The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-15
BREAD-WINNING IN THEORY.
WHAT WEALTHY WOMEN WOULD DO
IN CANE or NEED
Mrs. Harrfsos. Mrs. Mckee. Mrs. Roger A.
Pryor. ana Miss Grace Dodge Tell How
They would Earn Their Livingp,

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Mrs. Harrfsor. Mrs. Mckee. Mrs. Roger A.
Pryor. ana Miss Grace Dodge Tell How
They Would Earn Their Livines.
Fifty years back woman got her opinions and
beliefs ready-made and gave her whole mind
to the manufacture OF her undergarments.
| Nowadays she gets those ready made. and
| makes UP her own mind that whatever Ia or
| is not ia right
| Notwithstanding. there arc still women A.
plenty to whom the thought OF self-mainte.
| nance brings thrill OF horror. Aside from the
| physical pains and penalties OF work. they fear
| the loss OF social caste quito as much as the
| vngue possibility OF starvation. To this legion
OF timid souls what follows must be full Of re-
freshmont for It tells how como OF the fortu.
nate women who toll not, neither do they
spin" would meet and conquer on emergency.
They were asked categorically: What would
you do II you had to earn your living" What
the wife and daughter Of the President Of tho
United States answered Is certainly Of great
interest. When they were asked. Mrs. Mckee
said for both:
II think there is no doubt a. to what my
mother would do in such q case. With her
talent for the brush It would be most natural
for her to support herself by her art In paint
Ing. She has, think. n livelihood In that gift
II she cared to earn 1t. and in these days. when
art ia everywhere In demand. no ono with
such q gift needs despair Of success.
AS to myself" continued Mrs. Mckee. II
have often wondered what should do IL were
ever driven to Darn my living, for. indeed.
have no talent whatever I think that every
girl. as well as boy. should DO educated to fol-
low some profession or trade. and should be
thus prepared for tho everyday emer-
eencics OF life. Few OF us know what
changes Of fortune will como to us in
the course OF years. and all should fit them
selves to follow some one Of the many profess.
sions and trades open to those who wish to
gain livelihood. am certain OF one thing.
and that is I should never select the profess
sion OF n journalist. for nm constitutionally
opposed to welding the pen. 1t Is an effort
for me to even write letter. and could never
be happy In composing long articles. But
then every one has not the same gift, and
think my specially must lie In the domestic
life. Of which am most fond"
The next to answer was Mira Roger A. Pryor
She said:
"Iwould earn living py writing-and choose
literature rather than journalism. An edu-
Gated woman. tenderly reared. especially II
she has borne children. It SO ems to me. must
always choose some occupation not requiring
manual strength. but bringing into play the
capacity that experience has brought her. I
think. too. that no woman Of good brain can
live a great while without being unconsciousy
SO trained and developed in several directions.
or to have more than one door open to her. IL
need came to enter 1t. Certainly I would
choose and endeavor SO to use my mental
gifts as to help the generations that shall come
after us to understand its forefathers. and how
we'll and worthily they struggled for freedom
and the right"
Everybody has heard OF Miss Grace II.
Dodge. once member Of the Board OF Educa-
ton. friend OF working girls and their clubs,
s7s4 Says saa SS TY p sso s sSoS %
f hGS ns xss GS es 81 organizing
E%s 81 s5s gi1s tS
s %ua IS s &c Y NGos ps5ps
WGnld bring me any loss Of social .S casts pro
Sods out s sooos fSsSr
ts aS %aEes Y hs, "nnHE Il ha
ssd Bishop Po Hse have 0t svsn each s"
sSip: II TACT. 50 General Is " The dis a
ss Yf Seg NO not nsse
ryinE It too far. Very few are now willing to de-
es they at n te
e es 70 70 me di seems sRn hat The rsht
sny is n f ts pGs social Probts9 q
MEs; russell sage saye thiks answer. answer: ''"'.'
4ss sn Ss ST. rrss IL ssS s,s
For twenty years did whatever. my hands
f o s oSco eEs
ns never could have been but Tor that dayeI.
dyea,ity th.I %ysSSi s EPsE
down d IN the year # the panic. 1887 We had
inS e ssS ~ t. 5us
To- .,, me it was wholesome invlGoratine expe.
81 u Rsne I Before sSf thas thouA ef
believed IS Do. that no BIT p real lsarnins
After , s;eye,al years at home. hogan teachnS
school, near, PhiladelphIa. SO you see have
ss IT, IN h ses h the the
YOU can do but one. thing. and must do that or
Wbnt u rs i 1s wh
wait and work ior somethIns b Better 'na'''
Mrs. Paran Stevens answer was character
whit, ut is ny theory that want is very often as
R , SSt sS f%%Sss q
knowledge OF every sort is power; the more
you have the better You are insured
against ! all hazards OF fortune. That is whyT
education. II need We're to.
morrow she. gould take care OF herself
and her chill dren. Whatever success {
pay have Ind in life | owe FIRST to my
New England blood. and after that to my good
nent. much. better than that which English
women receive. What l myself would doto
courage and honest capacity never. think. rs
ong n:heggIng. DO sure Of ono thing. what
.yer did would do well as it was possible
choose work. About other things
ny mind IL not made up except that tho living
earned would To clean and u thoroughly
ono. no matter how 1t came"
Tommy Picked the PolIce Chiefs Pocket
From The (hioI1o laiiy Tribune