New-York tribune., 1912-04-07
Your Daughters Vocation
A Word for Bookkeeping

life insurance companies where small ar
mics Of women bookkeepers carry on ths
task of account keeping with as much pre-.
clsion, accuracy, speed and general satis-
faction as men could possibly do it.
The observant parent ought to be abls
to note the first budding sign of a coming
bookkeeper at an early period OF hls
daughters development. High marks IN
arithmetic, good penmanship, stick-to-it-
iveness and general neatness and accuracy
! are the traits that mark the coming book
keeper. If these traits are predominant in
! your daughters mental makeup doesn't IL
! seem as though you should consider book
keeping as a possible vocation for herr
Doesn't II seem as though she would be
able to earn her daily bread, II need be. in
this vocation better than in some other
for which she has not 80 much natural
aptitude: or, better still. doesn't IL seem
as though bookkeeping might serve as a
good stepping stone for her to mount to
more varied occupation?
If your daughter does fall under the book.
keeping type and If you are thinking NJ
fitting her for this profession, you would
do well TO keep her in school as long a.
you conveniently can-and this for three
reasons. First. because the mere 'reputa-
tion OF learning" helps a young woman in
getting a position. The young bookkeeper
who holds a high school diploma stands a
better chance of getting good position
than the girl who has 10 outward visible
sign OF her schooling Second. because a
girl of sixteen or eighteen, the age at which
your daughter would probably be gradu-
ated from high school, is quite young
enough TO undertake a bookkeeping course
or to start in as professional bookkeeper.
The third reason is that In general, the
more educa ton a young business woman
has, the better able she Will De 10 under
take any kind of work she may have TO do.
Few ambitious young women are nova
days kept from being bookkcepers because
they have not the opportunity to learn tho
rudiments for classes in business methods
of one sort or another, are legion.
In the large business schools the follow
Ing subjects are usually included in the
course OF instruction: Practical bookleep-
| ing, business arithmetic, rapid calculation,
banking business methods, business pom
manship, grammar, business practice, office
duties" spelling and commercial law. The
, cost OF instruction for thorough course
| in bookkeeping varies greatly. In one
school where remarkably thorough insuGc-
| ton is given, and where all who success
| fully graduate are sure of beng recon-
/ rnended to positions Offering salaries Nary.
| ing from s. TO SIS week 10 begin with
the cost of tuition for a six months, courSe.
including books and stationery is aoout go
! In many other schools the tuition Is much
/ less, and there are various ways-ln tnle
evening high schools in many OF the big
cities and in the seml-endowed institutions.
1such as the Young Women's Christian As
! sociatiOn-foT a young woman TO secure
good instruction in bookkeeping for little
/ or nothing In the way of tuition fees.
AS to salaries for full fedged 6ookkeep, Ee',I y
ers. In the large cities a beginner gets froh
! Ss to s15. wording up TO S25 week. Occa
sionaliy a remarkably able woman book
| keeper earns as much as $50 or $40 week
| though. Of course. opportunities 10 earn sal
aries like that do not come 10 all remark
ably able bookkeepers.
! Copyright 1912 by Mary MARSHALL