The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-23

s55. A stenographer does not spend
her time in chewing gum and doing
nothing, as is often quoted. Go to
Bradstreets or Dunns, Even before
the office is entered merry click, click
is heard, produced by the nimble fin
gers of the operator The even strokes
causing the tune seem to say: GO
away; don't trespass on our time"
The life of stenographer embraces
It is difficult to get even a foothold
in this avenue. a young lady thus
related her experience:
1t became necessary for me to be
self-supporting. l decided to learn
stenography. The first thing to do
was to find out how to go about it. 1
went to leading stenographer, told
him what my purpose was. and asked
for his advice. He spoke very discour-
agingly.
:" 'Stenography is difficult to acquire.
Many fail after they have learned it.
Above all, the remuneration is poor.
after listening carefully to these
statements, replied that / was deter
mined to learn it. He was rather
astonished; then changed his tone and
said: Go ahead you will succeed
My eXplana tfon was that there
would be no zest in attempting any
thing where smooth sailing would be
encountered ali the way. At present
my position is fairly good. Firm de-
termination can surmount all difficult
ties
But few women are devoted
exclusively to bookkeeping. This work
is generally one of the departments con-
nected with stenography Or if there is
much to be done in this line, man is
employed. Women journalists are not nu-
merous Possibly there are three or four
in the city.
Women are not well represented in the
legal field. So far only one lady has prac-
ticed regularly at the bar.
SCHOOL TEACHING.
Two hundred women are engaged in
school teaching. They mould the char
acters of the future citizens and their
calling is conceded to be a noble one.
They do not merely spend six hours a
day at their posts, as is often thought,
but the major portion of their supposed
leisure is spent in finding the best meth
DDS of imparting instruction. Even dry
studies are presented in an interesting
manner. They do not enter the school,
room for a month or so, but many OF
them take up the profession as their
life work. The average salary of
teacher is probably $50 per month.
Now occupations will be mentioned
which women have followed for some
time. One hundred and fifty clerks are
employed in the various stores. In one
five women behind the counters. Another
firm has a force of women, and Stlll
another has fifty in its numerous depart
ments. Then considering the number en-
ployed by the other firms, the total Will
be as given above. The average pay OF
a saleswoman is So per week. Married
women are sometimes thus employed.
A HELPMEET INDEED.
One lady said that her reason for en-
tering the store was that her husband
had Impaired his sight by close appllca-
ton as a bookkeeper. The firm for whom
he worked offered her position. She ac-
cepted and is glad TO aid her husband In
this emergency. 1t is then Clearly not
for mere pin money that women work
The clerk has disagreeabie circumstances
to meet. 1t is not pleasant to display all
ones wares, spend an hour on would
be customer, and then be told: Il am
only looking about.
Millinery is an occupation that pays
well. But women of taste are required
here II they lack this element they mad
better seek some other work. The aver
age wages are $12 per week .
THE MILLINER'S WOES.
A milliner remarked that many women
do not really know what they want IN
this line. They select hat and It's trim
mings and tell exactly how it is to be
trimmed If, after it is completed, 1t
is not as becoming as anticipated, the
mlliner must reconstruct 1t according 10
some other plan. After buying mats Tor
a number of years, woman should be
able TO select a hat without trial trim
mings However, if a milliner did not
have this annoyance she might think she
is in paradise instead of on earth.
Hair dressing and manicuring are kin
dred occupations. The former is better
than the latter and is not SO
Should one desire to have
the nails manicured it would take an
hour to do this and cost 80 cents. There
is not as much competition in these oc-
equations as in some others solely follow
ed by women.
WHAT THEY EARN.
In rain or shine 500 women exclusive |
Of seamstresses and domestics) go to their |
daily rounds of work They earn $4,000 |
per month If the wages of domestics |
and seamstresses were included the figure
would be still larger. Salt Lake is a town
where both men and women work.
The wage Garner does not lose her gra-
,iousness by her contact with public life.
When she dons her evening dress, she is
is much at home in the social circle as
the devotees of society. She is happy in
Ter chosen work. Her mind becomes freed
rom its petty trammels. Gossip and fault