New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-17

women shouldering the men out Of place, using
their business facilities merely to earn pin money
look out for themselves. They are the strongest
and it is after ALL survival Of the httest, whether
"The Packard College does not claim to have
naded the 81 nn ony not puGo
grace, but honor for girl to use her tai
eg and R for na hsr psyed @ ahS
part, and rejoices in its work. .
pie Nothing gives me such pleasure as to hear r., of
a young workers success. A self ade man my
self the struggle of others to achieve career has
always marked interest for me ! have followed
closely the work of women In different lines, ana
there sent out from the doors OF TINS IN
stitution who have made records that any 'eacner
might well be proud Of 49,. ,,s,uos.
Office looks odd unless there Is woman ABOUT
said o nan rms hed ou them s
bly, the railroad people and some OF me wlG,esa ~,
the old fashion is that they control the con
duct Of their employees. but not other people
needless restriction on the men VINO frequent
their OFFICE Re that as It may a the un SHTGt W
purified the atmosphere and elevated the tone OF
Women have made their way even into the
produce dealers quarters now down among am r6r pe
est element is TO be met with. In former days any
kind of desk did well enough In such an ONCE
most Underwriting description occupied the time
after business hours. In such an office, where the
e9 be Business is over by T. there is nothing much
do during the remainder OF the time but loar
The advent of the woman clerk has modified the
horseplay TO a great extent, and the place Is
cleaner and fresher and the better for the change
in every Way Travelling about the city /
prised 10 note a woman and writing machine In
The G,Ieercst kind of places. down in some rag
shop perhaps, where they counting Jute
little biz Of space. however cramped. the woman
clerk is there and certain rough Difference is
pe, ION the East Side the unpromlsing look
Wr,tinp girl is found. Her work Is carried home
and done at night. perhaps after other business or
she may take in letters 10 wilte as her man o1si
ness # she understands the language OF the
!:This Of the commonplace grade OF typewriter:
Of the higher class the s tamdaTn is s,il, made
Nv e,pniovers as TO the Ignorance and ilmteracy Oh
DDIr,s Who pretend TO take dictation There are
certain commercial schools OF Whose hinS ~
euch charges could never be maze; Inc cnleI vi
,hese is the Packard College and there ~ no man
in New York TO whom the business women owe wv.
more tban TO s S Packard. even II they are not
nuDils OF his institution, .,.-, -, ,,or,,r,s
P1.2I, vas he who raised the standard OF women
work in commercial affairs ana createu III '"e pun
tic mind belief in woman capdn,Ii w. comoete
u,e VINO made IL possible for women W anpc
s,h mon on the ground Of genuine elhclehct!'
NV women speak In warmest terms OF IN, III III
centive they got at that college, ,s IA The
interest OF their employers. not here5 io' ''
aW parkard introduced the system OF nolViduaI
,aching and recognition. each pupH pcIni IN IN
~ ,ao,iv e measured BY his own progress ms Is
ra~ni stImuus TO latent ambillon anu nhn s
~ means of graduating some admiraDis thai naPro
~ thorouRhly educated typewrl'erS anu '
Pn'Wr Packard never had warmer iIlenu n ,r a.
Iorace Greeley and at the hrst cohin ., - 40
whicb a woman was graduaItu MI VI ,n Secis,ve
H ,nrn,s giving his ideas Of womahs h'hesS io' ''