The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-05-27

try ana we presume In the Cavilinea
world generally, though nowhere elsa
are they 20 marked as here. says the
Boston Transcript The old haste Oc-
equations have shown a ahrinkage, az
least with respect to the number Of
! persons engaged In them. This IL true
TO q 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 OF, indi-
eating a tendency toward contraction
OF the home life. The professions have
increased normally, although the pro-
portion Of lawyers Is eonsidersb bly,
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 promin-
ent place in the ranks Of the worlds
Der engaged in various occupations has
increased from 2,647,1 in 1850 TO
5.S19, 39T In 1900, or over 100 per cent
The demand for entertainment and
amusement Is reflected In the fact that
the number OF actors and showmen
has increased IN twenty years S67.S6
per cent. and literary pursuits 5O7.s7
per cent though In the dramatic pro
fession and In the literary world there
are no such shining lights as studded
the more contracted armament OF a
previous generation.
Artists have swollen their ranks by
1921 per cent and architects, design
ers and drafters by S6O.43, The den
lists show a growth In numbers OF
1900 per cent and Journalists OF
l44.00. But the profession that leads
them all Is that OF electrical and civil
engineering. which has attained the
phenomenal growth Of 1.O8734 per
cent OF course, in some Of its now
prominent branches its showing was
compare lively small at the beginning
Of that period and twenty years OF its
history likewise covered the rapid de-
Velopment OF applied electricity for the
various purposes In which It Is now
employed. There Is nothing surprising
in these figures when we consider them
In connection with a service which in
its almost infinite ramldca lions IL hard |
~ more than a quarter OF a century
Nd
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 I
greatest increase in any one class OF |
employees u In the street railway ser |
vice, amounting TO 20.9O per cent, and /
that can also be accounted FOR on sim 7
liar grounds As the years go By other F
new occupa lions, vital to our expand.
ing ciyiliza tion, will be added and the
largest successes await those who can +
most clearly and practically anticipate F
them. But while we admire the versa
tlity and the mental force that have {
covered such a great expanse in that 4
comparatively brief period, It Is the /
exceptional man" whom we still .
await in these several phases OF newly /
developed activity. There Is a splen- +
did mediocrity expanding everywhere. T
but the fixed stars that shall hold their I
places for all times are not yet visible /
10 the naked eye.