Evening Star Newspaper, July 10, 1937, Page 10

A—10 WOMEN 'S FEATURES. Two Out of Every Three Feminine Workers Hold “White Collar” Jobs ¢ Picked From All Over the Country for Their Efficiency, They More Than Earn Their Salaries. BY ELIZABETH SPENCE STAFFORD. ASHINGTON women take their careers more seriously and have s N ) earned better jobs for themselves than have American women gen- erally. This broad statement might well be challenged by determined and successful business girls throughout the length and breadth of the land were not the District woman's claim to from various Government fact-finding 4~ agencies of unquestioned impartiality. Nothing certainly could be more un- prejudiced than a Census Bureau bul- letin yet the evidence that local women score far better than the national par as job-getters and job-holders can be read plainly between the lines of a recent analysis of social-economic groups of the District by Census Bureau statisticians. Clinching the argument in favor of the Washington business woman's! supremacy over the Nation is an-| other recent report, this from the In- | ternal Revenue Bureau, no less— | which redoubtable organization should | know moré than your great Aunt | Minnie or the nosey neighbors in the | next apartment about the exact salary | every mother's daughter of us is mak- g, since its aim and purpose is col- lecting taxes and more taxes from de- fenseless females and others. This eompilation of income tax figures in- dicates that an amazingly larger pro- portion of local women are required to file income tax returns because their salaries are above the $1,000 level than is the case in the States to the North, South, East and West. * ¥ ¥ % "AND now for the facts and figures to silence the skeptics of other, less favored cities: Of the nearly 54,000 native-born white women of Washington employed at the time the last census was taken, over 80 per cent were engaged in “head work"—that is, professional, managerial or clerical jobs—as com- pared with less than one out of five engaged in “hand work,” including jobs as skilled workers and foremen, semi-skilled workers and unskilled workers such as laborers and servants. Throughout America, less than 60 per cent of the gainfully employed native white women had “white collar” jobs, two out of five being engaged in man- ual work. Comparing the record of the total feminine working population, regardless of race, the District was | &till about 10 per cent ahead of the| national average, notwithstanding that nearly three-fourths of the em- ployed colored women work as do- mestics, At this point it must blushingly be confessed that the Washington employed women's quota of strictly professional jobs fell below the national | average, but 113 per cent of the | District's feminine working legions having attained professional rank as | egainst 13.5 per cent of the working | women of the country. This does not necessarily mean that fewer Washing- ton women have wrested top-notch | jobs for themselves than is the case in other cities of the same population, the Census Bureau experts point out. It may paradoxically be explained by the fact that the average Washington woman has been so successful in get- | ting good jobs for herself that the | outstanding successes do not stand out | by comparison as they would in a| town where fewer women work and the | majority of those are employed in in- | ferior jobs. In Washington two out | of every three white women gainfully | employed hold jobs as clerks, as com- pared with about one out of three in the entire United States. * % Kk X AS MANY women may, and likely do, have responsible jobs here as In other cities of like 'size, but the Cats Dislike Travel | their jobs after marriage as do those fame bolstered up by convincing data number of women working, particu- larly in clerical jobs, is so overwhelm- ingly much greater in proportion to the population that the proportion of professional jobs is reduced at the same time that the general average is raised. How many more women work in Washington than hold jobs in other places is indicated by an earlier Census Bureau analysis also based on 1930 census returns. This revealed that among the large American cities | Washington had the Highest propor- tion of its women 15 years old or older gainfully employed. The District's record of providing jobs for 43.4 per cent of all girls and women of working age was nearly twice the national average of 24 per cent. That nearly two and a half times as many Washington women continue in in’ most places is a strong indication that local women make careers of their jobs, even to the point of giving wholesale test to the moot question of whether a woman can successfully have both a home and a career. Apro- pos of this overly debated issue, the District divorce rate happens not to be considered unduly high despite the high percentage of