The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-06-16
WOMEN WAGrHARuHR3
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Four million women n the United
States earn their own bread They
have invaded all occupations, and one
third Of all persons engaged in profes-
sional services are women.
Female teachers and professors num-
Der one-quarter Of million, exclusive
of teachers Of music, who are s4,sfo
strong, and 10000 artists and teachers
Of art
There are 1,143 women clergymen.
Journalists number Sss, with IT'S
authors and literary persons.
OF chemists, assayers and metaIlur-
gists there are twoscore lacking one.
Lawyers who are not men are 2oS.
Female detectives are 27o in number.
Nineteen women brave the dangers
OF wilds snd forest as trappers and
guides.
Only two women have been discov~
cred who are veterinary surgeons
In Texas . woman has the contract
for carrying the mail from Rife to
Seirnal Hall.
Georgia has woman mail carrier:
she travels 40-mile route triweekIy.
This young woman also manages .
farm.
The chamber of commerce, Cincin-
matt, has . restaurant run by three
Scotswomen, and they clear about
$4,000 yearly, although their annual
rental Is $1,000.
In New Orleans one of the finest or
chestras in composed entirely Of
women.
In New York a blacksmith's shop is
managed by three young women.
In Astoria, L. l., many of the largest
hothouses are managed by women -
All the sailed almonds sold by one
OF New York's largest groceries are
prepared by woman, who has prof
table business.
A fact foundry-or an agency for sup
plying facts upon any subject at short
NOTICES the industry of two Chicago
women.
Packing trunks is st. Louis won-
ans industry.
A conservatory and rose garden in
Elmira, N. Y, is owned and managed
by woman.
At the Young Women's Christian as
ISOLATION, Philadelphia, two young
women are in charge of the elevators.
Women writ servers are employed
with success.
Buffalo has woman contractor who
is also quarry owner; she is the only
female member of the building ex-
change
A Jersey City woman makes her Hv-
ing by painting signs.
"A Louisiana woman supports herself
by raising mint.
The woman manager of California
insurance company is credited with the
largest salary paid to any woman-s1o,-
900 a year.
A French Canadian girl is making her
bread by cobbling shoes at Lewiston,
Me-
A successful ranch owner in Kansas
is woman. There is saying to the
effect that in Kansas there is no inter-
est, no profession, no trade and no deal
without a woman in it.
In Boston are two large adyertisinr
agencies, the members of both firms
being women and all their employees
women.
In New England factory women are
employed as piano makers
Women are employed by several west
ern railroads to tend switches.
Upholstering is a trade women are
learning.
Writing love letters at so much let
ter is one way of earning a livelihood.
Consulting fashion expert is st.
Louis woman's occupation.
One OF the largest flower importing
establishments in New York is man
aged by woman.
An entire block of houses in New
York was papered by young woman
who takes the contracts for such orders
from builders.
About 300 girls are employed in the
harness trade in New York.-N. T.
Sun.