The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-23

keep her contented 1t way only after
newspaper discovered that she was
the second handsomest woman in the
United States that she determined to
make use of the fact and go upon the
public stage.
and growing family of enterprising
girls. "They all tell me" said she,
that they are much better paid and
Treated more considerably here, and
they all seem so prosperous and happy
that it. does ones heart good. We have
great times together-all of us who be-
long to the industrious feminine frater-
nifty; we have delightful little social
functions, and we combine enterprise
with pleasure on Friday nights when we
have our sewing bees. We are en-
deavoring to get the employers to close
on Saturday afternoons, and if we sue
coed in that it will be just about all
right for the girls. l suppose we are
the women with the hoes, but we do not
take our tasks very heavily in Homo
. lulu; whether our hoe is a needle, a
typewriter or the bow and smile with
which shoppers are greeted, we receive
a>full, round measure of recompense for
our work and that is just as it should
be. 1t is too bad that things are not
so we'll arranged on the Mainland. The
j woman who goes forth to seek her
bread in the business world has much
to contend with, aside from the mat
ter of finance, and it is only her due
that she should receive the worth of
her work; this she does in Honolulu
and she is very happy about it; that is,
some two hundred of her is, anyway
the two hundred that belong to our
Young Women's Christian Association
family"
A merry group of needle-wielders
were found in Mrs. l.. NJ. Robertson
dressmaking parlors and one of them
summed up the situation with the re-
mark that if & girl must work at all she
! is mighty lucky to have a job in Ho-
nolulu."
For one thing" said she, people
{ don't hurry for their lives here. and
everyone takes it comparatively easy
Aside from the financial question, this
/ is a great Improvement on the Main
| land, and one gets a chance to breathe
! once in awhile; besides, one earns 8
sum that makes ones self-esteem grow
and that is awfully comfortable
| IT am sure that this is the right place
for the girls of the needle" said Mrs
! Colvin who caters to lively trade in
lorgandies and tucked f1ounces; 1.-The fact
! is. girls are very hard TO get, and good
workers are at a high premium. am
going to the Coast very soon to gather
up some more girls to help me- Com
petent sewing girls have a great op-
portunity here"
| The stenographers and bookkeepers
! it seems. have even more cause tc
] seek positions in Honolulu. A number
of stenographers were interviewed an6
each unhesitatingly stated that there
! is no comparison between the opportu
mites for business girls in Honolulu an6
the almost utter hopelessness of oppor.
itunity in the Mainland cities. The fiel6
/ on the Mainland is so crowded and 81
demoraliZed financially that there ar
only a favored few who may enjoy po
sitions where anything like an adequate
return may be had for their services, M
matter how competent they may be
There are a limited number of position.
TO be had in San Francisco for Sc pei
week. the stenographer working from
8 a. m to 6 p. m. with half-hour fol
luncheon; these are in the commercial
houses. It is no unusual thing to fine
stenographers doing the work of Law
Offices and for small firms at $40 pc
month. "pin money" and these are tbs
ones who are responsible for the cutting
of salaries. There are few positions
to be had where the salary is $12 o
SIS per week In Honolulu stenogra
piers receive from SIS to 500 per month
the best positions offering $780, .'It is ;
paradise for stenographers," said on
young lady as her fingers flashed owe