Evening journal., 1900-03-22
SOME WOMEN WHO WORK
THE ODD AND UNTRIED AVE.
NUEs OF EMPLOYMENT.
one Shoots Wild Horses-Another
Hangs Pictures for Living-stln
another Drives a coseh-some
Raise Dogs and Song Birds.

Many bright and versatile women
with the courage OF their convictions
have undoubtedly sought and obtained
the means OF livelihood, II not wealth.
producing business, I'm a variety OF
queer occupations In spite Of fire.
quent outcrles from the pulpit and
elsewhere against the rivalry and com.
petition Of female labor. LOT of wo..
men here and there are hewlng out for
themselves pretty large inches in the
temple Of fame and human enterprise.
Perhaps no woman In the United
States has a stranger occupation than
that of Mrs. Maud Whlteman Of Hum.
boldt. New. She shoots wild horses for
their skins. and at times earns about
So a day at IT, In some western states
Wild horses have increased so rapidly
that they mon0polize the best grazing
and frighten cattle or the ranges, so
they are ruthlessly killed for their
hides. She Is usually accompanied by
her father. a war veteran. in her Wild
horse chasing. The skins Of the ami
mails shot are taken of dexterously,
dried on sage bushes and then sold for
about So each.
A Kansas City girl OF Irish birth
was naturallzed In April, 1899, In or
der to become a notary public.
Miss Daisy Stevenson Is one OF the
few women butchers In this country.
She took up this line OF work as a
means Of family support in Rochester.
n. ". last summer She Is 2S years
old aud Of good business and convcr.
satIonal abilities. She says the work
of meat cutting and OF disposing OF
the odds and ends as well as the
choice cuts Is not harder than general
housework Above all, she reloices in
being cher own boss" which means
a great deal
There is in New York n young wo-
man who hangs pictures for n living
Her novel occupation Is both pleasant
and profitable. She never considers a
job for less than $40. She finds most
of her customers among people Of
moderate means, who cannot like the
very wealthy, employ a distinguished
artist or first-class decorator for such
work, and there Is always an opening
for her where homes are changed or
where rooms are re-arranged TO pre-
sent a different appearance each sea-
son. This young woman. whose name
is withheld on account Of high social
connections. began life as the young
est daughter Of a well-to-do Boston
family. When her father died and re-
{ verses came. she had to look out foI
herself; she knew that for all big plac
es open TO women there were ten ap-
plicants to one vacancy, so she made
up her mind to think up some little
field all untried by other women and
attempt TO climb in and iii the niche
Success came. She thinks there is
room for other women in this occupa
tion, and recommends them TO give
her idea consideration, for she sup
ports herself and her mother comfort
ably by Il. and that is the main test.
Miss Il. NJ. Dayisson went into prac-
teal politics-whlch means that she
placed herself "in the hands Of her
friends" with public Office in view
and she Is now attorney Of Brown
County, Nebraska. But she did not ge;
the Office until she had a legal fight
with a man who wanted It.
Mrs. May Preston Slosson, a grad.
uate Of Vassar and wife Of one Of the
professors Of the state university at
Laramie. Wyo., entered upon the
work Of chaplain Of the Wyoming
state penitentiary.
Cattle ranching is Mrs. Anna Mar
tins strong suit. During the big cat.
tie boom in Texas in November She
made what was probably the largest
cattle deal ever made by a woman.
Mrs. Martin. whose home Is in Mason
County, bought 6,OO0 3-year-old steers
from Charles Schemer Of Kerr Coun.
~. The price for the lot was S150.OO0
Mrs. Martin is called a slrewd cattle
woman. Her purpose was to feed the
herd Of 3-year-olds for three months,
and then sell them at a profit Of S30,.
600.
Miss Agnes Oliver, whose home Is
within a few miles Of Augusta. Ga,
hdhtc u iNliAhAtAhit AANluN AoI utIctil
and her mother by growing bulbs and
selling them TO northern seed houses.
Miss Louise Cheatam Of Aiken, S.
c.. raises and trains native song birds
for a living. Beagle raising is the
means by which Miss Asch, also liv.
ing near Aiken. earns a good living.
She has a thriving business in pet
dogs. Miss Ida Norrell. near Augusta,
Ga, earns q fair living by distilling
cape jasmines and selling her product
10 perfumers. Miss Marie Christian
sen, who originally came from Swe.
den as a masseuse. now makes good
money by exercising dogs for the own
ers of pampered canine pets. Her bust.
ness is in New York, where pet dogs
are more popular just now than bah
les Mrs. Henrietta Mcdonald claims
to be. the only woman who earns a
living as a wine tester. She is the
daughter of an extensive wine grow.
er of California. Her late husband
was a wine merchant. She has now a
regular cllentage in a number of the
largest cities Of this country.
Miss Eleanor Burwell Of New York