The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-18
THE AGE-HERALD. TUESDAY, OCTOBER IS, 1904
SPECIMENS OF NEW YORK'S SCHOOL OF DESIGN TO BE
 SEEN AT THE EXPOSITION

One of the most striking exhibits at the Louisiana Purchase exposition is that made by the New York School of Design for Women The school located at 200 1 West Twenty-third street. was rounded some twelve years ago by Mrs. Dunlap Hopkins, and has presented such oppor- ti1nities to young women for becoming proficient in the finer arts as to enlist l the interests of a number of New fork's wealthiest women, who, by an endoW- ment fund have made the school finan- cally independent
 In the exhibit at the exposition were seen designs in wall paper, rugs, book covers and various textiles, all represent ing the work of the pupils of whom there are some three hundred in number. No other institution IS accomplishing in a peculiar way what the School Of Applied Design Is doing, and the results In raising the artistic standards of the country have been apparent all the ume' but not so fully realized until shown by the St. Louis exhibit.
 The instructors are all actually employ ed in offices or manufactories, and anoth- CT point that may be emphasized IS that all the women who have received olplo- mas in the architectural department are now working in architects offices and re- ceiving equal pay with men. The School of Applied Design is teaching girls the principles of design in wallpapers fro and architecture
 It Is making them ready to fill good positions and earn good salaries.
 And then 1t is securing these positions for them, and selling their work.
 And all this without any charge of commission and only small tuitition fees for the very competent instruction given
 The school Is unique in its facilities for training and in the help 1t gives It's students. It has placed more girls In paying positions than any school in the country, and today 1t has more positions open and offered than it can with Its facilities train students to fill.
 In little leafet that I glanced through while in the exhibit, found some inter- esting facts that I reproduce.
 That there are thousands of positions with good salaries open to women of re- finement, the necessary training being possible, is what the founders of the New York School of Applied Design for Women realized twelve years ago. Near ly four thousand women have been fitted to fill these positions during the few years since the school was opened, and Sl9000 has been earned by these girls during their training by the sale of their designs. In the last year alone about sixty women have been placed in posi- tions with salaries ranging from S500 to $l5OO a year.
 Few of these girls have only themselves to care for. An invalid mother or fa- ther younger sisters and brothers, and even now and then in actual life the old story-book mortgage on the family home, have sent them out into the business world to do what they can.
 One young pupil of the school is the daughter of a clergyman who was, few years ago, a rich man. Through the fathers death and subsequent losses she has become the sole support of her mother and younger brother. A scholar ship and one years study have put her in the position of being able to earn SIP a week. while still continuing her studies
 Even the small expense required for a course of study at the School of Applied Design is beyond the reach of many girls who sadly need the help their work could bring into the home. And many are the devices resorted to by the ambitious girls who, through a scholarship, are able to secure their tuition but need money for board, car fares and other ex- penses, or by those who, for lack of the scholarship, must themselves make up all or part of the yearly fees for their art study.
 An enterprising girl who lives in the country, and so has special facilities, spends her summer making jellies and preserves for sale, and so earns enough to come to New York and study in win ter. She has recently found her efforts rewarded by securing a position where she can earn s2O a week.
 The produce of fruit and vegetable garden administered by one young wo- man has paid her expenses during her term of study with the result that she Is now earning a good salary.
 And probably few of the summer tour ists who were carried across a very pie turesque ferry last summer by a pictur- esque girl, could have guessed that the money they paid was hoarded up to be used for art study with the result that the clever little ferry girl is now doing interesting work for which she Is paid SIS a week.