Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-05-07
WOMEN AS eReAr WINNERS.

Notable Examples of the Successes They
Have Struggled for and Won.
Il should always DO an accident,
and is at best pitiable misfortune
when woman is obliged to be a bread
winner; but when it is SO, it does in
deed look as though tho less she crawl
ed (other things being equaD the bet
ter. This is especially true when she
has some decided leaning, leading
instinct or turn toward any specially.
II seems as if tho thing to do were TO
throw herself at once into the sphere
of conditions contributing to that in.
stinct. Having thus launched her
bark with the current Of her destiny,
the struggle with the oars is a willing
one, and nine times out Of ten ends in
triumph. This going north to get
south is a terribly wasteful process of
getting there" and the worst Of it is,
it is just as apt to be impeded by the
rush of "hustlers" going their own
way.
A host of illustrations troop to nv
mind without reflection. There is Mrs.
Boadman, of Chicago, who, thrown
upon the world, with turn for enter
tainment and housekeeping, resolved to
be not slave but queen in that line,
and instead of standing shivering on
the brink of "cheap boarding house"
work, plunged right in, borrowed
plenty Of money, set up in first class
style, and remained consistent with
that idea even through fire which
burned up every stick Of furniture be-
fore it was paid for. Today she counts
a snug little fortune of several figures,
lives in luxury, travels, need never
see the house from one end of the year
to the other, while "at Mrs. Board
mans establishes on sight the no
maids reputation for style, respecta-
have been vinegar bottled old board
ing housekeeper with three calico
dresses on, each dragging below the
other, the waist fastened up with pins;
but she would not have it SO, and she
did not. Mrs. Harriet Hubbard Aver
might have gone to teaching school
or opened lozenge shop on the
north side when cast upon her own
resources, had she sunk to her appar
ent possibilities. Look at her now
There is Mrs. NJ. E. Taylor, who five
short years ago was thrown out of
softly feathered nest, with young
son for ballast, and naught but a
lady's taste for wings. But she rented
q small window in first class quar-
ter; kept small supply of goods well
up to the standard Of her own fine
ideals; catered to none but her equals
and superiors Today three mammoth
establishments in Paris, New York
and Chicago, property here and
in Chicago, and 1872, 900, testify to
the value Of her Judgment. Mrs.
Linthicum might have gone to wash
ing ut one tub with one pair of hands,
and today would not own wringer.
Instead she spent her last cent going
to meet George M. Pullman face to face
and secured the contract for all of his
railroad washing. Today the mills of
the gods grind sheets, pillow cases and
blankets which she never sees. She
owns one of the finest homes and
turnouts in the city, residence at
Long Branch, stays by the season in
Europe, where Ter beautiful little
daughter is at school, is young, styl-
Sr, AonseOino uAo 1uA! VI sen respect
Mrs. Hall Of Boston, in whose charm
ing home Mrs. Frances Hodgson Bur.
nett passes most of her time within
the city of culture, is another illus
tration. The incidents in her strange
life somewhat resemble those OF that
beautiful personifcation Of pluck, Mrs.
Aver, in the tender pathos Of the early |
chapter, the nerveful effort of the |
middle one, and the unquestioned sue
cess which is her present crown.-New |
York Star.