Show im employment of women in france I 1 am induced to say a word upon the very numerous employments open to females in france which are not open to them at home the books of nine tenths of the he retail shops in paris are arekat capt by yv women romen I 1 do not remember a cafe ore stamina or in in the city the counter of which is not presided aab y a woman the box offices of all the the atres aires are tended by women not only those of the eveni evening tig but those open duding during the day for the sale of reserved places the box openers and audiface audie aulie ace are women and not only do i women act as sellers in such establishments as are Mitu naturally raily rally fitted to them but even in groceries t hardware stores sores wood yards fruit stor stores butch baitch ere erles eries etc etc in all these places the bookkeeper is a woman fenced in and separated from the t be rest by a framework frame work of glass the ticket sellers at the railroad rail road stations are principally women I 1 have the ha pleasure of purchasing 11 a seat daily of a good looking young person of about twenty four years from appearances I 1 I 1 should say she was erigan engaged ed to the conductor of the four train women even giard guard the stations and some of ahe less frequented crossings women cry the rate of cachan exchange every aft afternoon ere after Bourse hours hour and more numbers of the presse and the are disposed of by women than by men I 1 never yet saw a newsboy in france in the iha porters lodges lodes of the city there are as many as porter porters and a landlord would prefer to take for tor this service a woman without a husband than a man without a wife in small houses where one person only is required that one person is is a woman omni blis bus conductors submit their way wiy fills dius and anti the transfer offices to women for inspection and ratification women book yoli for a seat in the diligence irence women let donkeys dolik eys ays for rides at mont ino rency nency and saddle them too women undertake the moving of furniture avree asree with you as to and you yiu find them quite as responsible as men inen I 1 without multiplying iri lri stances instances you oil will wallsee see what a number of avenues are open to females teales here which in america are closed at home hmel nearly all the sittia situations tiow obtainable by them are either beniel or involve subordination women worden are either servants clerks operatives waiters pr typesetters type setters getters the foreman is rarely a woman if it I 1 may be allowed the expression here however women hold positions of authority responsibility lity and consideration in the various employments of overseers and bookkeeper bookkeepers book keeper keepers and even as headset establishments it has not been found that the weakness of the sex causes the empire to be any the less energetically assert elor obedience to be less promptly rendered there ar are other eother capacities 6 pa in which women are employed in france which I 1 trust and believe never be accepted by women at home a brigade of street sweep ers contains an in equal equal number of males and females there are female and old do ciol women A complete establishment of afi aft a fisit uit or vegetable consists of a small cart a man to shout and sell and a woman and a ado dog dox harnessed into straps to draz drag in the country women labor abor in iii the fields and thresh and winnow in the barns I 1 might say that from a motive of pity I 1 employ an old grandmother to weed an alley tend a strawberry bed and hawthorn move dove gi ove in which I 1 take an unnatural interest consider considering im that they grow on land not my own american women were not born for such occupations as these but I 1 think there are many empio employments 90 43 y yet et monopolized by men to which chic their abour labour might be useful usefully IV and conveniently conveniently y diverted paris N Y times |