The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-12-18

secretary and treasurer of the company,
with the bank book and check book in my
possession. and since that time | have
added to those duties that of business
manager, having full charge of the adver-
Using and financial departments, and it is
my turn now 10 employ stenographers."
Il have to superintend the government
work connected with the collection of gold
and silver statistics for the census. which
is done in this office, and to do that | had
TO make study Of engineering and mines,
attending the course of lectures OF the In
stitute of Mining Engineers and even
gong down into the mines for personal
observation. l believe a woman can fill
any position save q political one-I am
opposed TO woman suiirage-as well as a
man If she will give her work the first
consideration. The only women who are
not thorough are those looking forward to
matrimony TO relieve them from their tenn
porary servituie. In few years women
Will get over the feeling that 1t is a dis
grace to he single, and when necessity calls
for it men and women will be working side
by side in all the professions"
Annie &. Haeger has an immense stor-
age warehouse, a whole block in frontage
She is a motherly looking little woman,
with generous supply of good common
sense showing in her tace. She is the sort
of woman To keep house like new pin
we'll pointed, and not let anything so at
loose ends.
II knew nothing whatever of business
when my husband died, but somebody had
TO take hold of affairs. 1 don't see any,
thing so wonderful as n woman graspiDg
a situation that is thrust upon her
Hasn't she brains and will of her own
A woman can do anything man of equal
ability does If she must. | don't pose AS a
business woman particularly-I have in
terests outside my 0tiice-but know what
goes on down here Just rs | know what
my cook Is preparing for dinner ut the
house. plan for both and guard against
losses at the store and accidents at the
house with equal care; one takes about as
much thought rs the other. and SO far as
] am concerned don't draw a very fine
line between mans work and woman's
work"
Mrs. Helene Schroeder has had harder
time OF II. Her father was a copperpate
maker. engraver and printer, and her hus-
band made and uiled salt bags for table
use. Both father and husband died. and
she has carried ON the two businesses, be-
sides keeping up a home for herself and
two little ones at the same time. No won
der sire looks pae and tired. She hasn't a
relative III this country, and her own
shoulders don't seem broad enough for
the whole OF the burden she has assumed.
She i making a ~ of it, though, and by
ana by she Viii be- able TO take II easy.
An, but YOU do things differently in
1 America than was brought up 70, - she
seemed pleased 20 inform ne. when /
was a girl | only earned s. a month max
ing artificial flowers tor hats in Germany.
aUd gave every penny OF II 10 my parents.
Is all good German girls 10. When my
father came n America ! went into his
Office and learned the printing business,
because here there are no sons the Ger
man father expects the daughters 20 As
sl>t "a IL. L Nas very fortunate thing
Tor me that ] dli so. because now can
support nv children ami myself ia CON-
to.L get Any children OFT 10 school ID the
morning and taen take the elevated down
town, where | stay pntii nearly : clock.
Then | am home aEain IL time - meet the
Youngsters when they come from school,
sN Ihey dnn't u.ss their mother IN tie
business woman OF course. i cant 10
I into mF home ana hang mp my hat like a
/ man, Vltu nothing Ia bother me tae rest ~
the tar- AZ home / an tonsekeeper ana
motaeF. aud usCtaer wOck. you Know.
is never done
There are lot sc other women in \ew
YORK IN business .or themselves Mrs. f.
NJ Alderman i.tf.e rouNd-;aced wouian
W.tA olg. dark eyes Aaa frank manner
( runs steam cleaning establishment for
carpets, exc. NJ. hyInGec en- Joys The DIS
tlnrit3u 81 oclaS ;.e only woman chemist
VITA business 81 Her oRn. Miss hely
has kept - the b.ac Nsu.Ith shop her
father lelt her az ] does all the work Tor
.he b,g stables III the wealthy horse
fanciers. And >hc has painted The long
shop white INSIDE ..nd ogi, So that there Is
nothing smoky o. dirty about It.