Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-06-02
IN WOMAN'S BEHALF.
THE GIRLS OPPORTUNITY.
Improve II aud Reap the Rich Result sure

Improve II aud Reap the Rich Result sure
to Follow.
A long time ago, during some of the
dark ages, daughters were not so highly
priced as their more fortunate sisters of
the present time. They did not expect
to inherit the family estates if there
were sons, though n small portion was
sometimes presented If they married
sort of peace offering to the husband.
AS this was the only future open to any
class, from maid TO mistress, it was ac-
cepted as an escape from the dull life
of fathers or brothers house, where
no definite rights were secured to them.
This low estimate was not caused by a
lack of natural affection, but by the
incapacity of womanhood without edu-
cation or training for any but domestic
duties. The young heroines of old ro-
mances were accustomed TO faint at
mice and die of despair for very slight
causes. But such helplessness, once
thought proper, would create as much
amusement now as travelling on "a
pillion.
Even at the beginning of this century,
young ladies Il use the term as express
ing greater degree of inability than
any other were hampered by dress, and
restricted by public opinion from any
paid employment except housekeeping
and sewing.
1t often happens in these days, that
from various causes the wife, daughter
or sister becomes the producer, instead
of the dispenser of the family income,
and it is only fair she should receive
some business training which will help
her to meet such emergencies, or secure
an independence for herself.
The keen-eyed, quiet-mannered girls
of to-day who have grown up in the
public schools, will face the world in a
business capacity with as much conf
dence as Columbus in the existence of
another continent The out-of-door
work which would have been impossible
for our slippered grandmothers, is made
easy for them by thick, high boots, cloth
suits, and waterproof garments.
One of these new-fashioned girls,
who has taken her brothers. place be-
cause she never had brother is sue
cecding; and this is how it happened.
She grew up in western city where
wide prairies reached the foot of high
distant mountains. Always the COM
panion of her father, she became famil-
lar with the practical side of life, while
she gained health and strength in the
open air.
Every wish of the petted daughter
was gratified. And so the girl of
eighteen, who longed for accomplish
ments the great west could not supply,
came to Boston for a years musical
study. She finish the course, but the
long daily practice and constant strain
on a comparatively unused set of mus
cles, brought on dangerous nervous
disease. The courage which had car
ried her two thousand miles from home
did not leave her. 81 shall get well,
papa she would say, and though doc
tors and doctors declared she couldn't,
wouldn't and shouldn't live, she did,
and took up her old life and interests.
The father was a large from manu-
| facturer. He made her stakeholder
to give her some required right for a
position of trust.
She is treasurer, book-keeper and pay
master for the company, and her work
is as satisfactory as if she were her own
brother. Wide Awake.