New-York tribune., 1905-01-01

for repairs we're very slight. and yet tenants ire
repairs they had made for themselves I'm Tnsy y3eh
Preeiatsd the fact that. that ths t,G rents were 'ssF
In ali this there was no charity. II was = S5s
per cent l iayssneS I s bs pcor She was Satisfied
with fair return. She introduced eth'es h'Su Sse'
sahis is what want to see nelligent women hsp a9
more and more-go into business and take srssf snsf
deal more good there than in philanthropy
IN DEPARTMENT STORES.
Recently a side door into business has oeeh
opened to college women In the poSltlon ~ s ~
secretary. The most notable success In thsS ms
think is that of Miss HirsehleF, in large hoSt9h
store When Miss Hirschler went in she saad sAe
could do nothing until she learned the business o.
each department She took the cloak dePartmen,
what what Was NECESSARY to sell q cloak. She learned
the stock and the methods Ihen she ta9H foe
the end Of her apprenticeship, if complaint was
made either by or against i w WoSh hn sidss h has
come to the point that woman or girl IS eitner
HIenqbGgea 9r GpSea tb last 81 Word Her employers
have implicit confidence in her ldgIaent aia os
fse 'qsGS rannns ~ the store saYsg
that they do not take on any girl now who has NOT
finished the grades. knew two giddy glFls whe
finish the grades ard get taken ON at thlS store
NoI tniS Is % pne o9In9 70 this one position in
stores? want TO see women college sTa9tStes is
think il would work revolution in methods. For
one thing there is bitter complaint among snop
girls to partIalty and taveTlCsIn On lIs P4lt
Of male heads Of departments. ThatS a SuDJece
into which is perhaps not safe to proee 100 osSp
"; but it would all be done away Wth unaSr wesS ;b
heads OF departments. Any institution IN ~hich
as a rule all the youngest and most foolish en-
ployes are girls. and al the responsible ana WEI.
paid positions are virtually closed 10 women, lS
sure to develop a low standard OF competence ana
ambition on the part of women. What incentive Is
there for them rise? That favorite axiom OF
business, there's always room at the top, is nos
was when women went into the educational world
No responsible or well paid position was open 70
them. When women of trained intelligence peglh
TO make their way into the commerclal world lIleJ
will make their way to the top.
Now to the daughters of rich men VINO mere
and there devoting themselves to social Detterr
ment, or who through desire for independence
are going into money earning careers think they
could find no better field for their activity than IN
the commercial world. One good hoorwaIker or
division superintendent from that class could 40
more good than any dozen ordinary philanthrople
workers. They could do good. because tney ,wouId
take ideals with them; and ideals can IVe IN the
held them. proves that moreover. such women,
with social and family backing behind them, coulo
publish abuses and demand reforms In way no
ordinary working woman could. knew the daugh-
ter OF wealthy banker once who took the KINDER
garten training and became a kindergarten teacher
was sorry. That field is won. both as feature OF
the public schools and place for the woman
and position behind her. would like to have had
her strike out in some new line, carve out some
new career for women. Such woman eXquisltely
bred and possessing the highest ideals of service
could have become moral power IN any DEPART
| ment store she might have entered"