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Show HT WOMAN'S .WORK IN GERMANY. M Tho recent great Socialist gathering H at Mannheim was not without its fern- B inist adjuncts, although tho organs of m Kautsky, Braun and Behol complain Hf that the addresses and papers read by H tho women were too much up in the M clouds, too purely academic, and did j not have the interest which would 1 have resulted from a plain statement l of fact. The Neuo Qcscllschaft- (Bcr- H lin), referring to tho report of the H "ommlttee on women farm laborers, H regrets that there wero not moro clear H information about tho work, hours, H wages, and social habits of tho many H women who toll on tho farms and Hi roads of Germany. Tho tone of specu J' lation taken by tho German feminists may ho seen from an article in the H Berlin Umschau written by Elizabeth H Gotthcincr, which is rcmarkablo in H some ways for its moderation. This H wnLor demnnds that the education oi H woman should bo identical with that H of men and adds: H "Tho girls who have completed thcii H primary studies ought to have the H prlvllcgo of completing their educa- H tion in tho most advanced branches, H Professional schools for women should H bo organized, so as to raiso for wo H men In every department a standard H equal to that demanded of men, so H that women equally with thoso of the H other sex should havo unconditional m entrance to all the highest institutions H of learning, scientific, technical, and H artistic, for which they can prove their H preparation." H Tills writer docs think, howovcr, H that tho difference between feminine H and masculino intellect must estab H llsh a distinction between tho lines of H scientific work taken by tho soxes H severally. Intellectual research has H many departments, somo affording a H better field for men than for women. H But while men excel women in certain H branches of scientific investigation, It H Is equally undeniable that feminine Hi minds are best adapted for other H branches. Speaking of tho division of H labor between tho man and tho wo- man she notes that a change has recently re-cently como over tho ideals of the feminists, and writes as follows: "Formerly tho feminists of Germany aspired to compote with men in those professions In which men formed the majority. Nowadays they merely ask that they be admitted to those fields of activity In which, from their characteristics char-acteristics as women, they can do different and better service than men. H rUr rf . Ammvmw mmmmmBtt8Lm-. J&KiPlJJiSs H plffb&f ZkmmWW I mmmmmmTK&LjE&&ml3LA '$&Bkv& 1 K'ErX mmmmmmmwLtl mmmmmmMBmrS MBBBK. tj(&2mmmm& H m$$$''J! kmmmmmmmmyym mmmmmmmmkvkmmmmnmm'!MffiB&kmum wmmm t&f'tJmmmmmmmmmmmmx MmmmmmmmmaEKssssssssmmmmmiZ?S3ffllSBR mmm ' ePJLHhKIHBLkw I HARRY S. JOSEPH Hg f The Miner's Friend HI HI Such an extension of feminine activity activ-ity will not, as many have feared, infringe in-fringe on the sphere of male activity, although it will increase tho work done in tho world of the human raco. Tho division of work between the two sexes has a promising future before it, in the realm of science especially. To men belong the great general principles princi-ples of scientific research. Abstraction and synthesis are their work. The details must be loft to women, who aro adapted for special Investigation and analysis. Naturally it Is not easy to draw a preclso lino between the Holds of feminine and masculine in-tollectal in-tollectal activity; for in tho final analysis anal-ysis this lino must bo adjusted according ac-cording to individual idlonsycracy. It Is certain, however, that while women are to bo accorded the fullest liberty in self-development, they aro sure to preserve, In whatever field of activity, a tone and sentiment essentially feminine. fem-inine. Nor is this to bo regretted; on the contrary, it will have the effect of enriching and enlarging the methods meth-ods of scientific research. And one effect of this theoretical equality of value in men's and women's work will bo tho recognition of tho principle expressed ex-pressed in tho formula 'equal pay for equal work' a formula which, as is well known, hns been adopted as their maxim by all feminists whether they belong to the proletariat or tho middle classes, whether they aro moderate or radical." Translation made for Literary Digest. |