Show WOMEN'S ACHIEVEMENT Although a wom woman In lathe the und heard of a business had been ben scarcely head quarter of a ii n century ago o. o during the tha l last t td o but have been slowly dc rl do women omen have d business and to today today to- to steadily taking up lip this ad tear of ot this day in tn most mst of oC th the larger Iner clUes cities eJe undertaking firm of or Im Importance In Ii- country every er e us Its baa haa ba one or more women on working staff st st. To man persons persons' the tha business seems seem taha ta a features that render reader II J ha have unpleasant rener undesirable for tor an any one to t enter tnt bu DUB buB women who ho are undertakers undertaker are are are- generally gene gene- rally cheerful e a serene rene and well welland poised rt and aud the they unanimously profess a a. a genuine liking for their work work Nowadays In most states a woman wom must mutt oma have e taken a a course curse In some coli J of ot embalming and must bo be b duly t re regis regis- ii- ii It I- I t by a board before she is la permitted per per- beor rc to work as an undertaker Sta Statistics St- St Sta- Sta 8 show ow that a a larger Jarger number numbe of ot women are graduated from these tes courseS liU C lre each h year 1 than were ere graduated the year yr before Aside from tram tho the several vera hundred women woman undertaking firms firm who are are by others have ha c become managers or proprietors proprietors tors tots In tho the business bulnes and Ind have buit built up er very successful business ventures One Ono of or the tho most mOt noteworthy of oC thee these 1 is I Mien Mis Bessie I. I Wood of Oaland Cal Cn who is It s one of ot the ht b best beat t known In her city 1 Miss s Wod Wood although sh shooks she ah socks to et- et be on only I In the early arl thirties h has 1 been in business for a n dozen years She ha has haa now reached a point where whore nh Rh she s doe does n personal service to th thu trot not have hare to t give Ive I ice r dead but bul devotes her time to to tn the work worle of oC her employees and ana looking after the routine of of c work oCer Tier Her t P success Is shown by hv the fact t that thata tat tata a f few W years vears a ago o she built buit a now nev residence and office building on one of or the principal an pal str streets orco lN of c especially dc designed pa b by her and o suitable to tho needs of ot her lien herb S b business s. s On the lower floor are arc offices parlors and arid u undertaking d rooms and ant above e ab are tr charming living ln apartments for or Miss 1 charming Wood and nd her parents who snake make their home with her Mies ll s Wood Is ls a. a a member of or one of th leading women's clubs In n Oakland and takes an active part cubs In It its work She Is s also Interested In various pt arlo 1 relief societies and philanthropic organizations She I Is cheerful hM ul whole hole d. d and rejoices 1 Inthe intire In m the tire opportunity her le business gives hes b her ber r tomake to tomake tomake make as comfortable arrangement a aa as possible pos pos sible for those who ho are arc ar in grief Th cbs hl success Miss e Wood rood has hns achieved d should be an incentive to lo the wom woman n who wh would like to enter this kind of or work It takes lk certain qualities of or pol poIse vii s and control hut but It I does doe doe not require lon long elt technical training as do nursing teaching teach teach- trig ing and and trainInG various other oilier professions For this reason It 8 seems ems especially suitable of or mature years arid and character r to women mc mature aId who find themselves u thrown upon their own n fn re resources but have e no esp especial equipment tor bc an an any definite kind of or work The Tire CO courses NI In Jn th the embalming colleges ale ate not long hong and the Ule business So Lo tar far Lant U La l not nt overcrowded with women |