Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-12
A New Trade
For Women,

There is a new trade that bears the
name of professional member" The
idea Is not original. but 1t is now pre-
sented In n novel form, and 1t is only
singular that a mode of employment so
well adapted to wage earning women
and one SO thoroughly and essentially
feminine has not been in active opera
ton long before this. The 'profession-
al will be a boon to the erstwhlle help
less bachelor and an aggressive COM
petitor to the gentle maid Of the bou-
doir She may even help to lower the
marriage rate unless her employer be-
comes victim to her insinuatlng meth
DDS. for what bachelor will otherwise be
allured into the thraldom OF matrlmo-
NAL bonds when he has comfortable
apartments and his wardrobe Is kept in
perfect condition OF repair?
The woman who has lately devised
the scheme thus tells of her initial ex-
| perience:
Il was at my Wits end. had never
been brought up to work and did not
even know how to set to work to find
anything TO do. | had gone to see a
very wealthy woman one day who has
| bttl tNcteuliEly hlilu W me anu dS-
sisted me in many why's. Talking over
my inability to find steady employment
which would not need experience, she
proposed that while waiting for some
thing to turn up / should try and get
some mending or plain sewing to do"
Then, when she did succeed in get
ting work of this kind. it was only at
| irregular intervals, and consequently
not very remunerative. There was an
other consultation between the two wo-
men, and when the proposition was
made that she take entire supervision
Of the wardrobes of some bachelors the
seamstress gave her hearty assent, She
tried, and, in her own language has
succeeded beyond my widest anticl-
pations."
But how were her customers obtain
] ed? The rich woman talked to her hus-
band, telling him of the woman's strug
l giles to eke out bare existence, whom
= he suggested that the seamstress get
= certain bachelor friends of his at the
: club to give their mendlng to her. He
e accordingly spoke to some of his &C
E quaintances in her behalf. who lmme-
, dlately engaged the woman's services,
Y Through them other customers were
d obtained, and in a short time this al
most frenZied woman of a month before
from dread of starvation was Obliged to
hire her cousin as an assistant in her
business. She has certain days and
hours for each customer, but does not
begin work until after IL o'clock in the
morning. Clothes are kept brushed and
laid carefully away. If desired, she will
also take charge of the laundry. AT
present, her income is SCI week, and
8 the various bills (from the eight GUS
l. tomers) are promptly paid her on Mon
l. day morning.
h She further explains her vocation as
J. follows:
/ Il do everything for a man, as far
Of as keeping his wardrobe in order is con-
IS cerned. II see that his collars and
i'd cuffs are beginning to show signs OF
W wear l make little memorandum Il
he that effect and pin 1t to my bill, remind
x ing him to replensh the articles which
lie l have been authorized to throw away
Id II his silk underwear or pyjamas SHOW
IN signs of giving out, / do the sam
thing"
So this last real new woman" hn
come upon the stage of life as an active
desirable agent-one who will prove
boon to bachelors. bachelor maids an
possibly tired mothers who may haN
more money than time.