Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-24

had never held its convention west of the
Mississippi river was the one which won
for the Utah city.
The American Federation of Labor will
register with the secretary of state Of
Porto Rico as a labor party. 1t has nomi-
mated a ticket in several municipalities and
candidates for the house of delegates.
the international organizer of the Brother-
hood of Painters. Decorators and Paper
hangers will visit Cleveland to conduct
several months organizing campaign in
that vicinity.
By unanimous vote the plasterers de-
cfded that the membership shall by referen-
dum declare whether or not the .. L. /. A.
will affiliate with the American Federation
OF Labor. The question has been fought
for eight years.
The total number of women engaged in
gainful occupations in 1900 was 5.3ls.397
says the Technical World Magazine. which
goes into interesting details as to the vari-
women earned their bread some of which
are unique. At the rate of increase be-
tween 1880 and 1900 there cannot be short
of 10000 at work at present in various
trades and occupations in the United States
of America.
About 1,0O0.eOO of Americas Ave million
odd gainful women in 1900 were engaged in
what the census calls agricultural pursuits.
There were also 100 woman lumbermen and
raftsmen and 113 woman wood choppers.
There were mere than $4,000 teachers and
but GALS actresses. There were 3. 400
woman clergymen actively engaged in the
religious life of many denominations.
Forty women were claSSed civil engi-
neerS, 80 as mechanical and electrical engi-
neerS and three as mining engineers Incl
dentally there were IA woman veterinary
surgeons. There were also 3,125 woman IL
brarians, 2.0S6 woman saloonkeepers and
40 woman bartenders.
In the building trades, which would hard
ly be supposed to attract woman. there
were 1877 masons. 545 carpenters, A. plaster
erS, 1.159 painters GLACIERS and varnishers,
126 plumbers. 241 paperhangers and slat-
erS and rooferS. Plans We're prepared by
100 architects and $50 women entered into
competition for the erection of buildings.
The greatest widening of business oppor-
tunity for the sex is found in the depart
ments of Stenography and typewriting.
1.-The only occupations in which women
are going backward compared with men,.
comments the Technical World Magazine.
''are those in which they might be expected
to go forward namely, sewing. tailoring
and dressmaking. There were fewer seam
stresses, tailoresses and dreSsmakers IN
proportion to the number of men in these
occupations in 1900 than there were in 1880.
Work with the neeoie seems to be becom-
ing too feminine for women.
ION the whole, however. the increase IN
the number of women in the trades and
industries of America is not only satisfac-
tory, but more than satisfactory. 1t Is
alarming. The number of women at work
increased 33 per cent during the decade.
In that period the total number of women
in the United States increased only - per
cent. In other words. the number of
women at work increased half as LAST again
as the total number of all the women In
the country Roughly speaking. it may be
said that while in 1890 one woman in every
six went to work. in 1900 the proportion
had increased to one in every five