WOMAN'S WORLD.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12365, 2 December 1905, Page 7

WOMAN'S WORLD.

WOMEN'S WORK IN TEXAS. A party of Texas ladies touring the world, are in Sydney just now, and an interviewer from the "Daily Telegraph" obtained from them some interesting information cs to women's life and work in Texas. "Does the trouble affect you in Texas?' one lady was asked. 'Well, we have just the usual procession of girls through the kitchen from ono house bo another. There is no length of s?rvic«; I guess it's the same as anywhere else. "What are the average wagee?" "We pay by the month. About 15 dollars per month is the usual thing. (That is about £3 of our money.) '•What is tho usual number of servants kept by a. middle-class family? "Wo Jiave no middle clau3,' replied the lady, in rather a puzzled way. I supp-sc you mean 'average.'" "lou must remember, put in another tourist, "that in discussing the eervaiitemployins class you only touch a fraction Ji ,-ne popul .tion. 'ihe great mas» of people keep no servants at all. Indeed, many lead.ng women wijth us are <loin<r without hired girls altogether. By getting occasional help for rough work, and systematising their household management, they get on most comforta One of the party is a State agent That is to siiy, she is one of a bwrd of directors appointed by the pubho to manage tlws financial affaire of tho primary and secondary educational establishments endowed by the State. She was at one time one of the directors of s> railway board of management. Posts like these are filled by Texan laditw. "We find that women mako better collectors than men. Rents and debt-col-lecting is now largely in their hands. They have more tact than men. and are not so brusque and blunt. Consequently they get more money for moir employers. Life insurance business is manned by women, too. Miss Florian, in our city, is at the head of one of the largest insurance businesses. Beginning in their teens, ehe has ever since supported her relatives, just like a man. Widows or daughters or sisters of business men deprived of their breed-win-ners almost invariably carry on the business themselves, and just as successfully as under the former management. Throughout the Union women are encouraged to work, and they are honoured and respected if they do it well. Ability and conduct are the,two guiding stars of the American ideal."