Evening star., 1898-11-12


ne-nt and the heads of fine household es-
| adjustments of their own. whose services
| are in demand for the cooking OF swell din.
ners for well-or people on occasions Of
ceremony. Their clients are people who do
not particularly care for the efforts OF pro.
fesstonal caterers, and who like substs ntIal
and old-fashioned effects I'm cookery These
VISITING cooks do hardly any Of the work
or cooking themselves but they oversee tho
cooking plant. devise the dishes see t. the
establishment of the tables and the gar
hisAmeh OF the dishes. and superintend tho
SeIshis SeTstns whie rs dinner is on. At tho
neght or the Washington social season
these women derive comfortable incomes
nom their work OF this nature Under the
same heading should fall a once wealthy
Maryland woman Of middle age who of
iate Years has made a good thing of Il in
baking "old-fashioned Maryland wedding
Sahes- She charges from SO TO $50 for
her wedding cakes. according 10 their size
Ire ire ihgredients In all OF them are the
same ana they are especially devised for
iohg preservation.
House Cleaning by wbote,.Ie.
A professional house-cleaner made her
appearance in Washington three yenrs ago.
although the rise Of the professional house
cleaner In New York and other cities has
ohiy recently been heralded. This profess
Sionai house-cleaner OF Washington CANA
mere from Dayton. Ohio, to visit some rela-
uVes after the death of her husband In
tneir ONO household establishment the cou-
| PIE mad always lived up to the husbands
ample income, and when he died he LEFT
mo'finG' The Dayton woman arrived I'm
washington at the beginning of summer
aiiG she noted the great number of houses
I'l asihhGton that Were closed up for the
summer or about to be closed IN She u,as
porn housekeeper, and she wondered it
sle coulunt make something hv Rettttpo
.he contracts to give some OF tie houses
| nm .
ing from cellar to garret before the doors
were locked and the residences turned over
~ the supervision Of the night 1catchmsn
her suggestion at the first res,d moo 90
! Whlch she applied-that of a famous pat-
eFtee OF this city-was received with ana
pioNai' ana she persevered and got permis-
@ @sion TO overhaul the homes of nearly a hun.
died prominent Washington families obo,,
TO leave the city for the hot v,a,tber -rhor
she hlred couple of Colored rlen and a
| opulle OF colored women, assembled hcr
Sn1aLg SSleahlng gear and began work as ths
| houses were closed. She put IN tho s,,r,
| nler at the work, and when the occunp,,,s
oi the homes returned in the fan tb.,,
Iouhd tnelr residences as bright aud ,.Iean
as as gold dollar from attic to PASSENGER
me layton woman charged varying fo.s
LOT her work, and made a good bit %
money at ii during her first summer.
| WORK. She has since treb,ed her cuental.
aiI ailu now supervises the semi-annual house.
cleamng of many of the most weaith,' 80
| dents in the District
| Novel Occupations.
Capitol Hill young woman dro...
seh pretty stylishly all the year round IN,
| her earnings as a trunk pscker Sa..o,ai
years ago she started to work I'M ,bo b,,st
ness OF packing the trunks and CAGES ot
! People about TO leave the CITY .snecta1I,,
curing the Summer heg!ra and she now
Ids All OF the work that she can attend to
curing her busy season
Oile OF the social
VI w dsHiheton mas among its members sey-
eial young women whose services arc rac
VI othihehiel iel as guides for the large number
oI unattended women who visit Wssbinp
ton IN groups OF two three or half a 5ozen.
at all seasons of the year These ,oune
women guides charge fair fees for tak'n9
me- a,eir Partles TO the city's points of Interest,
occUpation '' !" t"e
Ihcre are three Young women Of Wasb-
Ilsloh VINO earn Ood livelihoods ae deco
ia'ofS. Wo OF them are graduates Of the
Corccran School of Art and the ofbc, o,<,
was graduated from Chicago ART scbooI
iHey are IN the nominal employ of a UalI-
raoMh L az decorating firm. but all three Of
tnen have worked up good clienfeIes ~
| thelr own. Their work consists chiefly in
the arrangement of decorations in fir,. resi-.
cences undergoing complete renovation.
ana they are conspicuously successful in
! this work M
women Demonstrators
women
OF Washington get frequent employment
| here demonstrators If is tho ,ol,,,,,
OF outside firms engaged in the Introduce
non OF new or novel articles of women's
dress in the great cities to emnlov ,voroo,,
known as demonstrators to travel for them
estanllsh1ng headquarters in the various
Dig department stores, and these travelling,
demonstrators generally procure as assist,
ants two or three clever young women
Wen known among large circle Of friends.
III all OF the cities visited. Washington
young women OF Independent spirit are
awaiting themselves of the opporfunitv 10
OBTAIN remunerative employment wien
these travelling demonstrators strike town
1hey are usually handsome young women
capable OF showing 10 the best advantage
TO women auditors only the fmproyement
IN corsets, patent underwear exercising
machines, and SO on
Not many months ago q young woman
gave exhibitions in a downtown athletic
goods store in the art of punching a bag
Thls muscular young woman liked WASH
ington well-naturally enough having
come here from New York-ihat she de-
cided to remain here. So she worked up a
private class in calisthenics. She is a
visiting teacher of calisthenics, or rather
the art Of physical development now and
she is doing exceedingly well Her class
consists largely of women who don't care
for the publicity of the gymnasium This
hardy physical culturist has also a class
OF younger women who visit her weI-ap-
pointed private gymnasium two or three
times week to be put through their calls
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Succeed i'm Business.
A woman is the head OF a prosperous ics
company In one of Washngton's suburbs
and another business-like woman manages
a 14th street coal and wood yard. The
fuel establishment was formerly conducted
by her husband. At his death she con-
tinued the business, and she has been do
ing well at 1t since his decease
considerable number OF young Wash
ington women make comfortable hvings
as visiting instructors in stenography.
They get from % to 50 cents lesson, and
gain the patronage of numbers of pupils
who are diffident about attending all-to-
gether classes at the shorthand schools.
Visiting milliners are numerous in Wash
ington, as are visiting manicures and CHI
rcpodists in skirts.
There are several women practicing pen
sion law in Washington, and doing well
at it, One famous woman OF Washington
conducts a general legal practice. and has
got rich at il. Women canvassers for all
sorts of small household articles num-
erous hereabouts, and they say that they
much more courteously treated here
than elsewhere.