The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-19
sUeeEsT EoNs EOS WOMEN.
A Few Words to Those VINO Wish TO
Become Typewrlters.

BROOKLYN, n. ", April lS-If the
ladies visiting New York from the south
would like to see the shopping women" so
execrated by ex-Speaker Reed as the cause
os the republican collapse in November,
they must be sure and call at the Margaret
Louisa Home, on Sixteenth street, near
Fifth avenue. Here their eyes will be glad
dened by everything that is beautiful aud
useful Here come the shopping and the
sightseeing women from all over the vast
country, and here they are entertained for
the small price Of so cents psr day
for a room. and not over Is or
20 cents for meal. when
| tickets are purchased. They can partake OF
the daiutiest and most perfectly cooked food
| served on HavilAnd china, and can sit in a
dinIng-room, whose architecture and adorn-
melts are Il perpetual me tai feast. The
rooms are all tastefully and comfortably
furnished The beds are OF the hest, with
every possible convenience at hand. There
is a vast library to which the women have
free access. The latest magazines and
periodicals are to be found on the center
tables and kind officials stand ready to give
all necessary Information about streets,
| shops, parks and public institutions. Mrs.
Elliott f. Shepard, who, as many Of my
readers know, is a Vanderbilt, and pos
| sessed of the Vanderbilt millions, designed
and planned this charming home for
strangers in the city. Her obs
| ject was to assist women TO
live comfortably and cheaply in New
York when choice or necessity Sc It them
TO the great metropolis. This is the brisk
est place that a woman can pos IDLY step
! into, and cannot fail TO have a beneficial
effect upon the tired and discouraged of the
worlds workers. The faces one meets here
are so bright and full of purpose. Maine
meets California and Texas. and Chicago
and Richmond hob-nob and shop together,
though they have pe1er before ex>
changed greetings. Here it is not neces-
sary, as it is with many Of the hotels, for
| a woman to have a man with her in order
to secure admission, If she is unfortunate
enough to arrive in a strange city in the
evening.
| l am surprised and deeply gratifed by
the evidence of interest in the hygienic
matters which l bring to the notice Of my
readers week after week. | only regret that
l am not able to reply personally aud prac-
tically to the intelligent questions which
| pour in upon me- Some Of these questions
l would give a slice from my life to answer
TO myself. sometimes l fear that the
downrightness of my epistolary style has
the effect of leading my friends to believe
that am sort Of walking encyclopedia
and feel myself adequate to crack most of
the hard nuts Of life. But it Is not so. |
have tested a few things and found that
they would hold. | can trace ONE physio,
| logical effects to their causes, and when
can find an effect from given
cause nine times out of ten,
then feel as if the thing had been scientifi-
cally established. aud if not by "the consen-
sus Of competent - at lea,t by the observa-
ton OF intelligence. But this is going only
very small way after all, aud some~
times the Intelligent part Of my
| human nature is SO out at the
elbows with the ignorant part that
haven't enough patience left to last me up e
! flight of stairs. | did not know until
! commenced TO write on this subject Of by
| giene that the connection between the hys-
ical and the spiritual was quite SO close.
am appalled, 10y this intimacy and over
whelmed by my own inability to see where
| one begins and the other leaves of.
| The friends who have written me about
| patterns for different garments | shall be
obliged to refer to some one else. | ON
generally not specially posted on these SUB
iects, and really have no time to do the
many favors which would please Inc more
than words can express to attend to. If
had time to choose patterns l will pledge
my word that thew would never fit
To Index Appealer" who asks to know
| how many stitches to cast on for a SQUIRE
shawl to BE- knitted of two-threaded Saxony
l can answer that question as well as thu
next one, for | always have both knitting
and crocEetinE about. Two hundred and
| fifty stitches make large enough squar,
to allow for moderately wide crocheteC
border. The needles should be large, o
course, and just about double the size OF tn,
largest steel stocking needle.
And now word about typewriting. Til,
| communications received from girls anC
women who are anxious to become prof
Gent by this means could scarcely bl
counted. In eight cases out Of ten thesC
letters are not neatly written, VOL com
posed, well spelled, or properly punctuated
1t requires no particular ability to learr
the mechanical part of this work. An in
tellIgent child of ten years can manage
| typewriter perfectly with two or tire,
lessons. But IL the operator is not rooted
and grounded in photography and punctua
ton she had better not adopt the work O
typewriting for a living, for she canno
succeed. Our towns and cities are crowded
with Indifferent typewriters. They cauno
take dlctation without misspelliug i'm
portant words, and business men anC
women who are obliged to deal will
large mail and compelled {,
do it quickly, or with important documents
will not long stand such incompetence
| Those who are naturally weak in sCellnl
should never attempt this work, and thost
|
should study photography and grammar
most conscientiously before embarking OF
this crowded sea. There will always b.
room for accurate and expert typewIiters
and let me tell my friends that these two
adjectives mean great deal. The woman
who can take dictation without hating OF
| mlsspelllng a word, who knows enough K
| correct a grammatical or rhetorical slip OF
| the part of the one debating
who can punctuate without Q
thought, can always find a congenia
position with a congenial salary l an
sorry to soy that such operators are scarce
Let not my friends delbde Themselves witt
the thought that they may secure position.
where they will have nothing but copying
to do, with chance to consult dictionary
| whenever necessary. | know Of a young
woman who can write ninety words a min,
ute, and will mis5pell at least one-quarter Of
them. She obtained position on account
| of her speed one day and lost it the next
In her case, and all others of this kind, we
can properly quote old adage, The more
haste the less speed" for the correction OF
orthographical mistakes is work which nc
employer will be found willing to under
| take. ELEANOR KIRK
The Sunday Morning News
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