New-York tribune., 1912-04-21
Your Daughters Vocation
Perhaps the Kindergarten

Another growing field for kind ergartn.r,
is In the homes of the wealthy. who A..
beginning TO see the value OF tralnoa
kindergartners for their children, either a,
nursery governesses or as mothers holm
ers. In a position Of this sort. with m.
services Of maid free at hand ard ve-v
often decided social advantages and al
expenses paid. a young woman wo,d
make from $50 to SIS month III. v,,,
round
Fairgrounds and fresh air homes "a,
arc demanding the services OF kindervart.
ners. and teacher regularly employed N
a school often increases her income by Al.
ing extra work of this sort.
Another interesting field OF work for I'm.
Kindergarten is in the social settlemcn,
where, because OF her ability at story tell.
ing and holding children's attention. sh.
is exceedingly successful in various sort,
of club work. kitchen and garden training
and playground work.
One Of the most recent openings in kin.
dergarten work for women is In the nos.
pitals. In one or two OF the big cities IN.
board of education employs kindergarten.
to work in the children's wards. IN ord.,
10 provide proper diversion for IN. rs.,.
perating youngsters. Other hospitals. not
provided by the CITY with trained kind.-.
gartners, employ them as part OF ,ha
necessary staff Of the chldren's wards
Probably the most remunerstiv. positions
open to kindergarteners, with the exc.p,,or
Of public school directors, who rnak. q,
much as 5000 a year, await the women NJ
ability and broad education who hoN
teaching or supervising positions in kinder.
garten normal schools Here the .alsr,s.
range from 5000 to 5000 year. Women
holding these positions are authorities IN
their profession. and not infrequently IN.
crease their incomes by half or mora
through lecturing and writing on kinder.
garten subjects.
The woman who has a kindergarten OF her
own gets from $500 TO 5000 year after shs
has become established. One kindergarten
graduate Of Teachers college, New York.
returned. after completing her course In
the big city, to her home a city Of popu.
lation Of about twenty-five thousand. Thers
was no immediate vacancy I'm the kinder.
gartens Of the public schools IN the city,
so this young woman decided TO have a
unused rooms in her fathers house. For
500 she fitted up her kindergarten with
tables, chairs. pictures, books and every
device necessary for the model kinder
garten Then she made canvass OF the
town and succeeded I'm getting ten children
to attend her kindergarten, for each OF
whom she received the yearly tuition fee o.
$50. This first year she paid back the $40
she had used IN fitting up her kindergarten
and so managed to net only 800 In spite
of this small income. she perseyered. and by
raising her tuition TO So a year and secur-
ing fifteen pupils she earned $500 the sec
ond wear In the succeeding five years she
has averaged more than $1,000 year, and
this for only few hours Of work day for
only eight months Of the year.
Although kindergarten teaching Is sald
10 be the most popular form OF teaching
among young women. still II is sisnln-
! can't fact that for the year lso9-'l0 the de-
mand made upon Teachers College-which
has one OF the foremost kindergarten train
| ing departments in the county-for graduate
/ kindergartners was half again as great as
/ the college could possibly I'LL.
Copyright. 1911, by Mary MarshalD