WOMEN IN WORK AND SPORT.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 987, 5 March 1910, Page 4

WOMEN IN WORK AND SPORT.

Quite imposing in appearance and interesting in detail is the n«w volume, "The Englishwoman's Year-book for 1910." That feminine activity in every sphere of life has materially increased of late year 9 is of course well known, and the book, though relating wholly to the women of Great Britain, contains much that is relevant to any English-speaking community. To begin with, it will come as a aurprise to many to learn that among the professions there are eighty ways in which women are engaged. They are numbered among accountant 1 ?, architects, chemists, dentists, estate agents, sanitary inspectors, health officers, and so on. Commercial travelling is another occupation popular among English women, and in Londsn several big companies employ feminine head secretaries. At least one wo

man is an inspector for insurance. Miss Alice Perry is as yet the onJy Jady engineer who has qualified aj a "Bachelor," and recently she received an appointment as "surveyor" in County Galway, Ireland. The English legal professon is still purely masculine, but in medicine the prejudice with regard to women practitioners is rapidly disappearing, and the most exclusive colleges of surgeons and physicians are now welcoming those they once scorned. In the scientific world the names of Lady Huggins, member «f the Royal Astronomical Society, and Mrs Ayrtow, meet with an honourable reception, and the last-named lady was recently decorated for her electrical research work. As for sport, it seems that football is the only pastime that can be legitimately called masculine, for women participate in all the other sporting amusements, ranging from otter-hunting to aviation and motorraciDg. ■