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Show ii -... . 1 " 1 Washington Day by Day II News Gathered Here and There fl at the National Capital II I I i i II FAIR SEX IS CROWDING INTO EVERY OCCUPATION WASHINGTON. Tho progress of tho modern woman In tho Industrial Indus-trial world and how sho is crowding Into occupations hitherto monopolized by man Is mado known in a report Issued Is-sued by tho government census bureau. bu-reau. Tho figures aro based on tho census returns of 1900 and show that even that long ngo woman had invaded in-vaded all but nine ot tho 303 occupations occupa-tions In which tho bread winners of tho United States were engaged. As to whothor Bho has wedged her woy Into those nlno occupations in which man was then dominant tho report sheds no light. '. ' Tho returns show, among other things, thnt flvo women wero employed employ-ed ns pilots. On steam railroads ten wore employed ns baggagemen, 31 as brnkomon, seven as conductors, 45 as engineers and firemen, and 26 ns switchmen, yardmen and flagmon, and 43 wore enrringo and hack drivers, six wero ship carpenters, nnd two roofers nnd slaters. Ono hundred and eighty-flvo eighty-flvo wcro returned os blacksmiths and C08 as machinists; eight wero boiler-makors, boiler-makors, 31 chnrcoal, coko and llmo humors, and 11 wero well borers. Two women were also reported as "motor-men." "motor-men." K movement to pension tho , array mule and furnish him a home when his days of usefulness aro over haB been started, and if it receives tho cooperation of huinano societies a bill will bo passed by tho next congress con-gress prohibiting tho Balo of tho obstinate ob-stinate "critters" owned by tho government. gov-ernment. Under present laws the army mulo, along with all other government gov-ernment property, mimt bo condemned when useless nnd sold to tho highest bidder. Patriotic societies which have been organized to look nfter tho welfare wel-fare of veterans have bcon asked to Join in tho movement to provido at government expense quarters and feed for horses nnd mules which have served faithfully with Undo Sam's army so as to savo them from inhumane inhu-mane treatment. W. H. Lowder ot Miles Camp, Spanish Span-ish War Veterans, who is taking a lending part in tho agitation in behalf of tho friendless mule, nt a meeting of his camp here, said: "It Is a pltlablo sight to eeo our old FARMERS TOLD HOW TO USE THE APPLE CROP THE plant industry bureau of tho department de-partment of agriculture has decided de-cided that the apples of tho country aro not sufficiently utilized for food purposes and has issued a bulletin of advlco to tho farmers, telling them how to uso tho stock that Ib of too poor a grndo for the genornl market. It pays special nttentlon to tho "evaporation" "evap-oration" of apples as being particularly particu-larly valuable In using up tho fruit that might ordinarily go to waste. It points out that the portion of a fruit crop which Ib of too low grado to market in the ordinary way can often be mado to pay at least a large part of tho expense of maintaining tho orchard or fruit plantation If it Is converted into somo other form or handled in somo way other than thnt practiced with the bettor grades. The report details various methods of o- AR.MY oflleors aro poor horsemen, lu tho opinion of President Rooso-volt, Rooso-volt, who has directed that they ride fifteen miles one day every other year at a gallop, trot, and n walk, to teat their skill In horsemanship. President Roosevelt lias written a letter on this subject to the secretary of war. Tho secretary of war has Issued Is-sued an order directing that tho president's presi-dent's ideas be carried out. Tho letter let-ter has cuused consternation In thu army. It Is au follows; ' s "Ah I havo personally observed some or tho Held oflleors wore physically physic-ally uuahlo to rldo oven a row iuIIob at an liicreused gait, and us I deem it essential that thu Hold officers of tho army should be nt all times physically lit and able to perform thu duties pertaining per-taining to their positions, especially lu the field: and uh 1 bellevo that such physical lltuess cuu only bo demon- J&K help WANTED 'II ''im$$&J' M0T0RMRN, PILOT