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Show Women Who Write. I know not only one but several cases In New York alone where young women ; , sre inakiuf? a good, yes, an excellent, j livelihood with the pen. But and here is a strong point they have a certain specialty, and by close study of one sub- ( ject they have become an authority in their line. Ono bright voting woman I writes about nothing but fabrics, for fashion and trade papers, and makes an I income exceeding $:i,,r00 per year, and another woman has made a specialty of fashion work, and she ia perhaps the !est paid woman vriter ih New' York. Her income is fully ftf.OOO a year. - There is a bright girl who supports herself by going around the great shops and finding out all the novelties in bric-a-brac, needlework alid homo decoration. decora-tion. She writes and illustrates them, mid sells often a single novelty for fJ5 and $."i0. She told me that during Chi ist- . was week she netted over $11)0. Anot her i bright girl has made a study'of fiction, and reads all tlio manuscript novels for one of the big publishing houses. She receives a salary of $2,000, and adds an-1 an-1 other $1,000 from outsido connections. , Women who make their brain work pay 1 best are undoubtedly those who follow a Ij specialty, become an authority in their i - i .piiriii'iViiirlim nf wm-tH-.W wji often they can command their own u I prices. New York Letter. |