WOMEN'S DEMANDS ON THE RULERS OF INDUSTRY The big elevator, crowded with shoppers to the point of actual discomfort, contained only one man.

He wore a white-duck uniform, and recited rapidly and monotonously, as the car shot upward: "Corsets, millinery, muslin underwear, shirt-waists, coats and suits, infants' wear, and ladies' shoes, second floor; no ma'am, carpets and rugs on the third floor; this car don't go to the restaurant; take the other side; groceries, harness, sporting goods, musical instruments, phonographs, men's shoes, trunks, traveling bags, and toys, fifth floor." Buying and selling, serving and being served--women.

On every floor, in every aisle, at every counter, women.

In the vast restaurant, which covers several acres, women.

Waiting their turn at the long line of telephone booths, women.