career-wives, so apparently the local women are suc- ceeding admirably in doing two jobs | at once. * ok ok % S REGARDS the claim of District women for supremacy as Wwage earners, an examination of a recent compilation of income figures from the 1934 tax returns yields interesting data. Not only was the proportion of Washington residents filing income tax returns about four times greater than for the Nation (14.8 per cent against 3.22 per cent), but the propor- tion of women among the total number filing returns here was greater than throughout the United States. Out of the approximately 83,000 | District residents who filed income tax returns in 1934, more single women filed returns than did single men. The reverse was true for the Nation, indi- | cating that the local girls did better | than four times as well as the national average for women in earning taxable incomes for themselves. While the average net taxable in- come of the District was lower than in many States—notably New York, where Wall Street proverbially clinks the money bags, and California, where the movie stars get their pay checks— this is not so significant as the larger numbers here sharing a general pros- perity. Before the members of less favored communities are prompted to crack wise about “fat Government salaries,” a closer examination of the facts is warranted. Picked from all over the country for their efficiency, Washing- ton women emphatically earn the salaries paid them. Always a stanch exponent of opportunities for the sex, the Woman's Bureau of the Depart- ment of Labor points to a study made some years ago by the Personnel Classification Board of Civil Service. This study indicated that while Gov= ernment salaries for women in the lower classifications compare favorably with wages paid in industry, Uncle Sam pays professional women less than the business world pays for the same work and qualifications. Except, of Course, When It Is a Person- ally Conducted Tour. I, i K/%///f//&//,/// i ”//// /r"[l/m ., Wise e BY MARY ALLEN HOOD. IVILIZATION. and kitty are great pals, sometimes, but there's always a bit of the wild in the family feline. Bhe may get used to certain rules but she’ll make reservations about their complete acceptance. The point of travel has caused more upheavals in her life than any two other issues combined. Either a leash or a cage Is apt to be met with fright if brough! In.) her life too suddenly. - Once upon a time there was a family who decided that kitty needed an airing. Bhe'd never been in the car of her own volition. As a matter of " s i fact, she'd never been permitted to travel outside of the front yard. They loaded her into the bus! Soon a nice park loomed in view. With the air of those about to do good even at personal inconvenience, they deposited her upon the turf. She ascended a tree! After much heartbreak, she was brought down, by dad climbing up THE EVENING My Neighbor Says: Freesias are bulbous flowers, which need to be started early because they require a long sea- son. Orders should be placed now and the bulbs potted up as soor as they arrive. Do not beat the egg whites too much for angel cake or it will be too dry. They should be beaten until they form a point when egg beater is removed. Do not pack jars too tightly when preserving fruits and vege- tables. Leave a space of one- half inch at the top of each jar for water. Dry fullers’ earth will remove spots and stains on a taffeta dress. Rub it on and let stand for an hour or o, then brush off. Strong-Arm Method of Discipline Scares Men and Sets Fears in Their Nervous System. BY ANGELO PATRI. NLY young children who are still in an unformed stage of mental development approve of strong- arm treatment today. Most grown up folk know that it is useless and often harmful. There does come the emerg- ency when a child has to be literally snatched out of the jaws of danger, but emergencies are everyday happen- ings though there are still some who act as if there was a fire every hour. Now that warm weather and the swimming season is on it would be well to remember that timid children are not encouraged to learn to swim and to like it by being seized by the nape of the neck and the slack of their pants and tossed out into the ocean. Such treatment is brutal is here | STAR, WASHINGTON, L3 | It frightens the child and sets his, fear of the water firmly in his nerv- ous system. It is a mean thing to do to a child, and since it harms him it is senseless as well. Striking a child who is annoying one is another senseless thing. If the child is doing something thoughtlessly, such as rubbing the window pane, | whistling through his teeth or drum- ming on the table, it indicates that he needs something to hold the center of interest in his mind. Instead of yell- ing at him or striking him, send him to do a specific job like getting you a glass of water, hooking the screen door, bringing