Show ABOUT WOMEN IN W Mrs John A. A Logan Defends Her Sex Against Various Slanders BY MRS JOHN JOH A. A YOGA t Washington eon March 1 27 We i.-We We hoar boar a great deal of ot criticism of ot young youn women women women wo wo- men employed In the government departments do- do that the they only accept this employment to give them thorn more morn money to spend on themselves and that they thoy ore are spoiled by the tho contact they thoy have inthe in tho the departments There Thoro may bo po o a few specimens of or this kind l. l but It would bevery bo be bovery bover I ver very difficult to prove that there ar are man many Tho The majority of ot women shrink from employment In the tho departments because because be because be- be cause of ot their daU dally contact with men who nho are arc not always as a agreeable or of generous as they thoy might boo bo booThe The observation of ot tho the writer Is that thata a large majority of ot women employed by the government have havo many responsIbilities responsibilities responsibilities resting upon them They have had great gloat difficulty difficult In securing tho employment and they have ha equal trouble to retain their positions be because because because be- be cause of ot tho Jealousy of ot men and t tho constant warfare for tor their elimination elimination from rom government employ As a mat matter of ot fact a majority of ot chiefs of ot bureaus bureaus bureaus bu bu- bu- bu have havo moro more or less political Interests in interests In- In and the they almost invariably In prefer pre pre- tel for mon men to women as clerks General F. F E D Spinner the peerless treasurer of at tho the United States during the tho Civil war deserves the everlastIng Ing o of ot women for tor having ha In In- In Secretary Chase the tho secretary o otho ot or tho the treasury to employ w who were clamoring for employment ment while their husbands and brothers am and fathers Cathers at tho the front fIghting lighting the Battles of ot the countr country After Artor the tho passage of tho the law authorizing author author- zing zing- tho the issuance of ot greenbacks and paper currency It was found that that women were exports experts In the handling o othe of ot the lie currency and this to together with the ho fact of or so ao man ninny many men being In lit the army led to giving places to women and ind be It said to their cre credit lt that to this his cIa day the government has never lost one dollar by a woman Woman n a Dupe A V few years ago one poor unfortunate ate te woman was Induced by a dishonest man to abstract currency to the amount mount o of 60 or 60 She Shu ha had been In tho the employ of at the tho government al almost almost almost al- al most from tho the beginning of ot the war I but Lut allowed herself herselt to become In Infatuated infatuated In- In with this scoundrel and for tor a time kept her dishonesty a a. secret s-ecret but buther buther buther her conscience got the better of herand her hei herand and she sho confessed to her peculations and the government was vas ablo able to re recover recover re- re cover the entire amount she sho had taken by converting the property she surrendered surrendered sur sur- rendered Into money which fully tully canceled canceled canceled can can- her defalcation She did not long IonS survive sur her shame and was more moro to be pitied than blamed for being victimized by an unscrupulous unscrupulous' unscrupulous unscrupulous unscrupulous' lous lous' man In tho tho- many cases eases of malfeasance malfeasance mal mal- In business life there have hac been few women who have havo beon implicated Im Im- im- im and In every case caso It has be been on proven that tho the women were vere the dupes of at dishonest men As a matter of ot fact act the records will prove that women as a rule ha have vo re reflected reflected ro- ro credit upon tho the positions the they have occupied and that the tho few that have failed are Insignificant iu in num num- number bor ber and generally soon tend find their proper place In the estimation atlon of ot employers employers employers em em- an and are discharged It goes without saying that knowledge knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- edge is a profitable thing and no ono has over too much knowledge knowl knowl- edge edgo Why women should hould not bo be as aswell aswell aswell well Informed as men on the various topics that are discussed by bureaus and commissions is incomprehensible Women aro are the tho and through these various bulletins of ot tho the departments sho she can acquire valuable Information upon chemistry horticulture horticulture horticulture ture agriculture hygiene pure fOO food culture of domestic fowls and ana animals and ana Important statistics In the matter mutter of ot manufactures un and various other topics that come como Into the every day of ot women as well as men mono Women JIH Farmers From Prom personal knowledge wo we have known great reat Improvement to be ma made and much profit to bo ho trained gained by tho the study of ot these bulletins b by those who live on farms Prior to tho the acquisition o of from o the a the Information study n ono of they those these h e have b bulletins deducted I Ithe the they have havo found they were wasting re resources resources re- re sources on act ac account of ot their Ignorance as to how to manage them thorn properly Tho They found for Instance that vegetables bles were greatly Improved and ami multiplied multiplied multi multi- I plied by tho the use uso of alkalis In tho the soil Roll poultry products were wera multiplied tenfold tenfold ten ten- fold by the use of proper foods in tho handling of or dalr dairy products Incredible gains were made by the application of ot correct principles and earl methods Their labors have hao been J greatly sImplified sIm- sIm b by suggestions made h by these thee bureaus No o argument can be set bet up In favor of ot discouragement o or of women In trying to obtain Information on all aU subjects any more than can they ho be housed used to discourage e men mon from makIn making an effort to multiply tho the products off oce off agriculture and the various topics above mentioned The Tho greater grenter tho the knowledge tho the better belter situated aro are women women women wo wo- wo- wo men to be bo wives and mothers tho the better bet- bet ter qualified are aro tho they to o train their children for good citizenship To understand understand un un- the tho conservation of ot Ute the In In- In Is as ay Important as that of ot tho the material resources of ot a nation Labor saving machines are being constantly Intro Introduced and the tho greater the knowledge knowl knowl- et edge o In the tho use of ot them thorn tho the more moro profitably profitably profit profit- ably the tho results American Women Arc tre un Superior J Tho The people of ot the United States havo have been the recipients of ot Incalculable assistance as- as b by tho the government along scientific lines Moro More has haa been done by our government to lighten the burdens of the tha knowledge people by tho the diffusion of ot reliable knowledge e which is tho the result of ot experIments experiments exper exper- made mado at tho the expense of or this government government gov- gov gov gov- than has haM ever fj been done for tor any other people on tho the lobe globe Women oman as ns well as aR men have havo head ha had 1 their full tull shares In these benefits And what is the tho result American women have demonstrated their su superIor superior su- su general n ral knowledge on all aU sub sub- poet neets affecting tho the home and the wel wol- taro fare or ot tho the American people If It tall fail failures fail fail- ur ures s aro are made they will come from lack Jack ot of knowledge and nd not from fr m superior knowledge Frivolous women as well as ns shiftless men however fortuitous their opper- opper will ever er be the tho burdens of ot the tho thrifty and Intellectual members of ot so so- so clety Nino cases casel out of ot ten tho the most successful men and women are those who have succeeded in spite of or their environment en en- en So many people who havo have been reared in the lap of luxury and surrounded sur surrounded BUr sur- rounded by everything that wealth can command have hava failed tailed so ISO Ingloriously I that the advantages obtainable through fortunes fortune ha have havo come to be considered calamitous Inborn energy Integrity and ambition to acquire knowledge knowledge and a n position among the tho brainy thought thought- fu men and wom women n of ot the nation atlon who have haTe done the b somethinG for tho betterment better better- ment of ot mankind are tho the qualities that at will ultimately win success |