Show OUR FAVORED WOMEN From the Now York World Probably If i asked offhand In which country of the whole world are women employed in largest numbers in gainful gain-ful occurations the man in the street would promptly answer In the United States and feel sure he was right But It Is not so On the contrary there Is n smaller percentage of women at work In the United States than In any other civilised land Such is the testimony of the Statistical YtarBook of the German empire for 1903 just published pub-lished According to that high authority only 113 per cent of the total selfsupporting population of this country arc females while In Germany tho percentage Is 25 in England 27 In Italy 10 In Austria 17 Ralph Waldo Ktnerson said In substance sub-stance that the standard of a nations civilization and culture Is fixed by the status of Its women If that Is true America where women toll least and enjoy most must be leading the march of modern nations |