The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-12-17
BIG SALARIED WOMEN
SOME IN CHICAGO RECEIVE AS
HIGH AS $4,000 A YEAR.
Various Professions and Trades Have
Feminine Representatives Of
Extraordinary Abil-

Feminine Representatives Of
Extraordinary Abil-
ity.
At least half dozen women In the
business and professional life of Chica-
60 are recipients of $4,000 per year from
their vocations 1t is estimated that
there are over a score of others who en-
JOY the privilege of spending or saving
at least $4,000 annually which they make
in legitimate professional practice, at
lines of business which they operate in
dependently, or as heads of departments
In the larger places of business, says the
Tribune of that city.
Women in some Of the largest State
street stores talk as freely of salaries OF
$4,000 year as the average clerk does
of $40 week. And if you feel inclined
to argue the question Of their right to re-
ceive such large salaries they will tell
you it is automatic they would not re-
ceive them year after year unless they
earned them
Compared in number with the men
who receive salaries of this size, one
we'll known woman said that among her
acquaintance there is about one $10,-
900 year woman to five men who share
a similar luxury. Discussing the ques-
ton further, she seemed to think that
the women who receive this amount
save larger portion of 1t than do men
under similar conditions Of life. She ar
gued that woman who can command
so large salary must devote more Of
her time to the earning of it than does
the average man, therefore she finds less
time to squander it. 1.-The average SAL
aried man who receives a $4,000 sti-
pend" she added, us usually in debt.
Such men are, as a rule, convivial In
their habits and find that their reten-
ton In position that pays so hand
somely requires that they be good fol-
lows with those in higher authority as
well as those among their clients. The
women who draw large salaries draw
them because Of their actual fitness for
the places they occupy, and not because
they are convivial and good mixers
1T Is not long ago." said the same
woman, that Chicago could boast of but
one woman who received for her services
$4,000 annually. l have known two
women physicians who have received in
excess OF $4,000 per year from their
practice, and have maintained: this level
year in and year out for nearly score
of years, but salaries of this size have
been paid to women In Chicago for less
than decade.
1t is reported on seemingly good au-
thority that two women members of
the legal profession Of Chicago have re-
allied an amount apprOximating &c.,
900 annually from their practice, but late
years have seen a reduction in the in
come OF all lawyers since the formation
OF large title and trust companies has
taken over large portion OF their bust
ness which formerly swelled the annu-
81 income Of many lawyers.
Several years ago, at the death of her
father, Miss Ada C. Sweet, took up that
portion Of her fathers business relating
to pension claims, and has continued it
ever since. She says she has realized
as much az 5000 per year from this
work. Though not practicing attor-
ney, she has familiarized herself thor
oughly with pension matters, and her
clientele in this department Of practice
is large. Just prior to the Spanish
American war, her business suffered a.
gradual decrease, but several new claim.
arising from the recent war have aug
mented 1t considerably.
Nearly score of years ago two young
women entered the employ Of State
street store AZ employees Of the dress
making department. They soon showed
a mastery Of the details Of the work
required of them and were advanced
steadily. They were known then as
the Misses Reardon and now as Mes
danes ]. r. Hull and Margaret McCar-
thy. Mrs. Mccarthy before her mar
riage is said to have been the first wom-
an In Chicago to receive a salary of &c.,
600 per year, and it is stated on author
ity that both she and her sister each re-
ceive this stipend as joint superintend-
ent of this big store. They are known
In all parts of the world az authorities
In their line and number among their
patrons many Of the wealthiest an d m ost
fastidious women of Chicago. There is
striking resemblance between the sis
tiers. One cannot talk with them with
out being impressed that they are fully
equal to the situations they occupy
They are among the busiest women in
Chicago and are deeply absorbed in
their work. Mrs. Mccarthy spends
much Of her time in Paris representing
her firm as buyer for her department.
Occupying similar position with
another store, Mrs. Catherine Dodd, it is
authorit'tively asserted receives a sal
airy similar in amount Mrs. Dodd is by
many considered the best authority on
dressmaking in America She is always
busy. and svpervises with great tact and