Evening star., 1902-03-17
DOING MEMS WORK.
Some Women Who Are Meeting With
Phenomenal Success.

From the Kansas City Star.
There are few trades and business enter
prises nowadays that do not number some
dauntless woman among their workers.
managers or employees. Widows, thrown
upon their own resources, frequently as
sumo charge Of their husbands business
perhaps an occupation they never volun-
tarlly would have chosen-or ambitious
girls follow their fancy In some strange,
because novel. occupation.
The only woman manager OF a great bis
cult concern is Miss Jennie Hitchner of
Pittston, Pa, who succeeded her father in
full control of a great plant.
One Of the finest hotels In the south Is
the new one in Jacksonville. Fla, whose
senior proprietor is Mrs. A. r. Dodge.
Women are beginning to adopt the hotel
business as larger form Of housekeep-
ing for which the training Of the centuries
has fitted them.
Mrs. Emma Shafter Howard. a wealthy
widow of California, Is secretary of the
Women's State Agricultural and Horticul-
tural Union.
One Of the pioneer wood and steel en-
gravers Of this country. Miss Sarah Full
Of seventy-three. She worked many years
at her delicate craft for Harpers and all
the great New York publishing houses.
Miss Vincent. once Of Marblehead, Mass,
y
Pedro harbor. California.
A sawmill is successfully run by wo-
man near Plainfield. n. j. Mrs. David
Blackford carries on this industry, per-
forming the part Of engineer, and hiring a
man and boy for rough work. Her hus-
band spends six months Of each year in
South America, searching for lumber, and
thus the profits Of the lucrative business
are kept In the Blackford family. Mrs.
Blackford Is a comely young woman, who
supervises all the financial and mechan-
ical parts Of the sawmill, turning out ex-
ira fine work.
try raiser. and is employed by the state
board Of agriculture as lecturer She
has studied the language of poultry. and
believes that hens vocabulary consists
Of seventeen words. ROSTERS Of seven.
Among beekeepers of the northwest Mrs.
Stow of Evanston. Ill, is regarded as an
authority. She Is vice president of the
State Beekeepers' Association. and has a
which she handles without fear.
Two women of San Jose. Cal, Josephine
Graham and Louisa Held, own and carry
on a barber shop. They have been BARRIERS
and attractive. containing good pictures.
flowers and magazines. and is patronized
by many Of the leading citizens.
A boss contractor In Philadelphia OF
some prominence Is Mrs. Hugh Brady. Her
husband was a well-known contractor for
hauling and carting. At his death. the
young widow. familiar with the business
carried 1t on, remaining In the same little
Office used for 80 many years. Very few
people know that the firm of Brady &
Son. Is woman. both former members
being dead. She personally supervises all
important jobs. quietly going about in short
skirt and sensible shoes. She works twelve
hours a day, and finds that out-of- door
work conduces to robust health.
Miss Julia Mack Of st. Louis Is city
we!gher, the only one that the mayor in
dorses. During the past year she has
turned In $S13 profit from her scales to the
city treasury. while all the other weighers
reported that they could barely meet ex-
penses. Miss Mack works ten hours a day
and has held the position through three ad-
ministrations. in spite Of many competitors