The herald., 1897-06-27
Over 1900 in Business in
Los Angeles
THE EMPLOYED NOT INCLUDED
A GREAT AND ASTOUNDING VA
RIETY OF OCCUPATIONS
Dentists, Doctors, saloonkeepers, Ci-
gar Dealers, Chiropodists, Bar
bers, Real Estate Dealers

The extension Of woman's sphere has
for years been favorite topic of discus
sion. and the process has been SO gentle
and SO gradual that we hardly realize
what a great change has taken place
The realization of the change has been
the vogue of woman suffragists and 9TH
ers; in the meantime woman herself has
attended to the practical part.
Today there are scores Of occupations
where women stand on an equal footing
with regard to facility Of employment
With regard to compensation there is
q difference, and a question that Is
fiercely debated and will continue 80 to
be so long as women are women and
men are men. But It is not the purpose
of this article to attempt the
settlement of this delicate ques-
tion. 1t is rather to show in a cub
stantial and practical manner just how
far the women have invaded the realm
of business, with particular reference to
the city of Los Angeles.
The city directory of 1897 makes some
interesting not to say astonishing dis
closures along this line. / believe have
said before that the city directory is
mighty interesting book to peruse at ODD
times and that the names and addresses
of people do not complete the catalogue
of its storytelling abilities. If we only
knew it, the directory affords the raw
material for thrilling novel, and here
is a hint to ambitious litterateurs and
story writer's. But this Is business ar
ticle, and let us get down to business.
There are 1903 women in Los Angeles
in business for themselves whose
businesses are given recognition in the
city directory. This does not include, OF
course, the vast army of cashiers. clerks,
seamstresses, factory girls and type
writer girls who earn living through
their own exertions. 1t includes only
those who are in business for them
selves For instance, there are twenty
five stenographers in among this list of
1903, but the great number who are en-
numbered at all.
DOWN THE LIST
Let US start down the list 1t will be
found that while many are in businesses
that have long been recognized as lines
for the employment and occupation of
women, the business sphere of man has
been encroached upon to q considerable
degree.
There are sixty-one artists In fact,
there are only sixteen male artists in the
city. This includes, Of course, all
branches of work that would come with
in popular Interpretation Of the word
artist, and the women have the field
practically to themselves.
There are about eighty-five bakeries
in the city and sixteen of them are con-
Quoted by women. Are their goods any
better than those produced by the men.
1 don't know.
Do you want a smooth, slow shave
Certainly you would not want a quick
shave IL a woman manipulated the razor
and lather brush. Walter Scott had
pever heard Of women BARRIERS when he
wrote about women "in our hours of
ease At all events there are three
women who conduct barber shops In Los
Angeles.
Women have kept boarding houses
from time immemorial and 1t suffices to
say that there are thirty-six such in the
city. while 119 keep lodging houses.
The ability to keep store" or, indeed
to successfully manage a trading busi-
ness of any kind used to be severely
questioned; nowadays it excites nc
comment whatever. One woman in Los
Angeles keeps a book and stationery
store; another runs q boot and shoe es-
tablishment; still another sells carpets
to whomsoever will buy There is even
one who is cigar manufacturer and
another who deals in cigars, but 1 am
sure they do not use their own goods. 1t
is not necessary; but you will rwlem-
ber the man who said he had every con-
fdence in his friend. the sausage maker,
because he had seen the latter, with his
own eyes, "a eatin' of his own sassage. u
MANUFAC
Manufacturing, as we'll as trade, has
fallen into the hands of women, to a
certain degree. There are two female
box manufacturers. two corset makers,
q glove manufacturer, two shirt manu-
facturers. and so on.
Are you hard up? If you don't care
TO see your uncle" you may visit your
aunt" for there are two pawnbroking
establishments in the city conducted by
women. Whether the rate of interest
charged IL the same or not, can't say.
Perhaps your corns hurt. There are
three chiropodists Of the fair sex who
attend to such matters One woman
deals In secondhand clothing: another
beats carpets. takes her muscular ex-
ercise that way and gets paid for n
Two are costumers, two conduct croor,-
cries and two dairies.
Do you pay your bills promptly? The
question Is not intended to be persona !
but merely to pave the way to saving
that one woman In this town makes col.
lections her business.
Five women run confectionery stores
which recalls the old line abo,,t
sweets to the sweet" or something of
that sort. Another woman runs a c,,
riosity shop, but that does not mean tha :
she is inquisitive. Twenty manage the
delicacy shops which have become SO
popular this tourist town of ours.
There is one woman in Los Angeles
who surely has pull" for she is a
dentist. " q
Then come the dressmakers, who have
the whole industry to themselves. There
are 44S of them in Los Angeles. Now
mere Is a chance for the men to get back
at the fair invaders. There is not a
male dressmaker in town! When i.
comes to millinery, however, 1t Is a little
different. There are "a millinery estab-
iisnments In town. of which 10 are con-
Quoted by men.
Drugs and dry goods stores come To-
WAfhar IN TIA 1fet