Show Woman in High Post PostIn New In-New In New York Library I I k t a I J ra iv 53 itt r ri Ly Dr rya w f v it etc y x n nt t rk a 4 v n i at iK 9 Y S 4 a y SY I k iu t tc c A S' S t S S K Miss Adelaide Hasse We are so accustomed to women In Inthe Inthe Inthe I the professions that a successful woman woman wom worn a an n lawyer or physician does not aw awaken awak awak- kI k- k e en nany any real astonishment There are a I number of professions that are considered considered considered consid consid- ered mens men's work and architecture is in in this number When a woman ar architect architect architect ar- ar makes good she is still classed in the number of the unusual it means Deans that she has unusual ability P perseverance and excellent business judgment These words best characterize Miss Fay Kellogg of New York City who is recognized as one of New Yorks York's foremost architects In short she is isone isone o one ne of the best women architects In the country When she Is asked how she has made good she says During my professional career I suppose I have been asked a hundred times how I happened to choose architecture as a profession I reply that I did not choose It but it chose me You may look surprised but it is a fact I was I thrust Into this work for my desire was to be a doctor It was by accident that I r met a a. man In the architectural department of the government of Washington lIe He so fired me with enthusiasm en enthusiasm en- en that I was determined to be an architect right then and there I had not gone far tar In my work before before be be- be- be fore I discovered that this profession calls for many definite qualities In this number are aro to be bo mentioned study office work experience and knowledge Tho The last may be bo divided Into any number of special qualities such as tracing water color work specification writing designing supervision supervision super super- vision of the office superintendence of the office full lull size details knowledge of kinds of materials and their respective ro re re costs Plumbing and heating which again is divided into four kinds hot water steam furnace and fireplace and their proper equipment electric light gas ventilation and construction of the building Construction covers foundations whether stone concrete cement or brick Then the tho superstructure i whether brick stone or marble there marble there are any number to choose from both for fitness and cost Stucco how it shall be made and applied applied ap ap- ap- ap plied shingles their different kinds quality and cost clapboards widths and style Then the structure Itself If it brick or stone is comparatively easy In a wooden structure it is somewhat more difficult to know the proper size whether to call for beams that are 4 by 10 or 2 by 10 In that we are governed by the width of the room or the sp space ce to be covered by the building buIldIng build buIld- ing def departments department's rules and nd regulations How to assemble all this material material and construct a building that will hold to together to- to gether sether and stand inspection and meet 0 I the approval of the inspectors in ques question tion is an important problem ques-I ques After you have learned all this tho the important question is how can I make I good With all aU this knowledge in your hand it is by hard experience you learn to exchange it for a good position A Job in an office at 5 a 0 week is one of the tho first steps in making making making mak mak- ing good according to Miss Kelloggs Kellogg's view of things for that Is what she earned at her first position As she loves to tell I landed a job at 5 a week and I was glad to have it I stayed with the man a a. year and the knowledge I absorbed in that office the kindness and help the man gave me I shall always remember My I Frenchman Is a friend today I |