New-York tribune., 1912-06-09
Many Well Paid Positions Are
Held by Women in
This Business.
a. Mary Marshall
CHAPTER XANIll

CHAPTER N III
For certain type Of ynurg woman there
js no rnor. enjoyable work than that Of 4
publishing house but for the young woman
not originally cut out 10 earn her dat;
bread IN publishing house there rs pot-
hans no other vocation that presents 4
more intricate rneze of difficulties or prob
l4r1s that daily become moro and more irk
.ome The question. then. that presents n
self ~ the parent Is whether or not MS
daughter is one Of the type who find the
publishing house a sort Of industrial para
d'se-ur quito the opposite
obviously if your daughter ha- chez
ished yoarnins, 10 dance before the foot
1'zhte or do circu- stunts on q harcDa'
rorsc. even II you don't plan to make %
,hofus 2iri ~ CIRCUS rider ont 6 her YOU
would ;-olablv max" q great mistak" t"
e"t n,r 20 Work ~ Publishing houN".
Thr girl vino should 20 into pubHshinA
house ,houlG be. dro' of al. d book lover
I,causc. after all il is the underlying love
for books that make, this sort Of work
absorbingly interesting
There are various tasks to b" don" 10y
women IN publishing houses, but whatever
tho work your daughter takca UP may b"
T. will call for a great deal Of attention 10
CctdI so the Sirl WHO chooses this V"ca-
ton must DC OF moderately accu1at"
turn Of mind. able 10 take pains ia small
matters AZ we'll a. In large ones. Then.
too. she should be Of the intellectual type.
This docs rot mean that she n"'d DE
college graduate. or any other KIND Of r
eradicate for that matter; but she shorId
lave q taac FOR literary things II sh"
nnpcs 10 rise from the position Of an - "a
week clerk TO + $40 or more week head
of department
4. a matter Of fact. the training an am
bilious girl receives in publishing house
serves "a = sort Of college training in IT.
self II. then. YOUR daughter is II the
same timc ambitious. of an intellectual
turn Of mind and moderately panstakng.
the publishing house holds cut poSSlbil-
ties Of the most delightful employment
But over - per cent of the women at pres
cnt employed in publishing houscs-clerks.
stenographcrs lnd typcwriters-might Just
as Wei be employed in almost any other
line Of industry. 50 far as any SPECIAL
spttudc for tie work goes.
As usual thing IN" women who hold
the highly paid places in this business ar"
those who have raised Themselves from less
important places. young women who have
looked upon their work as clerks and type
writer's merely as stepping stones To- some
thing better occasionally AN opening OC-
ours for woman Of mature ability In IN"
editorial, advertising or sales department Ot
a publishing house NOt infrcqucntly pub
lishing houses send to the authorities of
women's colleges for the names of SIadu-
ates suited for this work. and sometimes
they advertise i'm the columns of the daily
newspapers fof women OF education 10 Ill
these places.
But for the girl who has not a college
degree--and for the one who has. in many
,ases-there is no better way to get into
the publishing business than as a clerk OF
stenographcT. AS one woman who has
climbed to one OF the highest places held
by any woman In this vocation says: AN
ambitious girl ought To be content To serve
almost any sort of apprenticeship as Il
means iof getting on I'm this iine Of work
If. then. you want your daughter to get
an opening in this vocation follow the old
rule. IF TOu don't see what You want. ask
for g." That il. II you look IN vain in the
columns OF 'b" newspapers for advertise
nnents calling for young women 10 III OPEN
ings in reputable publishing houses 90
straight 10 the best Publishing house Won
know of and ask 10 have your daughters
ran1e put IN the waiting list ol possible