The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-21
MILLINERY TEACHERS NEEDED
HERE rs A FIELD FOR WOMEN
OFFERING MANY CHANCES.
Public school Glasses TO ne Taught NJ %
an Evening, Private Glasses at On
Opportunities for the woman Skill
full with . Needle and Able 90 Observe.

Public school Glasses 20 ne Taught NJ %
an Evening, Private Glasses at On
Opportunities for the woman Skill
full with . Needle and Able 70 Observe.
The opening Of a trade course in millinery
At the Harlem Young Women's Christian
Association this month draws attention
to the growth OF a comparatively new
profession for women.
Many OF the girls who have joined this
class have no intention OF entering COM
mercial fields" said Mrs. Gertrude Reeves,
who has the new course in charge. They
are studying to 6t themselves for teachers
Of millinery in the evening schools and
clubs.
1T is a profession in which the demand
greatly exceeds the supply. and in which
the demand is constantly growing. Those
who hold high school certificates are quail
fled by this course to teach millinery classes
in the public night schools.
-One hundred evenings are given to each
such class in the year. fifty before Christ
mas and fifty after. The teacher Is paid
50 a night, so you see a girl can make quite
a nice little income by such work, and still
have her days free.
Those not having the high school certiH-
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wish in teaching classes in working girls'
clubs, where they are usually paid g for
the evening. There is also a demand for
teachers to give private lessons in millinery,
though few have the time to devote to such
I'VE have always had a millinery class
suited to those who wish to make their own
hats as a matter Of economy, and in which
the pupils are also taught to sew and handle
-mANA ANanA wnoWNNnin1 and bridal WAlla
and make hats OF rama,
The trade course is entirely different
from these afternoon classes. 1t is intended
for those who wish to study every depart
qualify as teachers or TO preside over the
millinery work rooms. The pupils are in a
class two hours every morning, and have
home work besides.
Besides taking up everything pertaining
10 making and covering frames OF all de-
scriptions, We make a special study OF the
human face, its lines and contours, and the
shapes in headgear most becoming to
each. From studying a systematic series
IT drawings and pictures OF the head. the
the faces around them and notice q thou
sand little points they had never thought
of before.
The best gift for the successful milliner
is the power to observe correctly. The
girl who seeing a pretty hat can tell how
TO reproduce the effect she admires in II
in other materials has a talent which will
almost certainly assure her success in her
profession.
Broadly speaking, any woman can learn
n make a hat acceptably. ave had some
'oin the afternoon classes with an Idea
that they might, perhaps, be able to master
the art sufficiently to make some OF their
own hats, and who have succeeded 80
splendidly that they have afterward decided
10 put their knowledge TO account and
have secured good positions in the large
millinery establishments downtown. For
those who can make a really good hat, as
we'll as for teachers. there is always a de-
mand.
Unlike the woman who sews q hat. the
successful trimmer is born, not made. A
woman must have the natural artistic talent
TO succeed in that.
Except in the rldimeDts, such as tying
bows INC fastening on the various orna.
ments after they are In place, the art OF
trimming cannot be taught. A girl may
he able 70 design and make a most beautiful
hat and yet have no idea OF how 20 place
a single plume on IL enet lively. A teacher
Of millinery does not have TO have talent
as a trimmer, but she must, OF course, be
able to show her pupils how TO manipulate
the ribbons. flowers, &c.
by making ribbon towers for the hair
a woman can earn a nice little sum for pin
money. and this branch b taken up in all our
millinery classes. We make roses in winter,
violetE and daisies toward spring. Some
are in wreaths and sprays for trimmin@.
The girls always consider this the most
delightful part Of their lessons, and none OF
them has trouble in securing orders for these
pretty ornaments among her friends. Most
Of the Urls also utilize their knowledge OF
ribbon dover making TO fashion Christmas
NftA for their friends"