The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-17

have received in excess of $4,000 per
year from their practice, and have
maintained this level year in and year
out for nearly a score of years, but
salaries of this size have been paid
decade"
1t is reported on seemingly good
authority that two women members
of the legal profession of Chicago
have realized an amount approximate
ing $4,000 annually from their prac-
ttce, but late years have seen a re-
ductiOn in the income of all lawyers
since the formation of large title and
trust companies has taken over a
large portion of business which for
merly swelled the annual income of
Sew. Several I,. years ago at the death Of he-
portion OF her fathers business relating
TO pension claims, and has continued it
ever since. She says she has realized as
much as 5000 per year from this work
IhOugh not a practicing attorney, she
mas 1am1liarized herself thoroughly with
pension matters and her clientele in this
Spanish-American war her business
suffered a gradual decrease. but several
have augmented it considera bly,.
Nearly score of years ago two young
street store IS employees of the dress
making department They soon showed
CURED of them and were advanced stead
lly They were known then the
misses fLeaTOOn and now as MesdamcS
J. r. Hull and Margaret Mccarthy.
Mrs. Mccarthy before her marriage is
said to have been the first woman in
Chlcago TO receive a salary Of $4,000 per
year, and it is said on authority that
both she and her sister each receive this
stipend as joint superintendent OF the
dressmaking department 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 wealth.
lest and most fastidiOus women of Chi
cago. Mrs. Mccarthy spends much Of
her time in Paris. representing her firm
as buyer of her department
Several years ago Mrs. Kate Knox
conceived the idea of starting a monday
club for women. idea that has since
become popular here; She is now pro-
those who know her intimately estimate
that her profits for the year just ended
them. There is a philanthropic side to her
work. and in this Mrs. Knox takes
especial delight Since the inaugurat;lIo 10
clubs have sprung UP, and the managers
in each case are reported to be realizing
well from their ventures, though none OF
them is conducted on so large a scale as
those operated by Mrs. Knox.
Fifteen years ago, when one of the dc
partment stores began to expand its
restaurant service, they employed Mrs.
L. w Harring to superintend this de-
partment of their business So success
full has she been in the conduct that. it
is asserted, the owners see a value rep
resented by $4,000 a year in her serv-
ices. When she entered their employ,
she says, the only qualification she had
cooking and a DEMONSTRATED ability to
manage in neat and careful way her
Among the medical fraternity of Chi
CagO there is at least one woman whose
income reaches, If not exceeds; slg'oy ~
Nearly every woman who has lySd IN
Chicago for any length of time viii ac-
knowledge that DR. Leila G. Bcden re-
ceives a large income, and those who
claim to have inside information place il
at $4,000 as a minimum figure, while
others say that it yields her over sl5,oOe