Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-28
Activities and Views of Progressive Women in Various Walks of Life

sequently no satisfaction TO any concerned
In its Management Needless to say. the
absence OF system. argues Mime. Landry,
b the rock o which domestic harmony
first splits.
The main reason, she says. why this
labor should. above all others. be remuner-
ated. are that IL is At once very hard
and dtsttncttvely productive labor. in the
economic sense. In many a home, If not in
al. the labor performed by the wife-mother
Is not less than heroic, as a short consider
alton VIII show. Says Mime. Landry:
She rises before the husband, prepares
breakfast and gets her children ready for
school Hsr work only begins when hus-
band and chIldren have left the house. A
German advocate OF womens' rights has
made. In this regard. the following curious
calculation he carefully estimated the dif-
ferent weights daily lifted by a Iaborer in
a factory and compares them with those
raised by q woman who does her own
housework. Having carefully added up the
weights OF provision-bAsketS, kitchen
utensils, furniture and what not. he came
10 the conclusion hat the housewives are
really subjected to harder work than the
Understanding Iab0rers.
1t is not in my experience. only In the
poorer classes that the woman performs
hard work They also. by force OF eircum-
stances. ara compelled to work hard even
tn the prosperous classes Take for sx-
ample the case Of the farmer Miss Ahcs
Roosevelt who in fifteen months attended
%S dinners. n receptions. III balls. 60
teas; shs shook hands In the same period
with $500 feIlow-citizens and visited some
4,dS OF them. At tia end OF this period.
she had, small wonder. TO take to her bed.
Here you have the ordinary social work
OF your wsIl-tO-do woman"
According 20 Nine Landry. this actual
work Of the wOmAn-of-eAse Is productive,
since her association brings her into touch
WITH the pohueal financial. and general
world as a highly important and active
participant who helps hsrmonize the whole
and maze conditions al the more support
able II Ne admit . salary for women
doctors lawyers and others who perform
eoonomeA4y-productve labor-why refuse
II 10 the woman who Is practically On the
ground floor OF civilization and the prime
source OF the worlds prolific possibilities.
Teaehtng Trades 20 German 6arf..
Though Germany has not been saying 30
much about the advancement Of women "a
have some Of the other nations, the zwak-
eninE there has been very rapid and very
marked. Germany has a practical way with
II, and the things done by and for women
In that country have a refreshingly prac-
teal turn. For example, Berlin has thu
largest Industrial school for women that
there is IN AL the world In this school
the Lecte verein. In a great buildnE con-
tanning more than 30 rOoms and the most
admirable equipment. many hundreds Of
young girls are leaning everything from
Photography 20 fine sewing. from French
end stenogrzphy 20 eooking-evsrythinx
that vii fit girls to mako their way Ia
the world
No industry thai women can enRaxe in
is neglected here. and 80 thorough a the
training that ths sri Who enters the Letts
verein after being graduated from hiEA
school ami remains a couple OF years
studying for her chosen trade has only her
self 10 blame II she does not learn n ana
learn IL well. There are state courses
for teschsrs too. In nesdlsW0rk and many
other branches.
The commercial course includes. besides
stsnOgrzphy. bOokkeeDlnG. SIC. French
English. German literature geography
and political economy. II covers a period
Of tive years. and the cost l. only 30
nArkS or about - yearly. sewing Il
taught from rs first stage 20 It's lzst-nrOm
the threading OF the needle 20 the most
nnished work Daring Al kinds the
earning Of the finest fahues and OF the
ooArssst carpets and tGpestries-s made
a real art
Ftne hand sewing In The sense our grand
mothers knew II ami IN the sense French
women knsw H. IL not dans In Germany.
put slAbprats work upon thin. delicate
hAtists and linen that wtl not stand the
wear and tear Of the mAnglA In the en-
hroidertEg Of ths stout elOth made BY the
German manufacturers however, they
excel; the German empress herself Is a
goOd nsedlsNomAn- ana seldom comes %