DIALOGUES OF THE DAY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 616, 20 September 1909, Page 3

DIALOGUES OF THE DAY.

W': ! -;7w'V : -:?w6;hen's -wages; vx* : i : s :/V\.^'AsVfte\-l^p^imter ; : Qir],Jtjred"- v after-a:-lieaTy, ;'-; L day's work,/stepped , ;into'■■ the 'car'at'Mercef. '..XBtree^a\sprigh)^'maa-'h6pped'-iii';befoj , e..hrf,- .:, and promptly'^Wed in the only vacant •-";;Mat. : _',':The.;jrlil\ is ypiing and pretty, so the; rising, "'■:■■ ■ politely offered<her A a seat,', which ; she' thank-. ;'>fully 'pecepted.-■ ■h -[■•■;'■ .■:■■- i : .-;-'-. '■;■: '•;.."'.- '- ■ .\\-; \- '■'■■■} The -rude, man- felt/the 'rebuke, and also felt : '■'. .. m'ad."?;-!'I ;paid a 'peniy/.for'my.right '-.to ■ this l'*.';v/>eat,'' he muttered .to* the 'world at large, "and ' i " ; -I ,, don't;- , see..why'I.;should give it up to ony'?;:7ione.'^:/,-,:;-.\ ; *f:v ; '">•;:■*■ : -i*.'A' '••'-,':.' ; ■'' "And ; my seat; in, this, tramr costs me : just : ..' about! thirty ..pounds, a year," said'- the Typer v: i: .writer ; Girl;orjeply,^"fio>l,do.no't see' , why I' ■-.-should refuse to-itake it.", -Then'.she coloured. - ■ , 'brightly, .realising" that ■ she : .had spoken aloud, ■v and, , 'for-the rest: of the journey she .gazed ■•■; .'-: steadfastly I: at - : a ~b0,0k..; which,, fortunately;, had ;■> ."with.''her.;;;Vßut"; once v out- of the 'tram', her. ;"■ ispirits revived, .and .by:the;time isbe.had had . w:y tea' aid 'gone to .call - on' tho Bachelor: Girl," she .';'.• was, quite :pleased' with: .herself; : and said i that O.v. she had teen very, smart to think of thai: aspect j-:-■ :':■ ;~of- : -thoVoasel••-..."';■ >-'■";;■■-*• > : -y'-'-'V'■-.■'■■"."".■-.;'.■-'■■■.::■■■ -,--.-::. :-:,.■:■'"All' , 'the?same," said~the'Bachelor{Girl/-. "I /■' don't quite know'what-you -meant by-it." -.'•;' ■\.-'v.''Don't your".cried her'friend, .'"well then, I'll '-.;• tell_ youi : -and;you cannot.deny.tho truth of it;' •"■ - I'like; a man to' give .upihis seat in .the.tram ■:'". -foi me, but J'.say/it-is because.he-regarded me ,:;'- ; as::the.- kind-\of.' being :;wjio tnust be; shown >:■: that .^attention,-that '.he' considers my day's, ■"-,■, :-.wprk is not .worth as much "as hisv Men choose ;;:' to think; we are weaker, inferior-beings, and ;.; '■ -they'know.'that..they"?can:.:take ;ou'r .work for ■ ■'.-. o' great. deal Jess tban'they. would 'give a man, .-.-J- - simply 'becausß weare.not strong enough to' de- '■;;■; mand more.-: I have"beea-feeling.furious about ." ■ 'it all 'day, 'because they havoVj.ust. appointed a Vnow'clerk at burftffice'tq do exactly the sort of ;.. ,work that',l f ,;enced : way, and:he.is;to...get ; .thirty pounds a ]i ,: year mpre.:for-it.' 'And so, all day long,' I have :,::."been;calculating what I getrto^balance■ that v. : -.thirty pounds a.year.":. :• ;v : - ■:":-- V • ' .' :-.-.y\ "I .shouldn't think 1 it-.was:balanced-at alii" -.-.■; ;eaid tlie. : Bachelor-Girl.- , ::'"As :ydu r -say, ; yblir ■:.■■-, work is"probablyvquite.as good as that young -~-' mail's -is likely i.to .be.- and 'yott-'.pnt your whole: :....-,,neart• into' it -,as/few;:men\eyer.'.'do.-- '< Women .- '-nearly : alwaysi do'take : .their : work iinofe -ee'ri-' ■ .think^;-i:?',-:!•:■ :^'; / '-:v ■V ' ( ;; v Don , t..youV.thinW;th.e:Teacher''b'roke in',: .■.■•,s:. i^naE:tliß--.diffeMnce;in!.yonr-wag«s^iepresßhte. -.-;. ■■.;- the •; inefficient ~'w.ork ; "of the rwdinary type- , .