The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-10
Modern Woman
We'll Qualified Women Find
Ready Employment In the Artistic
Industries. Such IS Designing Car
pets, Curtains and Rugs :: :: ::

has been found that the demand for
number Of such turned out annually by
the institution. Women are wanted 70
design wall papers, textile fabric print
ing Of all kinds. posters. picture cards,
rugs and embroidery patterns. We la
this land have come to that happy
stage in industrial art DEVELOPMENT
where rug weaving patterns are de-
signed by American women and sent
over to China and Japan to be wrought
out in oriental hand looms The de-
signs prepared here and sent abroad to
manufacturers take iiMo account the
size and shape of American rooms and
the width Of doors, and thus the rugs
when they come to us fit the places for
which they are intended.
One important branch Of applied de-
sign is seen in the work of the fashion
artist. Take, for instance, a blouse or
shirt waist. We have had practically
the same shape for about twenty-five
years. There can be changes in sleeves.
in trimming and somewhat in the
waist shape. though not much. Shirt
waist manufacturers annually search
high and low for new designs and are
willing to pay handsomely for them.
The same is true Of hats. coats and
dresses, though these Oftener come
from Paris. Still even here there is
very wide field for the display Of ma
tive talent. There are women in the
large cities who receive several thou
sand dollars a year for designing en-
broideries and trimmings and coat,
cloak and jacket shapes. The woman
newspaper fashion artist is always ex-
ceedingly we'll paid. There. too, are
book covers and cushion covers to be
planned. One girl of eighteen gets $40
q week designing lamp shades. The
worst drawback with most American
girl designers, however. Is that they
have not learned to draw well.
So glad women are occasionally
brought up standing and made to real
ize where they are when they shoot
off crude, violent opinions on matters
they don't know about in that way
which Is a way some Of them have!
Here, for instance. is feminine orator
who raised tempest in convention
by speaking of our millions Of immi-
grants to this country as cattle and hui
man refuse. Instantly the foolish. half
baked utterance was telegraphed all
over the land. If the lady had been
candidate for governor or congress 1t
would have lost her the election. 1t was
the deliberate insult Of very ignorant
woman to her own ancestors. who I'M
doubtedly in their day were some Of
these same cattle and human refuse.
All our ancestors in this country were.
They were the strong and aspiring,
who came here to better themselves.
And some day even women will learn
to keep their mouths shut till they
know something and are able to form
calm. kindly. unprejudiced judgments.
RH
Only 80 per cent Of women college
graduates marry. Really this is one Of
the most encouraging signs Of progress
in our confused time. College women
remain single because their culture has
given them a higher ideal of manhood
than the masculine sex Is at present
ready to live up to. 1t is far better to
stay single than to lower ones ideals.
Here is man. minister at that.
who has been shooting off his mouth
In a way he will be sorry for He
speaks sneeringly and contemptuously
Of "old women's religion" Who is it
that supports the churches?
The time now is when young men
must mind their p's and as II they
would please girls. At luncheon the
other day ] heard two girl stenogra-
piers talking as usual about their
gentleman company" One young wo-
fore sent her an invitation to an en-
tertainment. The other thereupOn de-
clared after the manner Of girls that
Blank was an awfully nice fellow and
so handsome. "Ye-e-s," replied she
who had got the note-"ye-e-s. but he
spelled a word wrong. He can't spell
'eulogize.'
The Rhode Island senate has passed
the bill granting full suffrage to WON
On anyhow.
It has been said that men In public
are always polite to
pretty girl. no matter how rude they
are to other women. Read and judge.
Recently a beautiful girl Of nineteen
was standing upon the platform OF
Brooklyn bridge car because she could
not get inside of 1t. At the New York
End Of the bridge the conductor opened
the gates. Before the girl could turn
to step of crowd Of men in a hurry
by. knocking her down. None
stopped to pick her up. but trampled
upon her and ran on. followed by more
Of the brutal mob, who walked over
her body in the same manner. WheE
the police. attracted by her screams.
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