The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-11-13
A TITLED MILliNER.
An Example Worthy of Imitation by Many
Girls.

An Example Worthy of Imitation by Many
Girls.
An educated and titled lady has open
ed shop for the making and selling of
bonnets in the West End. London. De-
spite conventional criticism. and nothing
daunted by the fear of losing caste or
dignity in the pursuit of such vocation
as the traffic in bOnnets, millinery and
small fancy wares, she is spoken of in
the English press as highly cOntented
and financially successful woman. The
indications are that our English country
women are at least trifie ahead of us
in attempts to widen the fields of labor
for the choice and occupancy of wOme
of good class, and that the rough edges
of prejudice and the false notions con-
corning the appointed place for women
in the domain Of the worlds industries
and employments, are fast giving way
to ulster and more rational views of
what women can do, and ought to be en-
couraged and commended in doing. His
tory constantly repeats itself in the ex-
periences of we'll born and well-educated
girls, who, from necessity arising from
the misfortunes or changed conditions
of their families, have been compelled
to resort to the distasteful and depend
ent places of governess, companion or
reader. Such would find far greater
freedom from the petty restraints and
heartless lnsOlence to which they are
often subjected by turning their minds
and energies to the art of dress or bonnet
making. If natural gift. supplement-
ed BY patient study and practice. prove
that she has found her proper place,
such a woman will soon profit
by the confidence reposed in her taste
and ability by q constantly increasing
list Of friends and patrons, and the Pc
cuniary returns of her labor will vastly
outweigh the customary pittance doled
ont in the respectable callings." to
which we have above referred. A lady
writing in an English journal. says: II
hear that famous champion of w0men's
rights, Miss Lydia Becker, is giving
cOuntenance and support to movement
which has for its object the teaching of
dressmaking to young women of good
class who have to be among the working
DccS Oh tue UNIVERSAL ulSo II Was
thought probable that type-writing
would prove q remunerative and profit
able means of support. but women who
took it up. as many did in the spirit of
amateurs, Cand without any previous
training, were discouraged on finding
that neither this. nor any other art, can
be mastered without serving an appren-
ticeship to it. The dressmaking scheme
is one that necessitates s'eadv, patient
training, if it is to he productive of the
best results. There is no royal road to
learning. and one must climb the noun.
tain of knowledge by slow degrees-One
may not hope to clear it BY bounds.
When there is necessity for girls to do
something for their own support. or
where means are small and families
large, it is well for 8 girl who has a
particular talent to take up the art of
dressmaking or millinery. Certainly,
there is . great deal of Encouragement
to be borne before skill and proficiency
are arrived at; but, after all. the pro-
cesses are not 50 slow as those whereby
women reach success in many other
branches of learning. Y Ercning
Post.