l Tho number of divorced women re- Jl turned by the census, tho report says, jfl Is probnbly deficient, because tho fact ,Jil ot divorce is not nlways admitted. ' il Hut it Is significant that of thonumbei $1 reported divorced," 55.3 per cent, wera '-II supportlngthcmselves wholly or In part al Tho total numbor of women at wort 'ft I Includes 1 1,771,900 nntivo whlto worn- ll en, whoso parents also wero natives: Jim 1,090,744 natlvo whlto women, ono of l both of whosb parents were lmmt grants; 840,011 whlto women whg JH were themselves immigrants, 1,119,621 vl negro womcnand 11,288 Indian nnd fongollniV women. JH ' Tho number of women at work jffl moro than doubled In tho 20 years U from 1880 to 1900, and thoro waa a Hm notlccoblo Increaso of broad winners tjl among married women in 1900, as IU compared with 1890. ffl Almost one-fourth of tho total num- fjff bor of womon at work wore servaaU, IfH 466,405 wcro form laborers, 96.8 rjsr cent, of whom woro from tho Bonth- 'IH orn states, nnd 361,804 wero negroes. Thoro wero 338,14 dressmakers, 327, jlU 206 teachers, 32.8,935 laundresses, 307,- il 70C farmers, 231,458 textile mill opera- 4M Uvea, and 146,929 housekeepers and jl stewardesses, . 4H TO RETIRE ARMY MULES ON A PENSION OF GRASS Jl army horses and mules, after havlagr -91 seon sorvlce In foreign countries, sold & to unscrupulous horso dealers. Every "I'B ono of them aro marked with the sB United States army service mark and Jfl It Is a disgrace that they should be hitched up to scavenger wagons, ash 'rfl and brick carts. "I havo scon horses sold that have ' ,H seen years of honorable servlco, and fl every soldier must feel the Injustice jB of tho treatmont they aro receiving, especially in a country llko ours, IB where thoro aro thousands ot acres of U land lying idle In Virginia, Texas and ; Western forts. Why couldn't these ?fl animals be allowed to spend the rest , -V ot their days at theso places on tho pension roll of Undo Sam instead ot ""fl being sold for tho paltry sum of 15." - Officials of the war department who ;H havo command ot tho army rulos - raise no objection to tho suggestion, jjJ and sny that if permitted by law It "M could bo easily arrangod to find a j comfortnblo homo for tho worn-out' army mules. apples rtm pJ do. ' ll orating the Industry, of handling the H waste, the laws on the subject, and fH tho grading and storing ot tho prod- 'g'H ucts. "While tho recent tendency In tho iH applo industry," says Chief Galloway H of tho bureau, In tho bulletin, "has an- 'H parently been to centralize fruit evap- JH oration Into distinct commercial cstab- I llsuments having considerable capa- tH city and requiring capital to construct H and equip, there still remain largo re- K"t'H glons In which thoro is considerable ' jH surplus of fruit that is unsuitable for f.H packing nnd shipping in almost every H crop year. Kncourugument of ovapo- l rating, canning, cider making and H other mothods of utilization appears IH desirable, and of theso cvappratjng' Is ,H tho ono that is most uppllcablo , at ,;H presont to n wide rnngo of conditions; . . H und therefore of moat Importauco to H tho uverago farmer." M m PRESIDENT ORDERS HARD :1 TEST FOR ARMY OFFICERS -1 m strated by actual physical tests, I do- k'fti siro that you glvo tho necessary in- ') ,struetioiiH to havo the physical coudl tlon of all officers of tho Hue who ara Wf to come up for examination or promo y, tlon to tho grade of field ofllcor nctu ally tested for skill nnd enduranco in SJ! riding, this In addition to tho physical '' jryj examination now required by law, Afk "I further duslro thnt an annual 01 biennial test or tho physical conditio jBta und skill In horsomnnslilp or all field "m)t officers of tho lino be mudo under th Mi' personal supervision of tho sovsral fititi department commanders when mtk , Ing' their annual Inspections, Jrj "The tests should bo thorough and jjR'it should consist of u ride pot less tbnn ''if?ili 15 miles, at varying gaits ndnptod to ' the, terrain, not less than ten miles ot liBll which shall be at tho trot Had gallop,' ifl upproxlmutoly flvo miles at each, with Ifl such other exercises In equitation as 11 may' bq. deemed aJvJsnblo," |