Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-06-22

calls for no great order Of ability TO un-
derstand It's laws than Is necessary TO
master other learned profession. 1t is
a fascinating study; one likely to in
crease in interest and supply an ever
broadening incentive for work. 1t Of
fers. moreover, abundant chance for
substantial returns and those who have
applied themselves to IL have made eX-
ccllent records. The Massachusetts In
sttute Of Technology has turned out
five or six women graduates in electro
city. Nearly all the state universities
have at times had women students In
the electrical engineering class rooms,
but they have been the exception and
not the rule. Women study physics
and chemistry, they go all around the
subject In its underlying relations, but
they give electricity pure and simple
the cold shoulder when II Is In reality
Well suited TO their capacity, physical
and mental"
America can boast one woman who Is
a fun hedged electrical engineer with
six years active work 20 her credit
Miss Bertha Lamme Is on the staff OF
engineers for big manufacturing COM
pany In Pittsburg. She desires machin-
cry, makes calculations and does eX-
actly the work of q man electrical en-
gineer She Is rs years old; Is native
OF Ohio of Dutch ancestry, and Is a
graduate Of the Ohio university.
One of the five examiners In the cleo
trical department at the patent office
In Washington Is a woman. She was
among the first women Of the country
to study electricity, and has held her
present position many years. Her du-
ties include the keeping track OF all
inventions and applications for lnven-
lions, touching electricity In any form.
And she must have practical as well as
scientific knowledge OF the availability
OF the articles submitted
There is possibly fifty women in the
country who have taken either full
or partial course in electricity either
from private instructors or at the CO.
educational Institutes. A few Of these
are owners and managers OF electric
lighting and electric car plants in var
ious places. One hears Of them through
the manufacturers of electrical goods
At Bay City. Mich. at Saginaw, at FL
lenville, n. Y. are electric plants oper-
ated by women. A Pennsylvania wo-
man is assistant purchasing agent for
a well known firm. She is credited
with such familiarity with electric APP
planes and fittings that she knows at
a glance when the goods offered are be-
ing held ut q higher figure than they
are worth or whether they are cheap
at any price.
Several women use their insight into
electrical science TO write what may be
termed popular articles on the subject
for papers and periodicals. Others give
lectures on electricity In the smaller
towns and have classes az private
schools. The foremost women In cleo
trio science anywhere in the world Is
Mrs Bertha A2rton " London. She has
made valuable investigations Of the
phenomena Of the electric are. and Is a
frequent contributor Of scientific jour
mails. Lately che read an important pa
per before the English institute Of Elec-
trical Engineers, the first paper ever
read before that body was by woman.
There are other English women who
are working practically as electricians.
but Mrs. Azrton is wholly a scientist.
and Is recognized in Great Britain, Eu-
rope and here In America where elec-
trlca genius has made such marked
progress, as having been OF much as
sstance TO the science
In the factories AT Chicago, Pittsburg,
Schenectady. Harrison and other places
there are hundreds Of girls and women
working at the manufacture Of cleo
trlcal goods They make all the fila
ments for the lamps. They wind the
armatures for the dynamos They wind
and cover with srun silk or paper. miles
Of wire, large and small, used In the in
ductIon coils. in the great underground
cables, and on the magnets for tele-
phone receivers and switchboards.
These women tip all the cords. solder
all the important little mediums and do
all the deft and delicate work neces-
sary In such manufacturer. Five or six
forewomen will supervise and instruct
the others in single factory The first
class workers have a chance Of promo
ton and OF steady work at good pay, as
long as they wish e. The manufacture
ers are anxious for intelligent girls TO
train.
MISS MARGARET CLEAVES.
A woman who is regarded at electrical
headquarters as a marvel In all round
knowledge o Electricity IL Miss Marga-
ret Cleaves OF Iowa, now Of New York.
She Is as familiar with influence mach
ines, coils alternators. batteries, meters
and current controllers, as the average
modes In dress. In the application OF
electricity as a remedial agent she
holds a place In public estimation sim
liar 10 the one Miss Lamme holds as
an electrical engineer. only their work
shop holds problems Of health. life and
death.
For eisht month"; In the year DR..