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Show Women on Russian Hallroads. Tho number of women employed on tho Russian railroads Is Increasing. According to tho Intcat returns, there aro now working on tho 25 Russian stato railways no fewer than 22,000 women as gatekeepors, clerks, telegraphers, tele-graphers, etc. Tho nvcrago wago varlos from 130 to 135 rubles yearly (G5 to $70). The oxtremes nro great. Thus, tho womnn clerks receive on an aver-ago aver-ago from 450 to 4G0 rubles, or nbout $230, whllo tho women nttcndlng at tho Btatlon get only 40 rubles, or about $19.50 a year. - addition to free, lodging lodg-ing and u few extras. |