New-York tribune., 1874-08-25
WOMAN,S LIVELIHOOD.

| BREAKFAST FOR FIVE CENTS fUiSishEo "'-
| RY DAY TO WORKING WOMEN.
| The free training schools OF the W Women
Educational and Industrial Society have introduced an
important feature their work, and arc In iu'o
| To give a good breakfast TO the women who may aP
py nj No At East Tenfhst. between 81 and u e'ery
| morning The meal is supplied every DAY W '
number Of shop girls aud working women N
table is set with extra leaf and as as' A' oe ~
befu has another takes its place. anu ~ "
to tho end OF the hour The food that working women
and shop girls most want in the early morning oeo'
beginning their labor, said the Secretary Oh the
| Miss Corson. Is q cup OF coffee ana Some pio'u "
butter The Society," for the nominal sum Oh n'o o"''
sets before them large cupful OF conee VIII NUN an.
crushed sugar and plenty Of nice homemade Dread anu
sweet butter The charge OF five cents Is 10 c'ear o
soc,etv from spy imputauon OF distributing chary'
and TO cause the applicants TO feel true ihdepeh
II WAS sincerely felt said Miss Corson to reporter Oh
| THE TRIBUNE, by many OF the prominent la'ioe "
this city something ought be done W enape 'no'
who were unable their living because theS uu
not understand how to work that would pay 10
teach them how to gain a livelihood Many young gHS
and women Of all agf-, becoming oDhsed W 7ni' '
themselves forced TO suffer the Ditterest pausS "
pInching poverty apply to some OF the charto'c "
solutions for help and thus become ourden u 'n pun
lic These ladies felt that 1t would also save many ro
life OF vice or rhine TO teach them useful employ
ment. Eighteen months the Society was formed
and since that time has taught 1000 women some us0
ful employment by which they are now able to earn
good living, where before they were unable 10 make
enough TO keep soul aud body together When the 30
cety formed they had to begin their schooling
by teaching their applicants the sewing-mdchne
They sent circulars all the sewing machine companies
and them to lend them machines npon whch they
could teach the girls. Tie Largo apartment "n'cn 10
now picture gallery Wheeler & wilson's sewing
machine rooms was secured for the classes, ana the
Wheeler & Wilson, socor, and Wilcox Gibbs seot ma
chimes The work grew, aud the Society moved their
auarters 70 their present place. No. East Tenth-st,
here they occupy the whole house Ihey de'erni"eu
here to increase their Usefulness and teach women 50
that they would be ted TO do houseworK sewing oi al
kinds laundry work. cooking besides inducing the 10
study and improve their minds. The upper hoor was
taken for the dormores OF those who remained IN the
house and learned to do housework The next moor De-
low is the laundry where all kinds of laundry WORK are
taught and nicely done The next floor below that s he
se floor and consists OF the two large rooms o
the main building thrown together. The ground or par
lor floor contains ofse OF the Secretary Miss Cor
son. the front the classroom where the Classes
| are taught on Tuesdays ami Fridays, stenography'
bookkeeping and psoOfreadins and the APARTMENT
| in the extreme rear, whch Is the re'ahs- rum"
and library. In the basement Is the restaurant ID
which food is furnished to any one all day Tne food Is
of the best quality aud good variety and Is furnished al
a moderate cost. Tle idea Is 10 make the
! self li-susflining-that IL all.
