Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-04
The MODERN WOMAN.
XXXIV-WOMENI IN THE CENSUS.
Bv Frederic J. Haskin.

would be a mere pastime. well then,
want you to do something for me.
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 giving
herself now, and if she is a real widow
or grass" When the official told her
that his relations were absolutely con-
fidential. and that he was not allow
ed to repeat any information given
him. her good nature vanished and she
ordered him out in the curtest pos
sible manner.
Woman enumerators have done faith
full and efficient work in a number of
d S t + i IS. al
Woman Enumerators though they in
Faithful Workers. snau narcent-
age of the army of enumerators.
Salvation Army lass in South Dakota
covered a large territory and encoun-
tered number of hardships. the worst
of which was that on a stormy day
her horse slipped and broke his leg.
so that he had to be shot. His value
amounted to considerable part of her
wages, but she did not give up her
contract Another Dakota woman
averaged a drive of thirty miles day
for a considerab BILE length of time. COW
ering about twelve farms each day.
Some of her drives were along lonely
roads and she felt the need of a re-
volver which she taught herself to
use. although she was never actually
mOleSted
A special religious census of the
United States, taken just previous to the
regular census. gives an excess of women
over men in the church members of the
various denomina tons The total number
of church members registered is 1876,
971. of whom 16Sf9.:,0J are women and
the remaining 1866, 4O6 men. The
Protestant bodies comprise nearly TO-.
100000 of these and the Catholic church.
es over 12OOO.OOO. The attendance is
the Catholic denominations than the
Protestant. since in the former women
| comprise jO.7 per cent. while with the
latter they make up 500 per cent of the
communicates.
The largest percentage of women re-
ported is for the Church of Christ Scien-
lists. which is 72.i per cent. Next to that
is the Congregational Church, in which
women represent nearly 66 per cent of
the membership. The women of the
Methodist Church compose over G2 per
cent of the membership and the Presby-
terrain women 635 per cent, while the
women of the Episcopal Church have the
still better showing of G4.5 per cent
\ x
In political matters the census reveals
women's full voting strength as 100000
of which about
Women Exceed Men $1,000 are ne
=. c. cx.&. groes and other
VA S'"' races, including
Indian. Chinese and Japanese. California
contains over 10000 of these women Of
other races who are of voting age. Quite
a large number of them have been edu-
| Gated in American schools and were able
to vote as intelligently as any other
voters when the franchise came to them.
| Over 10000 of white woman voters are
of foreign birth, but have been in the
! country long enough to be entitled to
naturalization papers.
While six OF the states still show a
| preponderance of women, the entire pop
| ulation of the United States contains
300. 900 more men than women. In other
| countries this is not the case, accordin g
| by a French scientist, who holds that
there are only 100000 more men in the
whole world than women. The European
countries. well large part of
Africa. have a large excess of women
| over men. In Asia the men are sup
posed to be in the majority. although
| this supposition is based upon estimates
and not real enumerations.