The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-16


there Is the childrens story hour on
Saturday morning through which the
little folks to whom the printed pages
are yet closed may enter the gates of
fairyland.
The length of the library course va
ries In different schools from one to four
years. Most of the schools offer a one
year course to college graduates, notably
the school at Albany n. Y, which re-
ceives only college graduates Pratt In
stitute in Brooklyn has a one year gem
eral course, devoted principally to cata-
loguing. book binding and the techni-
cal details of library work
There is an excellent library school
in connection with the University of
Illinois at Champaign and a similar
school at the Western Reserve Univer-
sity of Cleveland Ohio, Another is offered
in the Congressional Library at Wash
ington and one for children's librarians
In the Carnegie Library at Pittsburg.
Drexel Institute in Philadelphia pro-
vides an excellent course. Even the
New York Public Library has opened
the doors OF its beautiful building for a
course lasting from one to two years,
according to the qualifications OF ths
students.
The girl who twenty years ago went
out to the East as q missionary IL to-
Day turning her attention to practical
welfare work as a member of some citS
settlement or a friendly visitor A small
income Is great advantage to the girl
who wishes to do social service work
but II Is not necessary. as these posi-
items now pay salaries
The proper place for training is the
New York School of Philanthropy. in
the United Charities Building at los
| East Twenty-secoud greet The course
/ takes two years, one Of which must be
spent in residence a the school in at
tending lectures and classes. while the
second may be passed in supervised en-
ployment, combined with advanced work
at the school
Another calling for women stenog-
raphy. is too well known 20 require any
particular explanation but Of late years
a new sort of stenegra pher has appeared
in the field to the great JOY OF the bust
| ness man. This is the private secretary.
who has taken her work so seriously as
TO devote years instead Of months to
preparation for Il, and who cannot only
take dictation, spell and punctuate, but
| can even be entrusted with the general
routine OF a business office.
She is quite capable of answering let
ters without having them dictated to
her, and of keeping the details OF the
, business in her mind And in conse-
quence she receives salary limited
only by the magnitude OF her employers
| business. There are many positions Of
this kind open 10 women where the
salary Is made to suit the person who
can do the work.
Simmons Collega In Boston IS turning
out girls in it's commercial department
who after a four wear course are ready
to earn $500 In business office. in
stead Of $500 in schaolroom. Most Of
these girls come from homes of culture
and have nothing 20 unlearn but they
look at stenographv as a profession
rather than as succession Of posi-
! lions.
Closely allied to stenogra ply in that il
/ requires quickness and judgment If I
| Is TO be successfully followed is teleg-
! raphy. Many Of the telegraph operators
I In the smaller towns where the great
companies have offices are women. in
! spite of the traditional inability of the
| sex To keep secrets. While a position
| in a railroad office where she must sell
| tickets aud desptach trains besides at
| tending to the key is scarcely suitable
/ for woman the work In the general
Offices is pleasant.
| A school Of telegraphy for women j.
maintained by Cooper Institute in New
/ York in connection with its school Of
stenography, AS In ali the other classes
here offered instruction is free and ex-
| cellent. An effort is made to broaden
t the vocabularies of the students and
| to remedy any deficiencies they may
] show In spelling, punctuation and
grammar.
/ Cooper Institute also offers free oppor-
| tunities to the girl artist, who may
study during the day. or IL she is
| otherwise occupied. in evening classes
| These include classes in drawing and
| painting from the antique and from life
/ There are also classes in portrait and
| miniature painting, in illustrator and In
decorative design as we'll as IN arch
| tectural drawing and In modelling
| Naturally an excellent free school If
art Is crowded and there is WAITING
! list, so that the girl who aspires to be
| Rosa Bonhcur must put in her appli-
cation early,
But fewer girls do so aspire as time
goes on. Not that there IL less in
terest in art; rather is there more. ARK
! is invading the home In its draperies
! its tints and its furnishings as well
] as in its pictures. Art shows itself
! in the designing of gowns and of
| jewelry. And this invasion has opened
new opportunities for the artistic girl In
| the field OF applied design.
! The New York School of Applied De-
| sign for Women declares that its pur-
/ pose Is to enable them to earn a living
| by the application Of ornamental design
| to manufactures. And there are thou
sands of these positions Furniture,
wall papers silks, cretonnes. rugs, IL
| Illustrations, book covers, stained glass
must all be designed before ~shey can
| be manufactured. and women can do
| this work as well as men
The successful designer must have
| ideas: that IS. she must be ready 10
supply novelties suggested to her by
| the things she sees and thinks about.
| Her position If she can do this is per
| manent. The instructors in this school
are all actually employed in manufac-
tories or offices. doing the work that
| they teach The school also states in
| its catalogue that 1t has more posi-
| lions at salaries ranging from $500 to
/ 81 500 year than 1t can FILL
The days OF starvation in garnet or
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