Daily Republican., 1885-07-09
sELF.MADE WOMEN.

In their way, self made women are
just ~ remarkable - sslf.made men.
We meet them every day In society.
We remember them when they made /
the small beginning which showed the
spirit that was In them, and We have
watched them In private just as We
have watched the self-mads men in
public, until We have been able to /
whisper TO our dearest friend confiden-
TALLY: How wonderfully that woman
has got 0hl'
l. rakAs great many Ingredients to
assist In the making of the woman
who rises to the highest rung ofthe
great ladder Of life.
In the first place. she must have am
bition, she must have tact, and she
must have opportunity.
Ambition is the primary quality,
which, being apparently inherent In
the system Of the woman who wishes to
rise, incites her TO the boldest fears, and
acts as q sort Of moral tonic to urge her
on, the guiding star Of her constitu-
tion.
Tact Is . heaven born gift.
Without taot she would not be able
TO single out and secure those who are
most likely 10 be useful to her In her
career.
She must think NO one too insigniH.
cant for her purposes, but bear In mind
coustantly the fable Of the lion and the
mouse.
u As for opportunity, she must either
watch for 1t with the greatest vigilance
!, or she must make IL for herself.
Tho self-made woman is clever by
\ nature, and is not likely to neglect any
! that presents itself.
) She we'll knows the Importance o.
, | seixing II upon the spot, and Of never
+. allowing the fatal word F." lost" to b,
, lwfitton upon the face Of 1t.
al Nc remorse much greater to the
woman OF the world than to feel she ha
I Lad 1t in her grasp and has let 1t slip
Wealth she must have to start with
and q carefully trained husband.
She must have o certain amount q
|. good looks and . certain charm {
: presence and manner, for she mus
know how 10 make herself pleasant ;als
. she must possess impertrrbable GOO
: tempe for in the course Of her "climb
!. she will have to put many "snub"
a her pocket.
The seif-made woman, however, owe
lsom ething to her husband, for while
q Is plodding steadily on in either h
D. political or professional career, she
3, working hard On the foundation of b
ID " position" and when he mas advance
., to the point of ennobling her and reti
er ing from public life she is all right.
lgl Some women marry for love; sor
al for pique; some for reasons which t
CT world will never be told; but the Il
~ seeing self.made woman marries 4
position, and that assured to her by
wise marriage, she begins real life
u, giving few great balls.
=. Soc does not ask the people herse
Perhaps she Is told by the great la
u who performs the preliminary act til
~ she must not invite any Of her ov
-. friends.
10 Never mind, she must put up wi
this.
M Mnu she will reap her reward in time, .
'os ,a then she may repay If she likes.
She generally does like, aud WI
she has reached the SUNNI 1t of her .
les bition she has distanced her husba
on completely.
all And some day the good man dies q
ID, leaves an enormous fortune, besit
ter estates, entirely to his wife (for her
eel or not, as the case may be), and tn
BILE is very grand funeral, and the pes
YER all exclaim, "Good gracious,
md thought he was dead long agol'