The Little River news., 1923-05-26

! Tree. It WILL require Ilduy years Ol
 loyal service before women will be able
 to prove to skeptical denominations
 their capabilities for the ministry. Not
 only will they have to do the work
 fully as well as men, but they will
 have to prove themselves superior be- fore they will be recognized. They
 have had to stand this test in every
 other department of the worlds work and the church will prove no exception
 to the rule. The ministry will be the last of the professions to give women
 equal opportunities with men and yet
 the church is founded upon the declar-
 ation, There is neither male nor fe-
 male for ye are all one in Christ Jesus
 the Lord"
 "Woman's place in banking is as
 natural as her place in any other busi-
 ness or profession" declares Nina M
 Bruere, head of the Woman's Depart
 ment of the Central Union Trust Com- pany, New York City. "The same eco- homie evolution which has brought wo-
 men into business offices, the law, and
 medicine, has created place for | women in banks. Women are not | unique; they are not freaks, but are as human as other women and have
 the same type of minds" Miss Brue're believes that every service which af- fleets life will be performed better when it has the all-round cooperation of both men and women She holds | that woman's work in a bank, as in every other business, is not competi- tive with the work of men but is com plementary to it. Among the contri- buttons which women are making to banking are sensitiveness to detail and an imagination which helps them to anticipate needs.
 Miss Florence R. Neuman of New York City is a. dental technician, an artificial tooth sculptor. She is under thirty years of age and is the only wo- men dental technician in New York who owns and operates her own labor atory. She feels that there is a great future in her work for her and for other women who are mechanical minded and not afraid to work with their hands. She believes that women have a patience and pride which in spire them to turn out the most natur- al looking artificial teeth, and that their smaller hands give them an ad- vantage over men in working with the tiny bits of porcelain and gold.
 Mrs. Ogden Mills Reid has broken down the popular tradition that the highest executive offices of the large metropolitan dailies are closed to wo- men. Mrs. Reid is the successful ad- vertlsing director of the New York Tribune. She has won battle for other women who aspire to executive positions. When she began her work. seasoned newspaper men prophesied that she would tire of her job or else fail at it. Long ago she proved them wrong.
 In politics women are proving themselves capable. There are un- limited possibilities for women in poli- tics and in diplomatic service. Most of the women legislators are agreed on the opinion that womans place is most decidedly in the legislature and that women are peculiarly fitted to fill a place in the law-making body and to supply something which has hither- to been lacking-the woman's point of View. The few women legislators are paving the way for the ranks of women to take their places in the legislative seats.
 Miss Lucille Atcherson, the first Am- "erican woman to enter the United States diplomatic service. recently passed the tests and qualified for a secretaryship in an embassy or a lega- tion. Admittance to the diplomatic service is very restricted and the tests are exceedingly difficult. The state department rarely makes an appoint ment unless the applicant is especially fitted for the work by natural qualities and training
 Women are confronted by the fact that in every public capacity they are as yet largely on trial. Women have also found that men are not always willing to accept them in business on Ia basis of fitness and capacity; there is feeling of their encroachment on mems particular activities. We would mark a long step forward if the world could be persuaded that there is no rivalry between men and women as such. The alert minds of women have Eonly grasped. what opportunities have been given by our advancing civiliza- tiOn and it is unworthy tO deny tham