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Every Woman Ought TO Know How to
Make q sLiving-ysrious Trades, Profess
siOns, and occuPations, for Which She
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.-r'' tAlbert Rhodes, in tte Calaxy.l III
There was female population, of 10
years and over. of 13,970,079, in the
United States, according to- the last
census; and, of this, l,439, 500, a trife
over one-tenth, were engaged in various
trades and occupations The bulk of
this one tenth consisted of domestic SER
wants, foreigners, 867 1854. In numbers
next came the tailors and seamstresses,
81, ,207; next, milliners and dressmakers,
80, 480; next, teachers, S4,047;s next,
cotton-mill operatives, 64,398; next,
laundresses, So, Cog; next, nurses, 1O,-
170; and next, boarding house keepers,
1000. To separate the servants from
the others shows that not more than
5Tb966 women at that period QS7O
were engaged in the Various trades, pro-
fessions, and occupations, which is a
small number compared to that of other
countries. NH .hH lIiffliUUt
1t is further shown that a number of
occupations for whichw women seem well
fitted do not attract them, or obstacles
are thrown in the way to prevent them
from engaging therein. ,.'t
On the other hand, according to the
same authority, women are found in oc-
equations for which they seem to be al
together untitled, as may be seen in the
following descriptive list: - rat
Hunters and trappers... s.................... 2
Livery stable keepers. s...-................ II
Sections. ...... .-..--............... Z
BOat-ha .-.-............ ................ ~
Drivers and hackmen.. ...196
Pilot ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Miners. .......... ....................... 46
Saw -mill-Operatlyes ..-.-..-...,.......-. 30
Steam m-bOier- makers ................-... D
Charcoal and lime burners. 2
THE NUMBER OF BoARDING-HoUSE-
KEEPERS ..l -
is considerably greater than is given,
owing to the difficulty of obtaining ac-
curate information. The desire to ap-
pear well isso strong, in many instances,
that she who is engaged in this way will
not admit it to the agent of the Census
Bureau, the stereotyped reply being that
the family is private; that feeling lone
ly and being socially disposed, she usu
ally has few friends staying with her
to enliven her home. She maintains
this under rigid questioning, and, as the
working of the Census Bureau rests ON
the system of voluntary statement, it is
not easy to get at the truth. Thus, if
she persists inlappearing in the statisti-
cal record as a social widow surrounded
with few convivial friends, she may
not be gainsaid.I. :. Fu .-ru aHe raG
Every woman ought to be sufficient
ly skilled in some trade or profession to
make a living, however rich her hus-
band or father may be, particularly in
America, where viscissitudes of fortune
are more frequent than elsewhere. To
this end, after the girl has attained her
10Th year, or sooner, special calling
should be selected for which she has an
aptitude, and be diligently pursued un-
til mastered. If her mind be of high
order, the fields of art and science are
wide, and offer particular departments |
for the exercise of particular talents.
eroa yN,LITERATURE & ONT
the woman has already done much, as
shown in the work of such women as |
Miss Thackeray, Mrs, Edwards, Miss |
Braddon, Miss Eliot, Mrs. Stowe, Nine. |
Sand, Th. Benton, and others who fur
nish more than half the novels of the
day. She contributes her share to the |
magazines and weekly journals, show
ing as much aptitude therefor as the |
man. In painting, she is rather behind |
in the English-speaking countries; but,
in France the woman has made more |
progress, and it may be reasonably ex-
pected that the woman here will follow
in her footsteps The field for drawing |
has been widening in America dur
ing the last few, years, and begins to
offer advantages to the woman who has |
a taste in this direction. As usual in
art-matters, we have drawn on the Old
World to supply the demand in illus
trated magazines and newspapers,
which should be supplied here. Where
the woman does not possess sufficient
talent to succeed in this, she might ap-
ply herself proftably to wood-engrav-
ing, which requires little more than
perseverance and delicacy of touch.
Two of the most profitable callings
are chiefly in the hands of Foreigners
BONNET AND DREssMAKING. /
Here, as in every thing else where taste
and manual deXterity are required, the
Frenchwoman, according to the COM
mon opinion, surpasses all others. This
is owing, in some measure, to the fact
that more cultivated class of women
engage in the business in France than
here. The principal fault in the Amer
lean seamstress seems to be that she
settles down to senseless, servile labor,
and does not strive to educate herself
up to the requirements of her occupa-
ton. Such one is employed and di-
rected by her French sister, who is con-.
tinually exercising her mind with the
questions of taste and profit.
The profession of keeping accounts is
one for which woman seems to be well
adapted, and, in the era of economy
through which we are now passing, the
merchant and manufacturer will proba-
bly, find it to their interest to employ
her. q. She is well fitted for the duties of
selling at retail in the dry goods, varie-
ty, lace and jewelry.shops, in which she
is engaged, but not to the extent that
she might be. The woman finds work
in the printing houses, but under dis
couragement from the trades-unions
indeed, these male organizations have
thrown obstacles in herway in other di-
reetions. She has shown herself skill
full telegraph operator, and might also
be a good stenographer if she made the
effort. Matchmaking is % a, trade. for
which she is especially adapted, yet
comparatively few are engaged in it.
,ssr-tss OTHER CRAFTS 81 l---sA
suggest themselves in which women
might do we'll; such as the making of
lace, embroidery Scurtains, locks, keys,
brushes, silk spinning in cotton and
wool; cutting in silver; working in pol
ished steel, patent leather, artificial
teeth, crystal; carving in wood; manu-
featuring perfunlery; operating sewing