The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-09
ODD (ALLlNds FOR WOMEN.
One Woman Who Repairs Lace While
You Wait and Another Gives
Courses IN Foreign
Travelling.

~ ENTEEL poverty, says the New
VS7 York Evening Post. is one of the
\u tragedies of modern society. Yet
out OF the evil comes good, and from
absolute necessity clever women devise
new modes of earning a livelihood. Most
of those who find themselves In reduced
circumstances take up ordinary calings.
but in a few plunge OUT OF the beaten path
and make some idle accomplishment the
basis of a paying vocation, One young
woman up town, who in the past learned
to make lace as fed, now puts 1t to
practical use by repairing old and price
less laces. She carries what may be called
a kit of tools. including a lacemaker's
pillow. a full set of Threads and various
kinds of needles and restores an in
jured collar or an ancient fchu in the
presence of the owner The work is ex-
ceedingly difficult. and the reward COR
respondingly high.
Several women have taken up index
ing. Their patrons are people who keep
scrapbooks, and who are too busy, or,
as IS more often the case. too negli-
gent 10 index for themselves. The work
IL slow and laborious. II demands a wide
literary knowledge and often a knowl-
edge OF French and German, The pay
Is moderate, being usually 81 day.
Artistic and fancy bookbinding IS prac-
ticed by eight or ten women In New York
city. This Is a skilled trade, of the high
est class demanding both technical skill
have done such good work as to make
them moderately famous
A Vassar girl with a penchant for chem
stry found herself thrown upon her own
resources three years ago. and adopted
for her daily work the giving OF instruc-
ton 20 members of her sex upon the
subject Of cold cream To the uninitiat-
ea this seems n very simple matter. but
In truth II Is very complex. It involves
knowledge OF the various fats and oils.
including spermaceti cocoa butter. wax.
Japan way. almond cream, lanoiine and
such medical ingredients as benzoin. cam
phor, myrrh. carbolic acid SULPHUR. arse
nc. zinc and white lead
Women who concentrate A foreign tour
or who are to receive distinguished for
etgners. are often at a loss respecting
the etqueite Of European countries They
can get ont 81 their trouble by taking a
course OF lessons from teachers who have
lived abroad In days OF wear-h At least
ten bright young women have taken m
dermatoiogy with special reference to the
hair and scalp They wish their patrons
The same As physicians, and earn a hand
some living At least two In this CITY
clear more than Se0 a year.
Restoring old photographs gives prost-
abie employment To a number Of women
Nho have become experts in the use Of tho
camera II does not pay very we'll IN ean-
eFai' hut now ana shen WIEN there "a
strong family love involved Il gives very
handsome returns one successful woman
ln4ays books The WORK Is exceedingly
naHd and consists IN scraping away a aim
from the surface OF a blank sheet ~
t"ter so as 70 NJ a printed Niece which
Is 10 30 set into II. and also yc7ss,,,I,- J,
corresponding slim from the back OF tho
latter. The two pieces are glued and sun
lecied 70 great pressure. The result Is a
page which looks exactly as n il baa
been printed as an entirety.
Enter tanning children IS another new
occupation. IL demands muca fac, 49,,
inunFe patience Writing sentiments lei.
ters and club addresses FOR indolent V,ern.
en- OF leisure Is followed bv many ex-
school teachers and college alamnae