The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1888-06-30
WELL-PAYINo WORK.
Two Occupation. for Women whieh Are
sot Yet Oyererowded.

sOt Yet Oyercrowaed.
There are two occupations for women.
II one may Judge by the prices paid.
that are not yet OyorcrOwded. One Of
them j. hair-dressng and the general
care Of female tre7scs. Expert hair
drosscrs easily earn as much as eighteen
dollars a week. and hair-workers arc
paid from eight 10 ten dollars. The
hair-drcsscr who arrangcs the fashion,
able heads seen al the opera and ~
balls usually j, 80 much in demand that
she has time for nothing but the art Of
curling. crimping. braiding, plating
and folding the feminine locks in that
artful fashion that the unskilled anna
'cur finger, can not compass. But the
hair-drc,s,r who has not vet arrived
40 the privilege Of ministering solely %
fashionable coif'ures adds the general
care Of the hair 90 her duties, and she
takes the entire esponsibility Of the
health and beauty Of her patrons
locks. Once month she comes and
clips the end Of every hair, which al
ways has a tendency 10 split. She
combs the whole fleece out smoothly
and with small, sharp pair OF scissors
cuts the ends about an eighth of an
inch and then goes over all the uneven
hair, rufliing it up with the comb, and
clips every one that shows "A sign Of
fraying. This keeps the hair from fall
ing and promotes its growth. Then
every two weeks she washes the hair,
LAYING it in tepid water with little
CASTLE soap and dash Of bay rum,
and brushing il briskly thereafter for
half an hour. It's this beautiful groom
ing that make, the locks Of the New
York society girl shine like the satin
skin Of thoroughbred. The other
well-paid and uncrowded occupation is
that Of the manicure. There are u
number Of manicure parlors where ono
may 90 and have his or her nails
groomcd. but most prefer that the
finger manipulator should come TO
them. She is usually pleasant
hammered, fresh faced, and well-dressed
young woman, whose only sign of
scryitudc is neat little black satchel
in which the tools of her trade are car
rcd. The usual hour for her arrival
is Just before her customers rise. She
begins with the early birds and gradu-
atcs down To- those who never appear
before noon, and in this way manages
TO suit them all. She appears in the
bedroom from the drcssing-room bear
ing n bowl of milk-warm water, which
is swectencd with n drop or two of
rosc-watcr. The luxurious customer
lazily slips one hand into the bowl that
is set on the little table beside the bed,
and can pick up her nap again where
she dropped it while the manicure files,
polishes, pnkS and perfumes her nails;
she needn't wake until the other hand
nce6s attention, and then the same
p'ocCS, is repeated. This occupies
altogether about half an hour of the
manicure's time, and she is paid seven
ty-iivc cents for it.. She attends to
fourteen pairs of hands day. which
would mean something like ten dollars
and a half for the days work, but few
of them have so large practice, as
that would require hundred or more
customers, seeing that most women
only have their hands manicured once
or twice week, the maid attending to
them other days. Still. with the sale
of the chamois polishers, unguonts.
powders. files and scissors, most of the
manicurcs manage to keep their weekly
income up to a good average and a
few have grown rich N y World.