The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-10-12
WORKING GIRLS CHANCES.
CHOOSE COyGENIAL OCCUPATION
THEN HOLD FAST TO THE
FIRST GOOD JOB.

Il Is Not the Kind of Work but the
Manner of Working That Brings
Forth the Dollars.
ct is not my speciality, madame,
said the little French milliner who had
lust finished beautiful beruched hat
for me, when / asked her to make one
Of those pretty mousseline shoulder
ruches; and she would do nothing out
side her specially. So II Is In all the
big cities where women flock to make
a living or name; whether In Paris,
London, New York, Chicago San Fran
cisco. one must have ones highly per-
fected speciality In order to win even
moderate recognition. =.
Don't scatter" is the very best ad-
vice to the girl worker. "0h, l know
how to do ever SO many things" says
the latest entry on the books Of a big
employment agency.
"Can you cook? 2" asks the manageress
with breathless eagerness.
YES" is the reply rather shame
facedly.
Good! I'll put you down under
Cooks"
"But, I don't want to cook. I've been
through our academy and I've gradu-
ated in all the latest accomplishments.
Besides, I've come up to the city to
make money-a lot Of money"
You'll make lot Of money II you'll
cook" says the manageress In her take
my advice tone. why. any girl that
can pretend to cook, IL she don't know
souffle from a hoe cake can make
more money In this town than a whole
class of academy graduates with ten
accomplishments apiece"
1t is not the kind of work, but the
manner of working that brings In the
dollars.
A girl of twenty-three, thrown sud
denly on her own resources, made the
lives of her friends miserable by a
constant cry of what can l dor A
yellow streak of snobbishness made 1t
all the more difficult to help her. With
out even facility in writing, she begged
assistance In becoming a paid con-
tributor to a scandalmongering news
paper. Fortunately, she lacked as
much in perseverance as in literary
ability: Her next venture was In
trained nursing but. being placed In
the colored ward, her southern pre-
judices drove her out of the hospital
just three days later than her date OF
entry. From spasmodic effort to ac-
Quire a knowledge Of stenography, she
set out on quest for a place as nurs,
cry governess. A practical friend met
her Just after her first rebuff. and
much against her will pushed her into
situation in a fashionable millinery
establishment at SO a week. Now l,
developed that trimming hats is that
girls gift.
1t usually takes about three years In
the workshops of the swell milliners
to arrive at the degree of proficiency
which commands salary of $25 pei
week, but the girl in question made
hats for her friends evenings. Hel
friends sent their friends. and inside o.
year she had saved enough to taxi
a trip to Paris during the summer
She bought not single model bu
gathered impressions, went back t.
New York, rented a couple of rooms
i'm a side street between the shopping
and the residence sections, dropped
little note to each of her patrons sayin'
she had taken a flyer abroad-and tn
rest was easy.
Choose a CongeniaI Occupation.
The secret Of success is finding on
ones special bent or talent. Usuall
the thing that 1t is easiest to do, tina
one likes best to do, is the work i
| -. xxy;I ho ahln 70 inS
progress. A very few are favored wit
inspiration along original lines. Som
unfortunates commit the folly of choos
ing a profession or trade because o
the results secured in it by Others
rather than because of any persona
, inclination or adaptability.
II yoluminous statistics show that
girl need not be limited in her choic
of work, for some one hundred and NIT
q occupations, meeting every need or III
= sire of existence-from doctor to III
u dertaker-have already been exploite
J, by women. However, for the averag
= girl, comparatively few trades and pre-
!. fessions seem within her scope. Out
- side of the enormous number who on
y come teachers, very few women ar
= afforded the opportunity to acquire
y profession; consequently, certain trade
= required for carrying on Of routin
work in business Offices, shops an
:: factories, have come to be regarded
:, the only money making channels ope
. to the girls who arrive at the end
= their school days confronted with tn
~ question, "what shall I do for III
n ingf"
re Always Room for Good Ones.
l. Most discouragng Of all the obstacle
e. to the girl seeking her living is Il
constantly repeated falsehood that Il
occupations open to the average fema
intelligence are overcrowded. ThirI
Ia years ago the same statement WI
=. made to almost every female applical
N for employment as bookkeeper, cler
n. agent, stenographet, saleswoman, et
m At that time less than one per cent.
lv all the women wage earners were el
on ployed In clerical positions. In TWEEN
re years the percentage Of women In II
mi class increased to Eve per cent. Of =
he total employed, while the figures Of {
,e- last census promise q still more g
a couraging advance. 1t Is furth
I'M shown that In the last decade Of {
,or 18th century the number Of WON
~ bookkeepers in the United States
he creased BY about $1,000, the number