The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-14
EINAMCE IND FEMALES

There Is u well authenticated local story OF
New Haven gentleman who, visiting u widow
soon after her husbands death, found her going
over his papers and throwing bonds and ccrlih.
Gates Of stock on file that was collected 10 be
burned The testimony In the last few days In
the Stewart will case shows In almost MS vivid a
way the profound ignorance OF tho widow OF the
New YORK millionaire OF the most rudimentary
principles Of business how rents mortgages, dlvi.
bends and the mercst alphabet Of financial values
were sealed books TO her UNDERSTANDING and how
she followed implicitly the advice OF Judge Hilton
aud died with her tens OF millions gone.
Instances OF the kind repeat themselves con.
SANITY The story of rich lcgatees OF tho gentler
! sex who find themselves inhcrton OF property
with no more knowledge OF H. management than
their infants In arms Is as old as the existence Of
property itself So il their story OF losses by trust
| ces, guardians, advisers incompetent or knayIsh.
Nor. 80 long ~ the spheres OF activity OF man and
woman are distinct. can the evil be remodlcd. Yet
every recurring caso ought TO bring up the query
whether women cannot do something 10 modify
their own financial heplcssness. A few months OF
even desultory study of the rudlmens Of value, OF
the nature Of property Of the tests of sound Invest
mcnt, would do not n little to ward of this pecu
llaily feminine peril, nicely ordered household
and n well cooked dinner arc important enough
|
females Of property Is II much less essential I,
know the difference between good bread aud I
good bond'-NcO Horen Ncca
This Is an excellent plea for the cduca
ton OF women in practical things. tn,
scope Of life has been much enlarged TO
them, and they have need nowadays IA
know something about investments, about
bonds and mortgages and about the use'
to which capital can be applied and the
returns Il may earn under varying circum
stances and oxigcncies Of trade. Tina
women can DO thus taught goes withou
saying. The proofs arc abundant in tn
thousands of them who are practical man
ayers Of public institutions, and book
keepers, and the many who in New Yorl
and San Francisco have been marked sue
cesses as spectators. Women as wei
rs men have made fortunes in min
ing and railroad and manuiac.urin
stocks by the exercise Of qualitic
In iinanciering that Have been acknowl
edged by tho best and brightest men il
the country. True, they have been ex
ccptional cases, but they indicate the pos
session OF an ability that in other women
might be called out under similar oppor
tunities. Not that we advocate speculat
ing as a business specially for wo men, bu
that II they are 40 minded they should b.
NO trained aud educated that they could
turn their attention In that way as, 70
instance, Mrs. Green has done, a womal
who is as remarkable in her way as ia.
Gould Is In his. But all this special worI
aside, the necessity for the education o
women in practical ways AMI especially II
the usc Of money is made necessary nov
more than ever. because there are 80 man
Of thom in business and NO many other
Of them who are property owners. The
ought to know In a practical way III
, value OF investments and Of money as cal
ital earning interest.