The Monticellonian., 1904-07-28
Feminine Professionals and Trades People Who Are Paid as High
 as S1o,ooo Year.

business and professional life of Chica go are recipients of s10,000 per year iron their vacations. It is estimated tha there are over score of others who en Joy the privilege of spending or savin; at least $5,O00 annually which they mak, in legitimate professional practice. a lines Of business which they operate in dependently, or as heads of department. in the larger places of business. says th, Tribune of that city
 Women in some of the largest Stat. street stores talk as freely of salaries ot SI0.000 year as the average clerk does of $20 week. And if you feel inclined to argue the question of their right to re. ceive such large salaries they will tell you 1t 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 well known woman said that among her acquaintanees there is about one s10.- o0o year woman to five men who share similar luxury. Discussing the ques- tlon further, she seemed to think that the women who receive this amount save larger portion of it than do men under similar conditions of life She ar- gued that a 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. "The average sal afled man who receives a Sf0.000 stf- l npn1 ' she Snea men are, as rule. convivial in their habits and find that their reten- ton In position that pays so hand somely requires that they be good fel- lows with those in higher authority as well as those among their clients. The women who draw large salaries draw 1 them because of their actual fitness for the places they occupy, and not because they are convivial and good mixers
 It IS not long ago." said the same woman, that Chicago could boast of but one woman who received for her services Slo,000 annually 1 have known two women physicians who have received in excess of $10,000 per year from their practice. and have maintained this level year In and year out for nearly score or years, but salaries of this size have been paid to women in Chicago for less than a decade.
 It is reported on seemingly good au- thority that two women, members of the legal profession of Chicago have re- alized an amount approximating s10.- QUO 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 busi- ness which formerly swelled the annu- al 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 1t ever since. She says she has realized as much as SS000 per year from this work. Though not praeticing 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 q gradual decrease but several new claims arising from the recent war have aug mented it considerably.
 Nearly score of years ago two young women entered the employ of a State street store as employees of the dress making department. Tshey soon showed 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 J R. Hull and Margaret McCar- 1 thy. Mrs. Mccarthy before her mar riage is said to have been the first wom. i an in Chicago to receive a salary of Sl0.- 900 per year, and it is stated on author l 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 as authorities in their line and number among their patrons many of the wealthiest and most fastidiouS women of Chicago. There Is a striking resemblance between the sis ters. 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 authoritatively asserted, receives a sal ary similar in amount. Mrs. Dodd is by many considered the best authority or dressmaking in America She is always busy, and supervises with great tact and discretion this important department of great store. She, too, is abroad much of her time.
 Among the medical fraternity of Chi eago there is at least one woman whose income reaches. if not exceeds. $100a0 Nearly every woman who has lived in Chicago for any length of time will ac- knowledge that Dr. Leila C. Bedell re- eeives a large income. and those who claim to have inside information place 1t at s10000 as minimum figure. while others say that it yields her over Sl5.- 00o annually
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