The sun., 1899-12-31
WOMEN In OPTICAL WORK.
IN ATTRACTIpE FTELD FOR THOSE
VINO ARE WELL EQUIPFED.
II Requires Long study TO Re an Expert
Opticinn-DanRerouss Schools with Grnd-
uates of Only n Few Days Study
Woman Opticinn In an once Building.

! other day put herself in a woman opticians nandS
10 have her eyes tested for glasses. Il have Teen
/ practising for four years and am Just now meeting
with success" said the dentist 1T took oil that
| time TO persuade the public to take me SERIOUSLY
| / came TO you because think We women who try
! 20 do things out Of the regular way ought uphold
| one another"
"Oh! I'm my feet now" sold the woman OPP
| tician. business slow at first, but 1t gains
| each day. and think my profession tho most
| interesting that woman could adopt
You went to an optical college. or whaty' asked
the dentist between times Of answering professional
questions.
Il took no college course whatever only private
| Lessons" was the answer i've been studying
! optics for 6vo years altogether, but have worked
J at other matters meanwhile. My first insight
! into the business ives secured through daily ao-
| quaintancc with the stock Of big optical goods
house where was typewriter and Office assistant
| Later was promoted TO hll orders that came In
! by mail and through the travelling men by
| degrees learned the business and got so could
select the spectacles and eyeglasses pretty accu-
| ratcly. Several times ] was complimented on
| having a good head for the work. The more
knew about II the more wanted to know. and
| eventually I took lessons privately from first
rank practising optioIan. II ever business
needed conscientious, exact dealing practitioners
! this business does, and Hnd fresh subjects for
study every day"
| "A good optician fills important post said
| tho dentist. nov, /. for instance, with all my
| energy and persistence would be lost without
spcctacles I'm 20 years old but my eyes have
| needed help for years Almost every other per
| son you m Get nowadays wears glasses TO work
| with II not regularly and optcian is very nearly
as essential to the conduct OF modern day enter
prscs as the butcher or the grocer is essential
10 housekeeping"
| Before the dentist left sho took inventory OF
the opticians stock and Office appliances, noted tho
| cases and framea the instruments and tho late day
devices for eye examination. the lenses the scien.
| tGc books and even the carefully assorted phinls
| OF eyewaters, balms and lotions
| you have almost much paraphernalia In
your especial line as have in mine she comment
| ed I'VE are both enthusiastic, anxious TO mako
use Of the newest inventions for the good Of our
work. Whenever have a patient at my Harlem
ofIlco who appears in need OF spectacles shall
| givo him your card, and whenever your whole
sale house or your other patrons put you In touch
| with people who might at somo time or other need
teeth made, altered or repaired. you send them to
mo" And without waiting for more than tacit
consent to this bargain. Miss Dentist caught the
down elevator and disappeared
So far a. can be ascertained there IL only ono
woman optcian practising independently for
| ncrscII III NCW lOIk ono nos pu oiLSc az
one OF the large downtown buildings where the
bookkcepcrs. auditors and eye tried clerks most
! likely 10 need her services are at hand. She
may be described Of the thorough going stu
dent class OF opticians In the business for IL 5
inherent interest as well as for profit There are
other women handling optical goods in the metrop
| oils. some sales agents, for Wholesale houses,
one or two In charge OF these opticians depart
ments that have sprung up all along the line Of
the retail selling shops since Il has been found
that people would patronizn them. Spectarles
by the gross, eyeglasses and tho chains and
cases that go with them, arc now a mattr OF
course in the department storekecpcr's OUTFIT
And not all department stores arc ruI. by con-
trolling Arm. A shoe dealer or a dry goods mer-
chant rents q tall. imposing building and moves
In, occupying such floor space as he needs for his
own wars and subletting the other floors nrd
odd corners sublcttng even tho landings on the
stairway. and any little accidental space left over
after the main tenants have got settled. The
optcian and his goods have space allowed for
along with the est and people go In and buy
cheap eyeglasses or spectacles as inconsequenty
as they would buy handkerchief that was marked
down odd end OF yelling at less than cost,
Sometimes the optical goods arc kept merely as
side line TO other stock. and whatever clerk con
br got cheapest TO sell these goods and at tho same
umo put up nimsy prctcnson Of fitting the glasses
10 the eye is put in charge. Occasionally woman
gets tho lob and she may have previously acquired
considerable smattcring as to the business
There arc men in plenty selling spcctaccs who
Rho" ho'hng Whapo'er oi 'hcH nature ana htncss
and these aud the women practitioners as we'll
are upbeld in the matter nv certain collcgos that
| -, ~ ~ '
profess 10 rach ophthalmooSy In an incredibly
short time for an incredibly small fee.
.'rho Science NJ Op,ics taught 4, on. uo.L h,,
II -. ...,..,, .,.'sS", - ol 80 "'
mai ices inc'uuihE aesfee oi oph' " ana diploma
SIS" Is the announcement Of one such college
| And ten.day courses 10 tho sam. end mr.. rom.
- r,s. -. - a ~, ni o. I'm
noh' lhefo arc c&'oarpcrS now fourishing In
the opticians business: also ex-cobblcrs cS-
ash dealers and =, furniture s.oro le,n.,. ,h.
! IN. -, -, a., - -. Wv
iaP'uiS WIN "n'oh 'ne fuuihnhS oi eye rsung
can bo acquired lending zcst 10 cndcavor. A
b,rbcr In Top~kn Kan went IN N.,u. v.;,h
A. ",.. a. 80. "''n
uio hahsas regiment oh ms fc'urn 10 San
Francisco he decided 10 abandon his trade. lie took
A COURSE" in the study Of tn, ontici,ps, J.yic..
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