The Washington herald., 1912-10-28

As for the rights OF women, We VIII
never be q civilized people as long a
women have only the use Of one-third OF
a great many beautiful things. and do not
have enough OF other things except a
they cajole the genus gent.
A woman must be relieved Of getting
things by trickery-by marching her
charms on an angle, like the Greek pha-
lanx.
She must have pockets in her clothes:
and she must be able to find these pockets:
and when she locates them she must find
something in them. Woman should be
economically free.
There is no sex in common sense.
The world has been ruled by males. We
have a government Of males by males,
and for the benefit Of males.
The accident Of sex should not debar
woman from entering into any form Of
occupation where she can use her ener-
gies to advantage.
The advent Of women into the world of
business has worked q peaceful and bene-
ficent revolution. Up to the time Of the
civil war woman school teacher was a
curiosity. The typical man schoolmaster.
with his hand birch. can yet be vividly
remembered by many. Women teachers
brought beauty, gentleness, and love
where before there were fear and force.
Work Went On.
THE teacher is the child's other
mother" said FrobeL We didn't believe
it at first, but now we accept 1t.
About 1862 the discovery was made that
women could serve as clerks In the gov
ernment offices at Washington. Women
whose husbands, fathers, and brothers
had gone to the front took the places Of
the men at Washington. and 10! the work
went on just the same.
By 1870 women were acting as clerks
and saleswomen in shops and stores
At the Centennial Exposition the type
writer was one Of the wonders Of the
time. In 1880 I sent a manuscript to edi-
tors, and got 1t back with q note saying
they respectfully declined to read my
MS. that was not typewritten.
I lifted a wall that could be heard Q
mile-how could I ever learn to use .
typewriting machine! I wrote an article
on the arrogance Of publishers 1 thought
typewritinR was a most difficult and COM
plex business. like producing a harmony
on a piano.
And it seems that is what manufactur-
ers thought, for when they wanted a wo-
man to operate their machines they ad-
vertised for a musician, thinking that an
alphabetical harmony could be expressed
oAAAy " WIG WIN ido oCQulTeQ tne piano
touch
Business Colleges Became Necessary
The typewriter makers could not sell
their machines unless they supplied an
operator. and 30 they inaugurated q
special branch Of their business to- edu.
cate women in business methods and to
use a typewriter. And. 10! in a short
time business colleges all over the land
began to blossom. and their chief con-
cern was teaching typewriting and
stenography.
The typewriter and the typewrttist
rank In usefulness with the electric car.
Rapid methods are as necessary as quick
transportation. Women receive in wages
now over two hundred million dollars
. year. 1t is said that the lady type
wrttist has at times disturbed domestic
peace, but trolley cars. too have their
Sactims. And l am told by a man who
married his typist that such marriages
are quite sure to be happy. because tho
man and woman are not stranger,-
they know each other
The woman who has looked after 4
mans correspondence is familiar with
his curves She knows the best about