Show WORK FOR WOMEN N practical arts arf choso who must earn I 1 acir own julns lit ing the time is ia past when the tha administration of the household was deemed the only occupation for which a woman was fitted that occupation is no longer considered exclusively feminine and tho the wonder grows that it ever was so BO cw cotil side Ei derd kod since tho the average 0 roan man if adroit 13 ly qui tinned will betray his con et then ilien lie ho elj jr f t thosa ri so 0 of f any 4 chef mentioned oi ol 01 bourse tho the chef is a man also while hib eye yo for effect in the placing of ture tare and draping of curtains is to that 0 02 tho the women of liia iiii bonfie ligI hold 2 on tho the other hand there tire are thomi thousands f of women who have no more nat natural elal A taste ta ste for housekeeping vian fan their broth era have for stone breaking and to say eay that such a woman was unwomanly because sho she entered a profession instead of treading the round of the domestic circle which was vas to her temperament a treadmill was as absurd as it would have been to pronounce a man unmanly because lie chose to be ba a lawyer rather than a prizefighter prize fighter there is ia as great a diversity of ability in women as in men and it is equally disira blo tor for each to develop in her line be it or doctoring no honorable occupation cu is unsuited eLl to av a woman oman who has the physical and mental qualifications necessary for successfully pursuing it tho the field of practical arts is a varied one for women of average capacity TI alio various branches of designing for carpets and other fabrics wall papers tiling stained glass and metal work give ample opportunity tor for tho ilia exercise of moderato mod erata talent industry and good taste the large factories devoted devoted to such manufactures employ it a corps of 0 de signers 6 ners of varying skill and the proportion of women thus eai engaged aged grows yearly greater aruch work includes not only the making of acceptable designs but the reducing them to such a form as shall be practical for forthe the weaver block cutter or other artisan into choso whoso hands they go the mechanical details of manufacture must bo be carefully considered in ill all such designs or they are practically useless architectural drawing and architecture itself offer fair advantages to women in the tha domestic line hue of the tha last mentioned profession they should certainly excel since their long iong apprenticeship at housekeeping and homemaking 0 has taught them i the he value of a tho thousand usand seemingly trilling trifling details the best relative arrangement of tho the living 1 apartments ilia serious senous need of closet close t room loolu and the importance of back stairs it is very doubtful if a woman acoman will ever plan a room all the sides of which will bo be so broken by doors boora and windows that no place remains for bureau or bed fault is common in middle class houses and cottages designed by the average man architect tho the woman architect will havo have an eye to the situation of the coal cellar and the furnace and will fee ECO that tho the recess for the reception of tho the refrigerator does not back vp tip against a chimney engraving decorative glass cutting photographing in short all tho ilia artist artistic i 3 branches of practical manufacture are now being successfully practiced by women and aro are peculiarly appropriate occupations not because they are essentially feminine in themselves but bo be causo cause they require deftness left doss aud and patience rather than muscular exertion and physical strength and ana a woman will bo be a no less womanly cd and bicet tempered compa companion ilion beca she earns her own pretty garments HELEN CUTTER |