The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-04-28

VI tiiS SoSNSA taNSS liz
of New York city is 1889, 4S2 males
and 2.3S4,401 females, a difference OF
less than two thousand, but it is
worthy Of note as pertaining to the
largest American city. The feminine
population of the old Quaker city is
almost 10000 in excess of the mascu-
line. The difference in both these cit
les can be attributed to the increased
number of foreign-born women VINO
locate there Immediately after landing
in this country. The clothing trades
employ thousands of immigrant wo-
men and girls in these two cities. The
foreign population of Chicago is also
great, but because it is an inland
town it does not include as many wo-
men as men.
The number of births in the country
gives a slight majority of males and
until the age period between Is and
10 this advantage continues. During
these years the proportion of popula-
ton is equal for both.seXes represent
ing 49, per cent. of the entire popu-
lation of the country. From that pc
riod on until the age of 65 the male
population is slightly in excess Of the
ltIIldlt, pul Det"CCI W dllu W l dSdlI
becomes equal and continues so for
the balance of the time nlcluded in
the census mans averages. The dis
tribution of sex Is most nearly equal
in the native white and negro por-
lions of the population. The greatest
dominance of males is with the for
eign-born whites.
The negro women seem stronger
than the men. They start off with an
advantage in numbers at birth. They
hold this advantage in early childhood
but between the age of 10 and IA the
distribution of sex among negroes
stands even. The difference begins
again with the 15-year g period and
continues it's advantage until the g
of 40 when the women eventually be-
gin to pay for their excess of hard
work, because they decrease in num-
bers faster than the men, and for the
next 80 years the men have the ad-
vantage in point of numbers, although
the number who reach 20 years of age
is equal.
While the total number OF children
attending the schools represent nearly
100, 900 more boys than girls, the num-
Der of girls who attend school after
they are IA is 64,916 greater than the
number of boys who remain in school.
In other words, there are over go, 900
more girls than boys who go to high
school. The nmber who go on to col
lege is not so great, although it is
most creditable, for while it is COM
paratively within the past generation
that colleges have been available for
girls, there are now 134,O19 women
over q years of age in college or spe-
cial schools, while the number of
young men is only 1927. Under
these conditions it is quite possible
hat within another decade the college
bred women will considerably out
number their brothers.
Attention should also be given to
the fact that the educated negro Wo-
already out-number the educated
negro men. In fact the negro girls
have the advantage from the time they
enter school, as there are almost 100, 900
more girls tina boys in school, even
the ages between six and nine. This
continues proportionately
throughout the college age. The num-
Der of negroes who were attending ed
ucational institutions after the age of
q, as recorded by the last census, and
made public only lag month, was
22,391. Of these, HIST were women
and O,604 men.
The census man, who in one case
out of 10 is a woman, finds many
amusing incidents in his rounds and
not a few of them occur in securing
the information from women who are
loath to take the government into
their confidence regarding their pri-
vate affairs. Women are charged
with habitually c%oncealing their age,
and it takes no small amount of in
genuity upon the part of the enum-
orator at times to elicit the Informal
ton required by his blanks. Women
frequently will deduct from 10 to 20
years from their ages and then in
giving the ages of the other mem
bers of their family betray themselves.
A Kansas enumeratOr tells the story
of a comely matron who gave her age
as As. In the midst of the conversa-
ton a buXom young woman came in
carrying a child about a year old. 1t
developed that the young woman was
" 6t"iia- htCi aiu lIS III llc
third great-grandchild of the stately
ora dame whose looks hardly indicated
the 20 years which had passed since
her forty-fifth birthday.
Another woman received the enum-
orator c~ourtesously and answered all
of his questions without hesitation. AS
he was taking his leave she said
Nov, have answered all your ques-
tons and treated you all right, haven
|" The enumeration told her that if
other women were like her his task
would be a mere pastime. well, then
| want o to do something for me. I
want you to stop back again after you
have been in to see the woman next
door and tell me what she tells you.
| want to know what age she is Civ
ing herself now and if she is a real
widow or grass" When the official
told her that his relations were abso-
lutely confidential, and that he was
not allowed to repeat n information
given to him, her good nature van
ished and she ordered him out in the
curtest possible n
Women enumerators have done
faithful and efficient work in a num-
Der of districts. although they include
only a small percentage of the army