The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-15
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sent the strongest companies; they must
offer life insurance on its merits; they
must ask no patronage because they are
women.
To be successful he woman solicitor
must have net only tact, courage anu
teracity, but also full confidence in the
strength of the company which she repre-
sents; more than Az else she must have an
abiding faith in the high character OF
her calling. To such d woman the pres
emf time offers great opportunities. The
best companies do not hesitate to en-
ploy her, and she, having accepted a
position, sta nds on an equal footing with
her male co-laborers and competitors.
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Mrs. Lapham gave statements OF
women solicitors in various parts of the
country thai differed materially from
those of the young women who failed
in their undertaking. Among these
were Mrs. Esther Getz, of st. Louis; Miss
Carrie Cotter, of Philadelphia; Miss Car
RE A. Conlck, of Rockford, Ill, all OF
whom represent good companies n have
made the business very successful. Mrs.
Lapham also cited several other instances
of remarkable success among women in
surance solicitors. Among them were
Miss Danfortil, OF Buffalo, well known as
the secretary of the Western New York
Federation of Women's Clubs; Mrs. Louise
A. Starkweather, of st. Louis; Miss Law,
of New York City, and Miss Amendt. One
woman solicitor of life Insurance doing
businesses on the Pacific Coast is deriving
from her work a yearly income of $4,000.
Mrs. Lapham read from a paper on Life
Insurance for Women written by Miss
Emily A. ransom. of Boston, and read in
that city at the Woman's Congress of
1896, in which she says
According to the best information OBJ
tainable life insurance companies have
today about $50, OO0, coo of insurance on the
lives of Women. Allowing 5000 per policy
it follows thai about 5000 of the women
in these United States have taken insur-
ance. When it is remembered that there
are in this country about 100000 women
of insurable age it will readily be seen
that the solicitors who shall undertake to
place before them the benefits of life in
surance will find a plenteous harvest
ready to be gathered"
When asked as to whether her own
work showed effective results, Miss Lap
ham said: Yes, decidedly. Since my re-
turn from New York three weeks ago
I have received fifteen letters from
women stating their intention to insure
their lives. These were from distant
places Duluth, Victoria, Texas and
Chicago-as well as from the states of
Connecticut and New York. After one
lecture in New York ten women pre-
scented themselves to me. saying they
would take policies.
Whatever failures haze been made
In the past by women life insurance So
l~icitors. the present day opens up to
them new possibilities"
In the Orient t~iabiliments change little
In fashioning from century to century.
Their wearers, having found something
suited to their climates, occupations and
ideas of the becoming, see no reason why
they should trouble themselves further
upon the subject. AS a consequence of
his deplorable lack of interest In the
questions which agitate Occidental man
tua-makers. niliners and t~ailors, their
garments, well made, and of the most
substantial homespun materials, last for a
lifetime, and are often handed down from
generation to generation with a reverence
at least NOT surpassed by that bestowed
upon the pattern of White House spoons.
Each succeeding professor adds ONE
thing in the way of decoration, until the
garment becomes a marvel of cunning
needlework and gold ornamentation.
Though she have no other dowry, the
Greek peasant woman often inherits the
equivalent of several undred dollars in
-z kL--1E -1l7 49, ha,r1anvrc
When in full panoply she wears her hair
in two long plaits. interviewer with gold
ornaments, a round velvet cap silk
trousers to the ankle, a short skirt, a
green, red or blue zouave Jacket, with
gold, an Oriental scarf around the waist,
tip-tiited slippers and. veil Of goId-span-
gled gauze.
The dress of the masculine Greek In
cludes a tasseled cap, a plated white
tunic, be1ted with a Snowy sash, close
Citing leggings, a buttoa-trimmed zouave
jacket n a loose outer garment, com
bining characteristics OF. the cloak and the
Inverness overcoat, and decorated with
gold braid up to the limit of the owners
financial ability. Upon the turned-up tips
of his shoes there are usually fluffy balls
Of red worsted.
The Mahometan woman wears loose
trousers of striped or figured SILK, a tunic
Of g~oId-spangled muslin. a bodice and
sleeves of crimson satin; decorated with
gold, loose, flowing sleeves of crimson
gauze, bangles upon wrists and ankles,
many strings of beads around the neck,
pointed red slippers and a complicated
head-dress. into the decoration of which
gold ornaments and beads largely. enter.
Upon the street she is, of course, yelled
20 the eyes-if a lady of the upper classes,
IN a white, sem~i-transparent tissue, which
admirably sets off the bewitching effect of
aer stenciled eyebrows and waxen com
plexion; but if a woman of the people, her
veil is Invariably of impenetrable black.
The ~multi-colored gorgeousness of the
pasha's attire, with its imposing turban,
wealth of brocaded trousers and glitter
ing gems and weapons. is well described
by the adjective popularity applied to his
moral character-unspeakable.
If it were not for the tans, browns
and reds fashion in gloves would be the
most dependent thing in the realm of
wearing apparel. But these coiors re-
main IN constant favor for street use,
while other styles await the fiat of hats
and gowns.
This year the prevalence of gray seen
in everything else has had a marked
affect IN tha nn1nre of ufovnc The