The Washington times., 1903-03-29
EIIJow TO MAKE MONEY" is Il

SS 4 OW TO MAKE MONEY Is the
l l title of an innocent looking
volume edited by Katherine Newbold
Birezsn. described as Eighty Practi-
cal Suggestions TO Unframed Women"
AS the question. how TO make money
is one Of the pressing problems OF this
land. especially for thousands OF the said
unframed women. it is probable that
this work VIII have wide sale. and It
IS certain that those who buy it viii
wish they had their money back in nine
cases out of ten.
The reason for this delusiveness in
an apparently useful work is a COM
pSex and peculiar combination Of cir
cumstances and human nature. In the
first place. the problem OF woman's
work is so mixed up with that OF mems
work. and the whole labor question is
in so bemuddled and perplexing a state
just now. that any attempt TO solve
either IS almost certain TO be unsatis-
factory.
IN The second place attempts at a
satisfactory solution can only be sue
oessfuIly made by women with brains
and determination enough TO achieve
their own success. IN which case no
books OF advice will be needed; or by
large employers OF labor. who find wom-
en- Of use in the lighter kinds OF factory
work. and can. II they choose. make the
conditions Of this work such as will not
wreck the life Of the employe in the
mere process OF earning a living
The present work is addressed. as one
may see at a glance. 10 that difficult
class OF women workers who want an
easy Job with high pay, and TO this class
- is likely 10 prove a snare and a de-
fusion. The actual world OF business is
not one in which such Jobs can be found
we,are here tols that a woman up
holsterer, without training. can make
enough money in her first years work 10
lay aside 500; that people will pay
$40 q year 10 a competent person for
taking care OF a lot IN the cemetery:
that woman made a salary OF $500 a
year and carfaro by soliciting orders
for a dentist; that a woman can make
half dollar an hour bathing and dress
ing children. going from house 10 house
for the purpose; that somebody else
found community IN which housewives
would pay a person IS cents an hour
TO come and polish silver and brass
tho average scrubwoman being quite
capable OF doing the job for 10 cents
odd Jobs Not Profitable.
Now, as matter OF fact, odd jobs
Ike the ones described 10 this book
cannot be proHtsbly undertaken by any
woman who must earn her own living.
or by womer in any average community
where there are few wealthy families
These odd jobs have fallen out OF the
line OF ordinary labor simply because
they take a great deal OF time in
proportion TO the money which people
are willing TO pay for them. ard tho
housewife OF moderate means usually
does then herself. her time having no
definite money value.
Anybody who made a business OF
bathing children or or polishing brass
would probably hnd half her time idle,
while OF one or two days OF the week
she might be overworked without get
ting any adequate remuneration.
The plain truth OF the situation is
that, except in isolated cases. un-
trained labor does not command the
prices Of skilled labor. and that women
such as those 70 whom this book Is ad-
dressed expect 60 get enough money