Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-08-25
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The ''wOmen's Printing Omee.-
A NOVEL ENTERPRISE IN WASHINGTON
Prqc,ical PAnse of Ne ITcnan Onssfinn.

probably 4 Washington
aware that we have IN our mi 1T n printing office
conducted solely by women, but such Is the
case. The Office was opened last January on a
limited scale by Mrs. Julia Archibald Holmes,
the well-knOvn newspaper correspondent, and
originated in desire on her part to increase the
sphere of wOmans usefulness and open still wider
an avenue through which it has been demon
stTated females can successfully compete with
males Knowing that at least one nevSpaper
Office in New York is run by women and that
outside Of that, considerable book and Job print
ing IS done, not only in New York, but in sew
ersl other large cities by her sex, Mrs. Holmes
saw no reason why '.WOmen's Printing Office,'
should nOtsucceedinW Washington. She therefore
secured room in Federal Block, street be-
tween eth and 9Th, pun chased small quantity of
TYPE, and under the instructions OF a competent
female cOmpOsitOr from New York took her first
essons IN ''the art nreseIvatiye of all arts" In
few weeks she had made such rapid progress
by industry and Close application that She felt
justified in taking several assistants all of whom
proved apt pupils and were soon masters, or
rather,
NIsTREssEs OF THE TYPES.
IL u not to be supposed. however, that they
were thoroughly proficient in the art OF printing
IN so short a time; but they made good progress,
and were able to earn fair wages at their work.
In proof of this il may be stated that a sister of
Mrs. Holmes earned - the second week of her
employment ia the Office, although she knew
nothing of type setting two weeks before. Mrs.
Holmes has gradually added to the stock of her
Office as business has increased, and now has
enough material in the way of type to do Ordi-
nary job work. In addition TO this she has pur-
chased
A sTEREoTYPING MACHINE,
which Is now in successful operation. She has
also increased the number of her assistants to
four, all of them being rapid cOmpositOrs, and
Dy 2 business card informs the public that she is
m the held and willing to compare work with
all competitors.
ONE MALE coMPosITOE
has been employed by Mrs. Holmes occasionally
rs an assistant; but, with this exception, the
whole labor of the Office has been done by women.
- ne once Is as vet unsuPplied with any other
than small card press. All printing which
cannot be executed on this press must. OF course,
be done outside, after the type is set in the
'.WOmen's Printing Office" Since the eStab-
iishment of this Office it has done considerable
IN The way OF printing cards, pamphlets, circu-
lars, &c. Business is gradually increasing and
MIS- Holmes is hopeful that il will soon be srffi
elehl 20 warrant the necessary expenditures TO
make the Office first-class one. She has Just
finished printing book OF the proceedings of
the National Educational Convention at Cieye-
land, ONO, last year; and in respect to excel
lence OF typographical execution, il will compare
fayorably with the work usually turned out from
other job Offices.
ga RAT OFFICE
As Mrs. Holmes claims the sole right To fix the
wages OF her employees, and is not governed by
the rules of the Typographical Union her eS-
tablishment Is called rat Office by the society
VIos: She Is at present in St. Louis, attending
an educational convention, now in session in
that city.
President Grants Horses Captured.
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fHRc-Wbse5Ook Makes No Distinction ON Ac-
eouHtcf Race, Collar or Condition.
Yesterday morning some of POundmaster
Mheelocks men captured three horses in 18th
street, below the Navy Department, and drove
them to the pound. where il was noticed that
they were animals which had, evidently been
eareiuLIy groomed and well cared for. In short
time one OF the attendants at the Presidents
stables made his appearance and claimed the
animals as the property OF President Grant. The
clerk, Mr.. Richardson, informed him that he
thap rfraIas hi
lees were first paid The messenger suggested
that a bill be sent TO Gen. Babcock, but Mr.
hicharuson stated that the only means of obtain
ing the animals was by complying with the law
which required payment of the fees before the
animals were released The required Sc was
then forthcoming, and the horses were soon
transferred 10 their stables. IL seems that the
horses strayed into the street through a break in
The fence. Besides the capture of the Presidents
horses the poundmen did big business yester-
Gay, having seized as many animals as they
could, with safety, drive to the pound, both on
the morning and afternoon trips.
POWDER MAGAZINES, Docs STRYCHSrxF
AND SAUsAGEs.-But two members of the
Board of Health (Drs. Cox and Bliss were pres-
ent at their rooms last evening, and no formal
meeting was held, but as the four daily paDers
were represented, and a number of persons were
on hand 10 state their grievances, there was a
general interchange of views on many subjects
The Georgetown powder magazine was sDoken
of, DIR. Cox remarking that the most frightfuI
EXPLOSIONS in such places had been attributed 10
sparks struck from the nails in persons shoes.
ut Bliss remarked that ''such persons never
went in a second time" Several comnIaints
were made against the pound men, but Mr.
NheelOek was present and stating his side of the
case the members of the board present init
mated that he would be sustained whenever the
evidence showed that he was in the right DR.
lox called his attention TO the large number of
CogS, particularly small ones, and asked II
Stry chnine in sausage would not be the thing
To this it was urged that like begOt like !" and
so sausage in this case might result in a glut in
the sausage market.
IHE PRIZES 10 be awarded at the Fest of the
w asElngton SchuetZen Nerein are now on exli-
billion, embracing the following: