The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-15

counted for by some special pleading. Thus far the woman lawyer has not appeared as counsel for great corpora- tions, nor does she reap the magnifi- cent harvest of gold and fame accru- ing to the successful lawyer of the other sex. Admitted to the bar Tn many states, she generally confines her practice within narrow limits and often fiads her peculiar work d sort of ethical and Humanitarian lance breaking for the poor and oppressed who are defrauded of their rights. The woman lawyer has not as yet been taken so seriously anywhere that she is a competitor to he feared or reck- oned with by brother lawyers.
 As for the woman doctor it remains to be seen what the next twenty years may show in her case. She is at present a favorite in many towns and in large cities she IS consulted on equal terms vogue as a specialist in diseases of women and children. Her returns when she is successful are large, and in hospital work particularly among women and children. she has widening opportunities. There is, however, this reservation. many people declare that they would never trust a woman to perform 8 surgical operation on them selves or on anyone dear to them. In the field of foreign missions, the wom- an doctor daily performs surgical op- erations of the utmost difficulty and delicacy and in large percentage her treatment Is successful.
 Oriental customs do not suffer woTn- en to be treated by men, and there fore this woman doctor in the far east has the field to herself. Here at home, while she is more and more trusted, yet there is no immediatae danger that she will crowd the men out. We may continue to send our sons to the medi- cal colleges, quite sure that when they have served the long preliminary ap- prenticeship exacted by the State they will not find women debarring them from treating any number of welI-paying patients. The fact is that even when most successful, the wom- an doctor in America is only picking up the crumbs that fall from the man doctors table. She has the entree to the woman's wards of insane asylums and to the post as physicians in wom- ans colleges, in babies hospitals, and so on. But she does not crowd men out, nor, to do her justice, has she the faintest wish to do so.
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 Of course there are indoor occupa- tions which are the province of wom- an, and at certain counters of the de- partment stores they are found to be in their element. But they are never at the counters where large bales oi goods are lifted and handled, they do not sell cloth and silk. nor serve in the departments of rugs. carpets and floor coverings. - One would expect women to crowd men out in book stores, because books are delightful too handle and women are the largest number of readers and possibly of buyers in this line. Yet one seldom finds women employed to an alarming extent in book shops. Almost always men serve in the ca pacity of clerks behind book counters. The exception is only in department stores.
 On the whole, since women are not likely to become appreciable antagon- ists in the occupations that demand original investigation. executive abtl- itv and great physical strength, it doe: not seem that there is any reason to dread their entrance in the business