New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-08-27

ATTRIBUTES A WOMAN NEEDS TO EARN
GOOD SALARY.

Unless woman is willing 10 put her whole
heart into her work she had better not undertake
4: 6iIIy-dally1ng accorplishes nothing salo Z
woman yesterday who has Won success as 4 public
srenographer. She was one Of the first OF neT sex
70 invade this field. and the yearly income from
49, --orl, * said 10 soar well into the thousands
There are plenty OF girls. she continued -" no
are looking for 2 big salary and little to DO ana
any number OF employers who expect three times
-he reascnab bic amount OF work for one-haI the
-4.+- s=7a-v Many stenoga pliers should be doing
mechanical work Large numbers OF tne aPph-
carts for positions are daughters Of foreign born
Parents and inherit 4 talent fer handicrafts but
there i : larentable sentiment IN the air that 10
work with ones hands IS degrading. and So as the
girls issue IN droves from the grammar and high
schools their one aim Is 70 get an office position
however poorly they may BE- endowed by nature
Or education for such work
OF course there's something 70 be said IN their
favor. Many Of them lack the money with which
70 live while serving apprenticeship 70 learn
such trades a. dressmaking, millinery. etc Do
nestle service. ulhapPily and TO the dlscre1lt OF
TIE American housewives PerspicuitT. ostraclzes
g girl completely and brands her with stigma
There's Z girl that I know who came from Eng
land and who has q natural bent for everything
pertaining home keeping Two o. her sisters
ara II Offices and one IS in Icorice factory But
she set her face sturdily toward q domestic posi-
i'm Insisting that II girl proved herself lady
her work could not lower her II peoples estirna-
rio- she took g place as working housekeeqer.
where she does everything from getting the meals
and washing the dishes serving elaborate din
rers and er1broi6erirg the table linen In faet'
she has made herself 50 useful that she also MS
The Offices OF maid and companion to her employee
But. although she IS ladylike and refined in man
-e- she feels the odiuTu Of the general pre3uclce
against her task Even the srocers clerk she says
looks down UPON ne because an Z servant L
: 20 CIT for an evening with young folks who do
not know about my work, and young man goes
home with ne. he is sure 70 learn the truth be-
fore he makes second call, and never see MN
again The girl saws that she would take 4 20
Office rosirion for the sake Of its social advan-
raees although she IS earning SO 4 month now
with all her living expenses included. and Is doing
the work she loves Her employer. too. adds 20
ire difficulty OF the situation by treating her as
she would mental. taking advantage Of her will
fngness Of spirit
English Is sadly neglected in the schools. If the
kind Of language used ana written by girls looking
for work is = criterion To find girl who can
write an intelligent well constructed letter. with
spelling punctuation and arrangement correct. il
too infrequent. For such girl. If she has that
rarest Of qualities. common sense, there Is Work
once IN a while one OF the easy going, happy 20
lucky sort whose shirtwaist and skirt are incor-
patibie and whose finger nails and hair are in
7fcarye e the slovenly work Of which she is caps-
be develops q conscience and becomes valuable
assistant. Home training and heredity are often
responsible for lack Of appreciation OF honest
work Conscience can be developed But IL ism l
pleasant 10 contemplate the end Of the great host
OF fncorupetents who drop by the wayside-
The field Of stenography Is as wide open TO
women as men. In fact, think the women have
the advantage. and many lawyers and other pro
fessiora! men prefer have their work done by q
woman One reason for this Is that a man o.
much ambition takes stenogra PING Poslnoh h 70
tide rim over the period between leaving scn2oI
and entering some profession Or business on ne
other hand an intelligent. capable. Wloe AVA Re
woman Is satisfied with salary ranging from Sle
u - week and oniy in exceptional cases has d
higher aspiration - .---
ing less frequent than OF old. The cohallohs
have changed materially in the last rev 1913 s-I !
before typewriting and stenographlc schooLs 1G-l
girls into the field by the thousands ever year;
Then there was proit in opening an ONCE ana
taking il work Nov almost every once Is pro
vteed with its own stenographeT ana y
and the davs Of the free lance are over mess q
woman had a assured beginning si-O-i0 DN -O'--
advise her opening once T., = 10.
The Spes ker began her wCrk II l!-3s clSs IL - =
at that time only other woman was KIN =
a public stenographer. Her notes taken teL IN
IN court and from speakers OF all sorts were I-S
rared 10 another stenographer. who IN turn Ira
scrfbed them with Per Iype"rlbe4s lao - -
rher come into common use. and were regarded
with sIsuicion. The first used oy her WoFhAeu
With foot rrea6le. ike d sewing machine