The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-26
ART OPENINGS FOR WOMEN
COMMERCIAL BRANCHES OFFER OP-
PoRTUNITIEs TO THEM.
Properly Trained, They Find Lucra-
tive Employment i'm Various Man.
ufacturing Lines.

New York Evening Post.
A few years ago most of the art training
applied for by women had little or no re-
lation to the practical uses of art. Women
aspired to paint easel pictures. or II their
abilities were not great enough for that
they decorated" china and bric-a-brac.
This in spite of the fact that a number Of
American industries were in constant need
Of designers having not only sense Of the
beautiful but a technical training in the
production Of designs adapted to manufac-
turing purposes.
what is termed commercial art. formerly all
but monopolized by men. is now attracting
many hundreds Of women yearly. Incl
dentally the community IS benefited by be-
ing relieved of much Of the burden Of bad
taste in household decoration under which
II groaned Of old. Making designs for wall
paper. carpets. oil cloths. chintzes. dress
cottons and silks IS more satisfying to the
artistic soul than painting chocolate sets,
and also more profitable. Outside Of these
there are dozens Of branches Of manufac-
ture involving the use Of ornamental de-
signs. Manufacturers who formerly OBJ
| tanned most OF their designs from Europe
| are only too eager to obtain them at home.
| for the double reason that their expenses
are lessened and they are able to produce
original instead of borrowed patterns.
The work is more permanent in it's char
acter than more exalted branches OF art.
/ Trade demands constant succession OF
novelties; originality and novel effects are
| sought in commercial art perhaps more
| than elsewhere.
/ \.
| signing offers, these items are taken from
| the report of students progress read at a
| regular monthly advisory board meeting OF
| the New York School of Applied Design
| for Women.
HOUSEHOLD DECORATIONS.
Miss " has sold several lace designs
Miss M has sold a silk design for SIS; also
| coat-of-arms for s.. Miss z has sold
four rug designs. Miss has been sent
to complete the painting of the Yerkes
| collection of rugs, which three other stu
dents are also engaged upon" Several
students are named as having sold maya
zine and book covers. embroidery designs
| portiere designs, architectural details, ad.
| yertisement drawings, posters, and so on
| During the past year this one school Sc
| cured positions for sixty-one of its grad
5000 and $4,000 for work done by them
| Some Of the graduates at the beginning
| of their professional careers earned sala
ries as high as 500 a year. They were
Of course, women Of original genius and
| unusual ability.
| There Is a constant demand upon this and
| similar schools for illustrators for adver
tisement designers and clever designers o.
fashion plates. The call for tutors in ar
| and trade schools is steady.
Women have not appeared in numbers II
| the profession of architecture. but they arr
| finding profitable employment in architects
| offices as draughtsmen and designers o
special parts of buildings, interiors, etc
| Interior decorators and furnishers fine
trained women designers invaluable. Won
en- have the home-making instinct which
most men lack and are therefore able Il
make rooms livable as well as beautiful an'
luxurious.
Some years ago Sir John Millais staggere,
the art world by selling his picture ''Soa
/ Bubbles to a well-known soap manufac
turer who reproduced 1t in colors on the ad
vertising pages Of magazines all over tn
world. Up to that time, although plenty o
artists has made advertisements, they ha
done 1t strictly under cover, and such worl
was alluded to as pot boilers unworthy o
acknowledgment A change of sentimen
Of black and white reproduction. Artists o
| reputation draw advertisements and ar
| very well paid for them be Ii said. A WON
| an whose pictures OF child life and charac
| ter bring high prices from magazine an
| book publishers does not disdain the adver
Using sheets OF the very magazines In whicl