New-York tribune., 1902-12-31

sculptured pieces suggested by the ivory carvings
of Japan and China, have brought her fame
IL Queens lives who finds distraction as
well as profit in her scratching yard. sort Of hen
solsriun which she has attached her hennery.
where her fowls take regular daily exercise Last
winter bright idea netted her over SEQ a month.
and that only beginning
y woman is cashier of one of the largest in
surance companies I'm Manhattan: another is a
licensed expert accountant; a woman who lives
in Fifth-ave has amassed a fortune making bath
tubs while of her neighbors is busy building
ships. An ex-actress has bought Jersey farm
and raises guinea hens. fowls and Belgian hares.
young woman of this borough has in for
painting the human eye. Her plates of the in
terror of the eye said to he exceedingly val
liable contributions pathological science, II is
this who has done the colorng
the anthropologcal groups at the American Mu-
scum of Natural History
Two New-York women have recently gone into
partnership in what they call the general utility
business They clean and open both city and
country houses. entertain children pack, chaperon
guide. shop commission. read aloud. writ
ing secretaries, cater. arrange social functionsn
short. do a thousand and one things a gentle
woman can do to advantage.
Near this office is that of professional mender-
she calls hers ''mendng bureau"-where any
thing from silk stocking Turkish rug be
repaired. One New-Yorker is said to earn S3 500
year shopping for business men who have
time do IT for themselves number
livelihood by teaching whist bridge, while still
others make business of athletics. These latter
teach all outdoor and indoor sports accompanying
their pupils to the golf and tennis grounds.
their daily exercise and arrange the physical
side of their upbringing generally 'Cheerer' Is
the given 10 a young person with large list
of clients-mostly invalids and aged people-whom
she entertains for given number of hours
week
New-York has licensed woman detective also
a woman bird doctor. A New York school teacher
rvho ing bofo nS her
school teaching took putting up dainty lunch
cons and selling them TO busy clerks in the down.
town districts. So large is her clientele that she
employs several boys to deliver the luncheon boxes
and a cook to prepare the food
Advertisement writing is craft followed by
women East and West to their financial advantage.
To have charge of the advertising of a big de-
psrtment store, a large private firm. is
position of responsibility and profit One such
woman in this city has charge of the advertising of
fashionable tailor's sF "shment- She writes the
advertisements. plans L Istrations and buys the
advertising space-n fact. ,akes care of it all 1t
a New-York woman who started a sanitary
laundry the outskirts OF this city. but 1t was
two Smith College girls who. attracted by
the overcrowded profession of teaching put their
money and their wits into model laundry. which
they built in Boston. Sanitary conditions were
maintained throughout from the reception room
to the washing and ironing
Telegraphy is gaining in attractiveness to wom-
en- especially since school for telegraphy was
opened at Cooper Union. A number of successful
operators have been graduated In the New-York
City postofice a number of find pleasant
work and good salaries There eight in the
money order department, five in the inquiry de-
partment and two In the mail inspection and rat
ing department. Many of the sub-stations en-
ploy women clerks The Chicago postoffice en-
ploys lis women of whom four are coIored Massa
chusetts has two women stage drivers who carry
the mails.
There few things the Western woman can
not take up and do well. 1t took Californian to
exploit California seed market for the whole
of the country She conducts experiments In cross
fertilization and hybridizing. and sends her seeds