When a q n has made up her mind TO earn her living
honestly continued Mss Corson. she has gained VIC
| tory herself and may almost always he uus'eu'
woman clerk hind counter ordinarily earns aDOut
81 day. They required TO dress neatly ana must
have RIBBONS &C. to make Themselves attractive 10 the
customers. impossible for woman to live on TINS
money and l. won Ter that real distress ana sur
! ferine drive her TO vice and sim wnen they apply
| here many neat. HANDY girls would be glad to do
| hOusework in family instead OF WORKING pehihi
Good hou'ekeepers are In great demand ana
| coozs born like poets. The Society receives the
| woman and il she has no keeps her until she
has learned enough OF work 10 earn something II oAis
so cents day. All the teaching is practical There Is
no theory Tie girls taught to COOK well and econ
| omize food working up everything in an attractive
and palatable manner for the table II the woman Is
more than ordinarily Intelligent. the best times to buy
what buy. the nourshng qualities, ani other chem
stry of common llfe are taught. TheY ars then sup
pied with good hom,. TnsIr expenses for clothing
| are Hight compared with what girl must spend who
works behind a counter and sac soon begin to iay
| up money in the savings bank. great many women
prefer housework TO any other KIND AMI their prefer
ences are generally regarded though they are always
! 10 re best a1io 20 succeed.
When girl wishes 10 learn TO run he sewlngmaehine
she is put into that room The grs who learn
tnia work are constantly coulnS u ana gOH2 away sQGu
and 1rstcass workers. The Society oec0Des fesonsoe
for the work that the employers send m anu II u Is
spoed IL must De paid for OF the contingent fund
But beginners and less x'Ts WORKERS are pas upon
|
est woman can so cents. II nay seem sIdnxs oul
the girls prefer the cheap work because they car make
nished by the different downtown wholesale stores.
Rothschild Co. great deal OF common cheap WORK
like striped Shirts and Lord Taylor .lve Tue 80
eety great deal OF every KIND OF SEWING ihus the
| girls earn money while they are beng taught ana oe
coming expert workers on the sewing-nacnine L. tDey
were 70 OF the large manufacturing estsp
lshments they would be Obliged t. WORK ior SIX WEEKS
before they could cent of cOmpensau1i our
ing this time girl might suffer great want Wnen the
Society recommend gir sue always ga I eoou
| worker. These girls are greatly sought aIter, ana
the demand for sclls, workers on the se"lhH-hn-
chine ia greater faT man the s0cetys ability 10 sdpp
Applications, too, IN greater numbers than eau p
the instructls ~ the tenography and
nruoEreading twice a week, enable the society 10 III
| Ipany intelligent women Tor place thar Is htted
To- them A very rad illustrates this Only
| a few weeks ago lady wrote 10 the society,
| telling a tale OF great poverty ana suh ring; sue
was from the south and had family OF sA. chi'ren
sue tried every kind of work she could hld Dr ~ none
riycd to live 81 50 week but they had not enough
eat ana their soie fo"d was nreaa anu d tthr
sull. hey were able 10 Keep SOU ana Dody toseter @
upon this diet. The stumbling DiOcA Ia tnc way wac
he 81 week for their rent. rhey paid All tncy cOuiu
OF this each week but krpt running Dehinunana, ~
length the clothing OF the mother anu het ehdfen oe
came very much "orn aiu ao' he oo wro,e to MI,,
cent appearance In despair sue wforo bov 2 ' ass
| Corson and told her all her SAD storynhow , sue sue
languages and music, but could do no praeucdi worh
that would enable her 10 earn lving ior nersei anu
children because did not kIow how to employ her
| talents and education IN practical way MISS Corson
appreciated the necessities OF the case anu ahing n
in d week. taught her how TO read anu correct PROOF.
AFTER the nard weeks study large publishing mousse
off red the woman a position a proof reader at SALARY
dyed the first while sne became
more expert, aud time hitecn. Her PROBATION
ended ist week, ami yesterday the bappS woman pe
gan her first days work the princely salary. Us 1t
seemed 10 her, OF fifteen dollars week.
Many might be told Oi equal interest These are
generally sufforngs from poverty before the apple an
comes 10 society. Often the applicants come for
In mediate relief. hungry and Homeless Then tIey are
sent to Barnabas's Home ia MulDerry-st, or = the
Free D0rmory for Women where tney are gwen some
thing To eat lodging night or two. The society
trust that A. T. stewart, Arnold Constable Co., ana
tine other large firms cooperate with tioli after
| they great good that they are doing 10 the
| working women. Tney employ large uuinDeI-. and TO