The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-04-06

OF the assistant in business Office, who receives
IRON $40 to $50 month
Women librarians get from $500 to $1,000 year,
transators average about 81 400; Office clerks
$1,000 if experienced 5000 otherwise Women
compostors get so cents hour, and often by work
ing overtime they bring their annual incomes to
$1,000 year. Teachers receive from 1920 to $1,000
year; supervising principals receive as high
$4,000 year The mechanical positions pay about
third more than do similar places in CONNER
cial establishments.
Putting it in general way, positions that pay
from $50 to $50 month in the business world pay
from $50 to So month in the government Higher
grade positions such stenographer, bookkeeper,
and expert office assistant. which net woman from
$40 to s15 week in the commercial office pay from
SIS to $50 week in the federal office
The pay of public employees is usually fixed by the
year though some of the mechanical places rat
ed by the day or by piece The prospects of wom-
ans promotion are quite as good as mans up to
S1,S00 year. When vacancy promotion
to fill it goes to the entitled to it by seniority
provided his her efficiency reco#d is good. Thus
again it will be that the government
has pronounced advantage the ones in bust
offices, where the tendency is to pay mini
amount of work. and seldom to promote to a
parity with men. Positions carrying remuneration
of $4,000 year or more are by no means scarce and
such posts as inspector, director. mathemat-
clan. and legal expert.
There in the federal service not few women
doing classes OF work supposed to belong entirely to
the lords of creation and they are making good Bet
pie, are Miss Clara Greacen expert accountant of
the Treasury departments Miss Annie f. Beae and
Miss Annie R. Roe. who chiefs of division in
Uncle Sans money shop, the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing and who are actively engaged in adj
minstering many of the details of this big plant.
One of the special agents commissioned by the De-
partment OF Justice is Mrs. j. Ellen Foster two of
the expert law clerks of that department Miss
Mary E. Alexander and Miss Anne H. Shortridge.
Miss Marian Thatcher is .draftsman" in the sup
cruising architects office. and Miss Margaret V.
Kelly is adJuSter accounts in the mint. None
of these women receives less than $4,000 year.
Women Ask No Special Favors
THE woman in the public service neither asks nor
accepts official favors because OF her With
her office getting and office holding is free for all
1t is seldom however that she encounters the
blunt manners and familiarities often arising from
close association with in. commercial life. Of
fetal courtesy is very rigid requirement of every
employee swift dismissal follows its breach. Gov
eminent service is occupation OF culture and re-
fnement. This makes it all the more attractive to
Aside from official duties the in public Of
flee has thrown in her way several excellent oppor
tunties and very great disadvantage The dis
advantage consists of an almost total lack of home
life Appointment to office carries with it the ne
cessity of breaking home ties and going to distant
city. In the of if he be married he
takes his family with him, if unmarried, he looks
forward to the time when he shall return for his
sweetheart and establish home of his own. \
has choice Usually it is impractcable
for her people to follow her: if she should marry,
she would lose her position for the government does
not countenance the holding of office by married
There is only misunderstanding
life usually distastefu woman's domestic nature.
Not few girls plan to hold Office short time
and then marry. This is most commendable in
tention, but it is not often realized. Office holding
is not conducive to matrimony. The reason is OBJ
vious woman in receipt of substantial income
will hesitate long time about
giving up her position to marry.
q 49, ngEgS Each years delay reduces her