The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-05-09

Managed by the Ccntlcr scx-Tbcy Are
Also Engaged nt Cailings which I.cquirc
skin and Physical Endurance.
Women are found today in many an
employment which until very recently
was regarded as tho exclusive privilege
of man. For iua,gnco, ono OF the most
successful ranch o,I.l5 in N.usss isnOt
robust and abiynodied man, but
woman fair of face petite in form and
not more than 30 years old. Advertising
is another business in which women are
| beginning TO figure prominently. There
are two very large advertising gg lies
| in Boston, the members OF both firms
being women and all their employees
women. They make their contracts and
attend to tho most intricate business
problems themselves and have large CON
tracts for entire railroads and street cars
in the largest cities III the United States.
One woman in this city who had an
| excellent musical education in her youth
| took a thorough and systematic course
in the theoretical study and practice of
! piano tuning and soon proved hor ca
| pacity in eNcclling the male competitors
in the establishment. She has now
very largo number Of patrons and COM
fortably supports herself and two chill
dren Tho first woman railroad prcsi-
dent in this country succeeded her hus-
band on his death lie was the presi-
dent of the Pennsboro and Harisville
railroad.
The First National bank of LeXing-
ton, Nob., has for its president Mrs, H.
r. Temple and for vice president Miss
| Temple. The recent election Of the wife
Of senior momber of a large New York
firm Of short line railway builders as
president OF the Hains Medina Valley
Railroad company in Texas makes the
second instance in this country of wo-
man appointed to fill this position.
There is only one woman railroad engi-
necr. There is q little stretch of road
known as tho Cairo Short Line, and on
this the daughter of one of its chief
owners rode to school daily, and at u
worry early age seemed deeply interested
in machinery and always had the work.
ings of the engine explained. Finally
she manifested u greater interest in me-
chanical and railroad engineering, and
as all things come to him Tor herr who
waits q chance arrived. The engineer
of this narrow gauge road became i'll,
and during this illness the young wom-
an in question took his place and made
the runs without any mislap. Upon the
death Of the engineer she assumed charge
of the train, which she is still running,
to the entire satisfaction of all parties
concerned.
In Texas there is u female contractor
in the employ Of the United States gov
ernment. Her contract is for carrying
the mail from Keith to White Hall.
Georgia has a woman mail carrier who
not only delivers the mail ON her little
black pony over a 40 mile route triweek-
ly in bleak and sparsely settled region,
but manages large farm as well, do
ing much of the manual labor and sup
porting her aged parents and crippled
sister by her indefatigable industry and
energy. She is but 22 years old.
In Cincinnati an excellent restaurant
is in the Chamber of Commerce building
and is patronized exclusively by the fore
most business men in that city. 1t is
run by three Scotchwomen and upon
strictly temperance principles Every
one predicted their failure when it was
announced that positively no liquor was
procurable in their restaurant and peo-
pie scoffed to think they could not even
get a glass of beer with their meals, but
their predictions proved erroneous, for
besides paying an annual rental Of $5,-
900 for their magnificent premises they
clear annually from t10, 900 to $15, 900.
The lady guide is an institution in
London and an innovation now being
introduced In American cities In Lon
don these guides are for the express pur
pose Of supplying women tourists with
members Of their own sex to pilot them
safely over the well known tours of Eng
land and the British islands in general
and In fact anywhere they wish to go
ON the continent. These guides are re-
fined and cultivated, speak French and
German fuently, else their application
for this rather agreeable position will
not be considered. and have excellent
credentials as to character and sobriety.
They are supposed TO work eight hours
day, and their charge Is but 10 shil-
lings equivalent to te. 80 Of American
money. When one considers the aggra-
vations one IL spared by having guide.