The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-22
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GOSSIP AND CURRENT COMMENT
FROM THE METROPOLIS.


Member Years AgO-His Friend
ship for II. Ii. Reed and How 1t
DispIeased Croker - The Final
Break Between Cochran and the
BOss-WOmen in Business - One
Line in which They Seem to Have
Monopoly in New YOrk-WOmen
Have as Much Endurance as Men,
But in Patience and Accuracy the
Men ExceI-Christmas Season Has
Already Begun as Far as Shop
ping Is Concerned.
New York, Nov. 21.-The fact that
Bourke Cochran will not run for the
seat in the House at Washington to
be made vacant when Col. Mcclellan
becomes Mayor or New York is inter-
esting.
Time was when Mr.. Cochran was be-
lieved to be in public life permanent
ly. When he went to Congress, some
years ago, as a Tamniany representa-
tive, it was predicted that thencefor-
ward 1.-The organization" here would
have increased influence at the national
capital. This, indeed, it was believed,
was what Tammany wanted when
Cochran was put up.
Early in his incumbency Mr.. Cock
ran began to justify the hopes that
had been based upon his personality.
He is a most engaging individual, dith
excellent manners, and he speedily
made strong friendships with many
of the foremost members of the
House, both among Republicans and
those of his own political faith. He
became particularly intimate with the
late Thomas B. Reed, then Speaker,
and, it seemed, was likely to be able
to secure all sorts of concessions for
the good of New York, not inconsist-
ent with the general policies of the
Speaker.
Naturally. it was thought that Mr..
Croker, then head of "the organiza-
ton" here, would be delighted with
the progress made by his protege.
But those who thought thus were
soon to find out that they were mis-
taken. Instead of being pleased by
the friendship between Cochran and
Reed, the Tammany boss was greatly
incensed. He did not approve OF close
dCQudlllld1CeSnlp WIN fbepuDllCdIlS OH
the part of Democrats and he lost no
time in letting that fact be known.
This made no difference at all in the
attitude of Cochran toward Reed, and
their friendship continued to the end
of Cockran's term, and, in fact, to the
end of Reeds life.
Whether this mad much to do with
the break that finally came between
Cochran and Croker is somewhat of
a question; that there was suHh a
break, and that it was complete, every
body knows. In fact, 1t was because
of Croker's prohibition that Cochran
made no attempt to get a second
congressional term. There is a story
that it was part of Cookers plan to
secure many social advantages
through the influence of Cochran, and
that the failure of this plan had more
to do with the break than anything
else. There is also a story, which,
likewise is generally believed, that
Cochran would be glad to go back to
Congress now, but knows very we'll
that Croker would object, and so
strenuously as to make it impossible.
Although the prominence of women
in business these days is sometimes
overstated by the writer's who exploit
the same, there is no doubt at all that
1t is constantly on the increase.
1t is not so. however in certain lines
which it was freely predicted a few
years ago she was sure to invade ex-
tensively to the great detriment of her
brothers. In law, for instance, though
it was one of the professions entered
by women years ago, they are still in
a hopeless and very insignificant ma
jority. 1t is true that there are quite
number of women in New York who
have been admitted to the bar. and
still greater number who have been
graduated from a law class" con-
Quoted by one of the local universities,
Helen Gould being among them.
These latter have never been admitted
to practice, and so cannot be con-
sidered lawyers any more than a wo-
man who has studied painting on
china can be considered an artist.
And of those who have been adj
mitted-perhaps a score-only one in
the knowledge of the writer maintains
an office and practice of her own. She
is in the patent line and doing fairly
well at it, though not so overburdened
with business as to make an occa-
sional commission to write an article
on Women in the Professions" I'M
welcome. Her income, all told, is by
no means as good as that of the aver
age woman reporter, and not to COM
pare at all with that of scores who
write specials for the magazines and
Sunday supplements. The only other
woman lawyer who has reached any,
thing approaching success in her pro-
fession in New York is employed at
moderate salary to do legal work for
semi-charitable organization.
There is a business field, however
in which the only successes known to
the writer are women. That is in
making Illustrations for newspapers
and catalogues of all sorts on big
scale.
Reference is not made to engraving
but to the drawing of the pictures
So far as 1 know there is no firm or
corporation composed of men, who
will undertake to illustrate anything
and everything that comes along, from
clock and bonnet catalogue to a
book of poems, but there are three
such concerns composed of women
and each is fairly crowded with bust
ness.
The first of these illustrating COM
panies' began business about three
years ago. There were two women
in the combination. both artists with
high ideals about art for arts sake"
who had just returned from "abroad"
where they had spent some years and