The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-27

dnEOne else money won DOy this
well, what shall call it, Nothing ex.
presses it but pull. 1t takes time to con-
vince designers that their work is not
going to be sold, or given away to other
people. and one must use all ones arts of
pleasing TO gain an entrance to the circle
from which the desired information will
emanate. For work, with a backing like
this, there is always a demand but this
girl, who wished to earn her living,
scoffed at what is recognized as legiti-
mate work, and wanted TO write herself
down a fool by taking up subjects that
men of great brain almost fear to touch
What | would like the women TO learn,
those women who have to make their liv-
ing by their pens, is that, that work sells
best which bears the imprint of womanli-
ness, not weakness. This it has when an
EFFORT is made to write like man, instead
of doing 1t after ones own way. Then
too, why doesn't the amateur remember
that
AN EDITOR WOULD PREFER
three short words to one of many sylla-
blesl get absolutely heart sick because
| desire every woman who has to work to
succeed. But when a girl, who knows
nothing of the trials of life, coolly tells
me, after / have tried to get her some
work, that it is impossible for her to do
that, as she would rather write editorials,
what can l sayl And when l am told, as
another did, that it is verv easy for me to
give advice, l wonder if she thinks of tbs
days Of hard work, of the disappoint-
ments, of the bitter experiences that have
come to me. and made me realize what
women must do.
l can say one thing-even if + am a lit
tie vain-1 never had an article returned
to me- but that was due to no virtue on
my part, least of all was it due to any
hi : Il
one thing-I was fortunate enough to be
given these words of wisdom by a man
Write what you are told to do, and, no
matter how trivial the subject may seem,
put the best of yourself in it, and, as
surely as you do this, the day will come
when you can choose your own subject,
and shall be happy if you please to
write these words of mine as good, hard
truth for another woman
DON'T LEAVE YOUR HOME.
and come to New York believing that
you will be Immediately engaged by some
New YORK paper because of the little
things you have written that pleased
your family. Take my advice and write
first of all, from where you are. and
then, if your work amounts to anything,
you will be asked to send more or to come
to see the editor. OF course, there
are women who have succeeded You
hear of them all the time, but do you
hear of the woman who has failedl Do
you know how much some of these
women are earning? Being brave,
they are living on as little as
possible, and being cheerful, but life
isn't easy for them, and their hearts
most of them knew that they would
rather thousand times be the wife of
some good man than have the doubtful
pleasure OF occasionally seeing theirnames
in print. To the young women who are
earning their living with their pens and
who hope to get ahead. would like to say
this-keep your business and your social
life separate. Then when you go to work,
you will have fresh ideas and you
will not carry into the office
the small dissensions, vanities
or fads of the other side. To-day the
women who are earning the most money
are those who are seldom seen among
the so-called newspaper women. They
flock by themselves and don't talk shop
They are not familiar with the newspa-
per men, and not finding their friends
among them, they receive in consequence
much more respect. Among these
women may be cited Mrs. Burton Harri-
son, Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer,
and Miss jeanette Glider, as having
made great successes, and yet sep
arating the social and the working world
so well that one never conflicts with the
other.
AVOID LIVING IN BOHEMIA.
The woman who writes gains nothing
by making an attempt to find Bohemia
and live in it. She will make more
money if she regards conyentionalities
Bohemia represents a land of dirt and
tobacco, of bad food and ilI-furnished
rooms, and, as far as could see, when I
was taken into it, which thank goodness,
has only been few times, of lack of COM
fort.
l think the woman who writes is grad
ually discovering that, while she is a
writer, she is, before all else, a woman,
and that when she makes an effort to be
THAT HYBRID, A MANS cHUM,
she is failure in every way / don't
know that this round robin will do any
body any good, and yet if it would keep
one girl at home it will have more than
fulfilled ITS object. Stay at home and be
something better than great writer; be
good daughter, in time a loving wife,
and later on wise mother. Work is
misfortune for woman; that is, the
work that takes her outside of her home.
l tell you, my friend, this is the truth,
and know it, because as the years have
gone by l have seen so many who have
fallen by the wayside. l have seen a
few, only a few, fall into wicked WAYS;
but | have seen very, very
great many simply drift along
in life, picking up little
work here and little there, getting lust
enough to keep them living without am
bitiou, without hope, and, saddest of all
alone. Think this all over before you
start out into the workaday world, and
try and conclude whether, after all, your
work isn't that which is nearest to you.
What have written Is in the kindest
spirit, but it is my answer to the hun
dreds of letters l have gotten-the an
swer that is forced from me by the knowl-
edge gained during the experiences that
nave come to Bah.
ODD AND AGED TWIN SISTERS.
Aged SO. Worked Sixtv Yaers ~ o,o