-'■:; writer: girl? ; ; 1 ;khow ;some; of,the. little girla -~;■ :•;w hq:?haye' left my. .school'• and .gone into offices ... cannot' -possibly..: have •>tur'necr r into '"-efficient'-ViV-oleks."-;•.-■■•:■■:■ "-.■.■..■■:.■■: >•'',.. ■■..■':•:,- '■■'.- -.•■- \■■>..-.- . .-'r ! "Neither;do.aU■ the.'men : as boys'.whd have •,--.■ -,:.left»school tarn' into , ,efficierit" clerks," -said the ',:;. Baolwlor Girl.- . "I ; think the men, and women '.■: •-■'■■: VPtyp't ■;are ; ;iAcpjqi>e.fcent '■ in:the.same propor-. ■■ ' tJOn. ■.; '-''j** \ijrt i 'jc : i--'^*'!*'*' r ti -*'^<jii : .. !V '' -■ '- '■^''■F dl ' ; .^i-. w^svmg'; ■- •GirUparsued the .even, tenor of..- her remarks ,: regardless .:of- , ißterrnbtfon ; - r .''I > do' think onr- ;,;;: emploMs;-'try . to, : adjiisf 4ings .avlittle,' and ..; ...mankind/Sgenerally. the'tunderp'aid '■■; .woman compens.atiori9of anolher , ' . Vkind.i.,-F.qr-'one; thing-?a.man; whp. will,' when -swear, at. one' of the men! ■ i-tin 1 .his ;office, never', so far 'aa ; ■:,,- to iba jViokntly.angry: with' a ; woman.: - He will ; ;V be ; :cpldlj- 4 fdispleased^'.with- her; and perhaps '■•; r : ; .]us -displeasare .will last Ttithout- .-•:':.- faon.for amnch/ldrigcr termithan if'she were :.':;,' : a.rman.''.iShe 'will-know vaguely: that there is' ; -;. something .wrong, ■ but, because she "is a' woman, :.,:.:ehe:win not .'ask., what :it .is,'and,,-.beoanse s'he - -\: is a:;woman,- she;will,'not be; told,- and'.so. ehe :S mil go and perplex'ed.when a few;;.;.,Btraight,::;wprds; would .'.put .'the . matter>. right, ;:V-and:Vthat i.'statej.of; things: is -supposed, to j bo .:;wQrth, thirty ;pqnnds.a' year ; to .her.-.Why, if ..i:.a-girl;rtakes^aAy'pride-, in : h«r/;w6rk,.'if :6he -i.'.'lhas'any rambitioii drid'is , anxions to 'get'on,: : ... sheiwquld'far.rather.haye her employer take ..-.. hereto task; and-; get it.: over,- and'. tbough;;'of' :'.: • course, he'must 'not swear "at her,- the English ...-::-. language'rwill; allow- him 'to-, put>the matter. ,';■■:. strongly '.enough'. ;:■..Besides,:,- when 'all is - said; .'■.- -arid;'done,;! if-a ".man-."clerk goes, on diligently v ■ ■"•doing::his best, ,:his : employer,; does: not sweai'; ■■" at: him,, even-once': in .six. months.'' S6~ there' ■■■-: .you: haye ;the .case of /a girl. who : lqses! thirty". ' ; :?<!'. pqunds'ia-year,land," for fall .cohipensatipn, is ... ; nbt:spoken-to ronghly.'when'anyhow she never ;; v : Vbuldbe. a'-tangle ?'V- , ; ;i .V .' - : ,. r .-'But I: don't 'see. where. the seat' ini the tram , v ; comes in," said the Teacher. -.-.-.' '•.;.: "'. : .*■-, '.■"■■ -''Oh; that isv.jnst some, more .bf -it; some ;.; 'more of .the ; little, cburteonsriess, that means : . : something,to.a'woman, : bnt.not so verv much/ ,: Of .'course,-I: like. a. man -to give. up nis seat : ,i: ,in.,a:':tram':for, me,.and:!-always feel little ; ;' t annoyed sWhen,. some.- stalwart .young;, man :<.:;*chooses to. retain his. seat and jet me stand, or ;::...when ■ some.'inian,: big enough: to "'know better, /'marches .in at'.a door, in ,front', of ine,: but ■;-: ; atill,: ; l:say,.'that -there :is ; praotically:'nothing ';•■ '■ -W represent- tliat:x3o out: bit my salary, except ,-,.: '■■ the seat-in-the-trara and. the open-the'-aobr con/■,..'Tention3,:;aßd'they.;are.not"worth- while." '.--' :1; ,V\ :i iy:: : , y:V'.;-> ; : '■.■:-:"- ,-.' :?' ~;- -;-,-; : ':.':..lv