The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-09-28

has enough to live ON and gives her
services for nothing is never taught as
well, / think, because in many places
she is sent out to do the hands of Gus
toners before she is fit. She is never
really taught. She learns by her blum
ders Sometimes customer complains
here that her nails have been badly
done, her fingers left sore. She is not
told that the girl has been practicing
upon her, but that is really the case"
"You think it's better, then, for girl
to pay the amount down if she CAM"
Eyes, because in that way she is
taught rapidly and thoroughly and is
fitted to take position in "a few weeks.
Soon she makes up the $50 spent, where
as i'll the other case six months services
for nothing show an expenditure of
twice that amount"
"How much does she make in the be-
ginning?'
''In a place like this, which is not the
best paying, she would commence on S.
or SO per week. But there's light
ahead of her, Let her do her work with
excellent care, take an interest in it,
show a customer that she couldn't pos
sibly give more attention to it, be po-
lite, engaging in manner and not over
talkative, and by degrees customers,
having found out her name, will come
and ask for her, will wait half an hour
for her, if she's busy rather than have
any one else. This increases her value
to her employer, and her salary is raised.
At length when she has come to know
her customers she takes them into her
confidence and tells them she is about
to start out in business for herself, and
that for no extra charge she will go to
their homes and do their nails. The of.
fer is always accepted. "
She has to take away her employers
customers to do this.
Eyes, but it is self preservation, and
employers expect it-in fact, they have
to accept it. The customer wants your
services, and certainly you are not to be
blamed if by charging her no more you
are able to make better living for
yourself. l shall leave here within a
month, and l know of 30 ladies who
will give me their trade. "
"How much will you make them"
81 shall charge so cents, going to
their homes, and i'll most instances each
will have her nails done once a week.
In this way will make $12 or $l3 per
week to start with and by degrees in
crease my patronage until l make $25. I"
Then you will be perfectly satisfied
with your life?'
"Oh, l will no doubt have some I'M
pleasant experiences. You see | won't
be able to select and choose my custom
ers. | shall also have to go to offices to
do the nails of some of my gentlemen
patrons-and, oh, men make me so weary
sometimes. If they only knew what
fools they seem-some of them only, of
course-when they think they must try
| to ogle, compliment and flirt with any
| young woman who has to earn her liv
/ ing and who is thrown into their society
under circumstances favorable to the de-
velopment of these tactics. They come
/ in here, dudes and g1aybealds, and try
/ to get acquainted with the girls. We
just Jolly" them along, and sometimes
they think they've made an impression.
We laugh at them behind their backs,
and at last in good time "let them down
hard, )" can tell you. Another unpleas-
ant thing about the profession is that
chiropody must go with it. A lady
doesn't want to have one person to do
| her hands and another to attend to her
feet, so it is almost necessary to learn
both, and chiropody, while useful, can
never be regarded as beautiful profess
sion. In these days of pointed boots
when poor feet are cramped out of all
semblance to what nature intended, Ia
dies need the services of chiropodist
about once month or so. "
"If you had to start again, would you
be manicure?"
"Yes. l can't complain. You get
awfully sick of the human hand, but it
really isn't hard work to sit here III
this pleasant room by this open window
and chat to customers while l clip and
polish and scrape." KATE JORDAN.