The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-06
OUR TYPEWRITER GIRLS.
THEIR SUDDEN JUMP INTO BUSI-
NESS LIFE.
Their Increasing Numbers ana Their IN
Standing Among Rmpioycrs-sntnries oras
20 sSS n week-Ttpa That Speculative Girls
in wall street Uso with soIpo Success.

Standing Among mpioycrs-sutnries orsS
20 SSS . week.-Mrs. That snncuihtlVe Girls
In wall street USo with sono Success
Just why tho writer's OF jokes should continue
to direct their attention to the typewriter girl 10
hard to understand. Tho business world ac-
knowlcdgcs that shc Is n necessity, and she Is in
tho fold to stay. There arc thousands of young
women In this city supporting themselves by
| typew riting, and tho number is increasing by
hundreds every year. IL Is impossible to tell
lust how many there are, for they work indie
pondently OF one another and have no kind "a an
organization among Themselves. y
A quarter of n century nRo such n thinr,nsa
woman stonoRrapber was unhcard of. Tho
manufacturers OF typcwritors found very allow
sale for their machines, and IL Is snid that IL waa
Mt tho sutpestion of ono of these that women
were induced to learn shorthand and ia manipu-
late tho kevboard. His suprestion was carried
ont through the president of n succcssful busi-
poss college. who had been closely nssociated
with Nh, n;onecrs who soupbt to prpmoto busi-
ncss education IN this country. Girls Mt onco
took IN shortbond and tynewr,tinu. and TODAY.
as a rule. tbcv do moro accep,able office work
than do the nvcrop, men.
~,
There are hfty'three schools where stenog"
raphy and typcwriting are taught in this city
and tycnty-six in Brooklyn. At most of them
the h school wear is divided into three terms Of
ten weeks each. Many of the schools advertise
to teach students in one term. and no 80 far m
to guarantee places to pupils at the end
Of that time. This is absurd. The girl who
begins to work at the elusive little
pot hooks with a vision OF n good
S ss,ary az tr .nU rna m o, 'n st~Sv % to mas.o rs short.
hand. for It is hard. and some Of the best paid
and most successful typewriter girls in the city
testifv that tho brightest cannot roal,v nerfent
themselves in less than three terms. Of course.
the length of time necessary to become proficient
depends largely on tho individual, but a years
preparation is what the average girl requires.
1t was not many years ago that the idea of Q
woman receiving an education that would me-
her for a business career and enable her TO earn
her bread and butter at better paying pursuits
than sewing, nursing teaching a district school,
ceived with a derisive smile. The change in
nmh,,o aon,inant -, thi. nnastion 10 Ia raoI1 a..
to the typewriter girl. She has proved with sat-
~isfaction to the business world that accuracy.
punctnality. and capability are not questions of
sex but OF training.
sp",ru " k tan .he,, ho oorm mrn p ,ho, ao shon
girls. Cashiers, or seamstresses, and they lead
m q IrGea nves anu nav oeLoGr oppor I'm
a LOAD pn saIorr aSf tb m1 irnev riHtsgio S9rI is q . t q %e ek-
zoo snSu !, y ~ n.eeEiv cases sho h"' earn fo"
= ppe ut many typewriter girls have chances.
-. L.. Il IA
OF a9r tSeiR , sainri empiP Partic 10 mGkf IS m thisy t G4.s'e oe
those em%lovcd IN Wall street otiices. TTheTv
often get points from writing the brokers LET.
ters, ~. Va ina, hake oS Sche yo nury sxnnan has nroita5
S3V;ooo ~ Dusihs stoGhs ana romocn'ihS nerseia
mn,har ,nIdev HrSs barsnIf viii a Iittle h"mo in %
me sopnrps, ~ ner oo sgei as tnG Tfsust o. sh ner
nnpn nia 49, 81 idoa tLa, tho he ptvnaNritnr ;rI IL q
frivolous creature who gets through with her
Mn sho snnn5s for chnan tnerv an, tpSso3S
she Ell is ready to firt with every man Who COMES
1lohs an mo-, 70 run marry Th .he n nirIs on r. Who ,bey asks rcsc agr;
their business education at a really firstolass
Ennwiedpe ~ how to meet a man ON sfrictIv
business grounds and learn not 10 expect those
d dhss lssrs, s sjSsr suS sISjsr we ibe c H1Ws{1 at hetnE in
TO even NE smallest du1iss, always oe1ns anna
o'f; E & nn u Iaainsreai a fae, he that the typewritsr
KIT mas rewo,It,oh,H M ~, th go, otit ( o ms cttsi
mere are 9 5einpr w wnrl hS Sor t Which n sb meI r. pa a IN
money takes sometime away from heFT and
IHfs ,n Asked I'D IL fg This seS was sH true "a a man Who em:
prepiied " most emphatieeailv:. s"'' j" ni' on+oe'
IN and the man who saws that is a cad-a
n T1s nv orc;ncnf ihoi / chan~ed ~ siris One
day one Of my boys secured a better. niasu.. I
him me srra. In snmc enc Mb ni he a fnit As snpa
cnuid do he WORK atfsfnctOr;Iv To my ankle
dnent nc SGom miner = T ms siSIeri NAL h1 he
. ala. I'm 1ns snpe Won wonld rnt more comfort ouu
80 SS Nv ,h M m, y q " ynn S !, 40 sot ont ~ ms
aftar a tooi aeal of i,lp I pavc her n triai,.N
she zane The next day and took her piace al
bis d All am" and No. hern n a y ~ atinpsnScrS
~ n M, ~ nJ nf;cc c%cr since Her ecntlS
nresrncn changed things as il By magic. and the
\ bbd ~ arcw mpre rcntIc and conr,"nns and NV
had men seemed 10 20 about their SorS With a
no nthusissn, rbe Iittic GIRL attcndcd strictlv
10 hor ~ sin"ss Int Whom lhc iooknd IN IT, wa,
aIy n With ~ sniiipS iare' and when sbn trimmed
rom rom ScSk 10 S"sI The vcrr swish of hcr skirta
~" orn ~ ,oolc thinaS a tferont GroSnaiIy line
SLo1 and ihe othrr how dronncd into nlaces
;n"', dnn az IN ~ 1,vpp'" n.y. br Snoss
f ~ ,hcmsW n' some " az tbcU, hSramS
manarors in my Office until finally | found ali
ma".s.to =, -; al IT, TO ~ 80 n,ar1
n? :! ps ,"r;ir. sn az ,et niSpg ~ nins santiH Wiz
ona nno,bnr md bcSS arc alw,vs In Their n,ares
chhecrfui and aamiablc, Men who come in now 10
r,nsaa, hmsinat. Syben thar 40. ~ ~
hr 3 q faco5 tasictnIiy dressed trim.iooEina
iris at like gentlemen. and refrain from
~ az 90 ~, Iii oror Tho Tnors and s,xnar-
;nr and thhis wfthnui n Word from anvboSv-
ihh; ~ az ~, Ill "nHrtors - 1900,