The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-12-12
FOR HOMaEs BREAD.
The Woman who Wrote saeress-
faI Cook Bo0k-Prsfessissai shop
pers-wemeB BARRIERS and Mani
eures-soEse Practical Swggestisss-


cstely reared ami whose every SAINT
has been supplied, but who are urisr-
pecte,ily beryft 81 all support women
whose edueati0n has been neglected
and who are not qualified TO follow
anv literary pursuit women Eho are
utterly helpless, and stand Nringing
their hands and asking, What sgiali
do 10 carr. an honest livelihood7
We are not aisays capable and clever
like Mrs. Frank Leslie, wh0 st0aldered
the tremendous responsibility Of an
enormous business concern ami $ss1,-
90 worth o. debts left her a. legacy
by her husband and NhO has not only
cleared away all these liabilities bat
has amassed handsome fortune iof
herself. and has won every lawsuit -
which she has been involved beside
reuovating the custom house service
OF Ness York City
We are not ali talented or Slity OF
beautiful. We cannot all write poems
for 80 apiece - Ella Wheeler wilcox
can. Or pin oil novels that vii not only
cause people hair to stand on end and
set the whole religious world by the
ears at the same time, bat prove a
mine Of wealth % the writer.
We cannot all get ourselves SUM
cient.y talked about to take to the
stage and make brilliant success
there.
some OF ~ revolt against chat pana-
eea that l. always suggested 10 women
Teaching We hate the eternal dem
milton grind Of the schOol-room, and
then again some o. rs are httle
shaky a. - the multiplication table
ana rather uncertain as 10 fractions.
We might tHrn reformer, 60 ia for
metapiIy sics. faith cure, nind cure og
something OF that sort We e0ulin
starye 90 that, for there are always
plenty OF people in the world who are
huugering and thirsting-ye actually
pantlng-to be taken IN. But these
cure-agls are liable at times TO lead Us
into serious difiicalt.e-. and 50 We wiil
fight .hy Of them. We don't care u
lie dragged into court for letting poor
wretehes pass over the river While He
are PRAYING that they may be healed
nor do We all want 90 90 a. foreign
fnisstguaries. To be sure, We should
have great opportunities Tor travel aud
sightseeing. to say nothing OF the
souls we might save. but, after all
what with feyers and other heather
ailments. a missionary life Is not a
happy one. SO. then, what are We
to d02''
OF course there are always elderly
gentlemen who want bousekeepers
there are shops who want girls Il
stand from early morn o dewy eve
and wait on all sorts Of men, women
and beasts for 4 piitance that viii
barely pay one s board there are the
factories, always ready 10 grind the
life out of its slaves horrible jugger-
nauts. perfectly indifferent how they
crush their victims beneath their
wheels. there are occupations enough
such a. they are. But 10 cut out some
new paths, 10 find some work which
shall not be distasteful, and at the
same time shall yield as a decent iiv-
ing-that is the question.
The trouble often Is that women
want 90 look too far afeld, 10 do some
great or difficult task, something for
which they are in every sense untitled
and neglect some practical means
which lie near at hand.
For example / once knew wo
man who was suddenly thrown upon
her own resources. She had a little
money, bat not enough 10 support heI
for ali time. She vas not sufficiently
educated 90 warran. her fitting herself
for a profession. She had a seriOu.
thought OF sinking her little capital in
small shop which might hay. proved
IA success, and might not. She was a
superb cook. bat hated the drudgery
of work. 4 friend with whom she
was consulting advised her 10 write a
cookbook one filed with eXpen
siye aud impossible recipes bat one
that would answer the demands oi
thrifty. practical housekeepers. She
declared that she could not--didn' I
know enough 10 write a book, even
volume Of recipes / he friend repre-
scented 10 her that II was not absolute
ly necessary 10 be complete mistress
OF iinishe rhetoric or elegant dictior
IN order 10 write out comprehensiV,
directions for broiling beefsteak o.
masking mush. She considered TIA,
matter and finally set To work. Sh,
prepared 80 recipes, each of which
she had personally directed. She CAV,
the directions 50 plainly, 50 complete
~, that waytaring man. though
fool. might not err therein Her bool
was a decided success. and she real
iEes a handsome income from 1t.
knew a young womaniwho was lei
without amy money at 80. a widow
with two small children. She WIS, &
be sure. not much worse OF than whel
her husband was living for he was
shitless. drunken creature. Thi
woman had mo- speciality. She plave
the piano well enough. and wa az iir-
tempted to follow the hackneyed pul
suit 81 music teaching perfect drudl
ery. unless one he an artist But bet
ter Judgment prevailed she st1dle
electricity and entered "a phy stefan
office As his assistant 10 was uphi
work at first. but she pcrsergerrd au
struggled on some way and manage
a. secure living for herself and be
children. and found her work Tar easie
and more rcmuncratiye than piano
teaching. knew another Woma
who was left Ia the same desperat
straits She applied herself dilisentl
for three months 20 learning >hori
hand. Ia which she soon became a prl
fcient and earned much more none
by that work than she could hay
done with as ueighbor writing
The commission business when tGot
ourhly understood will yield fair in
come
There is great demand fer honest
conscientious buyers. The custor
comes largely from Wo1uen IN IA
country who wish to secure deSirab,
goods and have not leisure 0v mean
sufficient 81 warrant journey int
town The shopping Camui>~inue
buys ever, thing from pair ~ garter
81 syal-kin cloak. and ID She De q
energetic body can easily support hrI
sells in this fashion There Is q tel
but little frcQuen,esl a. vet, " herein
seems az ID women might Gnj en-
plovment. I'm these DAYS q. rare bri.
a-hrac, when house, are cfamme
with costly curicS it 3, dangerous I.
leave she care Of these treasures {
stupid servants When cleaning ia
comes these rare and beautiful jar.
vases, pottery al all description far
badly in the hands OF a careless slaii
A. a lady friend Of mine can testify
who IN the last fortnight has had
hundred-year-old pitcher and a Coslh
cup smashed Women With careful
hands and de,t touch IS no woWii com
in, remove these va,uablc> 90 q plac
OF safety. dust them and return then
20 their proper places wcGli he inFalg
aide Ia my lady This occupation ]
followed cy women IN some yiiic
with desirable peGpniarv results
There i> a demand lust now 10
vOmeu nlAglcurvs AMI gh.rupuiiSt,
it Is an unpleasant thing for a lai,
t. De obliged 20 so tN u1u 20 hav,
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