The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-03-15

1t is estimated that in England more
than $500, 600 women over Is years of
ageare in remunerative employment and
able to support themselves comfortably.
The city and guilds of London Institute
have established school of wooden gray |
ing for women. None are admitted for |
less than a year; so that they leave the
school with an understanding of the
work. -Four free Scholarships are an.
nually awarded after the first years
practice. AT Albert Hall, South Ken
sihgton, a school of wood-carving is
established, where it is required that
three years at least must be devoted to
learning the art. Doulton 4 Co., whose
charming wares are well known, and so
closely resemble Royal Worcester, EN-
ploy at their pottery works at Lambeth
100 women permanently in china paint
ing, the work being done by the piece.
Last year, at the annual exhibition of
Howell & James, $4,000 worth of
painting on china by ladies was sold.
Painting on glass is also becoming an
important branch of industry for wo
men in England, as is also plan-tracing
and many are employed in printing
offices. Julia Margaret Cameron, iln
Englishwoman, who died recently at
handsome home ON the Isle of Wight,
made a fortune in photography. Her
heads of Tennysons, Browning, Carlyle,
Danvers, Herschel and others are cele-
brated for their excellence.
In France, in the field of art and let
tiers, women have received warm well
come. There are upwards of 2,150 lady
artists in that country, of whom 602
are oil painters, 107 sculptors, 1893 min
iature painters, and 754 painters on por-
celain. The great Bon Marche in Paris
is under the management Of the widow
of its founder, who understands every
detail Of the enormous business, and
has a corps Of 1900 employees. In Pient-
eaux, France, there is an extensive typ
ographlcal training institute for women,
while at the railways and signal offices
nearly all of the clerks are women, and
this not for economy's sake, for they
pay them the same as men, sometimes
even better, but because they are more
temperate, and are consequently clear
headed. Five thousand women in Paris
make artificial flowers, and making lace
braiding straw bonnets, engraving glass
and working in stone cutters shops are
lucrative trades. In Rouen the re is an
agricultural colony for girls.
In Norway and Sweden over 150, 0OC
women are employed in agriculture
over 10000 in mines and manufactures
! over 5000 In medicine, and two Oh
three score in law. Over %, 900 womel
are engaged In matchmaking in Switzer
: land-The finest work is deputed tt
them. Two sisters carry on gold
! smith and watchmakers' establishment
5 Here a married woman has exactly th,
| same privileges to work as if she wer
:; single; if she is ill she engages substi
< tute. BY the census of 1871 it wa
i shown that in England and Wales Their
; were 5000 women farmers, and Mrs
Millington took the first prize at til
: Royal Agricultural Society-a $500 Gu
h over twenty-one male competitors
n Her farm has 800 acres, with $40 of al
it able land. The Derbyshire Agricultr
il raj Society gave in 1873 the secon
IL prize for the best farm to Mrs. Mar
n Adcock. In England the project of o.
l. ganizing woman's horticultural colleg
le is being considered, to enable wome
ie more generally to become florists. The
" have an especial knack in the arrang
vi ment OF flowers. A German lady has
T. small store at Lubbock for the sale
I, candied fruits and preserved meats al
~ vegetables; she has branch house
Iis London, and her goods are imported
ol this country and finds a ready sale
W New York and Philadelphia.
VI Flotsingen, Wurtemburg, has bri
he ade of forty-two water carriers belon
es ing to the fire department, each of Il
a four squads being commanded by 81
IT. male corporal" In Sweden there is
IFS agricultural school for girls. In Berl
n- there is large society for the genel
ls employment of women. Vienna has
ne noted ladies' orchestra, the leader
Up which is a woman. Brussels has
-, school into which 300 pupils (gils) 9
' eu admitted and taught to design wall |
nv per, iewelry, lace or TYPOGRAPHY or {
10 CRAVING, to model or carve furniture
~ paint on glass or porcelain. Stockho
AUG has school of nearly 800 girls who (
,on engraving, modelling in clay or W;
We wood and copper engraving, lithograpl
bookbindIng, etc., at cost of Ia ce
~ a month.
eli There is large government schoO
Gu, Naples, Italy, for flower and glove IN
uai ing, and at Florence a school of des
for women; another at Milan which
200 pupils. Telegraphy is a favor
employment for women in that city.
and Turin there is a large professio
on, school for women. Vienna has
an mems Industrial Union, the object
on- which is to endeayor to remove the |
o. judice against employing women, AM
do instruct them in new trades. And
iva is but brief summary of the hundl
up, of industries in which the women
ion. other chimes are employed.
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iaIe Gambling at Nice
rope Nr;oo 81, no., ,,ar,a,n,,c 40 tho
Ut iury done To il by the cOntlQuit'