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Show A ouslness -woman's college has been Just opened in London, or, to dbscribe the excellent institution's aims more exactly, a school for tbe business training train-ing of women has been established The Bchoolis mainly designed to train women wo-men for clerkships and secretaryships. They are taught shorthand, typewriting typewrit-ing accounts and banking in a courst extending over six months. The opportunities oppor-tunities are offered gentlewomen who, suddenly thrown by financial mishap on j their own resources, can catch up a profession pro-fession by which to support themselves Besides this the school accepts as pupils women who wish to learn bow to keep their own books and personally manage their own independent fortunes. Then, too, women apply who have a chance for a government position and must be well up in mathematics and get through epecial examinations. From its graduating gradu-ating classes the school supplies secretaries secre-taries to busy philanthropical ladies who need help in their work in the form of a capable head for figures and a neat tana at penmanship. London Utfr |