The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-19
Chicago Tribune.)


At least a half dozen women in the
business and professional life of Chicago
are the recipients Of $1,000 per year from
their VOcauons. 1t IS estimated that
there are over q score of others who en-
joy the privilege of spending or saving at
least 5000 annually which they make in
legitimate professional practice at lines or
I business which they operate indepen-
IDENTIFY OF as heads OF departments IN the
/ larger places OF business.
Women in some OF TIE largest state
street stores talk as freely of salaries OF
$1,000 a year as the average clerk does
of so d week. And If you feel inclined to
argue the question Of their right 70 re-
ceiVe such large salaries tney VIII Ten
YOU it is automatic they would not re-
celve them year after year unless they
Compared i'm number with the men who
receive salaries of this size, one wei
known woman said that among her dc-
quaiutances there is about one $1,000
year woman to i've men who snare q
similar luxury. Discussing the question
further, she seemed 20 think that the
women who receive this amount save
similar conditions of life. She argued tnat
a woman who can command SO large
salary must devote more of her time 70
the earning Of IL than does the average
man. therefore she finds less time 70
squauder it. 1.-THE average salarled man
who receives a $1,000 stipend. she
added lis usually i'm debt such men
are. as a rule. cOuVIvial In their habits
and find that their retention in position
that pays so handsomely requires that
they be good fellows with those IN ntgner
authority as well as with those among
their clients The women who draw large
salaries draw them because of their ae-
and not because they are cOnViFlal ana
good mixers.
1T is not long ago" said the same
woman. that Chicago could boast OF but
one woman VINO received for her services
$4,000 annually. 7 have known two Wo-
men physicians who have received IN eN-
cess of $1,000 per year from their pfac-
tce, and have maintained this level year
fin and year out for nearly a score OF
years but salaries of this size have been
paid TO women in chicago for less than
1t is reported on seemingly good au-
thOrity that two women members on the
legal profession OF Chlcaso nave Ieall1 $3.50,
am amount apprONimauug Slu,OJJ auhually
from their practice, but late years have
seen a reduction I'm the income or All law
yers since the formation Of large title
and trust companies has taken over
large norton of the business which for
merly sweiled the annual income OF many
Several wears ago. at the death of her
father Miss Ada @. Sweet took up tnat
portion of her fathers business relating
10 pension claims. and has conJlnueq ~
much as 5000 per year from her WoIh
Though not a pracuciug attorney, sue
has familiarlZed herself Thoroughly WIN
pension matters, and her clieatele I'D ms ms
department. of practice is large. Just
prior to the Spanish-American war Aet
business suffered gradual decrease. Dut
several new claims arising from the re-
cent war have augmented tt considerably.
Miss Ellen @, Martin IS Wen known
among the legal profession Of chicago
For wears she has enjoyed lucrative
practice. and even now at a time when
all lawyers will agree that business IS
duh she is busy.
Nearly a score of years ago two young
women entered the employ Of a state
street store as employees or tae az esslllalA-
ing department. 4hey soon showed q
mastery OF the details of the WORK re-
0uirpd OF them. and we're advanced stead
ily. They were known then as the Misses
ReaTdOn. and now as MesdamFS j. r.
Hull and Margaret McCarthy- NlLs' ~
Carthy. before her marriage Us sdtd tu
have been the first woman I'm chicago 20
receive e. salary of sluUJ per year anu
it is stated on authority that both she
and her sister each receive th4s supeno
as joint superint eudents or the oFese-
making department or this hlg store.
They are known in an parts or the WoFio
as authorities I'm their lire and huWoef
among their patrons many OF the WedIn-
lest and most faStldious women OF Chl-
cag0 There Is q striking resemblance
between the sisters one cannot talh WIZ
them without being impressed lhst tle5
are fully equal to the situations they Oc-
cupy. They are among the busiest women
i'm Chicago and are deeply aos9Ioeu -.,. Pr
their work. Mrs. Mccarthy spends mQch
OF her time iu Paris, representing ner IlIih
as buyer for her department
Occupying a similar position WITH an-
other store Mrs. Catherine Dodd, 10 IS
arIfhoritatfveIv asserted. receives a Sai-
ary similar iu amount. Mrs Dndd IS ps
many considered the best authority on
dressmaking matters in America. She ~
always busy and superFlses Win great
tact and discretion This important de-
partmeut of a great store. She too, IS
abroad much Of her tint
Perhaps one of the best knoWn man
ayers OF millinery departments IN the
large stores of this city rs Mrs. Mary NC
carly, who has been la the business TOT
weuty years. She showed rare judgment
and discrimination at am early age as
buyer OF millinery goods. ana AT -
was buyer for the firm Of Partridge g
worries about her salary Wneq TINS
matter was limited at she Jokingiy re-
marked. "T m no cheap girl" IL r known
among her friends in the trade that Mrs.
salary.
Several years ago Mrs, Kate Knox con
ceived the ides Of starting neouday cluo
Tor women. an idea that mas since become
popular here. She IS now proprietor or
two such Institutions, and nose Nuo
know her intimately estimate tnat heE
profits for the year Just enaeQ MoulI ~
Quire five figures 20 express them mere
Use 4 Dhiiauthropic side TO ner work. and
in this Mrs knox takes especial delight.
Since the inauguration ct this idea ih
Chicago eight similar clubs have sprung
uD. and the managers in each case are
reported 10 be realizing wei from their
ventures, though none OF them Is con-
Quoted on so large q scale as those oper-
ated bT Mrs. Knox.
cot course VIII acknowledge that 7 am
making money" said AIRS. Knox. II en-
iov q small profit on everything pur-
chased at my place, SO rely on patron
age bv "a large number OF large profits
My places are crowded each E0On by
class of women whom Z am proud to claim
Hor parIors are decorated with rare
works ot art and lu hsE library. which Is
free 10 her guests are found the best
books which are added 10 each month
aIrs. kn0E was formerly manager 81 the
iAiio club, and Is the pioneer iu the unnp-