CHANCES FOR WOMEN

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 401, 14 January 1904, Page 3

CHANCES FOR WOMEN

One vt «f» flex Swfcttg Bmptoyfpat L«*nw Strange Tkiags. , Ij >r> - i_ ' ■ !&%*a& 2>c«»ra Vfcat' CfccKJKe*. ' : ;>. .'MftVW'lfoe m oMlnattiWm ■ ;J..; .wttr—O** Way» »f Mskiafli''. ; J .' : '.';- u JT/fv«rittfcMiftV , /? *, JTJi* way* in which If ewYork woiie%*' :: \ ; wio are dependent upon their .own..',/' • efforts make both end* niet «n •varied. .A:"woman forces!; '■' to look-for Work made memorandums . of what she iound : .oth«n;.sdoing., Bh.O '">•■ did not try for ordinary clericaJwork, stenography, typew&ting o* «iaployment in stores, says ifo Suj* k .."Itfound one woman," she pid,,'%hQ . U« making: a comfortable living tor her* , self and' supporting 'an invalid., hu»- , band by selling gloves which have been thrown aside at; tb,*; glove counter* for, apparently-trivial, For example, iti fitting a glove the saleawomi. an may' break off a button or" rip a seam or soil it so as to spoil a sale. This woman has a eontraot with several stores to take all such glovies at a reduced figure. v .' . ' '"She skillfully : w*at«ver - damage has bean 'done and" sells the gloves at less, of course, than the store price. I do not know what she pays for the damaged goods. That depends, I fancy, upon the extent of - the damage. "But Ido know that in some cases she sells a pair of $1.50 ; • gloves lor one dollar, maybe less, and so on. I know she has builtfup quit* a business in tlnVway.* A number of her patrons now have orders with her frequently;in advance i for from one to a half doaen pairs. The saving of 50 or 75 cents on a pair oi gloves i« quite an item. . "Another woman who had tried in vain to make a living at millinery, in which she is an expert, calls at a num- , ber of houses in her, neighborhood and takes the daily market" orders. She is paid for this, of course, and I am pretty sure she is smart enough to get a commission besides from the butcher and the grooer. "Sometimes when the mistress of the house wants something extra for a special luncheon or dinner the ordertaker makes more. On one occasion a woman who had lived in Washington wanted some Lynnhaven oysters. Now it is a fact that you can't find a Lynnhaven oyster in New York such as you can get in Washington.''""■"" «**>'*' "This order-taker knew exactly how to get the Washington Lynnhavens at a reduced price, and how to have them shipped, and she made a * handsome woflt on her order. She told me she would not exchange her work for a place in the biggest/millinery foundry, as'she called it, in New York. "Another woman buys all the theater tickets for a colony away uptown. Her patrons call upon the 'phone and. name the date and play, and she does the rest. * "I foun.d another who, in addition |p some other furnished several churches with communion bread. Then there is another who sends out samples of new goods to customers in the country. She is not exactly Repurchasing agent,-tor there, are, many *. such; she simply sends "out the samples, naming the house where the goods may be obtained. The name and the address of each person receiving the samples are furnished to the house v sending out the samples, ami incas©/ • of a sale the woman is notified by thej -. house, which pays her a commission. "This sort of business, she told me", paj r s better than a'direct purchase by an agtmt—if the woman who fiend's the samples has a good list of customers, for, the.reason that many customers in the country rather like the idea •of <lenling with the house direct in purchases.. The stores, she added, are riot so apt to send samples as a woman who makes a business of it. , . •"I found' a womaniin a drug sto*« • in a fashionable part oi the-fcity who is ,'_a graduate in 1 pharmacy.' She filla, only such prescriptions as are brought'"' " i in by women. She receives a salary, but she gets 'a commission on- all the | trade she-secures from women. ' \ "And. so, it goes-in;ihis'greaticity. . .Where,so. nisny women have to make their own'living. If a woman canonly find something uoyel she will find plenty of people to'hekfher out." ' '.:. ■' Xmerfeit n Country ait !*rid»e«u The mai*ket for • bridges is -*MI ~ : greater in the Uri'isSd States than else* • whfcre. The states have now j9o,6tX| milesTbf'rail^ timated that there, is an average of . one span of metallic bridge : fpr eyerjj '• . •three miles gf railway.,, gjyes ," 000,' bridges on existing 3ines, witjisirfc .' including those required for riewllneaf. The. increase, in the United Statesi of ~the;'.w«ig;ht.o£ para and. engines haara* (sul|edlQ^,wonderful|ecbnomjcchange<t. ' This increase" of weight of rolling stock has ,led .the renewal of tW " »wi»»»;>*4 ;V;_;.: , , ' 1. ■ A. .' 5 ',,-.■ I' ;.•■'■:

68,000J old by; sjtrqngejjc| and heavier ones;' {•This,.'.demand ha* brought into existence many bridga* ... building:; companies, ;and. they ,cajb,{%»«s afford to equip ,wittirjj|js'.' best labor-saying and accurate wolSj ing machinery, regardless oiflwtcOfiS as they know it would seldom, if WSJ lie idle.—" Mnirnzincr i p«» Jm(