The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-09-26
BIG SALARIED WOMEN
SOME nv CHICAGO RECEIVE as
HIGH as $4,000 A YEAR.
Various Professions and Trades Have
Feminine Representatives of
Extraordinary Abil-

business ana PROFESSIONAL lie OF Cnlca-
so are recipients of s1OO 900 per year from
their vocations II is estimated that
there are over a score of others who en-
Joy the privilege of spending or saving
at least $4,000 annually which they make
in legitimate professional practice, at
lines of business which they operate in
dependently, or as heads of departments
in the larger places OF business, says the
Tribune of that city
Women In some of the largest State
street stores talk as freely OF salaries OF
$4,000 year as the average clerk does
Of $50 a week. And II you feel inclined
to argue the question of their right to re-
ceive such large salaries they will tell
you II Is automatic they would not re-
eeive 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
acquaintance there is about one s10.-
900 year woman to Ave men who share
similar luxury. Discussing the ques-
ton further, she seemed to think that
the women who receive this amount
save larger portion of 1t than do men
under similar conditions of life. She ar
sued that woman who can command
so large a salary must devote more OF
her time to the earning of 1t than does
the average man. therefore she finds less
lime to squander It, 1.-THE average sal
aried man who receives a $4,000 sti-
pend" she added, SIS usually In debt.
Such men are, as a rule, convivial In
.heir habits and ind that their reten-
lion in a position that pays so hand
somely requires that they be good fell
lows with those In higher authority as
well as those among their clients. The
women who draw large salaries draw
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
$4,000 annually. | have known two
women physicians who have received in
excess of $4,000 per year from their
practice, and have maintained this level
year in and year out for nearly score
OF gears, but salaries Of this size have
been paid TO women In Chicago for less
han a decade
II is reported on seemingly good au-
thority that two women members OF
the legal profession of Chicago have re-
allied an amount approximating s10,-
600 annually from their practice, but late
years have seen a reduction in the in
some of all lawyers since the formation
Of large title and trust companies has
aiken over large portion OF their BUSH
LEES 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 It
ever since She says abe has realized
as much as $4,000 per year from this
work. Though not n practicing attor-
ley she has familiarized herself thor
oughly with pension matters. and her
sIientele in this department OF practice
is large. Just prior to the Snanish-
American war, her business suffered O
gradual decrease, but several new claims
arising from the recent war have aug
mented Il considerably.
Nearly score OF years ago two young
women entered the employ of State
street store as employees OF the dress
making department. They 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 Marearet McCar-
thy Mrs. Mccarthy before her mar
riage IS said to have been the first wom-
an IN Chicago to receive salary Of s10.-
300 per .yesr and II is stated on author
ity that both she and her sister each re-
.eive this stipend as Joint superlnierd-.
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 ard most
rastidious women Of Chicago. There is
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
hry nfc hlilbuk tnt phHlcrt WOMEN III
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 a siu1llar position with
another store. Mrs Catherine Dodd. II IS
authoritatively asserted. receives a sal
ary similar in amount Mrs, Dodd 10 by
many considered the best authority on
dressmaking in America. She is always
busy and sspervises with great tact and
discretion this important department OF
a great store. She. too is abroad much
of her time.
Among the medical fraternity of Chi
eaRo there Is at least one woman whose
income reaches. II not exceeds. $4,000.
Nearly every woman who has lived In
Chicago for any length OF time will ac-
knowledge that Or. Leila c. Bedell re-
ceives large income. and those who
claim TO have inside information place
II at $4,000 as minimum figure, while
others say that II yields her over s15.-
OfN annually.