The sun., 1897-05-16
SOME CHANCES FOR WOMEN
RrSINESS OPENINGS THAT OFFER A
PROMISE OF HECCENH.

The pressure OF modern necessities mas brought
women to tho front rs wage carncrs. and 1t Is
aaid nowadays that woman may enter any
calling in the United States and nearly every
one in the moro conservative countries OF Eu-
rope OF tho wage.carning trades, so called. 1t
is not The purpose to speak now. Women have
long been 1oOkkeepers, clerks, stGnographcrs
and typcwritors, and ticket agents. But there
arc many original ways OF earning livelihood
open to women Of refinement and good business
ability. Some of them require knowledge OF
special branch OF work, but very often 1t is q
branch that has been learned in the ordinary
domestic training necessary TO mako success
full housckccpCr
In considering tho following lines OF bread
winning. some of which have been suggested by
women successful In them and some of which
suggest themselves through a special need
which exists, 1t must be borne in mind that sue
cess will depend to great extent on the indi-
yidual. 1t is well.known fact that among men
those who succeed are in the minority, and for
every case of success achieved by n woman
along the paths set forth a failure could also he
cited Most women who start out independent
ly have very little capital, and 1t Is believed
that investigation will prove that those who fail
often 10 50 because they are not willing to start
in modest way. Great oaks from little acorns
grow should especially be borno In mind in
starting in n new calling in which one has had
little experience. or which is comparatively new
TO the business world.
OF millinery means of support for womc
from whom fcke fortune has suddenly with
drawn her smiles great deal has been heard of
late. Ono requires artistic eye and natural
aptitude for the calling il wishes to become
more than an apprentice working in shop,
though even if ono never sets up for oneself mil
lnUry is apt to be more lucrative than many of
the wagc-carning trades Skilled trimmcrs are
usually well paid There have been one or two
notable failures Of lato among women who have
taken up the trade of millinery. In
all probability they may be traced TO
an attempt to cater exclusively to those
who buy costly and hshpriced articles.
There are in this city alone thousands of women
who have no time or talent for trimming hats
and VIC uld gladly go to moderate-priced mil
liner that made speciality of stylish hcadgcar
at moderate prices. Two women of good family
who have made successes us mlliners simply
started to trim the hats of their friends. They
did not leave home or set up shop, but merely
Let it be known among their acquaintances that
they would make and trim hats The growth of
their business has been gratifying and their
trade a steady one.
old stories. Women who wish to try any OF these
fields should have some preliminary Instructions.
chickens on a small scale all their lives. In an
article published some years ago in magazine
ucVOted 10 the interests OF women, they were
earnestly advised not to erect cold frames for
violets, nor holhouses for roses, without
IN Of a. db
nS Would aESags ss oh but ss
few cold frames put in. Hothouses are affairs
recurring the outlay Of capital and one really
employ an excellen, gardener.
x wntsr nS city dTess se Sens for
Still, when seeking for information rs to the de-
STABILITY Of henneries as a rneans of selfsupp9rt
thetic incidents OF the loss OF a hundred or moro
little chicks in a single night arc related.
pspsation PpoTld@enes @ %hieH aEss 'S
chickens Matched out of incubators liable
ia tales sg reach a one cars 91a ef ncubasors % WSS
tool. took fire So,, and burned Just as the chicks
ss%sss ss9%s DO aSa Gi hSsh a the G
stinatc fact remains that fresh eggs come high
bTef5s In IS %
in spite OF the risks involved. that chickens
properly managed and caireefplly r,1i.e tended Wll
and the proper technical knowledge which is
not hard to acquire.
time ago about two southern girls who had be-
Gun making E summer gowns for their North Northern
women looked better in their dainty summer
gowns. while Northern women looked better in
gathered from observations At Bar Harbor, White
sulphur Springs; and elsewhere. so they were
themselves. but soon had to employ help as the
orders grew In number 1t Is n fact that many
ro@ns Mh9 eG onsd i and nS
gown that Is not n mOnstrosity. IL some enter
prlsng woman, would begin making summer
gowns Tor moderate price many of her busy
sisters would go to her gladly. They can be made
ihii y much less time and for much lower price
tnan cloth or woollen gowns, but few dressmakers
seem to take his into consideration. One who
would do so should be, successful. This would
DC quite apart from dressmaking, which Is
very serious trade, and, in these days OF experts
IN every line, requires an apprenticeship IL one
Not long ago an Engishman asked a woman
who was known TO be looking about for Lusi
downtown He then described the tea rooms OF
London; so different from New Yorks eat and
proposed It considered the idea an impracticabie
one, as as american business men prefer the
have been started further uptown. II is sill n
question whethera tea room where men could
and ak enS snssa nfSs SIp of e read the papers
success success With dainty appointments and good
Wster such e. on 6nc nds on The other side Of the
eaiy e business men who arc being educated to
make max haste slowly, many OF whom would prefer
70 inc only resorts available at prcsent-the
hgh.priced restaurants or tho barrooms But
one meets her downtown. ii is question whcth-
% ef one could get the attendants to mako the
Brst pace hom1,elike and to have 1t homeko Is the
~ Lunch tnh rooms for women in the business parts
CrowSh " sowh are CRYING necd-,not tho regular
crowded, hot restaurant, but quiet places
Dnn, where whole luncheon Is served at moderate
eost. Ihere are not more thnn two or three
such places downtown in New York, and
PROBABLY no other large city boasts more. One
oi lhese was launched in n very modest way
ana Is really all II purports to be. Two women
are at the head OF Il, and are about to move into
gf nrgef Quarters, though their enterprise was
stsTted only eight months ago.
Mchdlhg bureaus are well established, yet 1t
Ms oniy the other day that one woman com
phihed that they were few and far between and
nhoaaher said she thought they would bo more
tro tpponIahle 4 their rates, were lower. A third
suPs&ted that they establish weekly tariff In
slead pf charging a special rate. These sugges.
iEnhsh hro given AZ complaint is usually a bless
i5 III @ @uisE'llse, and hooded is more helpful on
II foau TO success than unstintcd praise.
me chaperon bureau has also passed the OK
Rorlnchtal stage. krom observation one would
~ ~ ed To believe that the growing Independence
Of women viii restrict the demand for followers
shopping for others Is not new way OF earn
nv one bread, but 1t has been found n success
au one, when well managed in spte OF keen
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