Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-06-04
In WOMAN'S BEHALF.
UNUSUAL AvoCATloNs.

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UNUSUAL AVOCATiONS.
Brilliant Examples OF what Woman
Can Accomplish II She Wills.
Under the memorable wheel of life
which is forever turning, those who are
rich to-day may be poor tomorrow.
Still worse than the loss Of property,
many are helpless; unframed in any
practical occupation, dependent upon
brothers, uncles or friends, the gentle,
refined victim of reverses endures an
agony of dependence worse than death.
Under the probability of future con-
tingencies, the wise mother will see to
It that her daughters learn to do one
thing well. The very discipline which
is necessary for that will enable her to
f. herself for another avocation, should
IL be necessary. 1t will also produce
those feelings of self-respect and of
power which are quite as excellent as a
"sti,l, small voice in woman"
1t is only the silly and inexperienced
who think ladyhood and work to be in
compatible During the youth of his
beautiful daughters, the king of Den
mark was comparatively poor So
these scions of an accent race learned to
do up their laces and trim their hats,
besides accomplishing other tasks not
so easy as those, Yet the regal beauty
and grace of the princess of Wales and
empress of Russia were no whit lessened
thereby.
What can the poor girl do? She has
never learned how to do one thing thor
oughly," is the remark often made af-
ter reverses have come upon the father,
One generation ago and the door of
woman's opportunity, only slightly
ajar, gave tempting glimpses of what
might be. To-day it is two-thirds open,
and through it pour a motley crowd,
the well equipped, the half-ftted and
the ignorant, all intent upon success,
Among unusual pursuits followed
may be reckoned that of the study OF
astronomy, by Maria Mitchell, LII. d.
Among her pupils two or three have
won fair distinction, though none have
discovered comet
In the field of medicine, women have
shown more pluck, energy and real
heroism than can well be estimated
When Dr. Jacobi-then Mary Putnam
sailed from New York to prosecute in
Paris the study denied to her in the
| ITpitaI Ctatau che apnnnptaraH ,.i1iaI,l Ii
and opposition. To-day eight Thousand
women are ministeiing to the relief o
their own sex and to children, and the
rankest prejudice is being disarmed.
Quite lately several women have beer
graduated from dental colleges; anC
two, at least, in New York, are doing {
fair practice.
In finance, women have had little op
portunity to become expert; in fact
many at the present time, would find i
as hard to draw up note as to pay ont
when it became due. But there ar,
those who have proclivity in thu
direction of finance. In New Hamp
shire there is successful bank presi
dent, and in different states are severa
cashiers and tellers. The cashiers o
large retail shops, usually young won
en-, are reported by their employers t.
be alert, honest and wonderfully ex
pert in detecting counterfeit money
They are also good bookkeepers.
In the manufacture of fine jewelr,
and in gem-setting, women ought to b.
successful if quick eyes and ligh
touch count for any thing yet we sci
dom hear of women jewellers.
As florists and caterers, women hav
been and are now successful In def
ness, taste, originality of conception
and sense of color, woman ought T.
take the lead. In fruit culture she ha
already proved her capacity for success
Miss Austin, of Fresno county, Califol
mia, with her three partners, all WON
en- who were weary of teaching, wo
for themselves a beautiful home an
established an extensive business b
the raising and curing of raisins an
prunes. In this industry they wer
foremost among successful growers c
fruit In the year 1886 no less tina
5000 boxes of raisins were picked, drie
and packed and forty-fve tons of apr
cots, fresh and dried, sent to mar9ze
from their farm, which contained bu
little more than one hundred acres.
A few years ago woman left penn
less by the protracted illness an
death of her husband, found hersel
compelled to support two little chi
dren, then hardly more than babies
At first she took the agency of ski
and stocking supporter, and succeede
measurably well. But she was brigf
and energetic, and desired to do bette
Setting her wits to work, the wido'
invented new clasp, then an attacl
ment to the supporter, followed by
shoulder brace, upon all of which 81
secured patents These she put int
the hands of a manufacturer of sma
motions, receiving therefrom royalt
upon each one sold. This gave he
means for leisure, and she continued
invent other appliances adapted to tt
toilet Today she owns tWenty-or
patents, seven of them her own invel
tons and is the owner of the large
mandatory of women's notions
this country, if not in the world ST
is still beautiful woman, at the hea
of a handsome establishment, unites,
remarkable degree, the capacity
make money honorably and to spend
wisely.
A young woman of good family, WI
had been left almost destitute by IL
sudden death of father and brothe
rallied after the first blow, and locke
about to see what was before he
There was cottage home, with Il
dear mother left as homekeeper, al
property sufficient to give the two OIL
hundred dollars year. The moth