Money-Making for Ladies (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 edition. Excerpt: ...wall-paper patterns requiring some idea of means to an end to make it available. Such employments are delightful enough in themselves to repay a reasonable amount of application to the study of rudiments; and a wellgrounded designer, with an inventive fancy, will find abundant and well-remunerated work. Practical skill in drawing is absolute, ly essential to a good designer; and, with this foundation, the study becomes an easy one. Wall-papers and calicoes consume endless designs; and, in addition, there are carpets, silks, ribbons, furniture, lace, silver, jewellery, etc. Many ladies make quite a handsome income by drawing for the Patent Oflice, ' patent agents, etc., the drawings being chiefly linear, mechanical ones, and the remuneration varying according to ability. The fact, however, is emphasized that it requires mechanical knowledge, which is not very often possessed by women, but is a branch of study that would be found both pleasant and profitable, especially if they were prepared for it by an elementary course in the public schools. It is not a branch that admits of much display, and is; therefore, almost entirely neglected, or taught in such a way as to be utterly futile for all practical purposes. Architectural drawing is also a useful, pleasant, and very profitable acquirement; and there is no reason'why women should not be eminently successful as architects. Houses planned by ladies could scarcely fail to be more satisfactory in detail, and very much more convenient; and some especially comfortable and attractive houses have been so planned. It is quite an unusual thing to see a lady pursuingthe study or practice of architecture; and yet the wife of Erwin von Steinbach materially assisted her husband in...