Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1899-09-20
WORK FOR WOMEN.
OCCUPATIONS THAT YIELD HAND
SOME SALARIES
A Successful Lace Buyer Whs Com.
mands o Princely Salary-Makina
Military Embroidery Women Den
tists-Desixns OF Wall Paper.

thousand specialties. and has made
dozen vocations In this Line OF business
where there was one formerly.
In these new occupations grea,
many women have found employment
One does not hear so much about them
as about the women lawyer or the
woman physician Their personalities
are hidden In those Of the huge con
Germs for which they work.
In most of these cases the womer
have won their places on the same
terms and by the same qualities that
would have brought success TO mar
in the same situation. There are some
lines. OF course, like the handling OF
women's attire. in which they enjoy
certain advantage, but this applies &c
very small portion or the whole mum
Der OF cases. In many instances WON
en- have been notably successful in the
very fields supposed TO be especially
the province OF masculine workers.
There is certain retail store in New
York which has the reputation of car
rying a particularly fine line of laces
at prices which cannot be matched in
ny other store. Ii is rather remarkable
that while, in all other lines, IL has
what is known as 'cheap" trade. II at
shoppers in their search for laces.
The peculiar success of this firm in
this one particular line is due to the
fact that the store has lace buyer
who is recognized as being the most
discriminating in the city. This buyer
Is woman. now just middle age. who
has followed her speciality for years
with unyarying success.
This woman's success. while unusual.
Is not difficult to understand. Possess
ing excellent Judgment in such matters.
she knows better than man what TO
buy. In addition to this she has a first
rate business head. She can buy as
closely as any man. and she has keen
scent for bargains. AS In any other line
of work, her success has not hecn due
TO one quality. hut 10 combination OF
business sagacity and enterprise, and
n constant effort to outstrip her com
petitorS. This woman receives a sal
airy Of 81 900 per year. and is absolute
ly master of her own department. con-
Quoting II exactly as pleases her.
Therefore, she is in n better position
than she would occupy If she had a
profitable store of her own, having all
the authority and none OF the risk
which that would involve.
Women are employed as buyers In
many departments i'm the big stores.
not only in the millinery and underwear
departments. but In charge of dress
goods and shoes as well.
Inone of the largest New York stores
all the employees in the business office,
from head cashier down to copy clerk
are women. The entire receipts of the
store amounting. sometimes. to $50.
600 In a single day. pass through the
hands OF women.
Taking In the whole country there is
no position connected with the running
of great mercantile establishment
that is not filed with women. There
are women advertising managers who
receive salaries OF $1,000 year. WON
en- buyers and women dressers. and
superintendent and managers who
earn very nearly as much, and travel
Ing saleswomen whose commissions
amount to more than is received by
two-thirds OF the men drummcrs.
Another field which has proven III.
crative to the pioneers In the art Is mil
itary embroidery. The reason so com.
paratively few women have taken II
up as a means OF livelihood Is because
ii demands long apprenticeship with.
out quick remuneration. 1t Is. how
ever. promising profession for
young girl with q keen eve. firm
hand and quick intelligence. a good
memory as well as patience and per
severance. She will belong to class
OF needle-women whose work is OF
practical Importance in national and
departmental affairs. The embroider-
ers work the ranking devices on the
shoulder knots. collars belts and car
pieces OF officers uniforms. This kind
Of embroidery is different from all 9th.
er branches OF ornamental needle work
All the best grade military embroid.
cry is done In private houses. At the
regular factories only the very ordin.
airy. inexpensive insignia are manufac.
tured, that for the wardens' uniforms
used In prisons and public institutions,
for instance. or for steamboat lines and
railway service. The skilled embroid.
erer who works privately seldom takes
orders of that sort. and generally has
her hands full OF well paying. carefully
graded work Whenever an army or
navy officer is promoted. an expert en-
broiderer must he employed to do his
shoulder knots and straps, collar de-
vice, etc.
FROM Hl@ 10 SlS n week Is pdlu 10 the
women embroiderers who work in this
department at the best military tailors'
shops. and the forewomen. who design
and place the work get from 500 to $25.
while the experts who take work in
large quantities and employ other
women earn a very comfortable in
come.
Several young women who have been
graduated at the various dental col
leges will begin TO practice this fall.
Women have been more than fairly
successful in the practice OF dentistry
in the United States. There are only
a few women In the profession in Eng
land, and number of these took their
degrees here. IT is said that clear
majority of the women dentists OF
Germany went to that country from
America.
Women have always been successful
in designing wall paper. rugs. book
covers and the like. but Miss Glenrose
Bell. of Chicago. is winning fame as a
designer for damask. Her aptitude for
this especial line of work has been the
means of certain European houses So
liciting her work. She is. however. un
Bell won the Il. A. at the Chicago Uni.
versity. 1t takes her about ten days Ia
make one design.
Every year wider avenues are open
ed to the ambitious and perseyering
young woman. and it only is for her
.orf 20 ,1aoida for which ocpuna tfon she