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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1907
Page
8
Minnie Kaufman runs a 24 worker salon in Boston without a cashier or formal system. She pays minimal wages, hosts weekly staff meals, offers free services to help poor workers, and teaches massage and manicuring, insisting the business is built on care and personal respect rather than philanthropy.
A letter to Jane Eyre in the Boston Post discusses women seeking information on business matters. The writer notes correspondence schools in major cities and mentions a man earning money translating from French for a publishing house.
A thinker argues that exceptional talent remains latent without motive and opportunity. He notes Burns and Shakespeare could have been kept to ordinary tasks, but only circumstance and proof of success revealed their true capacities, while Columbus shows a new world only after enterprise proved itself.
A club dinner anecdote recalls a stylish woman in a crowded street car who wins attention and a seat she calls the donor a jewel. He replies I am a jeweller I set the jewel. The Tatler.
A New York woman fresh from the Philippines visits Ned's Thursday at home crowd seeking acclaim among Bohemian companions. She laments that travel has lost its glow as eight visitors reveal remarkable journeys from the Amazon to Africa and Trans-Siberia, while she admits she has never left United States territory.
A Philadelphia Record report quotes a St Josephs Hospital doctor recounting a woman who believed a pin was stuck in her throat. After a staged procedure with forceps the pin was removed and the patient claimed relief, though later she said the pain had disappeared.
A historical note contrasts harsh managerial overdrive with a mercantile house that bans Sunday overtime to protect workers. It argues that excess hours reduce output, erode morale, and waste labor costs, asserting rest sustains long term productivity and loyalty.
Sir Thomas Lipton jokes that bachelors are villains and recalls a dance trick played on a bachelor friend. A woman reproaches him for never marrying while her husband quips that the bachelor could have married her if he had wanted, but he owed him a grudge.
A doctor warns against mental bondage from overplanning and memoranda. He says rigid to do lists cause unnecessary stress and memory strain, urging elasticity in schedules to handle daily emergencies and unforeseen events.
A seven story Maison des Dames des Postes et des Telephones in Paris provides a model living complex for government employed girls. It features glass walls, marble floors, balcony rooms, and affordable rates with a civic center for working girls. Leaders include M. Menier and M. Jules Siegfried, with clubs, dressmaking classes, and Esperanto studied there.
A reader asks why her singing voice has vanished despite many doctors and limited funds. The adviser urges consulting a voice specialist promptly, noting cases of temporary or permanent loss and recommending expert study for recovery.
A reader asks for the address of Madam Lambert a wig maker mentioned in a Sunday Post article. The department does not distribute addresses but if she provides it or it is obtained, it will be forwarded.
A note from The Young Women’s Christian Association on Berkeley Street offers a school of domestic science with day and evening classes in plain and advanced cookery. Evening classes meet Mondays 7:15 to 9:15. day class Tuesdays and Thursdays or Wednesdays and Saturdays 9 to 12. Tuition is low and paid in advance. contact the superintendent for details.
The card system uses indexed ecards with each person’s account written on a card. To check John Smith’s balance you locate his card alphabetically, read the account inside, and when an account ends the card is removed and destroyed.
A letter from a high school girl asks for summer at home work with low experience. It suggests envelope addressing and copying duties, and notes many seekers and low pay. It mentions possible work in a pastor's office answering phones and doors, and urges studying local commercial resources.
A mother asks for guidance on finding an affordable art teacher for her 12 year old daughter. She wonders if a teacher would test her talent or assess from her drawings and hopes for early start and future success while noting financial limits. She promises a personal reply with names and addresses of potential teachers.
A correspondent asks Miss Eyre for guidance on profitable home work such as copying letters or addressing envelopes. She works as an office girl with low pay and hopes to earn funds to enter business college next fall. She can commit four to five hours daily and notes embroidery sewing and crocheting as current options.
A correspondent asks Miss Eyre if she may offer French and Latin lessons by correspondence or translations as a spare time home occupation, citing completed classical courses from some years ago.
Reader asks about copyrighting and publishing a song. The response explains obtaining a music sheet copyright blank, submitting to the Registrar of Copyrights in Washington, DC, and paying $1 for a return receipt or none otherwise. Names of music publishing houses may be provided.
The writer asks Miss Eyre to connect with Miss Eunice Bruff about a Sunday article by Miss Wood. Since Miss Wood is no longer in the department, the address cannot be provided.
A reader asks Miss Fayre for help valuing an old large oval brooch of dark coral likely called Cingalese. She seeks reliable antique collectors, trustworthy appraisers, and how to price honestly. Suggests visiting a large jewelry firm for appraisal and may sell through a jeweler with commission.
Reader asks Miss Eyre about selling pen and ink postcard designs. They request publisher contacts in Boston, wholesale options, and price ranges. Note: market saturated, few Boston jobbers, New York firms dominate. suggested prices from unknown source, with promise to provide New York firm address.
Inquiries about addresses of agencies to register as a death applicant for a private secretary position. The writer asks if personal applications are needed, cites five years in general office work plus stenography and telegraphy, and notes poor pay and limited advancement. Suggests agencies or broker’s offices as potential high paying options.
The writer asks for the Workingmen's Loan Association address and any available work such as crocheting underwear. They inquire about collecting a 1900 poll tax and whether receipts from the last three years suffice. They seek guidance on where to obtain hemming supplies and note receipts should be kept. no store offers the asked work.
A woman writes seeking a waitress job at a summer hotel asking Miss Eyre where to apply and offering to send agency names later. She cannot disclose them in the letter.
A 22 year old primary school teacher to earn money in summer asks Miss Eyre about piano work in department stores or governess roles. The response notes few such pianist positions exist in stores and that families prefer year round governessing, suggesting offering private music lessons instead.
Inquiries should be sent to General Whitney, head of the State police, at the State House, for details on examinations and eligibility to join the State Board of Roller Inspectors and the Board of Examiners for Engineers and Firemen's Licenses. These matters fall under his department.
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