, 1885-05-28
ODD SORTS Of occorAnos.


AlNAAAH*NNAn AftNEAI|F
New York sun
There are many odd ways Of earning a
livelihood in a great city like New York,
and It Is surprising to sec how many
persons there are who readily adapt Them
selves tonew occupations frypf writing.
for Instance, was unknown a few Years
q, and NOW there are thousands who
suppo themselves by IL II has sup
piled a new. and wide field for the en-
ployment Of women. aud has come into
almost universal use for legal documents
The invention OF the telephone has given
employment TO thousands in the con
struction OF the apparatus and the NJ
tendance at telephone offices, and the
number thus employed already rivals the
number engaged In ~telegraphing
Tee Introduction of electric lighting
has given employment 10 many persons.
rs has also the comparatively recent use OF
re.ned coal oil all over tho world for
lighting and heating. 1t Is only a few
Years since the invention OF the district
messenger service and the employment Of
street bootblacks gave employment 10 an
army Of boys
Tic successful manufacture Of playing
cards. which were largely made abroad
until within a few years. has recently
given employment 10 many American
workmen. The canned goods industry
has grown up since the war. and offers an
entirely new occupation
ihoto lithography and 20 many other
+ quick processes of picture printing have
furnished employment 10 many within a
few years. There Is an immense business
iureadyi made clothing for women and
children that is o comparatively recent
growth
There are, at a rough calculation. about
fffu mon in fhn. Ifnfffa1 Afufou uuIo rnaLa
their living by hardening steel for various
mechanical purposes. There are three or
four who earn a living by demagnetiling
waichea and perhaps about as many who
+ adjust cOmpasses ol iron ships. There
Is an Old and somewhat intricate ocrnnn
tioalinith insurance business known rs
the ad iustment of averages, and the mum
Der Of men engaged in it in a great city
may almost be counted on one fingers
There are many men who earn Il living
by lasting various articles of food or
Judging Of them by their appearance.
There are experts in handwring, in
d chemistry. in mechanics. and all sorts of
things. who turn up in the courts and
make litigation costly.
2 Civilization tends to a division OF labor,
so that in every profession there are men
who get a reputation for some particular
branch. Thus there arc Acknowledged
q specialists in law. who have almost n
monopoly of a certain class of cases.
Some lawyers know all about PATENTS,
and others all about admiralty; Others all
about landlords and tenants; others all
about criminal law. and so on. In the
same way the doctors take each some por-
ton Of the human body rs q special
study. 50 that the old family doctor. who
undertook to doctor All sorts of discusses
is comparatively obsolete in crowded com
munities
THIS division of labor leads TO the estab.
lishment In great cities Of many queer
-to-e@ or depois Of. supply for all sorts OF
odd things. OF wireii 80 ,enaral public
knows little or nothing. There are, Tor
instance. dopots for the supply of lecu-
liar food for the various ~nationalities that
center in the great city. The Cinnamon
the Italians. the Germans, and the Scotch.
men all know where they can go and buy
things that are specially suited only 10
their taste.
p A craze like roller. skating gives employ
ment to many persons. American roller
skates arc now known all over the world.
There is an American rollersknting rink
even in India The progress of mechan-
ical inventions, while II throws many per.
ons out Of employment. also furnishes
new occupations to many. and does away
with the apprehension that tho machine
may slipplant the man n