in the dog. That will bring his thought back to the present and give you time to think up some- thing worthwhile for him to do like packing his bag for the coming trip, or testing his fishing lines, or finish- ing his wall bracket for Aunt Miranda. | Taking a child's toys, shoving him out of a chair, sending him out of the | room, where he has setled himself to work or play, because you feel his presence is embarrassing or annoy- ing is unjust, bad-mannered, and alto- gether unworthy behavior in one who is obligated to be considerate of those weaker than themselves. The child's dignity is affronted, his sense of court- esy and consideration blunted, and fear and distrust are set in his mind. ‘Why not treat him as though he were as strong and intelligent as you are? Force used on children is rarely effective discipline. The child usually feels that he is the victim of strength, height and weight counted against him in the battle. Proper discipline tends | to make the child see that he was | wrong, that he would be much happier | and far more successful if he tried to do things the other way, the right way, according to the teacher. Worse than all else about such forms of discipline that induces fear are its effects on the mental health, and, consequently, the mental attitude of the fear-driven child. There are many grown up people carrying the scars of such encounters today and suffer- ing under them. “I have never had the courage to learn to swim because my uncle lost patience with me when I was four years old and afraid of the water. He took me out in a boat and threw me overboard and told me to swim. I almost drowned. Now I am afraid ever to cross a bridge if I see the water below.” 8o the stories run. One person fis under the burden of fear of men with loud voices, another of dark rooms, | another of animals because of some- one's strong-arm method of discipline. It is hard practice. car ride. She went out the front door coaxing and explaining to kitty tucked in a neat ball under the arm. At first signs of traffic, kitty's ears went back. Signal number one. They boarded the street car. Kitty and the means of transportation went into action together. He left his cozy resting place in the corner of his guardian’s arm and proceeded to imi- tate the telephone lineman, pursued by & bee while going up a post. All actions were set to musical accompani- ment, contributed in equal parts by climber and climbee. The sound effects startled fellow passengers to such an extent that they moved to the farthest location possible. By that time, kitty had dug in up to his elbows. One of the passengers had a bit more nerve than the rest. He rushed forward to remove the cat from the girl's shoulder. As he lifted kitty, she followed. For a time, it looked as tho’ the feline had settled permanently. Things were finally settled. Kitty finished the trip wrapped up from the neck down, protesting vigorously. To make a satisfled tourist out of kitty one should start with kittenhood. Nice carrying cases are on the market nowadays. One of these placed on the floor makes a grand play house for the kitten. Jumping in and out, he gets used to the thing and learns that it isn’t going to explode. Such activity with regular rides now and then, avert much trouble. For the grown cat about to go traveling for the first time, only this can be said. Everything new is bad (to him or her) ’til it's proven other- after her, Cost: one pair of pants and a sizable quantity of flesh. ‘Whereupon she immediately sub- merged herself, tail and all, in a likely looking sewer. Dad refused to follow. Coaxing and hunger brought her out, with the darkness. Oat comforting s very difficult. There's the party who found it nec- essary to take her kitty for s street wise. See that he or she is physically comfortable in a carrying case or similar object. That means topside up, plenty of air and a comforting amount of darkness. Don’t allow the case to be juggled around. probably scared silly anyhow. Talk to her a bit. She’ll stop howling after & while and settle down for a nice, long brood 2 Kitty's D. C, SATURDAY, JULY 10, Washington Business Women Hold Important Place inthe National Scheme Noted Writer and Lecturer 1937. Mrs. Emily Newell Blair and her two children, from an old photograph, which was taken at the time that she made her first speech in defense of wom- en’s suffrage and embarked on a brilliant and fascinating career. EAR MISS DIX—How is it other girls can say: “Well, I'm going to get me a man. I'm not going to sit around | and be an old maid,” and they go out and get & fellow just like that. Now I am a normal 23-year-old girl, wear nice clothes and do all of the things girls of age like to do. But can I get a fellow when I go after him? No. Just the fact that I am “after him” puts me on a tension—makes me so scared I'll fail, since it means s0 much to me, makes me so afraid he will catch on that I can't be natu- ral and easy and a liftle independent as other girls are, so I fail. Is there any way to cure this, or am I just one of those girls who are doomed from the beginning to be an old maid?