ir wages are the same as those
received by men.

An employment which is becoming more important for women journalists and
writers is the writing of advertisements. Much advertising is addressed
almost exclusively to women and women have proved that they can do work
of this description to great advantage. Salaries are high as compared with
salaries in other women's employments. The work is difficult and requires
a distinct gift, besides a knowledge of how to write and of what is being
written about. The woman who is doing advertising writing needs accurate
knowledge of a number of special fields, such as fashions, the history of
costume, period furniture, and so on.

Work for the girl who is gifted with an unusually fine sense of colour
and form is developing rapidly. To be a painter, a woman should have an
outstanding gift, and it is generally necessary for her to have an
independent, or at least a supplementary, income. Many young women
painters add to their income by teaching, and girls who live at home are
able to continue the study of painting for their own pleasure and in part
for an additional income. The training of a painter is long and costly,
and while the gifted girl has happiness in her work, the occupation of an
artist is exacting, although it may not seem so to the public. Girls with
artistic gifts may find employment in illustrating, designing, bookbinding,
handwrought jewelry, woodcarving, embroidery, and in weaving from original
designs. The girl who is attracted to photography may obtain instruction
in a photographer's studio, but the artistic photographer will have to
depend largely on herself in developing the possibilities of her work.
A number of women have achieved success in artistic photography.

To work successfully in any of these occupations, the artist must be
trained and should have special gifts. Training is obtained partly in
schools, partly in studios at home and abroad, and from working with
other artists. Some of these artistic occupations pay well; in others
payment is variable and more or less uncertain.

The woman architect needs a special gift and should be trained as
thoroughly as possible in draughtsmanship. Her next step should be to
obtain a place as draughtswoman or general assistant in an architect's
office. Promotion afterwards will depend largely on individual ability.

Architecture and houseplanning are fields of work not yet occupied to any
large extent by women. Girl