The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1892-12-07
He HAS EDUCATED 800 GIRLS.
NJ. Childs Reveals New Phase Of His
Philanthropy.

A notable article from the pen Of
Mr.. George W. Childs appears in the
current number of the Ladies' Home
Journal. The article is entitled, "Girls
I Have Educated" It says:
"Girls, as a rule, respond more
quickly to the destinations Of study
than do boys, and have always felt
that they deserved as many chances.
$50 far as my personal experiences
are concerned, gratitude has been the
rule in almost every case where I have
sought, by the means within my power,
to make it possible for girls to acquire
practical training. I have up to this
time educated, or rather been the
means of educating, between three and
four hundred girls, and in every case l
have been rewarded by their gratitude,
their aptitude, their general excellence
in behavior, and their more than gen.
eral success in their chosen careers.
The girls in whom I have been espsc-
tally interested, and who I always feel
have first claims upon me, are the
daughters of journalists-the men and
women of my own profession are al
ways nearest my heart. After them
come the daughters Of clergymen. As
a rule, the children of newspaper men
are quick and ready to grasp oppor-
tunities, and it has therefore been with
particular pleasure that I have afforded
them opportunities to help themselves.
"These girls have come from almost
every State in the Union. They have
been brought to my notice through
their friends, through my friends, and
through strangers. One young girl came
all the way from small town in Nor
way to my Office in Philadelphia.
"Of these girls, strange to say, not
one has entered the newspaper profess
sion. There bave been several lawyers
and doctors, many teachers, artists,
bookkeepers, accoutants, cashiers and
secretaries, trained nurses and elocu-
tionists, and several aspirants fortne
lyric and dramatic stage.
1.-The teachers, have, without exeep-
ton, been successful; 80 have the
graduates of law and medicine and Of
the Nurses Training school. The girls
who had ambitions for public careers
have met with only ordinary success.
Probably those trained for elocutionists
have made the most money.
"The girls of musical and artistic
capabilities have been given every ad-
vantage possible in the way OF home
and foreign training. Several of them
have been educated in Paris, several in
Berlin, others in Vienna. In the Sc
lection of schools and teachers there
has been no general rule; sometimes
have selected both, at other times the
girls or their friends have made the
choice. In all cases only the best OF
either have been employed. For one
young girl who seemed especially en-
dowed with a voice, Nine. Christine
Nilsson was requested to select the
teacher. The salaries received by these
girls have averaged from Eve hundred
to several thousand dollars q year;
one received as high as five thousand.
call the girls have become self-sup-
porting, most of them have married,
and all q think I am safe in saying
this) have made good wives. All Of
them, have deferred to my request that
the men Of their choice should be
honest and we'll able to take care OF
them, and, so far as knew, not one Of
them. has found husband who has
presumed upon his wife's ability to
earn money to expect her to contribute
to his support. 49,.
''It is not generosity that has made
ME helpful in this respect to girls it is
in part selfishness. I want to see
where my money goes. [ want to
know that it Is circulating; that
it is doing good. soaetimes feel
that the only money I have is
that which I have given away. The
rest is just waiting. The money
that have spent upon other people
has been that which I have most en-
joyed. Many rich men have done as
much, many have done more. I think
Mr.. Drexel has done the noblest work
of all, by founding his Salutab!e In
dustrial Art.