New-York tribune., 1898-10-02

the most satisfactory way is to earn II in business
for themselves.
My rooms serve for office and home as well;
cook my own food. In buying the furniture /
hunted for bargains and bought for cash. so that
now / am not in debt. except to the gas man, and
I am ready for him when ne comes for his 81 ..
HOW THE WORK WAS STARTED.
The employment agency business appealed TO me.
as II had been ms branch Of the Young Women's
Christian Association work and many women
came to the association for kitchen help. which Is
not furnished by that bureau.
Many young women. graduates Of a high school,
came TO the bureau. saying they would be wiling
to go into kitchen and work if they might have
their earnings to themselves.
Women also came TO seek Intelligent girls for their
to go home at night if only they performed their
duties properly or course wiih 80 mar Inquiries
cided TO open an cnice for that purPose ..,..
| have now my hooks subscribers who only
need the services Of woman IN The morning, ana
others VINO rSanTe heiP IN t1e aiitrn1Tn n
evsnirg 10 e free 10 20 az they WISH and in ns
way both mistress and maid are satisfied
SERVANTS BY TIE HOUR.
Other subscribers wan, a competen, woman to
come 10 them once in while 10 cook ana serve a
dinner in perfect order. ard have women ready to
do this certain rate per hour Is charged for this
work ,.
star ed a iou., where they may have their own rooms
al reasonable rates. ! am prepared also to furnsh
graduate nurses gOVcrncSses. dressmakefs. seam
stresses attendants. teachers bookKeepeIs sIelos-
rauners ladies' maids, matTonS, nursery inAids'
saieswoInen superintending and WORKING mouse
keepers cooks OF every description. haFGresstIs =
manicurists and chiropcdists Ny scamstresses re-
ceive 81 10 Sl25 day and dressina keis iroi,i
q 10 50 a day The employer pays me ten cents
d. FOR the lime she engages the seamstress or
Cor n,nTc than ten davs she only pays ne 81. How
ever II this employer is n subscriber having paid
g. for three months service OF my bureau, the dress
makers fee Of ten cents day Is onitted-tnat -
70 saw when a woman Is subscriber she mas IN,
use OF lhe bureau for three months for help OF
description. -
have found it advisable to furnish men ser
wants in ali lines. many women Ike 10 secure
all OF their servants through one source
HOW PATRONS ARE SERVED.
Nv method of serving a subscriber is to have her
name an hour when she will he at my rooms
then arrange TO have the person whom | have
selected as being suitable for her requirements
r,odv TO meet her. II the meeting is not salts
factory then another time is appointed and other
applicants sent lot a., ,., ..,o,
In this manner my rooms not filed with women
in search OF work. A servant Is seen to inucR
better advantage alone than In a room tui OF
~ hers II is also confusing 10 the einpiO!'I w
hav many persons presented to her al ohce, IN,
divdual the employer wants, ana also KNOW @ I'Ie
kind Of place the applicant will most satlsiacto-
rily fill, so that my plan seems u "''S"'' 81" '
poses. . .o
OBLIGED TO WORK HARD.
of course ] am obliged to work hard. harder
nossiblv than If were working for some one
else but in the end | shall have gained something
hos,des my livelihood and that is what am look
Ing forward 10. ..- 80. 90 o,rn
save a part OF what they earn, even though il D'
an exceedingly small amount.