Arizona republican., 1891-04-17
woMAN's WORLD IN PARAGRAPHS
One Woman Who Had Plenty of Business
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 oil we'll castings. Mrs. Taylor was a widow with child to support. She learned bookkeeping and got place with an oil firm. While with them she ob- tained thorough knowledge of oil we'll supplies. She had aa eye to advancing herself in business as well as keeping books, and took contract for furnishing the casing to drill well, in consideration of winch she got a sixth interest in the well. But the company fell through, and Mrs. Taylor was left with the ex- pensive casing on her hands. But well castings were scarce just then, and the shrewd woman sold hers for more than she paid for it, With that rare gift for looking ahead which is given to about one person in half million, Mrs. Taylor saw that hundreds of wells would be drilled and more casings would be want. ed than could be supplied, so she bought large quantity of this particular ma chinery. all she could get, sold it at a great profit and made her fortune.
 Women always keep their old love letters. It is dangerous practice, but they will doit. The Vienna Allgemeiner Zeitung says there is a woman not far from that city who IS undoubtedly IA years old. The birth records, so care fully kept in European countries, show her to have been born in December of the year American independence was de- clared. Yet when the census taker visited her and naturally stopped to have little chat, she showed her first love letter. yellow with age, which she had kept century, having received it when she was II years old. How like a woman!
 It is said privately that it was the woman suffrage party which defeated Senator Ingalls,. Many months ago the message was sent quietly from one wom- ans club to another in Kansas, Do all you can against Senator Ingalls," The work was as quiet as the message itself, but it is claimed that it was effective, In the farmers organizations women have almost as much influence as the men themselves Perhaps the caustic tongued statesman will one day learn that it is not wise to antagonize even the women.
 Women are the ones to right their own wrongs. If they cannot do it they do not vet deserve to have them righted.
 Among the war correspondents during the Indian outbreak was one woman, Bright Eyes, half breed Indian lady, who held her own with the best. She represented The Omaha World-Herald.
 Emma Abbott owed her rise and sue cess in life to women, yet she left not a penny to help other forlorn and strug gling women up in the world. Perhaps she would have done so if she had lived longer and thought more deeply on the woman question.
 commend especially to the attention of women thS paragraph from an ad- dress by Cardinal Gibbons:
 It seems to me that some writers are disposed to lay undue stress on the amiable and tender qualities of Mary and of holy Christian women, without dwelling sufficiently on the strong and robust points of their character. The Holy Scripture in one place pronounces heightened eulOgy on woman, What does the Holy Ghost especially admire in herr Not her sweet and amiable temper or her gentle disposition. though of course she possessed those qualities. No; be admires her valOr, courage, fortituds and the sturdy virtue of self reliance. He does not say, "Who shall find a gentle womanY'' but rather, "WhO shall find valiant woman7 As things brought from afar and from the uttermost coasts is the price of her." It Is only heroic virtues, or virtues practised in an heroic degree. that the church canOnizes.
 Miss Walford is an English girl who has become an expert in deciphering old English manuscript. Her services are in great demand among British lawyers, who in their search for legal precedents are obliged sometimes to go back to manuscripts of the Thirteenth century In famous church suit recently the lawyers on both sides of the case were obliged to call on Miss Walford.
 I do not know who wrote the follow ing. but it is as beautiful as it is true: More and more do those who were perhaps | first interested in the cause of woman's emau- cipation, with desire to remedy this or that specific wrong, come to feel that there Is under- | lying this movement great spiritual truth, l and that the freedom of woman Is equally es- | scntial to the development of both halves of l tho race. Inc interests or men ana women never have been and never can be antagonistic. A remarkable character is Rocky Mountain Kate. of Leadville, Colo. If she ever had any other name it is forgot ten. She wears mans cowhide boots, a world too wide for her. and an old gingham sun bonnet. Her occupation is house cleaning, and we are given to un- derstand she does it well. When she does a days cleaning she takes home with her broken victuals from the table at the mansion where she toiled in the sweat of her brow. This keeps her in food. Kate also takes home with her cast off garments which charitable ladies give her on her house cleaning rounds. This is very kind of the ladies. and it is doubtful if Kate has had a really new gown in twenty years, 80 they say. But there is another part to this honest toil. CTS story. Rocky Mountain Kate has an income of $1 900 month from houses in Leadville. and large amount of prop erty in Denver besides, all amassed from her little savings in the walhing and house cleaning business.
 Women do not drink or smoke. But sometimes think the petty personal gossip which forms 80 large part of the conversation of some of them is worse than smoking, especially when the gos- sip becomes spiteful and of criticising kind. Then it certainly hurts them selves worse than smoking would do Girls, if you cannot talk anything ex- cept personalities don't talk at all.
 A newspaper tells us all about the ad-