MONEY IN THE FINE ARTS.
Some Things Everybody Ought to Know--An Institution that Teaches
“Without Money and Without Price”--A Woman Who Earns $3,000 a
Year--The Old Glue-Maker’s Gift to Women--How a Little Girl Earned
$300--A Young Woman Who Earned More Than Her Father--“As Rich as a
Queen”--Fortunes in Designs--Livings in Lace--One Painter’s
Earnings Last Year--Checks in Charcoal--Book Publishers Who are
Looking for Ideas.
This is one of the most enjoyable as well as one of the most
remunerative occupations. One of the noblest things which Peter Cooper
ever did was to found a Free Art School for Women. Not only is it
absolutely free to all women, but opportunities are afforded for
meritorious pupils to earn no mean sums during their period of
instruction.