The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-12
From the Boston Globe.

From the Boston Globe.
 N MoNG the ancient Germans they (P1 did everything but fight, and they
 could do that also when IL came to pinch. They titled the soil' ana they owned it. They manufactured all the clothing and all the articles in common use except weapons. They owned all the nersonal property except swords, har- nesses and horses. Each man was, how ever, allowed to possess tableclotn' towel. two dishes and one piece or ped ding with which he might do as he pleased.
 Having created property. there was no ouest,on of woman's right to own IL. ,rbera was no woman problem among the Teutons of those days. It was rather a man nroblem. Women were consulted in all serious matters, in the making or war and peace, in regard to migration and in all crises. She had practically what the woman suffragists of today are demanding--a voice in all public affairs.
 As a natural consequence of her ser vices to society woman's position was se- cnre Dignity honor, respect, were hers. Rearing the whole industrial burden, as well as maternal cares, she was doupiy ,ndispensable. True, that was lopsideo social order, where the men oio nothing but fight and loaf and drink ana women did nothing but drudge put IL had It's compensations.
 If showed at least what women can uo. If showed that women are respected ana bonored in proportion as they render ser vice to society, of which they are Ss in- teeral part as men are. If in the course of the dark and blundering centuries they have been crowded out of some or their functions, 1t Is not their fault. Ana IL Is due to their own efforts that they are regaining their rightful place, not only as ..the natural civilizers of the human race." as Emerson calls them, but also os essential factors in economic and in- dustrial life
 American women today are engaged III more occupations than dreamed or ana they are winning for themselves equal a,oritv and honor Six hundred different an,n1ovments are open to the more than oo0 GOO women in this country who sup nort themselves either wholly or in part
 Resides the vast army of mill and fac tory workers, of shop girls and stenog- ronhers. there are dentists, lawyers, phy- sicians. preachers, architects, electricians. civil and locomotive engineers, carpenters, masons, contractors, builders, painters,
 bricklayers. plumbers, blacksmiths, ma- cbinists, miners farmers and traveling saleswomen, typesetters and linotype op- orators, bank tellers and cashiers, rot to
 speak of the hosts of teachers, musicians, artists, bookkeepers, telephone and tele-
 graph operators. and the independent bus mess women to be found everywhere. A stfAnge anomaly is the fact that of the more than 1000 women lawyers not ono is allowed a voice in the making of laws which she Is permitted to expound in
 court. One of those women. 15 years ago, was a servant in the family of an Iowa farmer at $i.25 week. Today her in- | come as patent attorney is $l0.0O0 a l year. A like sum is the salary of the | woman superintendent of schools in Chi | cago, and of more than one social secre- | tary in New York. A woman is president | of small, but highly successful railway l company in California, while in Texas | there are several women who build rail- ways, and others who own and manage hi1 oaffl> rannhaa.