
do not understand IL. but because Few
women can be induced 10 take thsir
work seriously and will not devote the
time necessary TO perfecting them-
selves in 10 until too late. II they enter
the ranks OF workers AZ girls they 20
40 In nine cases out OF ten simply -
earn suficient money 10 dress on untu
such time az they shall be married >
Consequently. the work In their eyes
10 simply n stop-gap. A boy. when pc
leaves school and takes up any proles-
sion or goes into a bank or ONCE
knows that he does so on the under
standing that he IN starting hfe's work.
and that no matter what private nalrS
such AZ marriages. births OF dcaths,
may occur outside the once. the
chances are that he viii spend his n
tire life In the same routine. Therefore.
Il IL 20 his future well being IL hs
sacrifices himself for the sake OF gain
Ing a higher position and an Increased
Regards Work a. Temporary.
A glri who learns shorthand ana
~typewriting. for instance. rushes
through a three months course at some
school and gains n position In an once
with the idea firmly ixed In her head
that she will probably only DO there for
q year OF two. She takes no interest In
her work beyond getting IL done AZ
quickly as possible. and sits all day
With one eye on the clock until the
hour OF her release arrives. when she
puts ON her hat and promptly forgets
everything connected with the office.
Her essential ambitions and Interests
are all outside Of IL. II In merely an
irksome means OF obtaining extra
spending money; While every creature
that wears trousers instead OF skirts 10
viewed In the light OF a possible hus-
band instead OF n co-worker. Then if
the years 20 on and the hopcd-for mar
rage does not take place h girl drifts
into the middle-nged woman. drnb. de-
spondent and hopeless. content TO rub
along on the small pittance which
keeps utE AEOtu 9CtuAl WAAtAs ANN III
no ambition and no interest I'm life.
II instead OF starting with such ideas
the girl begins her work. whatever IL
may be. with the firm determination to
ret to the top sooner or later. marriages
appears To her more In the light OF a
handicap than otherwise. and men. In
stead OF being merely the opposite sex.
ors. with long odds In their favor.
Has q Chance TO Succeed.
Such q girl invariably succeeds In
lifting herself out OF the ruck and gain
Ing some definite position and pros
poets. even ~ she never attains any
very treat height. But to do this II In
necessary ut all times 10 put the work
before outside interests and personal
wishes. They are stu rather apt to be
imbued with the notion that whatever
they do must be right because they are
women. and that men have no right 90
point out their Deficiencies. For this
reason men are much easier TO work
with than women. II they say TO q
man. "Oh. you silly ass. whatever did
you do that for?" he smiles placidly
and takes Il In good part. But tell a
herself and you make her your enemy
for life.
Bottles 10 Her Irritation.
A man under the same circumstances
N generally unbearably m-tempered
and about a. pleasant TO approach AZ a
porcupine or a hedgehog. His language
IL apt to be somewhat unrestrained. but
he generally lasts out. A woman. being
deprived OF these useful methods OF
venting superiuous ~irritabiiity. has 10
keep u bottled up, and consequently
suffers more severely.
4. Detail and routine work In generally
carried out better by women than by
men because the former are not 80
easily bored by tribes and do not loss
patience, and. having In most cases no
ambition beyond earning the small
Weekly salary which covers their needs
fof The m.6hsnt. Sndsavor 10 do so with
the least possible expenditure or time
and thought. To many women the
failure to catch one particular train In
the evening In a calamity not 10 DO
thought OF. and they prefer leaving the
work undono 90 staying an extra half
hour to finish II. This type OF worker.
whether man or woman. never gets
anywhere.
one reason which In often brought
against women as detrimental to thu
value OF her work Is that they are
subject TO small ailments which renders
their work uncertain n their attend
ance u%nregular. During my working
experience 1 have compared notes very
carefully and 1 have come to the on
clusion that I'm this respect women are
really not so black as they are painted.
put there In no doubt that a great cause
or Il IL tho act that they Will try to
save on their food.
No one was ever yet known TO do
good work on a diet of buns n tea or
sweets and pastry. and until women
abandon this fatal habit and adopt
more common sense rules they will
suffer In consequence.