Swedish Women.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 23 May 1890, Page 2

Swedish Women.

Tx Tempk Bar the notes ou Stockholm are very bright ami interesting. The write gives very sa isfnctory retw of 'he position of the women in Sweden : — I raus 1 tender the homage of my vevy genuine admirntion for the spirit und pluck exhibited |»y the v«un<? women of this country, in step pins down from their reserved place in th« gallery and challenging the supremacy of the monopolising m ilc. In no other country, with the c <cc tion of America, are ho many fields of employment thrown open to women. They become c ei-ks, cashiers, bookkeepers in houses of businrsfl, journalists, and even do«jters. Women are almost oxe'u ively employed by the telegia••'» and telephone companies, and vety efficient. they are said to bare

three miles away,— there was tie telegram confirming the fact and the tme of tbe aunt's death, precisely a& the psychic had told them..

proved themselves in e ! 1 these de partments of bread winning. The employes iv the hair dressers shops ■>'&'. c for the uaoafc part young worne-i the division of labour usually obsetvved in these establishments (called rahal nfs) being f>;r tho hair-cutting to be done by men the shaviug by women. In every vt&y thepvisi;iouof the young unmarried lady is much more independent than in other countries, always excepting America ; chaperons are very g^ner :ally dispensed with, and I eveu Jieardo instances of young ladies going off to Paris by themselves, staying at hotels, teeing what they wish to 88?,; and- returning homt en* tirely without protection, after (whatmust he to, them) a. delightfully iv- ' depenienl and uncoovetional fashion;