A NEW CALLING FOR GIRLS

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 5 June 1919, Page 3

A NEW CALLING FOR GIRLS

From enquiries I have learned that a number of girls are now acting as chemists' assistants in Auckland. They are not mere shop-girls, but have taken up dispensing, and those employing them speak in high terms of the way in which they are acquitting themselves. Of course it is well known that there is a lady dispenser at the Auckland Hospital, where she has been doing excellent work for years. Two other ladies are acting" as registered managers of well-known druggists' shops in this city, and several others are filling responsible positions in similar establishments. One prominent local chemist declares that women are well adapted for the dispensary, being careful and conscientious workers. I know one girl, myself, who is not yet a fullblown chemist, but will become one after she passes her final examination in a few months' time. Meantime she is earning three guineas a week already, and she is not yet eighteen years of age. That is better than being a " lady-help," or governess, or " companion." The lif« is far more interesting, and the work is infinitely better paid. Besides it is so much more independent and holds possibilities for the future.