—M. P. Answer: Evidently the flaw in your technique is that you are overanxious for masculine attention, and you are 50 pleased and flustered when a boy deigns to notice you that he perceives at once that you belong in the date- less class. Nothing could be a more fatal giveaway and nothing could do more to queer your chances of popu- larity with the boys, because men are like sheep when it comes to women. They all follow the leader. No man seems to have any confidence in his own judgment about a girl. He has to have the O.K. on her from his fel- low. That is why the girl who has seven boy friends can get another seven, while the girl who has only one has him taken from her. * ok % ok F COURSE, it doesn't do to assume the role of dear Lady Disdain in these days when even drugstore cow- boys are at a premium, but while a girl should show a proper appreciation of men, she should conceal the fact that she regards a boy as an answer to a maiden's prayer. Her proper at- titude should be I-can-take-you-or- leave-you. That piques his curiosity to know why and how she can be so indifferent to such a good thing as he feels himself to be. Also, it makes him infer that there must be others, and competition is the life of trade in love as in business. Another blunder that you make is in stalking your prey in the open. A blind man could see your intentions, and even a blind man would make You would scarcely believe how much a bit of bright embroidery will im- prove & plain linen scarf. A design as simple as this works up so quickly and yet adds immeasurably to the appearance of the room. We give you suggestions of harmonizing colors, but you can vary a great deal, so that it will go well with the rest of your furnishings. 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Or at least they don't want to do it for a long time. Somewhere far in the future. And this makes them afraid of the girl who openly shows that she | has designs upon them. Hence, the | more a girl wants to marry, the less chance she has of doing so. Your mental attitude is all wrong on the subject. You are boy crazy. If you could change this and just take them in your stride, so to speak, as one of the minor interests of life, they would probably be crazy about you. They still crave the peach that hangs highest on the tree, not the overripe one that is ready to drop into any mouth, The Old Gardener Says: Window boxes, which were made early in the season, are likely to show signs of wear now. Plants which grow vigorously make a heavy drain on the small amount of plant food that the earth in a window box can con- tain. Fertilizers sold in the stores for house plants will be satisfactory. 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POST: How is a clergyman’s visiting card en- graved, with and without the title of doctor of divinity? Is this same card used both in church circles and so- clally? Answer—It is always in best taste to prefix “the” to the title reverend. “The Rev. Dr. Samuel Smith" or “The Rev. Samuel Smith, D: D.,” or “The Rev. Samuel Smith” are all proper forms for whatever card he uses. ‘Without the title of doctor of divinity some people prefer that the word reverend be written in full, but the abbreviation is just as correct. (See answer to preceding letter). * ok ok % EAR MRS. POST: I am a young stepmother of three half-grown boys. They are willing to call me “mother,” since their own mother is dead, but the difference in our ages ix not enough to make that term seem suitable. Would it be suggesting something for which dthers might un- Jjustly criticize them if I asked them to call me Louise—my first name? Allowing this, how would they intro- duce me to their friends, since I would not want every one to call me Louise, of course? And how should they refer to me when speaking to our maid? Answer—In speaking of you to their friends they would call you “my step- mother.” To servants they would speak of you as Mrs. Jones. * ok K X DEAR MRS. POST: Our club would like to send a present to a friend outside of the group and we all think it would be nicer, because more per- sonal, to list the names in each one's own handwriting on a card to be inclosed rather than to say “From the X Club.” There are, however, two of the club members away from home for the Summer and one of the other members thinks that since the names of these two who are absent would have to be omitted, it would be better to simply send the gift from the club. ‘We would like to have your opinion. Answer—I don't see what you can do except have those who are actually sending the present sign their names and say nothing about those who are absent. You can't very well imitate