New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-19
CLEVER GIRLS ABROAD.
Wags IN Which Americans Earn
Their LiUing on the Continent.

An American woman who has just returned from
6 year abroad is authority for the statement that
there are many opportunities for American women
on the European Continent. A trip abroad is no
longer the impossible thing II used TO be for the
sef-supporting The time has been
shortened, accommodations improved and the
strain upon finances lessened; but protracted stay
on the other side Of the water is another matter,
il is here that the advantage of being able to
earn Z living there comes in.
One important opening for English speaking
women is in the ranks OF the typewrters. Many
foreign business houses have connections in
America, and with technical skill and fair English
education the stenographer may count easy
victory abroad
I remember thinking once with acute regret Of
NETWORKS hundreds Of stenographers-many of
them. alas! unemployed" says the returned trav-
eller. Il had had occasion to dictate English
statements 70 Teutonic maiden Of some eighteen
summers. and she returned the story with the
prisng assertion that the ambassadors wife had
q bow upstairs her headT"
There is also. it appears, a great demand for
English teachers in foreign towns. Many Amer
lean officials. especially IN the consular service, en-
ploy American college girls as governesses in their
families while living abroad, and many calls come.
often at q moments notice. from foreigners who
wish 10 be instructed in the tongue that is so
necessary fl all corners of the earth One morning
IN Venice all American girl was called into the
hotel salon by a card with a crest. and met
charming woman. who. mistaking her for
conversation lessons. which she and her husband
desired for their pleasure" To the American
the mistake not only proved profitable. but afforded
her delightful glimpse into the life Of the Italian
nobility
TIanslations are constantly in demand for
though young foreigners are trained Tor this work
their command OF the English idiom is at best less
perfect than that of an American.
Correspondents for American and English Jour
the most lucrative OF empoyments the remunera-
hHl TO one VINO mas the pen OF a ready
IrISales Tor the small amount OF time which the
work requires.
&c 1fslS oi,ilI = ee A member OF
Of club life alone keep her camera consanti,, en-
ployed, For Just such professional did the Amer
sT endemic - a. 81 ,a a.; last winter, when
its nome life for American and foreign Journals -
In the ranks in which special talent M CIIt, -
demanded there are also openings though tbe1- are
Pupils Of LeSchetzly IN Vienna are serving as his
assistants. and are thus enabled to continue fbejp
tluoleS mere AIt students in Paris exc out their
incomes 10y acing as guides 10 American FRIENDS
gong o. shop ln this centre of fashion IN. ~ NJ
si5-1st ll LogaI teachers in Berlin is an
the vocal art Florence an American * so GL
SSerIlls 10 account the Instructions Of a world,
u the literary world. too. American women ara
has for two years successfullv car-5 -sL5to oQk
Ieauon or magazine devoted 10 American inter
s Errlish he ov-lr' I e--e manager OF which
To be sure, concludes he traveller cor,nati+i,- -
stance. making successful filr s.seTs Tor in
not yet been discovered by Continental , Yea mas
elers the Continent pretty tea rooms ~ gI5v,
over bN English women. springiDg m n 1'd~
corner. and are well Tatronized. r '- every
bnt when did American enterprise fail? And "a
.s - 49, - ieiItsenleq par excellence bv
with slender purse. travel and re-1s ad; even
y Sne ne panopaea with the education her country
Ve-ance which are its characteristics PeiSe