The morning call., 1891-11-06
SUCCESS.

Some Ideas About How Women Can Be
Very Helpful to Women.
Editor IIOmdn'S Column, Morning Call:
No one thing helps woman more than the
success of any woman in useful lines. As
every idle ignorant, or vicious woman is
made a reproach to all women, so a real
success lifts all women. She who is good
scholar helps to take the brand from every
other womau's intellect; she who is good
teacher hells remove the absurd prejudices
against woman'S intellect, for she proves
that give her the same chance as men and
she can do rs good work. She who shows
good business ability increases respect for
all w0nen'S business ability; she who
makes good physician has put every
woman into larger place; she who masters
law and sticks to her business has tre-
mendous influence for the uplifting OF other
women; the trainy woman journalist
rapidly pndermines the old walls which
hesJheniSm built around women, and the
spiritual woman preacher unlocks fountains
that no man can reach, for wOmau's way is
not mans way, and the world needs her as
well as his talents. In order to teach the
world, however, it is necessary that women
do something that men have usually done,
for no matter what achievements women
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capable of comprehendiug
THEIR SUCCESS
Unless it compares directly with mans
work. Women have concocted new dishes
until cookery is fine art, yet the discovery
of the one hundred and twentieth asterod
brought more fame TO woman than ali the
pies, cake, jam, jelly, etc, that she ever
made, dearly as the individual man prizes
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and nursery, yet In them will her omis siOns
only be noted. She must be something out
side them or she cannot make them re-
spected. Adam does not know that the
m0dern mother can cook or care for her
children better than did Mother Eve, and
She cannot make those fundamental occu-
patlOnS respected until she wins respect in
some other field as Adams equal because
she has done something which she does as
well as he. 1t is wOman'S business to make
her own work respected. But she must
know what his Is in order to teach the les
Son. Man goes downtown, buys coal, hay,
iGmber-it Is his business. He has the
purse, and PAYS for Tit is important.
sugar, gets Johnny pair of shoes and
Mary dress-it Is nothing but erIands, or
shopping. The bills are sent, paterGamillaS
scans them well, growls over the fearful
EXPENSE OF LIVING,
Then goes to his club after cautioning his
wife IL be more economical. Woman's in
dustrial dependence degradeS hel work and
herself She should claim industrial indie
pendence and know enough to prove that
wOman's work is just as essential, adds as
much TO the wealth of the country as mans
that the "fouTteen-hOur wife of the eight
hour husband Is not supported" aud
should have the control Of her earnings.
When women realize that it is much II
cook the food as to raise it; to make the
butter as 10 care Tor the cows; 10 can the
lrult AS TO produce 1t; that the fireman in
the kitchen is worth as much as the wood
chopper; that women do rs vulua BILE work
as men, they will resent the position of
"adjuncts" and Reflects" and not enjoy
seeing their name on deeds as 'et TX" and
when they re1Ounce such serYile positions
they will lift all women to the extent of
their individual influence. When women
are degraded in the labor market, dropped
from the school because they are mar
RED or 'do not need to teach" all women
snuuId insist ttizt worth Do the only test,
and no person be prevented from doing
good work because woman: that reasons
which would be absurd for men be lot ap-
Piled 10 women, but that they shall be free
TO DO ANY USEFUL THING.
Women can refuse to take the paper which
Teviles them or ignores what is their due.
They need not smile over senseless jokes
abopt the mother-in-law or the wicked
ones about the jealous wife. Women can
quietly strike" always striking the right
one, for there are men, and men; be sure
We do not strike" our friends. Let us
enheaEten them. and be as eager to help
him who Is just to us as we are to show the
unjust one disp. easure. SelishneSS would
keep women locked out of every place of
power and honor, but many noble men are
fighting hard battle for us. Let US show
that we are worth the controversy
by helping our friends, and thus the
cause of justice. We can absent ourselves
from the services of the unjust. We can
make sure that our money aud our presence
are eXpendel on those (never the time serv-
ing who dare TO 90 right, and let editors,
clergymen and business men know that we
sustain them because they are just to women,
or that we withdraw patronage because
they are unjust, and thus we shall arrest
their thought and help all women. S. S.