Louise's and Jane’s signatures, nor say that they shared in the gift, if they did not. Of course, if they did agree to contribute or if you know so well that they would want to that you can take the responsibility for them, then you could write in their names in printed letters rather than as writ- ten signatures, which might be taken as an imitation of theirs. (Copyright, 1937.) S e Flowers for a Party. If you arrange the flowers for a din- ner party in the afternoon, place them in the ice box until just before the WOMEN'S FEA TURES. Pioneer in Battle for Women’s Rights Recalls High Lights of Struggle realize that 18 years ago about the time I was ‘stumping’ the State of Missouri for women's suf- frage.” “Never shall I forget my first suf- frage speech,” she continued; “it was in the Summer of 1914 when an amendment to the State constitution was to be acted upon. The Suffrage As- sociation felt that if they could get the suffrage amendment mentioned on the Bryan platform the Associated Press would carry the story. William Jennings Bryen, then Secretary of State in President Wilson's cabinet, was sched- uled soon to address the coal miners of Joplin. They had gone through a long, hard siege of depression and were desperate.” Mr. Bryan and the chairman con- descendingly consented to a 10-minute meeting. On account of the prominent association of the men of her family with the Democratic party, Mrs. Blair was chosen to speak, because under the circumstances it was thought that she would be less criticized than others. | * x X % 1 ALTHOUGH Mr. Bryan's train was| late. he stopped to eat a hearty | dinner, the crowd was not in sympathy | with any change in Government, much | less votes for women, all of which | added to the unrest of the waiting | mob. | “As s00n.” Mrs. Blair said, “as the | chairman announced that I was to | have 10 minutes to speak on the suf- | frage amendment—the crowd roared | in dissenj—booed and stomped, ‘We | —want—Byran’ they chanted hysteri- | call, But the ‘Great Commoner | gallantly raised his hand and his deep | voice thundered above the uproar | (there were no microphones in those | days) ‘You will hear the lady first,’ he announced.” As she looked into the seething mass of disgruntled faces, Mrs. Blair was paralyzed with fright. “I had never made a public speech before and was extremely nervous,” she said, “I knew | by my husband's manner that he also | Was apprehensive and that did not | help my quaking spirits.” “However,” she smiled, “they hear me, but for only 4 of my 10- | minute aliotment.” Although she has since made many public speeches, none were 0 fraught with drama as | that first one. | Her courage to carry on by educat- | did suffrage talk at this epochal political | Mrs. Emily Newell Blair Has Been an Ardent Advocate for Equality Be- tween the Sexes. BY LOUISE HARTLEY WASSELL. OMEN'S rights are now so universally accepted that the word suf- ‘ & ) frage has almost lost its challenge. Few of the younger generation only men voted. But living near the Capital is a nationally known suffrage leader, Emily Newell Blair, who vividly recalls women's early struggle before the adoption of the nineteenth amendment, which gave them the right to vote in the United States. Glancing reminiscently at a faded picture in her study Mrs. Blair said: “That funny photograph was taken® — ’mg women to the cause and subse- quent intensive State-wide campaign for suffrage, attracted the attention of Carrie Chapman Catt, who invited Mrs. Blair to join forces in Washing- |ton. But Mrs. Biair felt that s~ | could not then leave her husband and | children. “Should the time ever come,” the great suffrage leader said, | “when you can work in the East, let me know.” Mrs. Blair promised she | would, it | ox ok % ['TRUE to her promise, when her husband, Harry W. Blalr, joined | the American Army and went overseas, | Emily Newell Blair moved to Washing- | ton and allied herself with the band | of women workers in the Capital dur- | ing the memorable drive for women's suffrage. Assisting Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, Mrs. Blair studied women at work and the difficulties they encountered. Her findings inspired her to write the “History of ‘Women's Committee, Council of National Defense,” which was printed by the United States Government. The author deems this an interpretative report of women's work during the World War. Because of her experience and knowledge of women's organizations President Wilson appointed her Vice Chairman of the Democratic Com- mittee, a position she held until 1928. The public followed Emily Newell Blair's brilliant career as she blazed the traii for women's rights, both in speech and writing. As an associate editor of Good Housekeeping and writing in varied fields, she has made many valuable contributions to the literary world. 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