The sun., 1910-06-05

caring for sick and injured women till
the Ambulance comes and searching
the bodies of unknown dead for means
of identified ton
Miss Woodbridge says quite grimly.
The position h unsuitable for a young
woman and discouraEes any reforma-
tory work. but there are the facts.
The fret large division - the book
deals with work in social and economic
service. covering all the more recently
adopted IDEAS ~ probation work IN the
courts. child saving and state reforma-
tory work. and since all theae are still
new things the inevitable research work
They all stand under the head % -civic
service' and most % them come under
civil service rules The aalariea range
from $500 10 81 800. with an average
slightly above tsn0
Rent collecting IL not usually thought
VI 20 a philanthrnpic work but women
have invented a method. the so-called
Octavta HHl system. % handling h that
makes u practically such: u IL well de-
scribed BY Lillian Marchant skinner
II pays from tgoO % San n year.
Settlement work. welfare work and
nursing complete the list u social service
employments One ~ the newest IDEAS
in this column Is social work in hos
piials, which is meant % supply the per-
soual touch that Il almost 1hlitarated
bv hospital machinery and the rush and
hustle - clinics, the handling ~ the
SICK wholesale and the -dumDing them
hah cured on the sidewalk. ~ DR. Richard
&. Cabot. who writes the leading article
on this vocatiun. sayE.
The division of -sciertifc work.
shows only three subheadz. work for
women trained IN biology. in chemistry
and museum work 90 cIurse each "
these subheads j. capable u infinite
subdivision
The noticeable thing In this department
- the warning 0f Very g. stiles and
James p Morris. who describe tie avail
abe places that ~ COMPENSATION q
la-ly % he small considering the high
a'tainments and the high grade " work
demanded Both point out with IRA nlls
ness hat a love Of the work itself must
alFavs De part plvner' for doing IT, and
tie top salaries are so az N.2D0
Domestic s0ience and domestic arts
are the new rAmes Of the new ways ~
rendering personal s-rvi~rs That q. the
vOcatiOns included are those Il the
institutional dietitiAn' and visiting
dietitau Managers of institutions. ras-
taurarts. hotels laundnes and dress
making nillners and iutsriJr DECORATIONS
arr included IN the ii-t
These occupations being one step
nearer ordinary business than tho social
and civic service ioha thsv begin 10
range into the high dgur,s Tor compen-
sa'ton. A really evp@Ft diettian can
contemplate a possibility % " .5On year.
laundry Managers apparently have no
limit and milliners ~ every man knOwa
simply pay themselves what COmpensa-
ton the trafic will bear
Agriculture gets a whole section 10
itself. with interesting articles on the
profits 90 he expected in the various
specialties. such a. market gardening
lee keeping. hen keeping. dairy keeping
and even forestry An astonishing At OF
figurss is given tO show that AZ the last
census there were w 7n5 women farmers
planters and overseers in this country
Complete sets u farm accounts show how
narrow h the margin % profit
Business strikes the top notch in the
matter of compensation 10 be- expected
bv women the superintendent ~ en-
pl0yees IN a department store mentions
ti0OOo a. paid % buyers The posi-
hilitisa Of work In large mercantile estab-
lishments is described IN detail. and
curiouHly enough here first appears the
resentment ~ the woman who has worked
her wav up from the Low estraid nositiOns
like that ~ cash girl for Instance
against tls college eduoated woman who
may 60 ahead of her simply by virtue Of
her education
Ranking. raj estate and insurance ars
all calling Tor women. though still In
comparat -elv limited numbers Clerical
WORK. secretary work library work. news-
paper work. trunslating. cumuaI Cial art
ant sons special forms - tee ching com
plete the list of ~Dcati1ns Tor women.
The gst Of the matter =o~us 20 he that
the college gir NAV 60 into anv one Of a
thousand Fields - artiyitv II she h. willing
to serve her apprenticeship iust ~ though
she had never gone 10 college Ter ad
vantage is first. that abe has alrnadv
learned how 70 learn that her ideals have
been educated and that her training IN
CollatinR facts enables her 90 take the
broad view and % undertake. general
management ~ large enterprises more
easily than ghe WORKING woman who has
risan 70 the top through s0ms ono or Two
lines 81 work IN those nlacrs where a
general knowledge IL required Of cOurss
the college giH has the deld practically
~ houself.
Though sIO.Ooo la ths hirha.t salary
mentioned for a woman. this II aOnordsd
a. a possibility IN two or thre lines, and
u must not he forgotten that tliis liat of
vOcatinns excludes tho professions and
Tor the most part tho conduit % lnds-
pendent enterprises. The average %
ma simum aniariaa in ninefv-f1ur arrulov-
menta m ntiOned "a o. n0. the average
] minimum salary On seventy three salaries
quoted 10 about $50.