Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-06-19
SOME WELL PAID WORKERS..

nfrOm the Boston Globe.J
New York has a population Of working
women reaching In round numbers TO
about 30Onm
Many Of these women find 1t lmrd
enough to keep body aud soul together.
hut there are women IN New York who
work for a living and are not complain
Ing of hard times.
A salesw0mAn. whose lot is ass0c-
I ated with poor wages long hours constant
standing and frequent fatigue, TO say
nothing of the fines aud the injustice of
floor walkers aud heads Of stock, has
constant opportunities for advancing
into the ranks of the well-paid aud pros
pCrouA
One Of the pnms within the reach Of
the ambitious saleswomnn who has tact
energy and taste. aud has Possessed her
self of the available knowledge Of the va
riety. quality. suleableness and value
of the goods In her special line, is that
Of becoming a buyer"
For instance. there Is young woman
employed in u dry goods house in Twen-
ty-third street whose weekly salary is
$40 aud exnenses the year round. She
is foreign buyer. Twice year she
goes TO Europe stops only at hrst-cass
hotels, aud spends her time in the dam
~. selection of beautiful laccs and tapes
tries and cmDroideries, buying thuus-
ands of dollars worth of the lOveliest
stuifs for the house.
Eve rylurgc dry goods establishment
has n number Of women employed as
heads of stock and assistant buyers.
They are responsible for the depart
meut over which they preside. They
can employ such clerks MS they need,
unl discharge them as their own judg-
ment dictates. Their buying Is purely
local. Their pay averages about $50 II
week
Within the past year or two several
Shleswomen have been promoted To the
post Of tloor-wnlker, a position hitherto
occupied by only men. Their pay is from
SIG to $50 q week according to the
house In which they are employed.
The labor market Is never glutted with
expert designers of gowns aud bOnneis.
There are several firms on Sixth avenue
and Broadway which pay 500 week
to he special designers in their dress
making departments.
Fifth avenue modste employs
Young woman rs manager of the work
rooms and pays her $40 a week. The
position is an arduous one as she Is
responsible for the design and fit and fin
ISL OF every garment that leaves the es-
tablishmcnt: but then most women
would expect to do considerable hard
work for that salary.
There Is small army Of ladies' maids
In New York City who receive $50
month. Considering the sort Of board
and lodging that is thrown in this sum
Is really equivalent to $50 a month.
These working women are required TO
be persons Of taste aud agreeable man.
ncrs and 10 know all about bnir-drpss-
ing. shopping trimming mp an evening
bodice aud mcnding everything from
stocNngs and gloves to tnc lnces. also
to he able to pronounce infnllibly upon
the condolences and tout ensemble of
dinner or dancing toilet.
There are three or four women forrmeu
in printing offices in New York who ger
from SIS to SO week A few women
coupostors make similar wages Good
urOof-rradprs on the daily MINERS nre mid
81 u week There ara siN votnrn fnr.
tory inspectors in New York. whose pny
averages S23.lO week. Three women
are In the employ of the custom house AZ
this port Ms inspectors. They receive
81 week.
a good operator on custom taiors
work can easily get employment at from
50 to SlI A week for aight mr. nina bnurs'
+. lHere are ZOO or 1000 trained nurses