Show 1 W Women men at Work WorkOUT Work r O OUT of possible occupations listed by t the e United Stat States s census bureau bureau only three thirty-three have not yet b ben been en invaded by women women The census cen cen- cenus ius sus us figures res also show that there are at present I I women gainfully employed employed- in the United States which is an increase 0 of in inthe inthe inthe the last ten years yrs These figures indicate that hat the women are re gradually approach approaching ng that l at s stage ge of complete quality equality which they l have ve so long sighed for I The trend tread of the time ne is best best indicated in inthe inthe the government figures w which ich show that t there ere are 3 O OO fewer servants and domestics than ihan there iere ere vere in 1910 Notwithstanding the fa fact t tt t that at there is an increase of of n nearly one-half one million n I in inthe the number employed the number of servants in the homes is is' is r reduced by nearly as many Hence at Jt is apparent that nearly a million w women men have been absorbed by the industrial industrial- and busi business Ii life f e. e S In view of these figures figure it is Jl not t difficult to understand why hy it has been difficult to obtain household help p in the past few years years The deficiency deficiency deficiency ve ho however er is being met Smaller homes and electrical and other labor saving v devices are bridging the gap of womans woman's emancipation Women have hav invaded fields which were vere ere formerly considered only for the brawn of ma man There There are women longshoremen and stevedores sailors and deckhands street cleaners and boiler washers plumbers 1 and blacksmiths Time alone will tell where all an th this s is leading heading The tendency is bound to affect the home home life of the nation Without a wholesome and substantial sub sub- home life the future is uncertain Women Worn Wom en will succeed in all the lines Jines they undertake They are likely to discover however that they have been chasing a phantom The blessings of success are often bitter when they cannot be turned Ib to the joys and the pleasures pleasure's of the e home |