The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-21
WAR tNLARGESTAE
Sphere Of v WOMEN ! ] !
,WhatIt VIII Mean When
Peace Comes Worries
Teuton O iclaldom.
tBySAssociated Pressl

( xuRlCH Switzerland, Dec, 2o-
Win the new levy tn Austria. Hungary
drawing aMay yet many thousands
moro men from Owl oeeupa tions. the
demand for temale help has been fur.
ther Increased. Women are now not
only welcomed. but eaxerlyl sought for
N VARIOUS aeldsl lot industry and com
mercol tromSwhichi they were previous
II aternly excluded. But the same
time they have been given to- under
stand that this ID only Q temporary
condition. and they must DO prepared
to mak6rcom for the men. when these
: COMO back from the field.
Cutie apart from the much talked
;fof women street car conductors. ono
lsasa the ser engaged now In all kinds
os work, In factories, stores and offl-
cAS eSeryuhere. In the laboratories
: Of greot Industrial plants the Frau
Do6tor' ID standing behind scales, and
retprts. and bottles, engaged In the
most intricate chemical analysis. Be-
fore thewer4 she was only admitted as
an assistant, but as one after the 9th.
er Of her male colleagues was called
to the army. she was permitted TO I'LL
thelr places.
Coming into Vienna on the north.
ern railway, hundreds OF women may
be seen working on the gigantic coal
heaps. shoyeling tho coal into the hop.
pers and performing the heaviest kind
of mnnualf la or.s Formerly everybody
would have scoffed at the idea of q
female Ycoalman" but now nobody
turns to look at her.
Amateur women photographers
have become assistants to doctors IN
X:ray wosk, and in eleetro-therapeau.
Ito treatment. In Gratz special
COURSES OF instruction in photography
are being given for this work. The
women are taught by university pro-
fessors, and receive certificates at
testing their fitness. I, !,
The capable housewife no longer re-
mains &C home he. services have
been found Valuable in taking the do.
nestle management Of hospitals. and
sanatoriums, and convalescent. homes.
II living ii the country, she devotes
herself to raising poultry and eggs, or
fruit growing. The agricultural col
leges are constantly increasing their
number of women students. People
Who hitherto opposed the idea Of wo
men becoming gardeners are nov ap'
plying To- the colleges TO-. them. Young
women have already done extremely
we'll as Landscape gardeners. A spec
cial school for them has recently been
opened in Vienna.
This problem of the effect Of the
entry ofSwomenF into the labor market
after the war, lis already engaging the
serious attention Of the authorities IN
Austria and In Germany. Only recent
IL the Bayasian government issued a
public warning to women against
rushing into fields Of work, So. far
monopolized by men. They were told
IN plain terms. that as matter of
course they would have to give up
their placesjto men as soon as the lat
ter were back from the army; and
that therefore they ought not to spend
money on training in business col
leges for mploymentiwhich could on.
ly prove Temporary. But just the
same these colleges have gone on ad.
yertising for pupils and promising
them most lucrative engagements at
the end OF a few weeks course. And
the rush OF new applicants for posi-.
lions continues; despite the warning
OF the authorities that In Bavaria. AZ
least, the supply Of s,women labor Of
all grades Is greater than the de-
fuard siysge u. tat'. - 80 Z.