The herald., 1894-08-19
WOMAN'S WORLD.
INTENSITY OF A WOMAN'S STRUGGLE
TO EARN A LIVING.

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Shiidren-Gracious Empress EIizabet
Divided skfrts-she Tells Ghost storie
n Coiored Woman Lawyer.
Tho following instance is an illustr.
ton OF tho difficulty girls find every
"here obtaining employment. A won
an OF 20, with considerable experienc
IN sickness and pursing, is advised by
doctor whom she meets in q sickrool
In Cincinnati to take the course fo
trained nurses in the hospital there
1hls she does; but, being obliged on ac
count of family affairs to return to Bos
ton, she meets the discouraging new
that there arc in that city alone 10,
trained nurses out of employment, and
as she says, there would probably be a
any more before she could complete he,
course.
This struggle for q living, in spite O,
all tho now avenues open to women, il
everywhere evident. Says one bachelor
| girl, Il have accomplishments, but ]
ind as rule they are of less value than
a strong speciality" Such q girl may
sometimes use an accomplishment tc
advantage in connection with a special
ty, and SO she should not despair. For
instance, il ono is convcrsant with
French, German or Spanish, she should
at onco learn typewriting and stenogra-
ply. With this business equipment
she ouSht to obtain lucrative position.
On tho other hand, first class stenog-
rapher and typewriter may strengthen
her hold on the business world by learn
ing as soon as possible one or more mod
ern languages. A girl who lost her DO
sition in q lawyers establishment be-
cause her services could no longer be
afforded owing to the hard times rented
desk room i'll q large building devoted
to Offices and business headquarters and
advertised by circulars distributed to do
typewriting. She now employs an as
sistant, and both are making q good Iiv-
ing. The employer who could not afford
to pay her for her whole time was very
glad of her services at different times
and was also glad to recommend her to
others in the same predicament as him.
self, because her work was invariably
good, and she could be relied upon to
keep an engagement.
Promptness aud energy will conquer
no end Of obstacles in the commercial
world of large city Women with new
ideas must also have the courage to
carry them out. A girl needing money
laughingly suggested the other day that
she put out sign, "Cats, dogs and
plants boarded for the summer. The
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OF many city people who do not know
what to do with their pets during their
vacation tours OF course she was
laughed at, but the scheme might pay
well If tried This is not more novel or
fancitul than many schemes for making
money which English women unde.-
take. Such advertisements as the fol-
lowing are frequent i'll English papers,
where they cause no surprise: Board
for several young ladies. Lessons in
housekeeping given if desired. +" COR
houses artisticaIfy.- s'unishipa. .dq]ls'
served. Orders received by mail"
There are agricultural schools in Eng
land where pupils may take advanced
courses in dairy work, making such an
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS poSSlUle, hlsS ~. hh.
Armstrong has been appointed senior
instruotress i'll butter making to the
Cumberland county council. -
Tutoring is not a new way of earning
money for educated girls. One college
graduate, however, in New York city
has plan which makes tutoring only
a means to an end. She came to the city
from a county town and gave the best
Of references to several school agencies
whore she applied for chances to teach
private pupils. While engaged in this
work she herself is taking German in a
well known school Of languages, in
hopes to find finally in Paris or some
German metropolis position to teach
her own language. Through Pratt and
other similar schools in Baltimore and
Boston women capable with the needle
and we'll enough educated to teach
classes in sewing are finding such posi-
tions lucrative. A woman just gradu-
ated from the advanced course in dress
making at Pratt has been offered posi-
tion as teacher in new school in an
other city at a salary of $500 year,
her duties requiring her presence in the
classroom only so many hours week.
Brooklyn Eagle.