The Ordway new era., 1906-09-21

d If Displaced by an Industri-
Woman-Women Bring Finer
bosphere Into Business Life.
MARGARET T.. SANGSTER.
tsht 1906. 10y joseph u. Bowlcs.)
Sen and men are not natural
k they are not set over
one another in opposing
On the contrary, their inter
|eet and mlngle. and such n
5 conflict and antagonism based
score OF sex is supremciy alb
re constantly hear the assertion
hat women should not enter
professional vocations. lest
presence should crowd out men
i've secured the right OF way.
tradition and training are cs-
ID in their callings. The same
Fn has been urged times with
pnber against women In bust.
(e feeling being that there is an
ltss TO men In the ease and IA
I,h which women slip into po-
hitherto filled by their fathers
b,hers.
ferybody knows. there are lines
peculiarly adapted to wom-
fies wit, quick sympathy and
culture. Very few men choose
as profession. Thousands
zen turn TO the education of the
as their proper sphere. Our
fehools enlist an army of splen-
fndoTed and fully equipped
somen who fulfill every require.
BON the high school to the kind.
throughout all grades includ.
only the most difficult and alb
se!entihc and Intellectual stud
as well the domestic and man
ping that are now insisted upon
ksary.
and there one finds n man or
eaged In special work and the
'sndent and principals are usu-
p. but this Is not because wom-
crowded men out. but be-
pen have never monopolizcd
Ptnue. They have not sought
fed for 1t. Very unfairly. when.
Pey do enter this particular
fsy ask and receive larger sal
pan women for precisely the
'oFk. Where n woman thank
Fcep,s from $500 to $1,000 n
her services as principal OF
a man doing perhaps less
ceives from $500 to 81 500 as
uai salary. 1t might perhaps
sh'' and 1t may be partially
pay The possibility OF getting
{o'S Tor less money here acts
aor In the employment Of
rather than Of men. but the
mat the average man prefers
rs talents to almost any other
= mat OF teaching. He is not
uy patient. sufficiently unset
,his day by day task of guild
sufficiently fond of children
next generation in the way It
60 There Is no reason to re-
r numerical superiority of
As leaders In the schoolroom.
% certainty have not percepta.
aed men In the professions of
medicine. and a woman in the
a novelty and SO exceptional
Is usually explained or ac.
'ol by some special pleading. |
'he woman lawyer has not
as counsel for great corpora
W uoes she reap the magnifi-
,es' OF gold and fame accru-
.ne successful lawyer Of the
Admitted to the bar in
-es' she generally confines her
,'n'h narrow limits and
', her peculiar work In a sort
:, and humanitarian lance |
,oi the poor and oppressed
aeiranded of their rights. |
aa lawyer has not as yet been
s.,ionsly anywhere that she
~'l'or to be feared or reck- |
VI oy brother lawyers.
ue woman doctor. II remains |
shat the next 20 years may |
Ie' case She is at present a |
u many towns and IL large |
~, s consulted on equal terms
- men and has an increasing |
a. specialist In diseases of |
u children. Her returns |
M Is successful are large. and
|,ns work particularly among |
Si,1.e ~ cn'idren, she has widening |
kIon There is. however, this |
Mi many people declare that |
never trust q woman to
~ 's'cal operation ON them
a. anyone dear to them. In
a.,, aS,,,eisn missions. the wom-
ws w performS surgical OPP |
s..e 1e utmost dimculty and |
Y larEs percentage her |