The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-18
WOMAN'S NEW PROFESSION.
Miss Marjory Deans Success In
Novel Field.

Marjory Dean is the romantic name of
a very practical young business woman
and perhaps the only feminine landscape
assistant to an architect in this country.
Miss Dean, or NJ. Dean, as she signs her
self in a bold business hand, is a plump
little woman, still under 80, filed with en-
ergy ana devoted to her work
How did you chance upon your profess
sion?" she was asked.
There was no cnance about il" she
replied. Il knew L should nave TO earn
my living when L left school, so I endeaV-
oreQ 10 lay une foundation for u profess
SION by my studies, even while attending
the grammar grades in the pubic scnoois.
NOV. don Want you To Inlnk mat All
OF this forelhoiIgnJ originated with he
as girl, Tor IL uIu not. was lucky III
shavlnS a very practteadl mother, who
treated all Oh ner ehllaren alike, boys and
girls. Sne wound ask US All, even as 1T
lie tots, what we expected 10 do to earn
our living as We grew up. Then as We
grew up, while at schoo4 she would give
:-f1er ADVICE to me-, Miss Dean contin-
ued, was 10 look Tor some Buner PROBES
sion beslQeS typeWrIJlng, bookkeeping and
teaching. 1 nave no especial talent, 50
Wnen L showed Il IondnesS Tor archItec-
ture, she encouraged me. ana suggested
that even il L never succeeded in Decom-
ing an architect, might be an architect
assistant in some capacity
80, you see, 1t was my mother who
within the month, came to New ork
and Offered my services TO q prominent
architect. lie could make on use of me-
but he gave me some valuable advice.
Go to Europe, he SAID, II possible, and
spend at least three months in studying
architecture. toNhte buildings so much
for every architect has scudled that
branch-Dut their settings. Study the
grounds. Every year uhe numper OF
wealthy Americans who wish to build
handsome homes are increasing. In the
a
certain style OF architecture, ana want it
butt on some particular spot without the
least regard Tor the suitability Now,
what you want to learn is how to build
the grounds up to suit the house. Let
the architect pulld the mousse and Sou
build the grounds.
i acted on his suggestion, and today l
am his landscape assistant. L borrowed
the money and took a wheeling tour
through the British Isles ana several
countries in Europe with a classmate who
did not have to earn her living and was
wiling TO go any route that was TO my
advantage.
became the assistant OF my adviser and
am today earning q. comfortable living,
with a little TO spare and put aside for d
rainy day. am the only woman in Amer
lea 1illlng such d position, according TO
my knowledge, ana L am quite sure the
held is large enough for many more.
My work consists in Planning and
| sometimes laying off the grounds sur
rounding homes, in such a manner as
viii be IN keeping with the style of the
| buildings. plan avenues, vlstas, tangles,
waterfalls, groves, hedges, graSs-piOts
and any other feature called Tor by the
architecture of the house. 1t is my bust
ness to see TO it that the various WINDOWS
ana doors nave pretty outlookS and DTS,
OF landscape; that the several approaches
are made IN such a manner as 10 give the
! best views of the house.
Sometimes it is difficult to make the
| grounds suit the buildings which the
| owners insist IS the only style they viii
| have, but where there is no lack OF
| money it is quite possible We often have
| to cut down or build up hills. In one -
| stance l recall we had TO build up a hlll
| in the midst of a fiat, level track because
! the owner insisted that ne wished his
! house patterned after a certain castle he
! had seen on the Rhine. With that idea
| in his head, he bought a. large tract Of
| the --LATEST land he could find, and then
! came and gave Us the order for the build
| ing.
when we found there was no hope of
| dissuading him, we set to work to rem
| edy the defect. Fortunately for my part
| OF the work, the place was well wooded
and had a fine large stream running
J through it, We are still working on that
! place, but when it is completed, III guar
antee it will be among the first dozen of
| the handsomeSt estates in the country. l
don't mean the most expensive, but the
most perfect.
DO L superintend the planting and car
ryin govt of my plans? Only SO far as to
/ see that they produce the desired effect.
know almost nothing about the habits
and requirements of trees and plants.
That is the business of the gardeners who
carry out my plans, and only see that
they do their work in such a manner as
to harmonic with the grounds. l do not
think it is worth my while to study land
Scape gardening, because l would not
have time to see to the planting and cul-
! tivating. l am fully occupied as it now
stands, and, as 1 said before, my profess
sion is by no means oVercrOWded. l am
out of door sand away from the city the
greater part of the time. but my work is
healthful pays eXcellently and 1 am very
fond of it. This, together with the fact
of my being the only one in America, L
am sure will warrant me in advising
other women to think of such work when
considering what their daughters can do
to earn q. living"
LAFAYk J NJ LAWS.