The Employments of Women: A Cyclopædia of Woman's WorkPenny, Virginia
General
The Employments of Women: A Cyclopædia of Woman's Work
Penny, Virginia
Women -- Employment
hope to live to see the time when we shall have twenty women and four
men, instead of _vice versa_, as they are more steady and less
expensive."
=262. Stucco Work.= "Women are not employed at this trade in this
country; in England there are some instances, but rarely. It is not
unhealthy. The time spent in learning depends altogether on the taste
and natural talent of the learner. Boys generally serve from three to
five years. For ordinary work the qualifications need not be of a very
high order; but for moulding, &c., a knowledge of drawing is essentially
necessary. Summer and fall are the best seasons for this work. Ten hours
a day are the usual number. Women may be employed at trimming and
cleaning ornaments--also at making moulds for casting the same." Rosina
Pflauder, in Salzburg, assisted her husband in stucco work.
=263. Terra Cotta.= The list of articles made of this substance is
comprised under two heads, vases and garden pots, and ornaments for
architecture. A Gothic church was built of it in 1842 at Lever Bridge,
England. The pulpit, reading desk, benches, organ screen, and the whole
of the decorations were made of terra cotta. In the making of figures,
women could do all except moulding. The finishing up would be suitable
and pretty work for them. "Mlle. de Faveau has been peculiarly
successful in her adaptation of terra cotta to artistic purposes."
=264. Transferrers on Wood.= We do not know whether a distinct class of
people engage in this business, or whether it is considered a branch of
cabinet work. It is a light, pleasant business, and if there is
sufficient demand for it, women would do well to engage in it.
GLASS MANUFACTURERS.
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