The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-28
The LONE WOMAN,
Who Comes From the Small Town to
the Great ThrObbing City.

Bah Tells Us of Newspaper Woman
From the Country Who Faced starva-
ton and Grim Death in the Mighty
Metropolis-suooess Within the Reach
ofvery Few-vnlage Girls Remain at
Home and Be Blessing to Parents
and MISUNDERSTANDING Life All Vine
gar and No Milk-When Woman
Shows Napoleonic Bravery.
New York, Oct. 27.-She never thought
that tho work had to be done whether she
felt happy or glad, whether there was a
lump in her throat that limited OF tears or
a smile on her lips that told of happiness.
When she had asked me had advised
her not to come to New York. She wrote
me pleasant little letter and enclosed
some samples Of her wordsworth that was
redolent with the air of the pine woods
but not exactly the kind that an editor
wants. She was honest in saying that
nobody had ever paid for It, but she
thought II she had chance, she might
succeed. 1 told her how crowded this
busy city was. asked her to be content
with the bread and butter and jam and
quistness Of home, and I cited a few of the
failures. but evidently my letter had no
effect. She came The day / saw her
she looked like a blossom; her eyes were
bright and blue, she had a lovely color.
and she talked as hopefully as most of
us do When we are young and believe
in humanity. Now. that she was here I
did not dare say to her what l thought.
She told me the various editors she in
tended going to, of the subjects she was
going to write about, and when / limited
that instead Of taking up the tiresome
worn topics OF the time, that she would be
moro successful If she did a picture of her
own village life, she laughed merrily and
said that there was nothing in that.
Her goodby was an expression of hope.
| The days and the months won't by. Every
now and then I saw her, and IL seemed TO
me that she looked a little tired; but she
| never confessed TO non-success and she
never once limited that the Bohemia she
had dreamed about and the working world
! she had longed for were not all she eX-
| pected. One day she lunched with me,
and then she did say, in q pitiful way
that It seemed as II there were a great
| many women. And hadn't the heart to
remind her Of what had written TO her.
And now, she IL asleep. And some-
| body says II was caused by starvation.
Think of that in this great city! And
somebody says IL was caused by dlsup-
! pointment. And as / look at her I think
! sha was only one more innocent, gone 10
feed the Moloch OF ambition; and / won
| der how long 1t Is going 20 last. Every
| day certainly every week. the letters
| come TO some Of us asking advice about
| leaving the small town, telling OF the
| great and overwhelming ambition, and al
ways, although advice is asked, the writer
has concluded Just what she will do. DO
none succeeedY Very few. tell you n
isn't easy 10 learn to keep down every
/ feminine feeling ana DO your work. n
/ isn't easy 10 control tho tear that you
would like 20 shed, because there h
/ something that must be done. II isn't
| easy 10 get 10 be a machine and 10 work.
| work, work, just aH long as q is wanted,
and Just how u n wanted and yet, that
/ 10 the apprenticeship. How we wish that
| those girls would stay az home Stay "A
! home and have the right % be them.