New-York tribune., 1912-01-21
Your Daughters Voca1on
If She Is Natural Leader OF keveis one '1ay
Become Professional Entertainer
BY Mary Marshall.

a. -. enthusiasm into the ticket sellers
kon. accounts and, finally, on the night OF
49, o,,ertainment, stood radiant, cool and
haor,iyuI with the burden Of the whole per-
tor,,ance on her shoulders. The result was
~. ,,ben the accounts were cast the
o,,,-ch treasury was about $1,000 to the
good.
News of this success spread, and when
Tho bospital In the neighboring town wanted
N raise 81, 200 for an up-to-date operating
room some one suggested similar chill
drcn's carnival, and committee of the
hospital managers offered the young wom-
an 500 II she would undertake to run their
entertainment. A glowing success here led
to other offers. The young woman went 10
the big cities to get ideas for other sorts Oh
big entertainments, and now. five years
later. her services are always In demand
from cities within radius Of forty or fifty
miles of her home to take charge OF money
making entertainments. . Her fees vary
from one to two or three hundred dollars
an entertainment, and her yearly income
not counting her travelling expenses. is
near the $1,000 mark.
There are women in every society colony
and big city whose speciality Is childrens 3
parties In order to be successful In this
line a woman must. of course, be able TO
hold the attention OF children-must be able
to tell stories, to lead In simple children's
dances and games and be able either to
sing with them or accompany their songs
on the piano. She must also make fire.
quent trips to the toy and game shops
keep up with the latest ideas In children's
| S.sTfs lG
much time looking up ideas for these par
ties as she does In actually filling her en-
gagements.
Such entertainers usually have a reper-
| tory OF dozen or more possible parties
a season-for instance. Mother Goose
party, Teddy Bear party, Twelfth Night
party, May Day party. an indoor garden
party etc, and for all these the enter
tainer must know just what decorations
refreshments. favors. music and other ac-
cessories should be had. and have pro-
gramme for the afternoons entertainment
worked out in every detail
A woman who began fifteen or twenty
years ago taking charge of children's par
ties among her own acquaintance Is now
the most sought after children's entertain
er in New York City. Her time is taken
not only in the winter but in the summer,
when she fills many engagements in New
port and other such colonies. Needless to
say. her fees are generous. her total in
come amounting TO four or five thousand
dollars a year.
OF course. there aren't many openings
IKE this one waiting for the young woman
4, who can get up and manage a children's
f,g- 81, 1,,oyIk
20 be able TO maintain one chlldren's en-
tcrtaner. Anywhere from 81 to $40 an
afternoon would be a reasonable fee to
expect for this work.
Another field for the entertainer is in
the summer hotel colony. where the young
woman who can play when the guests
want TO sing or dance, who can take the
lead in getting up evening entertainments,
who can engineer walks and in other ways
keep the various guests happy and con-
| tented often finds employment In
| small resort, where the duties are very
! light. such an entertainer sometimes has
only her expenses paid. with board and
| lodging but where she has 10 be ION the
! job" all the time she gets from $50 to 800
a month besides.
Other entertainers find work in the large
sanatoriums, where many times IL is
hard task 10 provide amusement and en-
| tertainment for the patients.
For the young woman who likes society
and knows how TO be entertaining this
sort OF work isn't work at all, and, pro-
yiding she has enough push and business
ability TO keep herself in touch with the
people who can pay we'll for her services.
she can often enjoy an exceptionally good
income Every daughter OF Eve. deep
down In her heart, delights in being enter
tanning.
Copyright 1872 by Mary Marshall)